Chemical spill at pool supply store leads to flash fire
By Glenn Kahl Reporter gkahl@mantecabulletin.com 209-249-3539 A strong chemical odor inside the Leslie Pools store brought firefighters to air out the building after two employees evacuated the store shortly after 9 am Thursday. A chemical fire started …
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Consumer Group Says Sunscreens Have Improved, But Chemical Concerns Persist
In its sixth annual report, the EWG noted that there was a decrease in the use of allergy-inducing "fragrance" chemicals and oxybenzone, a hormone-disrupting chemical that mimics estrogen, compared to products on last year's list.
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Tualatin police say body, chemicals found in trailer
By Rebecca Woolington, The Oregonian Tualatin police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding a body that was found in a trailer that contained chemicals. About 2:50 pm, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue HazMat crews responded to the …
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Lecture 8 from the series “Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers” given by Dr. Seif Fateen, Cairo University. This lecture discusses the constant-V and constant-P process for closed systems and introduces the enthalpy, a new thermodynamic function.
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Consumers on-the-go expect quality food prepared consistently and delivered promptly. The quick serve restaurant must provide this level of service while maintaining a food-safe, clean environment. The type of food packaging a QSR uses is critical to meeting these business challenges. By replacing conventional cans, jugs, jars, bottles and pails with Scholle Packaging’s bag and fitment options, foodservice operators gain a safe, easy-to-use and cost-effective means to meet these challenges.

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Bernd van den Brekel, Shell Learning Manager Wells, describes the four-year in-house training programme all Shell well engineers must complete.

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Kenneth Gardner explains how you can use your therapeutic grade Young Living Thieves essential oil blend, which is one of the 9 “Everyday Oils”. www.KennethGardner.com I’ve been using the Young Living products, and I love what they do for me. Believe it or not, I’m almost 50 years old. I love the the physical and emotional benefits the Young Living essential oils give me. Thieves is an essential oil blend of clove, lemon, cinnamon bark, eucalyptus, and rosemary. The name of Thieves oil blend is based on a story of thieves in France during the black plague who protected themselves with these oils while they robbed the bodies of the dead and dying. Thieves is anti-viral, antiseptic, anti-bacterial, and anti-infectious, great to use instead of chemicals and even drugs. I use Thieves essential oil blend when I feel a sore throat coming on, a few drops on the back of my tongue, letting it sit there a while before swallowing. You can put some in water and gargle. Recently, I used it for a toothache, a possible infection, by just dropping it on the gum and the tooth, and the toothache went away. Thieves is very good for dental health, healthy gums, and for helping with gum disease. You can rub it right on your gums, and you can use it to prevent decay and have healthy teeth. For a headache, you can put a drop of Thieves on your tongue and press it against the roof of your mouth. For a sinus headache or for lung congestion or infection, use the vapor method with a bowl of hot …

SRI Quality System Registrar is pleased to announce that it has recently awarded an ISO 13485:2003 Management System Certificate to Pittsburgh Plastics Mfg., Inc., located in Butler, PA, for the design and manufacture of advanced polymer devices for medical, footcare, safety, athletic & industrial markets.

According to A. Joseph Falcsik, SRI’s Vice President, Certification: “We are pleased to acknowledge that PPM has demonstrated effective implementation of a management system. ISO 13485:2003 certification provides evidence to customers, suppliers, employees and their community of their commitment to producing a quality product and providing customer satisfaction.”

Pittsburgh Plastics’ Ian Cummings, Chief Engineer, noted: “The ISO 13485:2003 certification validates the commitment to quality that PPM has had throughout the years. We are excited about the new opportunities that this certification will allow us in the development and manufacturing of medical devices.”

ISO 13485:2003 is processed-based; certification recognizes organizations that can link business objectives with operating effectiveness. Companies that achieve Management System Certification to ISO 13485:2003 have demonstrated effective implementation of documentation and records management, top management’s commitment to their customers, establishment of clear policy, good planning and implementation, good resource management, efficient process control and measurement and analysis.

