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Engineering Internships: A Win for Students and Companies

Insights to the benefits of internships for both students and the employing companies are discussed Internships have become an important part of the professional landscape. Both students and companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) benefit from the relationship. For…

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Outsourcing and Offshoring Engineering and Fabrication Activities

Follow these tips to get the most out of these high-risk, high-reward, third-party arrangements Outsourcing is the subcontracting of a business function to an outside entity. The concept of outsourcing was first articulated by David Ricardo, an English economist in…

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Re-Establishing Course

Changing employment situations can leave affected employees trying to redefine their career paths. The positive experiences shared by these authors can provide some options and strategies  The corporate world can be challenging because business fluctuates with time, and employment reductions…

Sharing your expertise

Chemical engineers can put their skills to use in a very broad range of areas — from chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing to petroleum refining and to areas of biomedical work, such as development of artificial dialysis equipment and more. This…

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Tips for the Multitasking Engineer

These tips, based on experience, can help engineers keep on top of their many tasks It is not uncommon for engineers to be working on multiple projects at the same time. Have you been in a situation where project priorities…

Bookshelf November 2014

Creating and Leading a High-Performance Chemical Plant. By Bob Gilbert. Tate Publishing & Enterprises LLC, 127 East Trade Center Terrace, Mustang, OK,73064. Web: tatepublishing.com. 2014. 56 pages. $7.99. A Conceptual Guide to Thermodynamics. By Bill Poirier. John Wiley & Sons…

Recently published books for the CPI

Bioenergy Research: Advances and Applications.  By Vijai K. Gupta, Maria G. Tuohy, Christian Kubicek, Jack Saddler and Feng Xu. Elsevier Inc., 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451. Web: elsevier.com. 2014. 500 pages. $149.95. Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics: Transport and Rate Processes in…

Recently published books for the chemical process industries (CPI)

  Process Heat Transfer: Principles, Applications and Rules of Thumb. 2nd ed. By Robert Serth and Thomas Lestina. Elsevier Inc., 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02144. Web: elsevier.com. 2014. 632 pages. $120.00. Engineering Plastics. By T.R. Crompton. Smithers Rapra Publishing,…

Scale-up Guide reviewed by Fluor engineer

Industrial Process Scale-up: A Practical Innovation Guide from Idea to Commercial Implementation. By Jan Harmsen. Elsevier Inc., 225 Wyman St., Waltham, MA 02144. Web: elsevier.com. 2013. 112 pages. $64.95. Reviewed by Jim Gregory, Senior Process Engineer, Fluor, Greenville, S.C.  …

CE editor reviews surface scientist’s autobiography

An American Scientist. By Gabor A. Somorjai with Mitch Jacoby. Archway Publishing. 1663 Liberty Drive, Bloomington, IN 47403. Web: archwaypublishing.com. 2013. 250 pages. $27.95. Reviewed by Scott Jenkins, Chemical Engineering magazine, New York, N.Y.   For those working in the…