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“Chemical Engineers - Untold Contributions to Humanity”

International Conference of Chemical Engineering

Tuesday September 13, 2016 by

Tony Green

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Agenda1. What has been achieved?2. The job is not done 3. What Chemical Engineers can do to get the job completed…..

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"Oh, that's not a technical problem, so I have nothing

to contribute.”

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Haber Process

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N2 (gas) + H2 (gas) NH3 (gas)

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Computer Age

Etching

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Anode side (an oxidation reaction):2H2 => 4H++ 4e-

Cathode side (a reduction reaction):O2 + 4H+ + 4e- => 2H2O

Net reaction (the "redox" reaction):2H2 + O2 => 2H2O

Fuel Cell

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Space Travel

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The Bottom Billion

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limited access to clean water and energy and live in

urban slums.

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Climate Change

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Politics

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Politics

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“It is not what engineers do, but how they think about the

world that makes them different.”

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Alternative Energy

Environment

Advanced Materials

Water Conservation

“I believe if people in

general had a better

understanding of how

alternative/clean

technologies worked

there would much less

comprehension and fear

toward adopting these

technologies.”

The Voice of sustainability

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Questions andAnswers ?

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