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  1. ChE in Context: The Plastics Circular Economy

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 July Mary Ellen Ternes, JD Jeffrey Seay You may have seen the National Geographic video series “The Story of Plastic” or read the Rolling Stone article “Planet Plastic,” both of which cover plastic pollution, an expanding global issue. Even if plasti ...

  2. Trends: The Food-Energy-Water Nexus — A Complex Balance

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 July Izabela Balicka The food-energy-water (FEW) nexus can be broadly described as an approach that considers the interactions, synergies, harmonization, and tradeoffs between water, energy, and food. As of 2016, the United Nations estimates that alt ...

  3. Editorial: Time for a Change

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 June Elizabeth Pavone It is easy to dwell on all the things quarantine and self isolation have taken away. I certainly miss seeing the smile across my neighbors’ faces as we exchange pleasantries, now hidden out of sight. Let’s instead focus on what ...

  4. Technical Entity Trends: Addressing Waste Plastics

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 May Izabela Balicka Plastics are used extensively in various industries, including clothing, cosmetics, tires, containers, and more. If the rate of current production of plastics continues, by 2050, plastic manufacturing and processing will account f ...

  5. Controlling Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Wastewater

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 April Somnath Basu, P.E. Nutrient control technologies help maintain healthy water bodies and prevent eutrophication. ▲ Figure 1. Eutrophication is the undesirable growth of algae and other aquatic plants that adversely impact bodies of water. Eutrop ...

  6. Advanced Manufacturing Progress: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 April William Grieco Ignasi Palou-Rivera The United Nations (UN) adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 as a call to action (see figure below) and identified 169 specific targets to help guide these actions. The goals aim to protect ...

  7. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2020 January Transforming a Carbon-Based Economy Chemical engineers at the Univ. of South Carolina (USC) have developed a novel catalyst for the conversion of CO2 waste to methane. DNA Star Sensor Detects Dengue Virus Using structural DNA nanotechnology, ...

  8. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 December Going Against the Grain: Vertical Farming in the City Inside shipping containers and repurposed basements across the nation, would-be farmers are cultivating crops without land by expanding upward. Metal Foam Streamlines Airplane Wings Aircr ...

  9. CEP: News Update

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 November Cutting to the Core of the Pulp and Paper Industry Modern papermaking began in 19th-century France with the invention of the Fourdrinier machine, a device that allowed papermakers to produce sheets continuously, rather than one at a time. To ...

  10. Scaleup and Commercialization of a Gas Fermentation Technology

    CEP Article | AIChE | The Global Home of Chemical Engineers
    2019 October Rachel Brenc A newly commercialized gas fermentation platform could be key to addressing climate change by enabling biological conversion of waste gases to products. As our world’s need to combat climate change becomes critically important, s ...

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