Chemical Engineering News

Scientists backed by a Qatar National Research Fund grant have joined forces to develop the next generation of filters.

Clarence M. Nelson died Wednesday, June 13, 2013, at Luke Haven, Village On The Isle, Venice, Fla.

Chemical engineers are pulling a median salary of $120,000, a 9 percent hike since 2011, according to the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

From the latest advances in cancer treatments to new developments in chemical engineering, science writers cover a wide range of complex subjects.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineers have devised a cheaper way to synthesize a key biofuel component, which could make its industrial production much more cost effective.

William V. Andresen, 98, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and formerly of Kinnelon, N.J., passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., after a long and full life.

Wison Engineering Ltd., China's largest private chemical engineering, procurement and construction contractor, has signed a cooperation agreement with a subsidiary in Foster Wheeler's Global Engineering and Construction Group and Clariant International AG to build a pilot plant to demonstrate Foster Wheeler's VESTA substitute natural gas ... (more)

The Penn State administrator who helped grow the university's research enterprise to more than $800 million and worked to revise its intellectual property policy is moving on to an executive position with the University of Missouri system, Penn State has announced.

State police are appealing a decision by a clerk magistrate not to issue criminal complaints against the group of seven people allegedly found trespassing at the Quabbin Reservoir after hours last month.

Steve R. Duke has been named associate dean for academics in Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, effective June 15, announced by Christopher B. Roberts, dean of engineering.

Aaron Harshman, Orrstown, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, was named to the dean's list for the spring semester.

Between them is the surface forces apparatus, used to measure the interactions between ions in ionic liquids.

Book by UC Riverside professor focuses on aqueous processing of cellulosic biomass, which includes wood, grasses, and agricultural and forestry residues, for conversion into fuel A University of California, Riverside professor in the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department edited a recently published book that provides in-depth ... (more)

The University of Missouri announced that Hank Foley, who has worked at Penn State since 2000, would be appointed as vice president for academic affairs.

Seniors Spencer Burton and Rebecca Cass were valedictorians. Senior Colten Eberhard was salutatorian.

Having battled their way to the top, the five valedictorians of the Rootstown High School Class of 2013 are approaching their futures with excitement.

An associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of New Brunswick is developing an economical alternative to solar panels - a coating people can use to paint their shingles or siding.

I started my first company in 1987 because I realized it was an effective path for transforming science into life-saving and life-improving inventions.

Progress made in the technology development for studying protein-DNA interactions, conducted by Chang Lu , associate professor of chemical engineering and a core faculty member of the School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences at Virginia Tech, has led to the National Institutes of Health awarding a new project to continue his groundbreaking ... (more)

The following graduates earned their bachelor's degrees, or other degrees as noted, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in December: from Muskego, Adelaide Blanchard , journalism, Joshua Fink , business administration, Kathryn Konicke , science, and Daniel Niepow , journalism; and from New Berlin, Nicholas Anderson , chemical engineering, John ... (more)