Should I Py or Should I Fortran? Archived Webinar Jul 24, 2019 Fortran and Python are programming languages with substantially different histories, design principles, and target applications. Yet, they are often found (and used) together in the toolbox of a...
New Products: June 2019 June2019New ProductsOperations and Maintenance Remote Data Logger Connects to the Cloud The Digi-Sense multiparameter data logger allows operations maintenance personnel to remotely monitor temperature, humidity, CO 2 , or barometric pressure levels of a laboratory,...
The Periodic Table Turns 150 March 20, 2019This milestone of chemistry marked its 150th birthday this month. Read about the earliest existing copies, learn who's in charge of the current official version, and more.
What Podcasts Do ChemEs Listen To? December 5, 2018Get recommendations from fellow chemical engineers for science podcasts and share your own personal favorites.
Moving to Mars November 5, 2018Headlines boast liquid water, potential for life, and successful unmanned missions, but manned travel to Mars will require an enormous amount of work—and many chemical engineers.
What Skills Do Chemical Engineers Need Now? July 11, 2018Life-long learning is critical to acquiring the skills for a successful career in chemical engineering.
Profile: Tackling the Challenges of Regulating Biotechnology February2017Profile“Policy issues are often divorced from science and technology, and I think that needs to change,” says Megan J. Palmer, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford Univ. CISAC brings together...
AIChE @ the USA Science & Engineering Festival, April 7–8 April 6, 2018AIChE joins 3,000+ STEM exhibitors to share with grade school students what chemical engineers do and how they contribute to society and the workforce.
Allotrope Foundation: Collaborating to Deliver an Innovative Framework for Laboratory Data Based on Open Standards Conference PresentationAIChE Annual MeetingNovember 9, 2015Analytical laboratories generate large volumes of data from multiple instruments and techniques which must be curated from a diverse array of...
Antonios G. Mikos on Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering November 3, 2017Hear why chemical engineers need to get involved in tissue engineering and learn about some of the key insights for bioengineers.
Dr. Orlin Velev on 3D Printing Fundamentals and Applications [Interview] Nima Yazdanpanah is a research scientist at the US Food and Drug Administration whose research area covers advanced manufacturing and emerging technologies for modernizing the pharmaceutical indust
Four Things to Know About Big Data in Chemical Engineering August 22, 2017 Innovation has surged forth thanks to big data’s insight and integration.
Pro Tip: Searchable Excel Stream Tables with VBA July 25, 2017The astute process engineer loves building stream tables in Excel. They find nothing so satisfying. Their enthusiasm is squandered, though, as they start using the data in further calculations.
A report from E3 2010: The Midwest’s Premier Energy, Environment and Economic Conference December 14, 2010Researchers, students, government officials, and nonprofit and business leaders from Minnesota and across the nation attended E3 2010, Tuesday, November 30 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. This year’s conference focused on the intersection among innovative technologies and policies, environmental benefits, and emerging market opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
Meet the Scientists Who Just Won a MacArthur Grant September 29, 2010The MacArthur Genius Awards are awarded every year to people pursuing visionary ideas in the sciences and arts. They are given $500,000, no-strings-attached. See 2010 winners.
Interview: Joseph DeSimone on Advances in 3D Manufacturing November 23, 2016Joseph DeSimone is the CEO of Carbon in Silicon Valley after co-founding the company based on a recent breakthrough in 3D printing called 
AIChE at San Francisco Bay Area Science Festival's Discovery Day, Saturday, Nov. 5 November 5, 2016AIChE and member volunteers from the Northern California (NorCal) Local Section will take part in one of the U.S.'s largest K-12 outreach events, when AIChE hosts an exhibi
My Neighborhood Radioactive Waste Dump February 22, 2016Like so many of us, I jog through my neighborhood in pursuit of 10,000 steps a day.
NASA to Build Space Habitation Module January 4, 2016Good news for NASA and for all of us interested in continued space exploration: the new NASA budget allots $55 million for the development of a space habitation module.
Elon Musk Unveils Tesla Home Battery Storage May 5, 2015After dropping hints about a new product launch for months, when CEO Elon Musk walked on stage at the Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, California, he faced a revved-up crowd of tech reporter
Engineers Develop One-Atom-Thick Electric Generator October 17, 2014Engineers at Columbia and Georgia Tech use MoS2 to open the doors for piezoelectric generators that could turn clothing into a power source.
Engineering Students Break World Speed Record for Electric Cars July 30, 2014Silently racing around a 4.2 km track in Australia, the Sunswift smashed the old record of 73 km/h (45 mph) by averaging 100 km/h over a distance of 500 km.
New Liquid Crystals Controlled by Magnetic Field June 27, 2014Newly developed liquid crystals that can be manipulated by external magnetic fields may open the door for the next generation of device displays and more.
Lignin Presents New Direction in Bioplastics June 9, 2014Bacteria found in soil is helping researchers use lignin to forge new directions in bioplastics.
Shell's Deep-Water Behemoth Starts Production in the Gulf February 21, 2014This month, after spending five months doing the final hookups, Royal Dutch Shell started production at its Olympus platform, the company's largest floating deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
A Graphene Primer: From Pencil Lead to Revolution August 1, 2013Catch up on graphene basics and on some of the exciting things happening in the world of graphene with this short primer.
ChE Computing Becomes Cyberinfrastructure November 14, 2012Computing and communication networks have become a ubiquitous “cyberinfrastructure” for our personal and professional ChE lives.
Tour the Solar System from Home with NASA August 3, 2012Want to navigate the solar system without having to buy that expensive spacecraft? Jon Nguyen demos Eyes on the Solar System, free-to-use software from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that was create for exploring the planets, moons, asteroids, and spacecraft that rotate around our sun in real-time.