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Engineering Ethics Survey: What's Your Opinion?
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A new spin on liquid-gas separation
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Emissions Regulations and Control
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Engineering Ethics Survey: What's Your Opinion?How would you respond to these hypothetical situations involving ethics…
What is Your Engineering Ethics IQ?These seven-steps form a guideline for handling ethically challenging situations…
Plant Watch Technip to provide EPC services for Unipetrol HDPE…
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CO2 to formic acid Professor Yutaka Amao and colleagues at…
The research group of professor Shigeki Matsunaga at Hokkaido University…
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A novel solvent can reduce the costs of capturing and…
Nanostructured membrane for water purificationA new composite-membrane distillation process capable of removing salt, toxic…
Emissions Regulations and ControlHarnessing new technologies for best practices in pollution control could…
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Using Laser Diffraction to Characterize Heterogeneous CatalystsThe capabilities of laser diffraction systems go beyond particle-size analysis…
Pipe Insulation: Finding the Optimal ThicknessAvoid tedious numerical calculation by using this quick, shortcut method…
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Focus on Grinding, Milling and ScreeningA mill for when every micron matters Designed with the…
Membrane elements desalinate seawater and brackish water The Lewabrane Series…
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