http://www.che.com Chemical Engineering en-us 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 22:35:07 EDT Lessons learned Your Editor’s Page in today’s Chemical Engineering [March 2013, p.5] intrigued me because I too served as a TA in a physical chemistry lab but long before 1980 and we did not have the luxury of a Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer. But you certainly have the experience to... http://www.che.com/commentary/10448.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Small companies that do not have all the resources of their large counterparts can turn to consultants and creative ideas to help implement safe practices.... http://www.che.com/commentary/10475.html Wed, 1 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT Respiratory Protection* ... OSHA requires employers to institute engineering and work practice controls as the primary means to reduce and maintain employee exposures to air contaminants to levels at or below the OSHA permissible exposure limits (PELs). Primary reliance on engineering controls and work... http://www.che.com/commentary/10373.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT In his keynote presentation at this year’s ARC Forum (February 11–14, Orlando, Fla.; www.arcweb.com), Andy Chatha, president and founder of ARC, stated that there were over ten billion WiFi-connected devices in 2012 and that over 50 billion are expected by 2020. He called this the “era of... http://www.che.com/commentary/10375.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Richard Belzer, of the television program Law and Order, authored a book entitled “UFOs, JFK and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don’t Have to be Crazy to Believe.” I remember reading and enjoying the book. The author contended that there are five-sided pyramids on Mars and that NASA (the U.S... http://www.che.com/commentary/10395.html Mon, 1 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Back in the 1980s when teaching a physical chemistry (P-chem) laboratory at Gannon University, I devised a simple experiment to analyze the rotational band structure of carbon monoxide using our newly acquired Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR). Having worked with students in the lab before and... http://www.che.com/commentary/10249.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST Much can be learned from purposely blowing a rupture disc, including some surprises... http://www.che.com/commentary/10301.html Fri, 1 Mar 2013 0:00:00 EST A new department at Chemical Engineering, known as Technology Profile, is described... http://www.che.com/commentary/10160.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST Referencing the Plant Manager's Roundtable held at ChemInnovations this past November, Fractionation Research, Inc. director, Mike Resetarits, discusses opportunities for chemical engineers... http://www.che.com/commentary/10174.html Fri, 1 Feb 2013 0:00:00 EST It always makes me nervous when people say “change is good.” By now I’ve come to realize that statement is usually made after change has taken place, usually without planning, and we might as well make the best of it. Given an average situation, change is 50–50. Given a positive... http://www.che.com/commentary/10070.html Tue, 1 Jan 2013 0:00:00 EST