Pittsburgh Plastics Mfg., Inc. is a contract manufacturer of custom cushioning solutions for the footcare, medical, safety, industrial and athletic markets. PPM utilizes a variety of proprietary materials including polyurethanes, TPEs, silicones, foams and hydrogels.

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In this important new book, Mohan Kelkar, a respected author and professor, presents the quintessential guide for gas engineers, emphasizing the practical aspects of natural gas production. Readers will learn to incorporate cutting-edge research in estimating reserves, evaluating the performance of fractured wells, processing gas, and material balance analysis; learn to evaluate future performance of gas reservoirs; learn to improve the performance of gas wells; and more.

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Chemical Weapons: A Clear And Present Danger
By Ayu Dalita Pendek & Linda Khoo PUTRAJAYA, May 13 (Bernama) — The deployment of chemical weapons, despite being a remote possibility, remains a clear and present danger. Thus, it is imperative to be vigilant to prevent access to such weapons, …
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Industrial Leaders Adds Industrial Chemicals, Cleaning Equipment, Coatings …
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Laminar Flow and Convective Transport Processes: Scaling Principles and Asymptotic Analysis presents analytic methods for the solution of fluid mechanics and convective transport processes, all in the laminar flow regime. This book brings together the results of almost 30 years of research on the use of nondimensionalization, scaling principles, and asymptotic analysis into a comprehensive form suitable for presentation in a core graduate-level course on fluid mechanics and the convective transport of heat. A considerable amount of material on viscous-dominated flows is covered.

A unique feature of this book is its emphasis on scaling principles and the use of asymptotic methods, both as a means of solution and as a basis for qualitative understanding of the correlations that exist between independent and dependent dimensionless parameters in transport processes. Laminar Flow and Convective Transport Processes is suitable for use as a textbook for graduate courses in fluid mechanics and transport phenomena and also as a reference for researchers in the field.

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Often the evaluation of the best chemical agent to be used in ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) membrane processes is a trial and error process usually derived from pilot plant experiments in half technical scale. This is expensive and time-consuming as the membranes have to be fouled again after the cleaning step. To overcome this problem, a single membrane capillary test unit for testing out-in capillaries was used. The major benefit is the possibility of investigating the performance of different cleaning agents at several capillaries, which were fouled comparably as they were taken out of the same module. Within this study 16 capillaries were cleaned with different cleaning agents of the categories oxidants, bases and acids, alone or in combination with each other at two different temperatures. After each cleaning step the cleaning solution was gathered and analysed by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) on inorganic and Liquid Chromatography-Organic Carbon Detection (LC-OCD) on organic eluted foulants to evaluate how the foulants are affected by the different cleaning agents. Additionally, the permeability before and after each elution experiment was measured in order to determine the cleaning efficiency. Based on the results proposals for the use of specific cleaning agents for specific fouling substances are derived.

