Press Releases
May 2012
LEADING COSMETICS COMPANIES LAUNCH SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING ROUNDTABLE
AIChE’s Institute for Sustainability has announced the creation of the Sustainable Packaging Cosmetics Roundtable. The goal of the roundtable is to enhance the ability of its members to make their own individual choices as to how to interact with suppliers, retailers and consumers with respect to sustainable packaging. Inaugural members include Avon Products, Inc.; Chanel, Inc.; Coty, Inc.; The L’Oreal Group, Mast Global Beauty & Home, and The Estee Lauder Companies.
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING ANNOUNCES 6TH ICBN CONFERENCE
AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering and Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have partnered to organize the 6th International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (ICBN), which will be held from June 24 to 27 in Berkeley, California. The event is being co-chaired by Luke Lee of the University of California, Berkeley, and Matthew Tirrell of the University of Chicago. This year’s meeting has a special focus on "Bionanoscience and Bioengineering for Translational Medicine."
April 2012
AIChE RELAUNCHES PUBLIC COURSES AND IN-HOUSE TRAINING
AIChE, which last year launched a new series of online learning courses, will, beginning this July, again offer instructor-led public courses at sites around the country. These courses, and other content, will also be available for customized, in-company presentation. While some of these courses have been offered through the America Society of Mechanical Engineers for the last few years, AIChE’s leadership decided to begin administering live, face-to-face learning again to assure top-quality and consistent chemical engineering content across all delivery channels and platforms.
SBE Announces Inaugural Winners of Wang Award
AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) has announced the inaugural winners of the D. I. C. Wang Award for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering. The inaugural recipients of the award, established in appreciation of Professor Daniel I.C. Wang of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), are Noubar Afeyan of Flagship Ventures and James Swartz of Stanford University.
March 2012
Chemical Engineers Gather in Houston in April to Discuss Energy, Safety
AIChE will hold its Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety, in Houston from April 1-5. Much of the meeting will focus on energy solutions and advancements in safety. Nearly 2,000 chemical engineers are expected at the Hilton-Americas and the George R. Brown Convention Center for the conference. On Monday, April 2, Michael J. Dolan, senior vice president of ExxonMobil Corporation, will deliver the meeting’s keynote address. Dolan’s speech, “Process Safety and Corporate Responsibility,” ties together safety and sustainability, two of the major topics of the Spring Meeting.
January 2012
SBE Announces 3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering
AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) and the International Society for Stem Cell Research are partnering as hosts for the 3rd International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering, which will be held from April 29 to May 2, 2012 at the Sheraton Downtown in Seattle. The meeting is designed to accelerate the generation of cells for tissue regeneration and other stem-cell-based therapies.
December 2011
AIChE Spring Meeting to Spotlight Energy and Safety
AIChE’s 2012 Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety will draw nearly 2,000 chemical engineers to Houston’s Hilton-Americas Hotel and the George R. Brown Convention Center from April 1 to 5. The meeting will feature a keynote address from Michael J. Dolan, senior vice president of ExxonMobil; topical conferences on ethylene production, gas utilization, and more; and hundreds of technical papers.
November 2011
AIChE Names Harold New Editor of AIChE Journal
AIChE announced that Michael P. Harold, M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, will become editor of the AIChE Journal, its flagship research and development publication. Harold will replace Stanley I. Sandler, who is retiring with the December issue after more than 10 years in that position.
October 2011
AIChE Names New Officers and Board Members for 2012
AIChE announced that David A. Rosenthal, reliability delivery and assets management manager for Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., in Houston, Texas, will become president of the 40,000 member organization in 2012. Rosenthal succeeds 2011 President Maria K. Burka, program director in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems Division of the National Science Foundation in Arlington, Virginia. Joining him on the Board of Directors will be Phillip R. Westmoreland, who will serve as president-elect in 2012 and as president in 2013.
In a ceremony on October 16 during its Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, AIChE presented Board of Directors and Institute awards to 14 leaders and innovators in chemical engineering.
AIChE is holding its Annual Meeting in the Minneapolis Convention Center from October 16th to 21st with lectures and sessions focused on energy, water supply and quality, sustainability, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. More than 5,000 engineers and students from around the world are expected.
