Build Your Library with Basics
May 24, 2016Industry Focus,Technical Expertise & Testing
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With the advent of e-books and our ability to access archives of trade magazines online, it’s become easier for engineers to have ready access to a rich, professional library. This is especially good if you had to complete some work during March Madness;…
Cloud Seeding Process and Vonnegut
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I tend to perk up when I hear or read about cloud seeding. When I came across Amanda Little’s Business Week article about cloud seeding process in India to avoid droughts, I even felt a little nostalgic.
Right there, in the middle of the…
Sleuthing CIP Process Solutions
March 24, 2016Industry Focus,Technical Expertise & Testing
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For years, my focus as a process engineer has been thin-cake filtration, cake washing and drying technologies. I am continually engaged by the people I work with and the ongoing need to find new process solutions to problems.
There are…
Your next idea could come from a Whopper.
February 24, 2016Innovation Mindset
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Any process engineer with a love for creativity will appreciate this Business Week article about The DNA of Strawberries.
The article features Phil Stewart, a fruit breeder for Driscoll’s (“the largest player in the $5.6…
Scaling Upwards & Onwards
January 27, 2016Technical Expertise & Testing
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Technology is always changing. That is part of what makes our job and CPI process so interesting. Keeping up with new processes helps us to stay on our toes.
The AICHE recently focused a special section on Scaling Up Bioenergy Technologies. Author David…







