RAPID (Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment Institute)

Sophia Gumina a 4th-year undergraduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is working on a research project, "Flow Characteristics" utilizing advanced-flow reactors to optimize and scale up a continuous manufacturing process. Her specific focus is to stress test the current process and identify potential pitfalls.

RAPID Member Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), SunLine Transit Agency, and STARS Technology Corporation unveiled an innovative hydrogen generation system. The project will produce hydrogen from renewable natural gas (RNG) to help fuel SunLine's hydrogen fuel cell electric buses. At scale, this demonstration project has the potential to...

The Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute — an entity of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — has signed ExxonMobil as the exclusive Title Sponsor of RAPID’s ChemE Cube Competition. In the competition, teams of undergraduate students design and build a functioning modular process...