Alternative Fuel-powered Cars Race at 13th Annual Chem-E-Car Competition
On October 16, AIChE announced that the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez took top honors at the international Chem-E-Car Competition at its Annual Meeting. The team’s car, “CoKi Stroj” used pneumatic pressure to run and a color-changing reaction to stop. Coki Stroj defeated 31 other shoebox-sized cars bedecked with cougars, tiger tails and school logos.
September 2011
Society for Biological Engineering Introduces First Conference on Electrofuels Research
In an effort to expand and accelerate the investigation of novel sources of alternative energy, the Society for Biological Engineering is sponsoring a new conference series on Electrofuels Research. The inaugural meeting will be held November 6th to 9th at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, and will be chaired by Greg Stephanopoulos of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
AIChE’s Annual Meeting Highlights Energy, Water Sustainability and Bioengineering Advances
AIChE’s Annual Meeting is expected to draw more than 5,000 engineers and undergraduate engineering students with plenary lectures, 13 topical conferences, more than 750 technical sessions and special events. Scheduled for October 16 to 21 at the Minneapolis Convention Center, the meeting will also include the Chem-E-Car Competition, which feature teams from colleges across the country racing small cars powered by alternative fuels that the students have created. Another feature will be the second International Congress on Energy.
June 2011
Summit Media Group’s Greener Package and AIChE’s Institute for Sustainability have announced plans for Sustainable Packaging Symposium 2012. Slated for April 3-5 at the Hilton Americas and the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, the event will bring scientists and engineering with cross-industry expertise in sustainability together with packaging professionals looking for real-world solutions.
May 2011
AIChE Launches New Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Forum
AIChE announced the launch of an Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Forum in conjunction with the opening of the Offshore Technology Conference, of which it is a sponsoring organization. According to AIChE President-Elect David Rosenthal, who helped form the group, the new upstream forum “will provide a ‘meeting place’ for engineers, scientists and technologists who work in developing and producing critical natural resources, like oil and natural gas.”
Corning Sponsors AIChE ScaleUp Program for Student Members
With its support of ScaleUp, Corning, a leader in specialty glass and ceramics, is demonstrating a long-term commitment to excellence in education and practice among the next generation of chemical engineering practitioners and industry leaders.
April 2011
The First Middle East Process Engineering Conference and Exhibition (MEPEC) is scheduled for October 23 to 26 at the Gulf International Convention Center in Manama, Bahrain. Organized by AIChE’s Saudi Arabian Section and the Bahrain Society of Engineers, the meeting will offer practical approaches to performance and innovations in the process industries, particularly upstream and downstream activities in oil, gas and petrochemicals. May 31 is the deadline for submitting an abstract.
AIChE and DECHEMA, the German Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, are co-sponsoring the first Global Conference on Energy Sustainability in the Process Industries from June 5 to 8 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Sessions will define research needs, examine recent technical advances, and discuss strategies for implementing energy-saving solutions across a range of industries: electronics, automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology. Speakers from China, Denmark, Germany, India, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the U.S. are among those scheduled. AIChE members receive a registration discount. An early-registration discount applies through May 2.
March 2011
Chemical Engineers Discuss Sustainable Energy and Water Supplies
Chemical engineers are working to find solutions for many global problems, including clean energy and water. Those topics, along with improved safety of chemical plants and processes, will be featured at this year’s AIChE Spring Meeting and 7th Global Congress on Process Safety, being held here from March 13-17. Nearly 2,000 chemical engineers are expected at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
February 2011
Engineers Forum on Sustainability Build Online Platform for Interdisciplinary Exchange
To facilitate collaboration across borders—both national and disciplinary ones—the Engineers Forum on Sustainability has launched a new web site, http://efs.aiche.org. The site uses the latest communications technologies, including social media, to improve the dissemination of information on sustainable development. Its development was underwritten by a grant from the United Engineering Foundation.
January 2011
AIChE Launches Water Initiative
The increasing importance of issues surrounding water supplies and their sustainability has led AIChE to launch a new water initiative. The initial focus will be on determining the optimal roles and approaches for chemical engineers addressing water access, purification and sanitation, and the “water-energy nexus,” the relationship between the energy footprint of water and the water footprint of energy. David Klanecky of Dow Water & Process Solutions and Wendy Young of GE Water & Process Technologies are co-chairing the initiative’s advisory board.
