Sustainability & Environment

Doing a World of Good: Safety and Ethical Practice for Undergraduate ChEs

cms_jonac — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:36:35 +0000

Launched nearly a decade ago, UPSLI offered undergraduate chemical engineers and faculty access to a better understanding of process through a mix of online certification coursework and in person workshops. Now, AdvanSix, BASF and LyondellBasell bring student bootcamps to three more universities later this year.

2026 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution, & Design (SEED)

cms_danif — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:29:14 +0000

June 15, 2026 to June 18, 2026

Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO

SEED is the leading technical event for synthetic biology — covering the field from its foundations to its commercial applications. Gain insight into next-generation development strategies from leaders in research and industry.

Bacterial “Reporters” Allow for Far-Flung Sensing

Karen Simpson — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 16:57:40 +0000

June

2025

Bacteria engineered to respond to environmental conditions could allow for drone monitoring of pathogens, pollutants, and soil nutrients.

2026 Offshore Technology Conference

cms_ketap — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:48:38 +0000

May 4, 2026 to May 7, 2026

NRG Center, Houston, TX, USA

Since 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) has served as a central hub convening energy professionals from around the world to share ideas and innovations, discuss, debate, and build consensus around the most pressing topics facing the offshore energy sector.

How AIChE’s Environmental Division Is Tackling Today’s Urgent Challenges

Idell Bryan — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:13:14 +0000

April 23, 2025

Learn what the Environmental Division is doing and find out how everyone, from students and early-stage chemical engineers to the most experienced engineers, can get involved.

Engineering a Greener Future: Celebrating Earth Day with AIChE’s Sustainable Engineering Forum (SEF)

Denieka Bean — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:59:55 +0000

April 22, 2025

Today, on the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, people around the world are celebrating under the theme “Our Power, Our Planet.”

AIChE Implements Its Policy Position on Climate Change

cms_colbt — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:53:48 +0000

April 21, 2025

Action is the focus of the newest revision of AIChE’s Climate Change Policy Statement, approved by the Board of Directors in October 2024.

ChE in Context

2025 Process Development Symposium Europe

Cody Hirashima — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:56:29 +0000

October 21, 2025 to October 22, 2025

Frankfurt, Germany

The Process Development Symposium (PDS) Europe is a place to exchange wisdom, knowledge, tips, and personal experiences in the development and scale-up of chemical and related processes, specifically targeted to a European audience. With a technical program developed by a local organizing committee...

2025 AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety Set for Dallas, April 6–10

Gordon Ellis — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000

March 17, 2025

91��˶��Ƶ engineers, process safety experts, and stakeholders across the chemical process industries will explore opportunities in the profession when the 91��˶��Ƶ (AIChE) and its Center for 91��˶��Ƶ Process Safety (...

Catalyzing Commercialization: Eliminating End-of-Life Plastics by Mechanochemical Recycling

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:07:35 +0000

The accumulation of plastics in landfills and the environment is among the most pressing problems facing engineers.

March

2025

Floating Solar Panels Lead to Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ponds

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:02:26 +0000

March

2025

Deploying floating solar panels on ponds can increase the amount of methane released from the water, new research finds.

New Method Makes an Economic Case for Recycling Polycotton

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:02:26 +0000

March

2025

Half of the world’s fabric waste produced each year could be recycled with a method first developed nearly a century ago.

CEP: News Update

Karen Simpson — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:02:01 +0000

Engineered Heart Muscle Offers Hope for Patients with Heart Failure; Floating Solar Panels Lead to Higher Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ponds; Carbon Cloth Electrodes Could Reduce the Cost of Seawater Desalination; New Method Makes an Economic Case for Recycling Polycotton

March

2025

Rebecca Liebert of Lubrizol will Present Keynote Address at 2025 AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety, April 6–10, in Dallas

Gordon Ellis — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000

February 18, 2025

Rebecca Liebert, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Lubrizol Corporation — a global specialty chemicals company — has been selected by the 91��˶��Ƶ (AIChE) to present the AIChE Government and Industry...

Altering Wastewater Disposal Methods Prevented Oklahoma Earthquakes

Karen Simpson — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:45:29 +0000

February

2025

Tighter rules around wastewater disposal from oil and gas wells in Oklahoma and Kansas reduced earthquake rates by a factor of four, new research finds.