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CONTENTS – Distillation of Naphtha, Gasoline, Kerosene, Jet Fuel and Similar Products – Vacuum Distillation – Distillation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Determination of High-Boiling Fractions in Isopropyl Ether – Test for Light Ends in Isobutylene and Similar Products – Flash Point by the Tag Closed Tester (Abel Flash Point) – Flash and Fire Points by the Cleveland Open Cup (Marcusson Flash Point) – Flash Point by the Pensky-Martens Closed Tester – Determining the Nonvolatile Matter in CTLA Polymers – Rapid Method for Comparative Evaporation Rates of Solvents – Gravity of Petroleum Products by the Hydrometer – Specific Gravity by Means of the Pycnometer – Viscosity Determination by the Saybolt Viscometer – Determination of the Kinematic Viscosity of Petroleum Products by Glass Viscometers – Color of Petroleum Products by the Tag-Robinson Colorimeter (Color Stability of Lubricants) – Color of White Petroleum Products by the Saybolt Chromometer – Determining the Color of Solvents by the Platinum-Cobalt System – Gardner’s Method of Determining the Color of Solvents – Determination of the Acid Wash Color of Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Sulfur by Lamp (Closed System) – Doctor Test – Determination of Sulfur in Petroleum Products – Heavier than Illuminating Oils – Qualitative Detection of Sulfur Gases in Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Detection of Thiophene in Benzene – Ash and Water-Soluble Ash Content of Petroleum Oils – Cloud and Pour Points of Petroleum Products (Dilute Pour Point) – Detecting Oxidizable Matter in Solvents (Permanganate Test) – Permanaganate Time Test (Improved Visual Method) – Holde Hard Asphalt Test – Determination of the Gumming Properties of Gasoline by Means of a Copper Dish – Determination of Water in Petroleum Products by the Karl Fischer Reagent – Determination of Water in Hydrocarbon Gases by the Karl Fischer Reagent – Acidity of Industrial Aromatic Hydrocarbons – Determination of the Unsaponifiable Matter in, and the Neutralization Number of, Naphthenic Acids – Aniline Point – Wijs’ Iodine Number – Bromine Number (Lewis and Bradstreet Method) – Determination of the Bromine Index of Xylene – Determination of the Available Cyclopentadiene and Methylcyclopentadienes in Dimers – Determination of Cyclopentadiene in Isoprene – Determination of the Total Conjugated Diolefin Content of Isoprene – Complete Analysis of Distilled Isobutylene by Infrared Spectrometry – Solubility of Pentachlorophenol in Petroleum Oils – Determination of Lower Ketones – Determination of the Alcohol Content by Acetylation – Water Dilution of Alcohol – Determination of Alcohol Content by Specific Gravity – Test for Mixed Alcohols (Hydroxyl Number) – Acetone in Isopropyl Alcohol by Ultraviolet Spectrometry – Ester Content of Solvents – Tests for Specification Grades of Ethyl Ether – Determination of the Carbonyl Compounds in Petrochemical Products (Carbonyl Number) – Determination of Peroxides in Isopropyl Ether – Peroxide Number of Petroleum Products – Determination of the Residual Odor of Heavy Petroleum Solvents – Amino-Type Inhibitors in Gasoline – Determination of tert-Butylcatechol Inhibitor in Unsaturated Heavy Hydrocarbons – Flash Point by the Tag Open Cup – a-Naphthol in Ether – Sampling and Testing Lacquer Solvents and Diluents – Index -

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This book adds much to the already evolving field of Design for Environment; but it goes far beyond most works on this subject by surrounding the central notions of life cycle assessment with a scientific body of knowledge and with a more practical slant reflecting the reality of the organizations in which product development occurs. Through a focus on plastic products, the authors show the importance of making ties between basic technical knowledge and the process of life cycle engineering. Their approach offers a practical, deliberate way to make ecologically and economically sensible decisions about product reuse and recycling and other critical dimensions of product life behavior. They demonstrate a positive approach to designing products that fits into a sustainable economy through down-to-earth cases. While the book focuses on the life cycle engineering of plastics, it is only a short step to other materials and products. Beyond contributing to the technology of life cycle engineering, this text adds to the growing body of knowledge that argues for an fundamentally new way of thinking about economic and social activity–a new paradigm for sustainable social and industrial problem solving. Industrial ecology is such a new system for thinking about and implementing sustainability that draws its core set of ideas from the ecological world. Industrial ecology brings to the surface the idea of interdependence among members of a community– natural or economic, and notes the material cycles that are central to a stable ecosystem. The life cycle engineering framework, coupled with sound scientific knowledge of materials behavior as articulated in this book, makes a giant step towards bringing the model of industrial ecology into everyday practice. From the Preface by John R. Ehrenfeld Director, MIT Technology, Business and Environment Program Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development