December 2010
AIChE Names New Officers and New Board Members for 2011AIChE announced that Maria K. Burka will become its president in 2011. She is the second woman to hold the presidency since AIChE’s founding in 1908. Burka succeeds 2010 President Henry T. “Hank” Kohlbrand. Joining Burka on the Board of Directors will be David A. Rosenthal, who will serve as president-elect in 2011 and as president in 2012, and Andre R. Da Costa, who will begin a three-year term as treasurer. Also newly elected to three year terms as directors were: T. Bond Calloway, Jr., Karl V. Jacob, Freeman Self, and Katherine S. Ziemer.
In a ceremony on November 8 during its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, AIChE presented its new Engineering & Construction Award to Marathon Petroleum Company for the successful design and construction of the addition to its Garyville, Louisiana, refinery. The Garyville project, the largest-ever refinery project in the U.S. and the largest private-sector project in Louisiana’s history, was completed in 37 months, despite numerous challenges, including two hurricanes.
AIChE Honors Dow Chemical Company Team for R&D Achievement
In a ceremony on November 8 during its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, AIChE presented its inaugural Industrial Research & Development Award to the “Shuttle Crew” at the Dow Chemical Company’s Freeport, Texas, facility. The team was honored for discovering a new mechanism for polymerization and creating unique new polymers.
AIChE Honors S. Shariq Yosufzai with Inaugural Industrial Leadership Award
In a ceremony on November 8 during its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, AIChE presented its inaugural Industrial Leadership Award to the S. Shariq Yosufzai, vice president, Chevron Corporation. Yosufzai received the award for his leadership over the past 35 years and for creating 3 start-up companies in a Fortune 15 company.
AIChE Honors Bristol-Myers Squibb with New Process Operations Award
In a ceremony on November 8 during its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, AIChE presented its new Process Operations Award to the Bristol-Myers Squibb – Process and Development. The group was honored for its efforts in implementing “recipe” control in pharmaceutical process development.
AIChE Honors UOP-ENI with Sustainable Energy Award
In a ceremony on November 8 during its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, AIChE presented its second annual Sustainable Energy Award to the UOP-ENI Biologically-based fuels team. The team received the award for its approach to producing diesel and jet fuels from a broad range of biomaterials.
Society for Biological Engineering Honors Harvey Blanch
AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) has awarded the 2010 James E. Bailey Award to Dr. Harvey Blanch for research in transport, kinetics, and thermodynamics in enzymatic and microbial processes in ways that have advanced the development of biofuels. Blanch is the Merck Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Annual Meeting Highlights Energy, Medical Advances, Water Sustainability
AIChE will hold its Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City from November 8 to 12. More than 5,000 engineers and undergraduate students are expected to converge for plenary lectures, 12 topical conferences, more than 700 technical sessions and special events. The focus will be on all aspects of chemical engineering, from alternative energy and energy efficiency to nuclear energy, sustainable water supplies , and bioengineering.
October 2010
Newest ScaleUp Sponsor Promotes Diversity of Future Workforce
Praxair is the newest Gold Sponsor of ScaleUp, AIChE’s corporate-sponsored student membership initiative that strengthens the preparation of undergraduate chemical engineers for the world of work. Praxair is joining Platinum Sponsor Chevron, and Gold Sponsors Air Products, Dow, DuPont, Merck and UOP in support of this important initiative.
SBE Advances“Web-Lab” Initiative
AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) recently launched a Web-Lab initiative that aims to web-enable laboratory experiments. Working under a grant from the United Engineering Foundation and in cooperation with several universities and engineering societies, the initiative is developing tools that could enhance undergraduate education. The long-term goal is to provide more students with access to the best modern laboratory experience, while reducing the cost per student for the delivery of state-of-the-art laboratory exercises.
SBE Schedules Third Conference on Biomolecular Engneering
With researchers focused on new ways to use biology at the molecular level to help diagnose and treat disease, AIChE’s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) has organized its Third International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering. The conference, which will run January 16th to 19th at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Francisco, is designed to stimulate efforts to better engineer healthcare solutions across the molecular, cellular and higher scales of biological complexity.
