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The article reports on the use of carbon nanotubes' solutions to make long nanotube fibers. It states that Matteo Pasquali, a chemical engineer at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and his colleagues have spun carbon nanotubes into fibers hundreds of meters long, showing the possibility to create commercially useful manufacturing techniques for the production of macroscale materials from pure carbon's cylindrical molecules. It notes that Rice professor Richard Smalley, who was known for the discovery of spherical carbon molecules called buckyballs, dreamt of making carbon nanotubes into fibers.

The article highlights the passion of James Kamas, a chemical engineer, in farming. It states that he first worked as an environmental consultant in 1996 before he decided to pursue his farming career in Bell County, Texas where he grew up. It notes that he engaged in several varieties of crops in his farm including wheat, corn and sorghum. It also expressed his regret that he was not able to return to the farm much earlier.

The article profiles John Campbell, an instrumentation consultant in the refining organization at ConocoPhillips in Houston, Texas. As an instrumentation consultant, Campbell also works on process reliability modeling, which entails him to build a model of the mechanical equipment part of the process designed to determine what the likely uptime will be. By profession, he is a chemical engineer who is exposed to other skills such as mechanics, mechanical drafting, thermal dynamics, chemistry, physics and electrical engineering basics. He is also recognized as a problem-solver in multiple projects.

Reports that three Texas chemical engineers have devised a plan for large-scale energy storage that could make community-sized solar power system possible. Names of these scientists; Use of aquifers to hold hot and cold water for space heating and cooling of homes; Aquifer model used by the scientists while designing the system.

The article profiles American Chemical Society (ACS) scholar Steven W. Meier. It says that Meier had attained a career in the field of chemical engineering in ExxonMobil Research and Engineering laboratory due to support of her mother for his inclination towards science as well as the scholarship privilege given by ACS. It adds that ACS program, as well as other financial assistance given to Meier, enables him to finish his studies and eventually head the chemical engineering at Rice University.

Focuses on the Chem-E-Car competition at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual conference held in Austin, Texas. Fuel cells powering the Hydrogen Hurricane car of the University of Tulsa; Number of colleges and universities that registered for the competition; Design of cars powered by chemical energy sources.