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In this section, Dr. Joel Shertok addresses a variety of chemical engineering-related topics, including process design and scale-up issues, news topics impacting chemical engineering practices, process safety, and emerging technology trends.
The Curious DNA Circles that Make Treating Cancer so Hard
To the untrained eye, the tiny spots in the tumor cell wouldn’t look like much. In fact, other scientists had noticed them in cancer before
The Consulting Industry’s Dirty Little Secret
It has long been said that doctors make the worst patients; they know too much; they self-diagnose; they are impatient; they self-prescribe; they don’t heed
Companies are Placing Big Bets on Plastics Recycling.
In 2022, Mondelēz International intends to start packaging its Philadelphia brand cream cheese in tubs made from chemically recycled plastics. The packaging maker Berry Global
What did we Learn from the Deepwater Horizon Disaster?
Ten years after the largest accidental oil spill in history, scientists look back on insights gained about how microbes and chemical processes degrade oil. And
Focusing on the Fate of Flushed Contact Lenses
Hydrogel materials could be a source of microplastics in the environment As many as 45 million people in the US wear contact lenses, but what
How do Viruses Leap from Animals to People and Spark Pandemics?
In 2016, just as the worst Ebola epidemic in history was dying down in west Africa, researchers from a US government-funded pandemic-surveillance program called PREDICT sampled bats in the
The Value of Luck in the labour Market for CEOs
Do CEOs always earn their pay? Using data on executive compensation along with accounting data for S&P 1500 firms,this column explores how swings in firm
How To Come Up With Influential Blog Content: Nine Expert Tips
Content marketing has become a cornerstone marketing approach in the world of business, and for good reason: It’s a cost-effective method of getting new clients
Do We Know Enough About The Safety Of Quat Disinfectants?
Quaternary ammonium compounds have been widely used as disinfectants for decades. But some scientists think we need more data on their safety in people With
Dark clouds on the horizon for European Venture Capital
The last few months have been great for European Venture Capital. But is that all about the change? n their quarterly update about new European venture
Work-At-Home AI Surveillance is a Move in the Wrong Direction
While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, another concerning form of AI has quietly emerged and rapidly advanced
Is Clarity Coming for Biobased Chemicals?
Despite record-low oil prices, companies say their biobased alternatives are in demand The world is drowning in oil. Sometimes there’s no place to store even
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Joel joins host Victoria Meyer on The Chemical Show to share his valuable insights into the shifting trends in chemical education, industry research, and the challenges faced by startups in scaling chemical innovations.
THE ART OF SCALE-UP — THE SUCCESSFUL CHEMICAL PRACTITIONER’S GUIDE TO CREATING A PROFITABLE PROCESS
Dr. Joel Shertok addresses chemical engineering concerns in an industrial environment, emphasizing the importance of piloting a reduced scale process to mimic proposed commercial operations. Topics include reactor considerations, separations, and materials of construction (MOC). Subtopics include descriptions, illustrations, and examples of reaction kinetics, mass transfer, mixing, kinetic control, distillation, crystallization and fractional crystallization, separation methods, ion exchange, filtration, selection criteria for materials of construction, energy sources and uses.