September 2010
AIChE ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY, MEDICAL ADVANCES, WATER
AIChE’s 2010 Annual Meeting is expected to draw more than 5,000 engineers and undergraduate students with plenary lectures, 12 topical conferences, more than 700 sessions, and special events. The national Chem-E-Car Competition will feature teams from colleges across the country racing alternative fuels that students have created. The meeting will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, from Sunday, November 7 to Friday, November 12. Presentations will cover alternative energy and energy efficiency to nuclear energy, to sustainable water supplies and bioengineering, to new medical treatments and tools.
July 2010
AIChE AND CSChE EXPLORE SAFE SITING OF LNG FACILITIES
In a search for “cleaner” replacements for petroleum, several new liquid natural gas (LNG) terminals have come on-line in North America. However, applications for additional LNG facilities face serious challenges from communities concerned about safety. In response, members of AIChE and the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) have identified issues that merit priority consideration when siting LNG terminals. These findings were developed from presentations at their second joint conference on LNG, held last summer in Montreal.
AIChE LAUNCHES CENTER FOR ENERGY INITIATIVES
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has approved the formation of a Center for Energy Initiatives. In announcing the Center, AIChE President Henry "Hank" T. Kohlbrand said: "AIChE members are already working on energy-related issues from multiple perspectives. The new Center will help us network and 'cross-fertilize' and integrate ideas that can advance energy efforts across the board." Kohlbrand reported that one of the Center s first activities will be conducting the First International Congress on Energy: Sustaining Supplies. The Congress will run in conjunction with AIChE s Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, this November 7-12.
June 2010
DOMACH WILL SUCCEED TO EDITORSHIP OF BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS
AIChE has named Michael Domach, professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, associate editor of Biotechnology Progress, a journal published on its behalf by Wiley-Blackwell. Domach will succeed to the editorship after a period of transition with Jerome Schultz, chair of the Department of Bioengineering at the University of California, Riverside, who has edited Biotechnology Progress since 1989.
May 2010
AIChE JOINS TAPPI TO COSPONSOR BIOPRO EXPO 2010
AIChE has signed on as a cosponsor for BioPro Expo, which is organized by the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI). BioPro Expo will be held from August 24th to 26th at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia. Similarly, TAPPI will become a co-sponsor of AIChE's 2010 Annual Meeting, with special interest in the programming of AIChE's Forest Bioproducts Division. AIChE's Annual Meeting will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, from November 7th to 12th. The organizations will extend member discounts for the events to members of the co-sponsoring organization.
April 2010
US EPA & AIChE PARTNER TO CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY
AIChE and its Institute for Sustainability are working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the 6th Annual National Sustainable Design Expo, which will be held in conjunction with events marking the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day. The expo, to be held on April 24th and 25th on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will showcase the work of innovative engineers, scientists and business leaders who are committed to economic growth, while reducing environmental impact. The expo will also host the presentation of awards to winners of EPA s sustainable design competition for college students, P3 People, Prosperity and the Planet.
SBE HOLDS 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON STEM CELL ENGINEERING
AIChE s Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) has organized its Second International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering. The conference, which runs from May 2nd to 5th at the Hyatt Harborside Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts, will bring together bioengineers with stem cell scientists to focus on the ways in which basic research, applied science, and engineering can be optimally combined to impact healthcare. Co-chaired by Peter Zandstra of the University of Toronto and George Daley of Children s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, the conference is co-sponsored by the International Society for Stem Cell Research.
CCPS JOINS SAFETY ENGINEERS, OSHA, TO PROMOTE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH WEEK
AIChE s Center for Chemical Process Safety is joining thousands of people and businesses, including members of the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, and the US Department of Labor s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in celebrating North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week. This year s observance of the annual event, which raises awareness of the importance of safety at work, will be from May 2 to 8. NAOSH Week kick-off events in Washington, D.C., will be held May 2 and 3 at the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Capitol, the Smithsonian and the National Zoo.
March 2010
AIChE MEETING ADDRESSES ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Chemical engineers are focused on seeking solutions to the technical and economic issues facing the world, from alternative energy and carbon management, to water treatment and purification. Those issues will be among the topics featured at this year s Spring Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, being held here from March 21-25. More than 1,200 chemical engineers are expected at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.
