Frontiers in Chemical Engineering:

Research Needs and Opportunities

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Size: 232 pages, 8 x 10.5

Publication Year:1988

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Committee on Chemical Engineering Frontiers: Research Needs and Opportunities, National Research Council
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In the next 10 to 15 years, chemical engineers have the potential to affect every aspect of American life and promote the scientific and industrial leadership of the United States. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering explores the opportunities available and gives ...
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Front Matter	i-viii
Contents	ix-x	(skim)
1 Executive Summary	1-8	(skim)
2 What is Chemical Engineering?	9-16	(skim)
3 Biotechnology and Biomedicine	17-36	(skim)
4 Electronic, Photonic, and Recording Materials and Devices	37-60	(skim)
5 Polymers, Ceramics, and Composites	61-78	(skim)
6 Processing of Energy and Natural Resources	79-104	(skim)
7 Environmental Protection, Process Safety, and Hazardous Waste Mangement	105-134	(skim)
8 Computer-Assisted Process and Control Engineering	135-152	(skim)
9 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Microstructures	153-174	(skim)
10 Recommendations	175-184	(skim)
APPENDIX A Detailed Recommendations for Funding	185-197	(skim)
APPENDIX B Contributors	198-200	(skim)
APPENDIX C The Chemical Processing Industries	201-204	(skim)
Index	205-219	(skim)
Plates	220-223	(skim)

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In the next 10 to 15 years, chemical engineers have the potential to affect every aspect of American life and promote the scientific and industrial leadership of the United States. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering explores the opportunities available and gives a blueprint for turning a multitude of promising visions into realities. It also examines the likely changes in how chemical engineers will be educated and take their place in the profession, and presents new research opportunities.

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". . . [Well] crafted, absorbing reading, sets a clear agenda for the frontiers of chemical engineering and should be obligatory reading for all members of the profession." --Chemical Engineering Journal

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