New Bioengineering & Translational Medicine Article Climbs Altmetrics Charts! September 27, 2019The new article “Nanoparticles in the Clinic: An Update” by Samir Mitragotri (Harvard) and Aaron C. Anselmo (UNC Chapel Hill) is already generating lots of attention.
Books: September 2019 September2019BooksProcess Safety Leadership from the Boardroom to the Frontline Center for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE-Wiley, New York, NY, and Hoboken, NJ, $99.95, July 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-51931-7 Releases of chemicals and other hazardous materials pose...
Books: August 2019 August2019BooksChemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications, 4th Ed. Daniel A. Crowl and Joseph F. Louvar, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, $160, 656 pages, June 2019, ISBN: 978-0-134-85777-0 Process safety has transformed over the past few years...
Books: July 2019 July2019BooksPiping and Instrumentation Diagram Development Moe Toghraei, AIChE-Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, $150, 496 pages, April 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-32933-6 This text reveals the fundamental steps for creating accurate piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs...
Books: June 2019 June2019BooksLeadership by Engineers and Scientists: Professional Skills Needed to Succeed in a Changing World Dennis W. Hess, Wiley-AIChE, Hoboken, NJ, $79.95, 265 pages, Apr. 2019, ISBN: 978-1-119-43659-1 Engineers and scientists in leadership positions face...
Books: April 2019 April2019BooksChampioning Science: Communicating Your Ideas to Decision Makers Roger D. Aines and Amy L. Aines, Univ. of California Press, Berkeley, CA, $29.95, 272 pages, Jan. 2019, ISBN: 978-0-520-29809-5 It’s not enough to be a good engineer or scientist...
EP&SE Publishes Special Section on Carbon Dioxide February 6, 2019The latest issue showcases the current thinking related to the reduction of carbon emissions, the utilization of CO2 that can ameliorate its presence and provide useful products, and storage options.
Books: February 2019 February2019Books<!--Imported From the element classed 'content'--> <h2>Picturing Science and Engineering</h2> <h3>Felice C. Frankel, The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, $39.95, 472 pages, Dec. 2018, ISBN: 978-0-262-03855-3</h3>...
Books: January 2019 January2019BooksPetroleum Refining Design and Applications Handbook A. Kayode Coker, Wiley-Scrivener, Hoboken, NJ, $295, 654 pages, Sept. 2018, ISBN: 978-1-118-23369-6 A renaissance in chemical and process engineering is underway. It is as if petroleum refineries...
Books: October 2018 October2018BooksMATLAB: A Practical Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving, 5 th Edition Stormy Attaway, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, U.K., $64.95, 626 pages, Aug. 2018, ISBN: 978-0-12815-479-3 Chemical engineers use MATLAB for a variety of applications...
Autism Spectrum Disorder: Beyond Behavioral Testing August 10, 2018A recent article in Bioengineering & Translational Medicine on the subject of developing a biochemical test for autism spectrum disorder is drawing widespread attention.
Books: August 2018 August2018BooksStructural Analysis and Design of Process Equipment, 3rd Ed. Maan H. Jawad and James R. Farr, Wiley-AIChE, Hoboken, NJ, $120.99, 480 pages, June 2018, ISBN: 978-1-119-31152-2 Process equipment, such as storage tanks, pressure vessels, and heat...
Books: July 2018 July2018BooksSilver Recovery from Assorted Spent Sources: Toxicology of Silver Ions Syed Sabir, World Scientific Europe, London, UK, $118, 364 pages, Apr. 2018, ISBN: 978-1-78634-457-1 Silver holds three world records: it has the lowest contact resistance, the...
Books: June 2018 June2018BooksDealing with Aging Process Facilities and Infrastructure The Center for Chemical Process Safety, AIChE-Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, $100.99, 208 pages, Apr. 2018, ISBN: 978-1-119-43083-4 Process facilities, equipment, and infrastructure are often exposed to...
Books: May 2018 May2018BooksUnscaled: How AI and a New Generation of Upstarts Are Creating the Economy of the Future Hemant Taneja, PublicAffairs, New York, NY, $28, 240 pages, Mar. 2018, ISBN: 978-1-610-39812-1 An innovative trend combining technology with economics is...
Books: April 2018 April2018BooksThe Future of Humanity: Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth Michio Kaku, Doubleday, New York, NY, $29.95, 368 pages, Feb. 2018, ISBN: 978-0-385-54276-0 Moving human civilization beyond Earth’s bounds is...
Books: February 2018 February2018BooksBiosensors and Nanotechnology: Applications in Healthcare Diagnostics Zeynep Altintas, Ed., John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, $185, 400 pages, Dec. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-119-06501-2 This book compiles information from multiple disciplines to broadly...