February 2010
AIChE MEMBER NAMED "NEW FACE OF ENGINEERING"
Michael Pepera, a process engineer for CH2M Hill in Bellingham, Washington, has been named one of the New Faces of Engineering for 2010 by The National Engineers Week Foundation. Part of the National Engineers Week celebration, observed from February 14-20, New Faces of Engineering highlights the work of young engineers and their impact on society. Pepera recently was the lead Programmable Logic Controller on the Round Butte Selective Water Withdrawal project, a first-of-its-kind fish collector that will help to restore the natural salmon run in Oregon s Deschutes River.
November 2009
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING PRESENTS FIRST-EVER SERVICE AWARDS
The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), a technological community within AIChE, has awarded its first service awards to Drs. Wei-Shou Hu, a professor at the University of Minnesota, and Miranda Yap, executive director of the Bioprocessing Technology Institute in Singapore. Both Yap and Hu have served on the society's Advisory Board since its founding in 2004. They have also been the lead researchers on its consortium to develop genomic information for the Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cell line, which is used in the production of about 70 percent of today's therapeutic protein drugs.
AIChE ANNOUNCES OFFICERS AND NEW BOARD MEMBERS FOR 2010
AIChE has announced that Maria K. Burka, program director of process and reaction engineering in the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Division of the National Science Foundation, will become president-elect in 2010, and assume the presidency in 2011. Burka will be the second woman to hold the presidency since AIChE's founding in 1908. Burka, an AIChE Fellow, will succeed 2010 President Henry T. Hank Kohlbrand, global research and development director for engineering and process sciences at The Dow Chemical Company, who has been serving as 2009 president-elect.
DEBORAH GRUBBE APPOINTED CHAIR OF INSTIUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY
The Institute for Sustainability (IfS), a technological community within AIChE, has announced that Deborah L. Grubbe has been appointed its 2010 chair. Commenting on her appointment, Grubbe said that advancing the use of sustainability concepts, tools and measurements is critical to meeting both business s interests and society's needs. Grubbe is owner and president of Operations and Safety Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm. She is the former vice president of group safety for BP plc, and earlier spent 27 years with DuPont, where she held corporate director positions in safety, operations and engineering.
AIChE ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY, MEDICAL ADVANCES, AND SUSTAINABILITY
AIChE is holding its Annual Meeting in Nashville from November 8-13, with a focus on the future of renewable energy, sustainability, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. More than four thousand corporate and academic leaders, engineers, and students from around the world are expected. Throughout the week there will be more than 700 sessions, including 12 topical conferences focused on issues such as the hydrogen economy, women and minorities in engineering, solar power, and green engineering for sustainable energy.
AIChE HONORS EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS WITH 2009 AWARDS
In a ceremony during its Annual Meeting in Nashville on November 8, AIChE presented awards to 14 leaders and innovators in the chemical engineering field.
This year marked the presentation of the first-ever Sustainable Energy Award, which recognizes individuals, teams or companies who have made significant contribution toward alternative energy development, generation and use. Genencor, a division of Danisco, received the award in recognition of the creation and commercialization of Accellerase, an enzyme which reliably hydrolyzes biomass, advancing the biorefinery industry and second generation ethanol innovation.
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING HONORS JAMES LIAO
AIChE's Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) has awarded its fifth annual James E. Bailey Award to Dr. James C. Liao for advances in metabolic research. Liao is the Chancellor s Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has made major contributions to biochemical engineering with his theoretical and his experimental work, and has an international reputation that extends well beyond the chemical engineering community.
ALTERNATIVE FUEL-POWERED CARS RACE AT 11TH ANNUAL AIChE CHEM-E-CAR COMPETITION
AIChE announced that Northeastern University took top honors at the national Chem-E-Car competition in Nashville on Sunday, November 8, at the Institute's Annual Meeting. The team's car, The Aluminator, was powered by a hydrogen fuel cell stack where gas created on the car is fed to stack producing electric power that turns the motor. The Aluminator defeated 30 other shoebox-size cars.
CENTER FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS SAFETY LAUNCHES BENCHMARKING PROGRAM FOR PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
As it approaches its 25th Anniversary, AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has announced a partnership with Phillip Townsend and Associates (PTAI) to establish a program of formal benchmarking in process safety in the chemical, energy and pharmaceutical industries. Participating companies will compare their process safety programs and performance in an effort to identify best practices and drive process safety improvement across the board. The program will build on CCPS's series of process safety guidelines and metrics.
