LETTER FROM VIENNA.

Letter from . . .

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Letter from the President

I have just come back from attending ECMI 2002 in Latvia. About 150 people took part in the conference which was held in the delightful resort town of Jurmala, about 20km south of Riga. The invited speakers covered a wide range of topics and all gave interesting talks as did the minisymposium speakers and the other contributors. The participants enjoyed the weather and surroundings in Jurmala a...

Vienna landmark

and includes sites of high botanical interest. From 2000 to 2004, volunteers sent by the environmental charity Earthwatch helped to gather biodiversity data to back the scientific case for the sanctuary. Using this research, Earthwatch and NCRC demonstrated to the tribal chiefs that the creation of a sanctuary would provide a profitable alternative to unsustainable hunting and fishing. Investme...

Letter from Romania.

Letter from AIChE President

Quantitative approaches and application of fundamentals are the currency of chemical engineers. Our accomplishments in pharmaceuticals, food, materials, and energy are unsurpassed in providing solutions critical to societal well-being. For the last 40 years, spurred by the biological revolution and the expansion of the pharmaceutical industry into biologics, chemical engineering—as in any robus...