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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Seeking a few more speakers for a safety symposium at CERM in early June
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 11:54:20 AM
Author: Ralph Froehlich <rfroehlich**At_Symbol_Here**HELIXENV.COM> 		Next by Date:
Subject: [DCHAS-L] NSTA Safety Blog: Addressing Electrical Hazards in the Lab
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:37:09 -0400
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Are chemical engineering and biochemistry their own disciplines?
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:57:12 -0400
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There's an interesting article about cultural aspects of various chemistry disciplines in ChemistryWorld today. I have seen these cultural differences reflected in the safety culture of the labs I have visited over the years.

I excerpted the first two paragraphs below.

- Ralph

https://www.chemistryworld.com/careers/are-chemical-engineering-and-biochemistry-their-own-disciplines/3010176.article

Are chemical engineering and biochemistry their own disciplines?

Exploring the edges of the chemical science family

Chemistry provides the foundations for both chemical engineering and biochemistry. Once perhaps sister-disciplines, these academic communities now often seem more like distant cousins. Over time they have developed closer ties to the engineering and biosciences communities respectively, creating very separate academic cultures. So what does chemistry share with these disciplines today, and how do they view their chemistry colleagues? With an increasing emphasis on multidisciplinary research and innovation, is it time for a family reunion?

Structural break
Chemical engineering emerged towards the end of the 19th century in an attempt to make industrial chemistry safer and more efficient. In 1887, chemicals plant inspector George Davis taught the first chemical engineering course in Manchester and the new discipline took its name from his 1901 Handbook of Chemical Engineering.
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