October 2009
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE HIGHLIGHTS ENERGY ISSUES, MEDICAL ADVANCES AND SUSTAINABILITY
11th National College Chem-E-Car Competition to be held Sunday, November 8.
AIChE's 2009 Annual Meeting, from November 8-13 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, is expected to draw more than 4,000 engineers, scientists, and undergraduate engineering students with more than 700 technical sessions, plus plenary lectures and other special events. The national Chem-E-Car Competition will feature college teams from across the country racing small cars powered by alternative fuels created by students. Presentations include looks at all energy options, from biofuels, to energy efficiency, to the possible expansion of nuclear energy, to clean-coal technology, for better managing carbon emissions. Other sessions explore new medical treatments and tools.
September 2009
CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD ASKS AIChE TO AID EDUCATION OF STUDENTS ON CHEMICAL REACTIVITY
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has asked AIChE to help educate chemical engineering students about reactive chemical safety. The CSB recommendations followed its investigation of an explosion caused by a runaway reaction at a Jacksonville, Fla., company that killed four employees. As this tragedy emphasizes, chemical engineering students should learn more about process safety and about chemical reactivity, in particular, said Scott Berger, Executive Director of AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). Berger noted that CCPS's Safety in Chemical Engineering Education program produces materials for universities and offers students a process safety certificate program.
August 2009
ENGINEERING SOCIETIES JOIN FORCES TO MANAGE CARBON EMISSIONS
For the past year, leaders of five societies, led by AIChE, have been meeting to identify steps the country might take toward managing carbon emissions, a key issue in climate change discussions, should that become public policy. Funded by the United Engineering Foundation, the group, which also includes AIME, ASCE, ASME and IEEE, has developed a web site for collaboration and scorecards for benchmarking carbon management alternatives.
July 2009
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), a technological community within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, has named Miriam Cortes-Caminero as its new executive director. She succeeds June Wispelwey, who became executive director of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in January. Cortes-Caminero is a biochemist and pharmacologist with international experience in sales and marketing and product management in the bio-pharmaceutical field.
June 2009
ENGINEERING SOCIETY LEADERS GATHER IN AUGUSTA
Engineering professionals from around the country will converge on Augusta for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE's) 2009 Leadership Development Conference from June 12-14 at the Augusta Marriott Hotel & Suites. Hosted by the Central Savannah River Local Section, the conference is designed to equip volunteer leaders with the knowledge, relationships and motivation to effectively lead AIChE members in their geographic location or technical specialty. Attendees share best practices and acquire and hone communication skills, management techniques and other career-building skills.
April 2009
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE ECONOMY: CONFERENCE TACKLES TODAY'S CHALLENGES
Chemical engineers are at the forefront of solutions to many of the problems we face today managing carbon releases into the atmosphere, developing new energy strategies, and ensuring the sustainability of our water supply. April is also Earth Month, so it s fitting that these will be dominant themes of the Spring National Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, being held here from April 26-30.
February 2009
AIChE SUPPORTS EDUCTIONAL INITIATIVES TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENGINEERS
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced a variety of initiatives that encourage students to learn more about the rewards of an engineering career, and spotlight the engineering innovations that make our life easier. As part of National Engineers Week, observed this year from February 15-21, AIChE is encouraging students to think about a career in engineering where they can find solutions to real-world problems if they are committed to improving their math and science skills.
October 2008
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced that June Wispelwey, currently executive director of the Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), a technical community within AIChE, will become executive director of the parent organization. Wispelwey will replace John A. Sofranko, who is retiring in January, 2009, after 8 years in that position.
July 2008
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS WARN THAT NATION OVERLOOKS OBSTACLE TO WIDESPREAD USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
While the United States searches for ways to use more renewable resources in electric power generation, too little attention is being paid to developing innovative, large ways to store this energy. A new white paper published by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) says the intermittent and highly variable nature of solar and wind power, as generated, requires massive storage technology to convert it to steady and dispatchable power for the nation's power grid.
