Resources for Chemical Engineers
- ChemClub.Com
"ChemClub.Com is a world chemistry community featuring an index of
scientific publications, an index of scientific websites, an online news
site and a chemistry search engine (ChemFinder)."
- ChemDex
This site comes from the chemistry department of the University of
Sheffield, and is a very organised site with many links to other chemistry
resources. From here you can find information on universities and
institutions, chemical companies and government bodies. ChemDex is the
home of WebElements, one of the most popular periodic tables on the Web.
ChemDex-UK, also searchable from this site is a directory of staff working
at UK chemistry departments.
- ChemFinder
This site is one of the best places to start looking for chemical data.
ChemFinder indexes many hundreds of Web sites that contain actual chemical
data. You can also search by CAS Registry Number, which is the most
effective way of searching for any chemical substance.
- Chemindustry.com
A worldwide search engine of the chemical industry
- Chemsoc
Hosted by the Royal Society of Chemistry, this is the home of the
international chemical societies' electronic network. From here you can
find extensive chemical education resources, information on conferences
and meetings, jobs and careers, and many links to other sites. Chembytes
is an on-line magazine, providing specially-commissioned feature articles
for the website plus business and science news. The site also contains
Visual Elements, a most striking representation of the periodical table.
You can click on the element you are interested in to find a full
description of that element plus useful physical property data.
- ChemSpider
ChemSpider makes available a database of chemical structures and related
properties as well as providing access to a series of property prediction
algorithms.
- ChemSpy.com
"At ChemSpy you can search different search engines, find chemistry
and chemical engineering related terms, definitions, synonyms, acronyms
and abbreviations. Search forms are available for finding MSDS/safety
data, and physical data of chemical compounds."
- ChemWeb
Chemweb is a "worldwide club for the chemical industry". It is a
commercial venture. You need to register to access the site - registration
is free. However, access to many of the databases are charged for. ChemWeb
has excellent links to electronic journals (some of which are free), jobs,
software products, meetings and conferences.
- eFluids
A free one-stop resource for fluid dynamics and flow engineering.
- eFunda:
Engineering Fundamentals
This is a guide to engineering fundamentals, including formulae,
materials, processes and unit conversion tools.
- Engineer Live
Daily news and product information. Register for free to access the full
range of publications.
- Engineering.com
A comprehensive online resource designed for all disciplines of
engineering, simply select the area you are interested in.
- HelpEngine
"This site has been designed to help Engineering Students find the
right information quickly. It is not an exhaustive list of engineering
related sites, but a selective choice which identifies some of the most
informative and useful sources of information."
- ICIS search
One of the better sites for chemical business which lists chemical
companies, their products, trade associations, people, news, comments and
chemical profiles.
- National
Engineering Education Delivery Systems
NEEDS The National Engineering Education Delivery System is a digital
library of learning resources for engineering education. NEEDS provides
web-based access to a database of learning resources where the user
(whether they be learners or instructors) can search for, locate,
download, and comment on resources to aid their learning or teaching
process.
- Science.gov
Science.gov is a gateway to authoritative selected science information
provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development
results.
- Scientific
American
Scientific American, the oldest continuously published magazine in the
U.S., has been bringing its readers unique insights about developments in
science and technology for more than 150 years. It has grown into a
dynamic resource that includes articles from current and past issues,
online-only features, daily news, trivia and weekly polls. Visitors to the
site also have access to Scientific American Careers, the career board for
professionals in the science and technology industries; Scientific
American Digital, which houses downloadable issues of the magazine from
1993 to the present; a bookstore, shop and much more.
- Toxnet
This site comes from the US National Library of Medicine. It's databases
cover toxicology data, toxicology literature, toxic release information
and chemical information. Of note is the Hazardous Substances Data Bank,
which is an evaluated databank of 4,500 potentially hazardous substances.
- Bookboon.com
Bookboon.com is an online publisher of free books. You can download the
books for free and without providing any personal details. The books are
provided in PDF so that you can print the books and/or read them offline.
In the books there are relevant advertisements on every third page on
average.
- Science
Free registration provides access to the full text of Science research
articles from 1991 until after 1 year of publication. It also allows you
to sign up for e-mail alerts.
- ePower-Propulsion
A free one-stop resource for power, propulsion and combustion engineering.
- Intute: science,
engineering & technology
Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology is a free online service
providing the very best Web resources for education and research,
evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists. It covers the
physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and
environmental science. (Formerly known as EEVL, GESource and PSIGate).
- PINAKES
Provides access to all the major subject information gateways which use a
selection criteria before they decide to include a site in their
catalogue.
