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August 1, 2010
Innovation is the key to economic growth, and research and development (R&D) is key to innovation. While industry recognizes that R&D is vital to longterm success, it focuses, of course, on marketable results from research — after all, R&D is expensive, and cost without any foreseeable return is not good business. From my R&D background in the chemical process industries (CPI), I’m familiar with the struggle around keeping R&D efforts — particularly longterm programs — aligned with the scalable and profitable results sought by industry, while allowing the bright, scientific minds attracted to R&D the freedom that they need to explore and discover.
Various strategies have been developed and implemented to help bridge the gap,......

http://www.che.com/editors_comments/A-winning-formula-for-innovation_5883.html
July 1, 2010
When it first became a player in the global chemical process industries (CPI), China was framed purely as an opportunity for reducing the costs to produce goods that are consumed...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Time-for-new-views-on-China_5798.html
June 1, 2010
Any chemical engineer can attest to the fact that safety is an ongoing pursuit in our profession, where we occasionally find our teams taking two steps forward and then one step back...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Safety-ethics-on-the-Horizon_5717.html
May 1, 2010
On March 24, at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE; New York; http://www.aiche.org) Spring Meeting in San Antonio, Tex., the Separations Division honored the...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Recognizing-a-distillation-icon_5616.html
April 1, 2010
Next month, on May 5th, the American Chemical Society (ACS; Washington, D.C.; http://www.acs.org) and more than 200 other private- and public-sector organizations representing more than 6.5 million science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals will celebrate the first National Lab Day. At the most basic level, National Lab Day aims to inspire a wave of future innovators and foster U.S. competitiveness by improving the quality of STEM education in America. In a broader sense, though, the initiative is an acknowledgement of the greater prominence that STEM education and careers hold in some parts of the world and reminds all of us — regardless of nationality — of the value in engaging our children in the fascinating relevance of the chemical engineering profession....
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Help-cultivate-budding-ChEs_5556.html
March 1, 2010
A little over one month ago, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) received national pledges from 55 countries, to cut and limit greenhouse gas (GHG)...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Opinions-on-greenhouse-gases_5488.html
February 1, 2010
Late last month, in an event at the White House, the U.S. National Science Board (NSB) released its Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 report. Produced every two years by NSB...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Status-of-worldwide-R-and-D_5444.html
January 1, 2010
Number six on this magazine’s list of twelve tips for clearer technical writing is “When writing about concepts that are new, unfamiliar or abstract, try to include...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/New-HART-award-aims-to-spark-progress-across-the-CPI_5373.html
December 1, 2009
Like it or not, 2009 will go down as a year when massive structural change began in the chemicals business. We are far from feeling the full effects of the upheaval, but there is a...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Changing-times-present-different-opportunities_5315.html
November 1, 2009
Early next month, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will hold its award ceremonies for the 2009 Nobel Prizes, the winners of which were announced in October. The prestigious awards...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Nobel-puts-CPI-on-world-stage_5208.html
October 1, 2009
Last month, the chemical engineering profession began to feel its first aftershocks from an explosion that occurred nearly two years ago at a plant that most of you would be...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Dont-wait-to-react_5137.html
September 1, 2009
The first round of judging in Chemical Engineering's 2009 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Achievement Award competition has produced the following five finalists...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Honoring-innovation_5022.html
August 1, 2009
While the worst of the recession may very well be over for the global economy in general, the downstream effects in the chemical process industries (CPI) will take awhile to flush...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/A-new-lease-on-CPI-life_4968.html
July 1, 2009
In offering up strategies for the chemical process industries (CPI), many business experts turn to the virtues of a global stage. For decades now, CPI companies in developed countries...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Keep-one-foot-in-your-own-yard_4907.html
June 1, 2009
Chemical engineering principles do not differ by geographical location. The same cannot be said, however, about the established criteria for certifying that an individual has mastery of those principles. Requirements for obtaining a professional license or charter in the field vary widely from country to country, and in the U.S. they even vary from state to state. Such inconsistencies further complicate an initiative that has recently gained momentum — and criticism — in the U.S. and elsewhere: raising the educational prerequisite from a bachelor’s to a master’s degree....
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Licensure-around-the-globe_4828.html
May 1, 2009
The anthropogenic global warming debate experienced a reawakening last month, following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed finding that greenhouse gases contribute to air pollution that may endanger public health or welfare. In an effort to keep the debate from heading far off course, I must comment on one particular argument that is, in my view, nonsensical and ultimately distracts attention away from the interests of the chemical process industries (CPI)....
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Keep-the-GHG-debate-on-point_4757.html
April 1, 2009
Longtime readers of this magazine may notice that the April cover theme marks an exception to a rule that has been fairly well established for awhile now. Topics on the cover of Chemical Engineering typically reflect one of the practical, how-to articles that we are known for — or at least point readers to an especially timely and lengthy news roundup article. This time, however, instead of focusing on a single comprehensive story or even a two-part series, we highlight an important thread that weaves throughout the issue. That thread is Achema 2009, the 29th International Exhibition-Congress on chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology, which will take place next month (May 11 – 15) at the colossal fairgrounds in Frankfurt, Germany. Notably contrary to what one would expect for a trade show in this economy, Achema does not show signs of unraveling....
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Achema-maintains-influence_4640.html
March 1, 2009
After more than 106 years we still aim to serve you, our readers...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Thank-you-from-our-Publisher_4559.html
February 1, 2009
Although the inauguration of the U.S.’s 44th President is now fading into memory, the changes that Barack Obama’s Administration will bring to the chemical process industries (CPI) are only beginning to reveal themselves. One thing is very clear, though: In these tough economic times, some very important policy issues are on the agenda with direct implications to our field. At the top of the list are plant security and energy, both of which are complicated by an longstanding public-relations challenge....
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Is-change-coming-to-the-CPI_4487.html
January 1, 2009
The chemical process industries (CPI) are in the middle of what appears to be the worst recession since World War II. And strategic capital investments may be the secret ingredient for survival...
http://www.che.com/editors_comments/Editors-Page-Our-2009-lemonade-recipe_4424.html
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