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June
2015
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  • Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety Highlights
  • AIChE’s 2014 Financial Statements
  • Your AIChE Membership — Leadership Opportunities
  • Diversity Workshop Sets Agenda for Summit at Annual Meeting

 

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2015 AIChE Salary Survey

Chemical engineers continue to earn more than the average U.S. worker. The median salary of survey respondents is $127,000 — a 5.8% increase over the median reported in 2013. This is an expanded version of an article that appeared in the June 2015 issue of Chemical Engineering Progress.

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The key to effective, efficient mixing is selecting the appropriate impeller.

Develop a Maintenance and Reliability Plan

An effective reliability program provides the right maintenance on the right assets at the right time.

Minimize Errors in Temperature Measurement

Temperature measurements are most useful when they are accurate. Find out how to estimate the error attributable to a temperature probe and ways to minimize it.

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CEP: Editorial - From To-Do to Done

I find inspiration for my editorials in all sorts of places. This month’s topic came to me from a list of strange holidays, where I came across September 6, Fight Procrastination Day. You might expect this in the October issue, or later, given the nature of the celebration. By covering it now,...

CEP: Institute News

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CEP: AIChE Journal Highlight - New Model Optimizes Water Use in Shale Gas Development

In the June AIChE Journal cover story, “Investment Optimization Model for Freshwater Acquisition and Wastewater Handling in Shale Gas Production,” Linlin Yang, Ignacio E. Grossmann, and Meagan Mauter of Carnegie Mellon Univ., and Robert Dilmore of the National Energy Technology Laboratory,...

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CEP: Process Safety Beacon - Conduct of Operations

Conduct of operations can be summarized in two simple concepts: (1) Say what you intend to do (procedures). (2) Always do what you say. This means, for example, that if your operating procedures say to shut down if a critical safety parameter exceeds a specified value, you must always shut down.

CEP: Profile -Christina Borgese: Building Entrepreneurial Excellence

“I see myself becoming the entrepreneurial chemical engineer,” says Christina Borgese, Director of Engineering and Development at PreProcess, Inc., a consulting company that she co-founded. Her company helps entrepreneurs commercialize their novel technologies by applying chemical engineering...

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For many of us, having to negotiate for anything can be akin to driving a notoriously congested, pothole-filled highway in rush-hour traffic. We know it is not for the inexperienced or faint-hearted and therefore approach it expecting the worst possible outcome.

CEP: Process Automation Corner – The U.S. Chemicals Industry in Perspective

If the U.S. economy were a professional sports league, the chemicals industry would be a franchise player. A healthy economy needs a core of financially strong, internationally competitive industries making products that can be sold in any geographic market. These industries provide highly...

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