- TechXtra
"TechXtra is a free service which can help you find articles, books,
the best websites, the latest industry news, job announcements, technical
reports, technical data, full text eprints, the latest research, thesis
& dissertations, teaching and learning resources and more, in
engineering, mathematics and computing."
- WWW Virtual
Library: Chemical Engineering
Gateway to many other web pages on chemical engineering.
- American Chemical
Society
Website of the American Chemical Society. It has a wide selection of
resources including searchable directories and databases, information on
chemical education, news and comments.
- CEFIC: European
Chemical Industry Council
The section on economics and statistics gives a wide range of information
on the chemical industry in Europe.
- Chemical Heritage
Foundation
This site, established by the ACS and American Institute of Chemical
Engineers, has a useful list of websites concerned with the history of
chemistry.
- Engineering
Council UK
The coordinating body for engineering in Britain which brings together 35
engineering institutions.
- Content Online
Standards list
A collection of links to resources on the web, many of which provide
access to a range of standards and related information FREE OF CHARGE
- esp@cenet
Europe's network of patent databases.
- European Patent
Office
Organisation concerned with the development of a uniform patent system in
Europe.
- Free Patents
Online
The site includes the full text of US patents from number 3930271 to
6957446 (most patents before 4,000,000 exist only as images, not
searchable text), US applications from US APP 20010000001 to US APP
20050229280, and European Patents (B1) EP1200000 to EP1561423. As more
patents are published they are added.
- Patent Lens
You can use Patent Lens to search the full-text of over 8 million patents
and applications. Data is updated weekly with bulk data obtained through
subscriptions with WIPO, USPTO, EPO and IP Australia.
- UK Intellectual
Property Office
Information on copyright, designs, patents and trademarks.
- US Patent and
Trade Mark Office
- Institution of
Chemical Engineers: IChemE
IChemE is a leading international body, providing services for and
representing the interests of those involved in chemical, biochemical and
process engineering world-wide.
- Intute: Virtual
Training Suite
The Intute Virtual Training Suite is a set of online tutorials, divided
into different subject areas, designed to help students improve their
Internet information skills. The tutorials take around an hour each to
complete and include quizzes and interactive exercises to lighten the
learning experience.
- Web Research
Guide
Tips from the company who produce the database "Science Direct"
on how to find quality web resources for your research.
- Athenus
A search engine for scientists and engineers.
- Google Scholar
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly
literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints,
abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.
Remember that journal articles found via Google Scholar may be available
free of charge to Teesside University students and staff by setting up the
"Find it @ Tees" link via Scholar Preferences.
- Scirus
Scirus is a comprehensive science-specific search engine available on the
Internet. It enables scientists, students and anyone searching for
scientific information to chart and pinpoint data, locate university sites
and find reports and articles quickly and easily. Targets sites that
conventional search engines cannot find, such as university Web sites and
author homepages. Searches both free and journal sources, and locates
peer-reviewed articles.
- BSI Education
Students, lecturers and researchers looking for guidance on British
Standards and related matters will find relevant information on these
pages as well as links to other sources.
- CalculatorEdge
Online free engineering calculators for engineers and students.
- Dictionary of
Units of Measurement
Written by Russ Rowlett, Center for Mathematics and Science Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Fuel Cell
Initiative
From the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE International). The latest
books, magazine articles, events and much more on fuel cell energy and
fuel cell vehicles.
- Macrogalleria
Contains a wealth of information on all aspects of polymers - their
physical properties, how they are used, their structures, chemical
properties, how they are made, and so on.
- Material Safety
Data Sheets (MSDSs)
This site explains what material safety data sheets are, and lists 60 or
so free sites with compilations of MSDSs.
- Mathcentre
"Mathcentre offers students and university staff free-standing help
leaflets on basic topics which are known to cause problems. For a more
in-depth treatment there are also teach-yourself workbooks with plenty of
worked examples, explanations and exercises"
- Mathshelp:
working with vectors
"Jenny Olive, author of "Maths, a student's survival guide ; a
self help workbook for science and engineering students" (2003)
provides extensive extracts from her book on this web site, plus
supplementary material. Aimed at first year engineering undergraduates,
this online chapter deals with vectors. There is also a link to pages on
working with percentages." (EEVL)
- Mathtools.net
"An annotated collection of links to scientific & engineering
resources which use, or relate to, computer programming languages
including MATLAB, Scientific C/C++, Scientific Fortran, Scientific Java
& Visual Basic. Free registration is required."
- Oil and Gas
International
Information and news about the oil and gas industry.
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