RAPID project leader Götz Veser is currently working together with his graduate students (who also happen to be RAPID interns) to mix hand sanitizer by WHO specifications from donated chemicals. If you have some chemicals you are willing to donate, please contact Dr...

The RAPID Manufacturing Institute is pleased to join RAPID Member, M. Davis & Sons at their Manufacturing Facility for an Open House and Facility Tour on October 4 th to celebrate Manufacturing Day, from 11am-2pm. The event will be held at the Modular Fabrication Facility located at 9 Tyler Way, Newark, DE.

Guests will have the opportunity to learn...

Since the late 1980s, the concept of sustainability has grown from corporate catchword to competitive advantage. According to a 2011 McKinsey Report [1], corporate reputation was supplanted as the most frequently cited reason for actively pursuing sustainability strategies. As data emerged, companies began viewing sustainability as the key to...

The RAPID Manufacturing Institute, the U.S. leader in process intensification (PI), is pleased to announce that Paul Yelvington, Ph.D., P.E., has been appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO), beginning April 22, 2019. Paul will be responsible for overseeing the current portfolio of research projects and maintaining the Institute’s technology...

Several members at RAPID’s Technology Speed Dating event made numerous connections and business matches last month. In all, 27 members disseminated information on their process intensification (PI) technologies—from nascent concepts and technologies to more mature ones with possibilities for additional applications — all of which encompassed RAPID...