The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) (mit.edu/mitei/) sponsors a series of colloquia to showcase areas of critical energy research and analysis in hopes of mitigating foreseeable upcoming energy challenges. On May 4, 2010, MITEI featured a seminar by Bruce E. Dale, PhD,...
Traumatic events can happen in the blink of an eye. On a work day, an explosion that could be seen and heard for fifty (50) miles occurred in a chemical company, a Comprehensive EAP client. Miraculously, everyone survived with no...
Most users of iPhones, iPads, and other wireless technology hardly imagine that gases are critical to the manufacture of the tiny chips that operate their devices. But, ultra-pure hydrogen chloride (HCl), hydrogen (H2), and nitrogen (N2) all play vital roles in the manufacture of super-fast,...
The Gases and Welding Distributors Association’s (GAWDA) (www.gawda.org) mission is to promote the safe operation and economic vitality of distributors of industrial, medical, and specialty gases and related welding equipment and supplies in North America. GAWDA does this in...
With the installation of solar systems growing at between 30–40 percent per year, photovoltaics is the world’s fastest-growing power generation technology. By the end of 2008 more than 15GW of new solar power was installed worldwide, with around 7GW added in...
SEMICON West is the flagship annual event for the global microelectronics industry. Founded in 1971, the show will celebrate its 40th anniversary this year, in San Francisco, CA, on July 13–15. The premier event for the display of...
The semiconductor, Light Emitting Diode (LED), and solar industries represent three of the fastest paced, cutting- edge worldwide markets that Matheson Tri-Gas (www.mathesontrigas.com) serves. Rapidly changing supply chain requirements, coupled with fiercely competitive pressures on price and delivery are just some of...
Value Stream Mapping (VSM) describes a process by charting the materials and information flow of a product or a service along a value chain. Part of Lean Thinking, VSM is a business practice that aims to eliminate waste. This processes was...
With the on-going political discussion of carbon cap-and-trade, sequestration, and other environmental initiatives, Cool Clean Technologies, Inc. (www.coolclean.com) has witnessed confusion among its customers that are considering the purchase of carbon dioxide-based equipment for cleaning, cooling, and extraction applications.
Right now the world is full of green rhetoric, which can be a bit oxymoronic. A greenhouse for plants is good; but greenhouse gases are bad. We all enjoy “The Green, Green Grass of Home” but we also can be...
