Twitter and What I Found There

Twitter is this generation's biggest creation. People from around the world use it to communicate and share their lives with each other. Twitter is even used by companies to inform their customers about important information. For goodness sake, even fields have their own twitters, including Chemical Engineering.



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1. What kinds of things do people on Twitter seem to be talking about, debating, arguing about or otherwise engaging in meaningful exchanges of ideas about? Give us a descriptive and clear sense of the kinds of stories you're seeing in these Twitter feeds.
The stories that are found on this feed tend to be about recent innovations in transportation and chemical processes. There are stories about bio fuels being used in Oslo, Norway for airplanes and how a certain bacteria can improve the effectiveness of bio fuel. There are also posts about new equipment available for chemical plants. The stories are also about professional development classes that the AIChE offers for members in the ChEnected AIChE feed.

2. In your opinion, what are the two most interesting conversations or stories you found in the Twitter feeds? Hyperlink us to the two different Twitter feeds and explain why you found those conversations interesting. Be specific and honest and be yourself. I don't want you to blah-blah-blah this. I want you to really engage.
I found the topic of DNA encoded Nano-particles ChEnected AIChE. This is a major break through because it allows for the creation of complex nano structures. Although the process is expensive it has the potential to fix many problems that our current tools and technology can't. Up until now there has not been any effective methods in creating nanoparticals and therefore nanotechnology had very limited area to improve and expand.
On the second Twitter feed, ChemEngOnline, I didn't find anything that was interesting because all the stories were very technical and talked about things that I don't understand and have never heard of before. One story that I did understand was the one about a temperature and pressure controller for chemical plants. It looked like a bottle cap with numbers on it.

3. Overall, what impression do you get of your discipline based on what you saw happening on Twitter? Were the people in these feeds talking in ways you expected or did not expect, about things you anticipated they'd be talking about or things you had no idea they'd be discussing? Explain in concise specific detail
I get that my chosen discipline is very focused on energy and transfer of chemicals. A majority of the articles on both the feeds were concerned with electricity and fuel (Ex. Solar Panels and Bio fuels). Although the specific stories were not interesting to me, I do enjoy energy and the different ways in which we can harness it. This is the reason that I chose chemical engineering as my discipline so I am not surprised that this was the focus of many stories on the twitter feeds.

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