Why Every Process Engineer Should Learn Basic Python in 2026
In the previous decade, the process engineer’s primary weapon was the spreadsheet. While Excel remains a staple for quick calculations, the complexity of modern industrial…
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In the previous decade, the process engineer’s primary weapon was the spreadsheet. While Excel remains a staple for quick calculations, the complexity of modern industrial…
The headlines about AI replacing engineers are wrong. But the idea that LLMs are just toys for generating marketing copy is also wrong. The reality, as usual, is somewhere in the…
A pump fails at 3 AM. It takes down a treatment line. The replacement part has a two-week lead time. The plant runs at 60% capacity for fourteen days. Total cost: $180,000 in lost…
Two years ago, a plant manager asked me whether AI could run his wastewater treatment system. I told him no. The technology wasn't ready, the sensors weren't reliable enough, and…