Ramblings of a Chemical Engineer: A Book Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aziatul Niza Sadikin
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Chemical Engineer ◽  
Professional Career ◽  
Present Information ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
University Researcher ◽  
Chemical Companies

Ramblings of a Chemical Engineer is significantly influenced by the author's personal experiences as a chemical engineer who has worked in a variety of chemical companies. It encompasses his college years, time as a university researcher, and professional career; it is told in a fast-paced way via a succession of vignettes that capture the highlights of the events that formed him into the professional chemical engineer he is today. It was his intention to present information about a profession in chemical engineering to potential students seeking degrees in chemical engineering. It also acts as a guide for aspiring chemical engineers and future engineers, emphasizing what they should aim for and how much fun this profession can be.

Product Engineering

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Wei
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Structure ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
Chemical Engineer ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Historical Case ◽  
Structure And Property ◽  
Product Engineering ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Chemical Companies

The current chemical engineering curriculum concentrates on process: the efficient manufacturing in quantity of traditional chemical products such as ammonia and benzene. However, many chemical companies now invent and manufacture specialty products with particular properties such as pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and electronic coatings, and their employees need to know how to design the products as well as manufacture them. James Wei, a famous chemical engineer, is writing this book to provide theories and case studies in product engineering the design of new, useful products with desired properties. The first section relates historical case studies of successful product invention and development by individuals and companies. The second part of the book describes the toolbox of molecular structure-property relations. A desired product needs to have certain properties (for example, phase transition or thermal properties) and the chemist must find or design a molecular structure with the required properties This section will instruct chemists in the analysis of structure and property information. The third section is concerned with the next stage: product research and design. It will discuss improving the desired product by additives and blending, among other strategies. It will also cover future challenges in product engineering.

scholarly journals Book Review: So You Want to Be an Academic Library Director

2018 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Pat Hawthorne
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Library Directors ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Library Director ◽  
Director Characteristics

This volume comprises thirteen reflective essays by library leaders offering perspectives on their personal experiences and lessons learned regarding academic library management. Editor Colleen S. Harris notes in the very brief preface: “To complement the formal research on academic library director characteristics, I have recruited library directors to write essays reflecting on various aspects of their work as library directors.” Although she alludes to research studies regarding the knowledge, skills, and characteristics of successful managers and leaders, none of the chapters cite any such studies, and the book unfortunately lacks a substantive introductory chapter to complement and provide context for the essays by presenting relevant research findings. It almost seems as though the intent was to provide a more thorough introduction to this literature and the studies, but somehow that introductory chapter did not make it into the volume.

scholarly journals Michael Szwarc. 19 June 1909 — 4 August 2000

2006 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 365-377
Author(s):  
Joseph Jagur-Grodzinski ◽  
Stanislaw Penczek
Keyword(s):  
Organic Chemistry ◽  
Chemical Engineering ◽  
College Education ◽  
Chemical Engineer ◽  
Polytechnic Institute ◽  
Michael Polanyi ◽  
The South ◽  
Jewish Family ◽  
Industrial Town ◽  
Hebrew University

Michael Szwarc was born in Będzin, an industrial town in the south of Poland, as an only son of a Jewish family. Michael received his pre–college and college education in Warsaw and in 1932 received his degree in chemical engineering from the Warsaw Polytechnic Institute. After graduation he married in 1933 Maria Frenkel (Marysia), whose brother married his younger sister Rala. From 1933 to 1935 he worked in Poland as a chemical engineer. In 1935 he emigrated to Palestine (today's Israel) and after a year was joined there by his sister and brother–in–law. Two of his three children were born during his stay in Jerusalem, where he was engaged in research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and from which he gained a PhD in organic chemistry. In late 1945 he went to England, where he joined the group under Professor Michael Polanyi FRS in Manchester.

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