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Lessons learned and experience gained from mature Norwegian offshore projects form the cornerstone of this timely new book, whose principle aim is to increase the reader’s general understanding of the ‘upstream’ part of the petroleum industry – the locating of underground resources and their conversion to valuable products. Starting with Chapter (1): The Geology of Petroleum Resources, the text follows the hydrocarbons from their origin in reservoirs through Chapter (3): Drilling, Well Design and Well Completion to Chapter (6): Hydrocarbon Off Take. Against the backdrop of Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico, Chapter (7): Overall Field Design and Support Facilities has beneficial advice for the industry, and the authors did not shy away from their responsibilities and devoted subsequent chapters to: · Decommissioning· Safety Management· Environmental Management· Licensing and Fiscal Regimes· The Economics of Petroleum Operations and Investments· Responsibilities to Society and Business Ethics The book s interdisciplinary approach and the links between different parts of the value chain make it a useful contribution to the published literature. Its emphasis on the need for careful handling of natural resources, the safety of the development in the most environmentally friendly way, and business ethics and responsibility to society make it especially relevant today.The book is intended for readers who have a professional or student interest in the petroleum industry, and a modest level of prior knowledge of the technical and commercial aspects of the industry, including university students specializing in petroleum sciences; specialists from the industry who want to upgrade their competence; engineers in oil and gas companies and governmental bodies and institutions who would like to have a desktop reference book; people in the contracting industry serving the offshore market who want to understand how their contribution fits into the totality of developing oil and gas resources; and interested readers from the general public, such as teachers and policy decision makers.

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The fifth edition of Plant Design and Economics for Chemical Engineers is a major revision of the popular fourth edition. There are new chapters on process synthesis, computer-aided design, and design of chemical reactors. A traditionally strong feature of the text, economic analysis, has been revamped and updated. Another strength, equipment sizing and cost estimation, is updated and expanded as well. These improvements also reflect changes in equipment availability.

The numerous real examples throughout the book include computer or hand solutions, and often both. There is a new increased emphasis on computer use in design, economic evaluation, and optimization. Concepts, strategies, and approaches to computer use are featured. These concepts are not tied to particular software programs and therefore apply to wide a range of applications software, of both current and future release.

This widely used text is now more useful than ever, providing a “one-stop” guide to chemical process design and evaluation.

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www.markaquino.com Mr. Mark Aquino, Founder of Aquino’s Auto Restoration shows you how to safely and properly do a chemical clean prior to spraying epoxy paint. You have stripped the car to bear metal and DA’d with, no coarser than 80. Now apply the cleaner and wipe it off within 2 seconds, with a clean rag. For more How To’s go to http or call in your questions during “Shop Talk with Mark Aquino” every Wednesday at 8AM on Blog Talk Radio! Thanks for subscribing to this channel and sharing it with your friends!
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Lightning Eliminators, one of this years Colorado Companies to Watch winners and recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerces Export Achievement Certificate in 2011, today announces the decision to work with energy PR firm Write2Market for a long-term industry leadership public relations campaign.

LEC, a Hitachi Industries Co. Ltd. Business Partner, are experts in providing integrated lightning protection and lightning prevention solutions in over 69 countries and throughout the United States. With over 3000 installations worldwide clients include ADNOC, Alltel, Chevron, Daewoo, DuPont, Dow, Exxon, FedEx, GE Nuclear, NNPC, Petrobras, PDVSA, Saudi Aramco, the Tennessee Valley Authority and Turner Broadcasting.

Write2Market specializes in creating industry leadership campaigns and thought awareness in the energy and technology sectors, says LECs marketing director JoOnna Silberman. The engineering, safety and operations professionals who select LEC technologies for lightning protection demand highly accountable public relations initiatives. With Write2Markets energy and technology focus, that is exactly what we expect from this unique firm.

LEC needs an agency that understands their multinational business, says the energy pr firm’s managing partner Jean-Luc Van Hulst. We are proud they have chosen us to carry their message to oil and gas, nuclear energy, transportation and logistics, and related industries that demand highly reputable storytelling and high integrity communications.

Write2Market will utilize its proprietary methodology, Triple A Industry Leadership, to focus on and measure the impact of awards, access, and awareness opportunities for LEC in coming months.

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Write2Market is an industry leadership consulting firm making its reputation by securing industry leadership reputations for scaling companies in energy public relations and technology. We invented Triple A Industry Leadership Methodology–a direct and tractable means to activating the recognition your company deserves. Our approach engages better headlines, better profits, better partners, and better people. Are you an unrecognized industry leader? Find out if we are right for you at write2market.com.

