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  1. Dealing with PFAS in the Water Supply: Creative Solutions to Emerging Threats

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 August Susan C. Paulsen, P.E. Sections Introduction to PFAS Current regulatory approaches Defining the goals Who is responsible for implementing solutions? Literature Cited Current regulatory programs are not well adapted to address emerging water su ...
  2. ChE in Context: Chemical Engineers Tackle Climate Solutions

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 July Dr. Phillip R. Westmoreland Mark Twain said, “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Changing the weather was clearly a futile goal to him, but that was then, and this is now. Chemical engineers are taking action ...
  3. Special Section: Sustainability

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June This special section will review how sustainability goals are pursued, whether through technical developments, international agreements, legislation, or executive action. Download the entire 29-page section. ...
  4. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Avian Flu Resurgence Triggers Mass Poultry Culls H5N1 had infected 37.55 million domesticated birds in 34 states, according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), leading to mass bird culls. Metal Supply to Face a Crunch as Europe Transitions ...
  5. Editorial: Sustainability is in Fashion

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June I had the rare opportunity to go to the mall last weekend, and while browsing the racks in Express, I noticed an interesting tag on some of the items of clothing. It said, “Conscious Edit: A sustainable collection dedicated to a better tomorrow ...
  6. A New Era for Solar and Storage: Partnering for Continued Success

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Sarah R. Kurtz Nancy M. Haegel Solar energy has grown faster than experts projected. Energy storage technologies are poised to repeat that success, enabling a partnership to keep the lights on even after the sun sets. As current impacts and grow ...
  7. Decarbonizing Aviation With Sustainable Aviation Fuels

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Anna Oldani James Hileman Achieving meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation industry will require rapid scale-up and deployment of sustainable, drop-in-ready aviation fuels. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has made he ...
  8. Life Cycle Thinking for Sustainability-Informed Decision Making

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Heather Liddell Alberta Carpenter Joe Cresko Growing emphasis on sustainable product design has clear benefits for our planet, but such designs are only possible if engineers have accurate environmental impact information to support their decisi ...
  9. Moving Chemical Engineering in New Directions

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Chemical engineering is constantly evolving as a field, especially as we continue to learn more about sustainability and our impact on the environment. This year, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released a report ti ...
  10. Sustainability Policy Update: Big Changes by the Biden Administration

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2022 June Mary Ellen Ternes, JD JEFFREY R. SEAY, P.E. This article summarizes the status of current sustainability policy, in the U.S. and globally, and describes the potential for policy to drive advances in achieving recognized global sustainability goa ...

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