by Jan Harmsen | Feb 27, 2026 | Events & Congresses, News
Innovators need this course to know which AI tools can help them to generate new process and product concepts, and which AI tools help them in each innovation stage to reduce the risks of commercial implementation failure. The course also shows them the strengths,...
by Jan Harmsen | Dec 11, 2025 | News, Vocabulary
The field of membrane separations has its own terminology, described by Kronos [1]. I have collected some vocabulary terms described using his description. The scientific membrane field terminology is different from the chemical engineering field terminology. I...
by Jan Harmsen | Nov 12, 2025 | News
The number of students entering the chemical engineering Bachelor program of Technical University Eindhoven was 230 in September 2025. This is the highest number ever. Why are so many students now choosing this study? I do not know. What I do know however is that...
by Jan Harmsen | Oct 29, 2025 | Events & Congresses, News
Presentations at the Process Development Symposium Europe (PDSE) October 21-22, 2025, Frankfurt, Germany, showed that Sustainable Chemical Engineering Design methods and specific Artificial Intelligence methods, applied in Europe, result in processes that are better...
by Jan Harmsen | Aug 28, 2025 | News, Vocabulary
Vocabulary on Mixing The term ‘mixing’ is used in various ways in the field of chemical engineering. Here are some useful definitions. Common mis-understandings of terms are also described. Mixing Mixing 1: The intimate contact of components to obtain one homogenous...
by Jan Harmsen | Jul 10, 2025 | Events & Congresses, News
I visited the van ’t Hoff lecture and the one-day conference about nano-medicines, both at Delft University of Technology, 3rd and 4th of July 2025. Here are some key points of these conferences: Nanomedicine Grows Big Nanomedicines are now produced at commercial...