About Lightning Eliminators & Consultants (LEC)

Lightning Eliminators & Consultants (LEC) is dedicated to providing integrated lightning protection and prevention products, solutions and services by utilizing innovative patented charge transfer technology, grounding systems engineering, surge protection design, and providing comprehensive consulting services based on physics and state of the art engineering principles. Working in over 60 countries and throughout the United States, LEC Global has implemented its proprietary DAS solutions in addition to RGA solutions for floating roof tanks across many industries like Petrochemical, Oil and Gas, Biochemical, Information Technologies, Nuclear Energy, Utilities and Manufacturing. For more information about LEC visit: lightningprotection.com

Plainfield Township, Pa– Multiple firefighters working at a massive fire that completely destroyed a plastics recycling company this morning. Reports that more than 57 response agencies responded to Nicos Polymers at 730 Bangor Road to assist at the blaze. Pictures of Incident: lehighvalleysbravest.smugmug.com Express Times News Article www.lehighvalleylive.com

John Karanikas talks about how better understanding of rock and fluid properties combined with novel technologies can help to unlock vast resources of hard-to-produce oil and gas.

The seventh edition of this classic reference work once more provides a comprehensive overview of commercially available plastics materials. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, it enables scientists to understand the commercial implications of their work as well as providing technologists with a theoretical background.

Since the previous edition, several new materials have been announced. Many of these materials result from metallocene catalyst technology. In addition, developments also continue with condensation polymers with several new polyester type materials of interest for bottle-blowing and/or degradable plastics. New phenolic-type resins have also been announced. As with previous editions, an explanation of the properties of these new materials in terms of their structure and morphology involving the principles laid down in the earlier chapters is presented.

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HC Chemical Network News from Heilongjiang Provincial Industry and Information Committee was informed that the province continue to take innovative initiatives, to promote the petrochemical industry projects, and achieved remarkable results. 11 at the end of last year, the petrochemical industry realized main business income of 108.23 billion yuan; profits of 22.71 billion yuan, an increase of 30.78 billion yuan; profit of 6.2 billion, an increase of 18.03 billion yuan.

Heilongjiang Province under the State Council, “the petrochemical industry restructuring and revitalization plan,” combined with the actual situation in the province, a clear direction and focus to effectively promote the efforts to increase petrochemical projects.

Focus on the development of Poly Olefin Modification of materials and Engineering plastics To Daqing Petrochemical Company, Daqing Refining & Chemical Company as a leader, producing high-grade, high-performance professional resin, providing high-quality raw materials for the downstream business.

Focus on promoting the Daqing Petrochemical Corporation 1.2 million tons / year ethylene renovation and expansion projects in Daqing Refining & Chemical Company 2 300 thousand tons of polypropylene and expansion project in Daqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 500,000 tons of blue / C4 comprehensive utilization project in Daqing Huake limited by shares Company 150,000 tons / year ethylene cracker C5 utilization and 15 tons / year ethylene cracker C9 comprehensive utilization project, Harbin Xin Tai Tech Co., Ltd. 100,000 tons / year high-quality PP Modification of plastic items, Heilongjiang Dragon League new-5 t / MMA expansion reconstruction project.

Positive development Fine Chemicals To Daqing Petrochemical Company, Daqing Refining & Chemical Company, Daqing Oil Field Chemical Group and other leading enterprises, focusing on the development of ultra-high molecular weight polyacrylamide oil and surfactant, the three oil fields produced liquid flocculant chemicals, epoxy resin, high-performance adhesives, Pesticide intermediate Other fine chemical products, focus on promoting the expansion of the Daqing Refining & Chemical Company polyacrylamide reconstruction project, Daqing Oilfield Chemical Group alkylbenzene sulfonate surfactants expansion reconstruction project, Daqing Biochemical Co., Ltd.

Chi Fei expansion Abamectin reconstruction project, Jiamusi Xingyu Biotechnology Development Co., Ltd. abamectin benzoate expansion reconstruction project.

Accelerate the development of high performance fiber and composite materials to Harbin Tian Shun Chemical Company as a leader, focused on the development of carbon fiber composite material and its downstream; actively promote the Harbin Institute of Technology PBO fiber test base construction projects, speed up the industrialization of PBO fiber.