Books: January 2018 January2018BooksStatistical Process Control: A Pragmatic Approach Stephen Mundwiller, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, $99.95, 116 pages, Oct. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-49879-913-3 Even those with advanced math skills may find it difficult to grasp the theories that underlie...
Leading LOPA Forward: A CCPS Evergreen LOPA Database Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 31, 2014With the publication of Guidelines for Enabling Conditions and Conditional Modifiers in Layer of Protection Analysis (2013), Guidelines for...
Books: December 2017 December2017BooksChemically Reacting Flow: Theory, Modeling, and Simulation, 2nd Ed. Robert J. Kee, Michael E. Coltrin, Peter Glarborg, and Huayang Zhu, AIChE-Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, $195, 792 pages, Sept. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-119-18487-4 This book combines fundamental...
Books: November 2017 November2017BooksCrumbling Genome: The Impact of Deleterious Mutations on Humans Alexey S. Kondrashov, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, $99.95, 296 pages, July 2017, ISBN: 978-1-118-95211-5 A newborn human carries approximately 100 new mutations, originating in their...
Interview with Henry Kister on Distillation Troubleshooting April 10, 2017AIChE's Kristine Chin joined Henry Kister at the 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting in San Antonio to discuss his book,
Books: August 2017 August2017BooksReaching Your Next Summit! 9 Vertical Lessons for Leading with Impact Manley Feinberg II, Indie Books International, Oceanside, CA, $30, 276 pages, Sept. 2016, ISBN: 978-1-941-87068-6 When asked why he climbs, the author explains he does it to face...
Books: July 2017 July2017BooksScale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies Geoffrey West, Penguin, New York, NY, $30, 496 pages, May 2017, ISBN: 978-1-594-20558-3 The author, physicist...
Books: June 2017 June2017BooksProcess Plant Layout, 2nd Ed. Seán Moran, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, U.K., $150, 756 pages, Nov. 2016, ISBN: 978-0-12-803355-5 This book explains the methods used by professional designers to lay out process equipment, piping, plots, plants,...
Books: May 2017 May2017BooksExpensive Sentences: Debunking the Common Myths that Derail Decision and Sabotage Success Jack Quarles, Ideapress Publishing, Washington, DC, $24.95, 292 pages, Feb. 2017, ISBN: 978-1-940-85825-8 We often employ proverbs, conventional wisdom, and...
Bioremediation: Cleaning Up Oil Spills to Spilled Beer -- Sorry Brawny September 20, 2010Just when events in the Gulf seemed dire, almost Biblical, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, (an apt Old Testament pun) reported that oil from the BP spill was rapidly breaking down. Many scientists were skeptical-- it smelled like spin. The post-Exxon Valdez consensus was directly challenged.
Books: November 2013 November2016BooksThe Wealth of Humans: Work, Power and Status in the Twenty-First Century Ryan Avent, St. Martin’s Press, New York, NY, $26.99, 288 pages, Sept. 2016, ISBN: 978-1-250-07580-2 We are in the midst of an industrial revolution. Digital technology is...
AIChE Journal Offers Tribute to Roger Sargent August 22, 2016The September issue of the AIChE Journal, now available online, honors Roger Sargent, recognized as the pi
Transforming Teams July 1, 2016A business classic on team building shares techniques for building strong teams and results.
Book Review: Open Innovation March 1, 2016Open innovation may be the latest buzzword, but it's value to chemical engineers goes well beyond a shiny new expression to toss about. Check out this review of one of the latest books dedicated to the subject.
5 Things Every Chemical Engineer Should Know about Life Insurance September 14, 2015Chemical engineers know about many important topics, but life insurance might not be one of them. Fortunately, you can easily learn the basics about life insurance.
Business Model Innovation (Book Review) July 21, 2015Business Model Innovation: Concepts, Analysis, and Cases by Allan Afuah. Routledge, 2014. 358 + xvi pages. US$73.95 (soft cover).
Book Review: Navigating Strategic Decisions May 4, 2015Navigating Strategic Decisions: The Power of Sound Analysis and Forecasting by John E.
March 2015 CEP Preview March 9, 2015This month CEP features a look at lignocellulosic biofuels, from various production processes to what's needed to scale up bioenergy operations.
Book Review: Looking at Innovation through The Wide Lens February 17, 2015The Wide Lens: What Successful Innovators See That Others Miss by Ron Adner. Portfolio/Penguin Press, 2013. 267 + x pages. US$17.00 (paperback).
Book Review - The First Mile: A Toolkit for Innovators December 18, 2014The First Mile: A Toolkit for Innovators by Scott Anthony. Harvard