Author: guillerv
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The Chemical Engineering Discipline
Category: Chemical EngineeringI received my basic training in forty-five months at the oldest continuously operating degree-granting chemical engineering program in the United States at the University of Pennsylvania (since 1893). I was interested in the fundamental science behind chemical engineering: I was obsessed withclassical and statistical thermodynamics and how materials work explained by quantum and electromagnetic theories.…
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Arctic Circle
Category: Big PictureEarth’s arctic region experiences a more potent warming effect than other parts of the globe from greenhouse gas accumulation in the atmosphere. Global warming of the earth’s surface is not uniformly distributed. Annual mean surface temperatures in parts of the arctic circle have increased three to four degrees Celsius above their respective levels in 1979,…