Actively promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional petrochemical industry, actively promote the Daqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. of blue and comprehensive utilization of a project C4, Black Dragon Jiang Haohua Chemical Co., Ltd. 300,000 t / a ion membrane caustic soda, 300,000 tons / year of PVC project, the Northeast High-tech Co., Ltd. Mudanjiang annual output of 200,000 tons of calcium carbide, 16 tons of caustic soda, 160,000 tons of suspended resin project, birch GITI Co., Ltd. steel, semi-steel radial expansion project, the first control Mudanjiang Oil Chemical Co., Ltd. Aromatics Class of chemical raw materials based projects.

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Due to increasing demand for environmentally sustainable acoustical and energy saving building products, Applegate Insulation is pleased to announce foil-backed duct and pipe wrap to their growing Mr. Insulate Cotton Armor line of cotton insulations and acoustical panels. Made from 85% recycled content, Cotton Armor pipe and duct wraps provide an eco-friendly solution for sweating pipes and heat loss from air-ducts and water pipes.

According to Terry Applegate, CEO of Applegate Insulation, the new Cotton Armor insulations provide numerous advantages over traditional fiberglass and foam products. “While many companies are experimenting with new and untested man-made products, we have decided to go back to the future, using mans first fiber friend, cotton, as our insulating material. Because cotton is a natural and rapidly renewable resource containing no hazardous chemicals or petroleum based binders, our customers get the advantages of 21st century energy conservation along with the epitome of environmental protection.”

Unlike traditional fiberglass, cotton will not cause irritation or itching that is associated with fiberglass as it doesn’t contain or release glass fibers and its flexibility makes it easy to wrap, which can reduce installation time. The natural advantages of Cotton Armor allow environmentally concerned contractors and building owners to protect their buildings and energy dollars in a manner that satisfies their green conscience. An added benefit of Cotton Armor is sound suppression. The natural sound attenuating properties of cotton make Cotton Armor duct and pipe wraps an ideal material for those looking to quiet noisy ducts and pipes.

According to the Department of Energy (DOE), “…uninsulated or poorly insulated ducts in unconditioned spaces can lose through conduction 10%30% of the energy used to heat and cool your home.” Cotton Armor foil-backed duct wrap is optimized for quick external installation on commercial and residential heating and air conditioning ducts, and is suitable for rectangular or circular ducts where temperature and moisture control is needed for an energy efficient building.

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Is it time to break up with your cleaners? You know they’ve been hiding things from you. You can’t ignore it any longer: you’re in a toxic relationship with your cleaners. There’s only one thing left to do. It’s time for a breakup. Tell those brands it’s over. You’ve found something better. Something you can share your home with; a relationship you can trust. It’s them, it’s not you. Learn more at www.SpringBreakup.ca Take action at http
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ChEnected sat down with Michael Dolan, VP of ExxonMobil, following his keynote that opened AIChE’s Spring Meeting and the 8th Global Congress on Process Safety. He discusses points from his talk, which focuses on process safety and chemical engineers’ role in balancing risk.
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Would you like to study chemical engineering? Watch this video made by our students to see an ordinary day in a students life. The video contains material by Wärtsilä, BonAlive and StoraEnso.
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Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering (BENG 100) Professor Saltzman introduces the concepts and applications of biomedical engineering, providing an overview of the course syllabus, reading materials for lecture and labs and grading logistics. Various pictures are shown to highlight the current application of biomedical engineering technologies in daily life (eg. chest x-ray, PET scan, operating room, gene chip, transport). Next, living standards and medical technologies of the past and present are compared to point out the impact of biomedical engineering as well as areas for improvement in the field. Finally, Professor Saltzman draws references from the poem “London Bridge” to illustrate some societal issues in making materials and devices in biomedical engineering. 00:00 – Chapter 1. Introduction 02:36 – Chapter 2. Biomedical Engineering in Everyday Life 18:43 – Chapter 3. A Brief History of Engineering 22:58 – Chapter 4. Biomedical Engineering in Disease Control 31:09 – Chapter 5. Course Overview and Logistics 39:23 – Chapter 6. Conclusion Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2008.