Name change highlights links between engineering and biology

This news is adopted from Princeton University website.
Reflecting the growing intersection of biology and engineering, the Department of Chemical Engineering will change its name as of July 1, 2010, to the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.
“Adding ‘biological’ to our name makes a public statement,” said Richard Register, who chairs the department. “It signals to [...]

Beale Awarded Safety Medal

Chris Beale, senior safety consultant at Ciba Specialty Chemicals, was presented with the Frank Lees Medal at IChemE’s Hazards XXI symposium in Manchester, UK last week.
The medal is presented every year to the person who has authored the best safety and loss prevention publication.
Beale was awarded the 2008 medal in recognition of his paper, The [...]