April 2008
AIChE AND INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS (IIChE) AGREE TO COLLABORATE
On April 9, 2008, AIChE signed a collaboration agreement with the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). IIChE, which this year is celebrating its 60th Diamond Jubilee Anniversary, has nearly 20,000 members among the Indian academic and industrial community.
February 2008
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS PUBLISHES INAUGURAL SUSTAINABILITY INDEX
AIChE, through its Institute for Sustainability, has published a new Sustainability Index that assesses sustainability of the chemical industry. The AIChE Sustainability Index(sm) is an important tool that can help chemical companies benchmark their sustainability performance in many important areas against a group of their peers, said Calvin Cobb, chair of the Index s Advisory Board and former president of Wright Killen & Company. Our research shows that larger companies, and those with brands well known to consumers, tend to receive greater stakeholder pressure to commit themselves to broad and aggressive sustainability goals, and we want to provide tools to guide them down that road.
September 2007
AICHE TO HOLD 52nd ANNUAL AMMONIA SAFETY SYMPOSIUM IN NEVADA
Chemical plant safety continues to be a topic of great concern, not only for plant employees but the public at large. With that in mind, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announces the 52nd annual Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada from September 16-20.
August 2007
BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY FORUM IN SINGAPORE FEATURES SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGHS FROM THE WORLD S LEADING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Twenty-five international experts will share their new discoveries at the Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) s 3rd International Conference on Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (ICBN 2007), which is hosted by the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) at Biopolis from August 13 to 15.
June 2007
CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE ROLE TECHNOLOGY CAN PLAY IN MANAGING HEALTH CARE COSTS AND IMPROVING PATIENT CARE
The role technology can play in helping the United States manage health care costs by advancing the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease will be examined in a conference at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., on September 25.
April 2007
HOSTS SPRING NATIONAL MEETING AND 3RD GLOBAL CONGRESS ON PROCESS SAFETY
Energy needs, a continuing topic of critical interest among the members of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, will be a dominant theme running through the organization's Spring National Meeting this year.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS CO-HOSTS WORKSHOP ON HEAVY OIL
AIChE and Society of Petroleum Engineers hold session in Texas on April 26-27 to focus on growing energy issue of using heavy oil reserves.
AICHE HOLDS CONFERENCE ON ENERGY AND RAW MATERIALS CHALLENGES FACING GLOBAL CHEMICAL/ RELATED INDUSTRIES
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers and American Chemical Society will hold the 2007 ACS-AIChE Management Conference, Managing CPI (Chemical Process Industry) Energy and Raw Materials Uncertainties in a Global Context, on April 25-27 at the Houston Hilton-Americas.
March 2007
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING CONSORTIUM SHARES GENOMIC SEQUENCES TO MAKE DRUG DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFICIENT
Shared Intellectual Property for Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) DNA Sequencing increases production efficiencies and drug development tools for life-saving medicines.
SOCIETY FOR BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING HOLDS FIRST CONFERENCE ON ACCELERATING BIOPHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT
Helen Winkle, Director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Science at the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Among Featured Speakers.
December 2006
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING TO
BE HELD IN JANUARY
Conference on Biomolecular Engineering from January 14-18 and feature Dr. J. Craig Venter, one of the leading scientists of the 21st Century for his pioneering work with the human genome.
November 2006
ROBERT LANGER, EDWIN LIGHTFOOT, NICHOLAS PEPPAS RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARD FOR THEIR WORK IN THE FIELD OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Society for Biological Engineering presents Langer, Lightfoot and Peppas with James E. Bailey Award.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS COMMENDS EXCEPTIONAL ACHEIVEMENTS OF 2006 AWARD WINNERS
At the AIChE Annual Conference 2006, John Chen, AIChE President, presented 10 awards of accomplishment to extraordinary leaders and innovators in the chemical engineering field.
NATION S PREMIER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE UNDERWAY IN SAN FRANCISCO, HIGHLIGHTING ENERGY, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
The nation's top chemical engineering conference, presented by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), kicked-off yesterday with a focus on energy and the globalization and diversity of industries served by chemical engineers.
COLLEGE TEAMS FROM ACROSS U.S. FIND ALTERNATIVE FUELS FOR ANNUAL SHOEBOX-SIZE CAR RACE DURING AICHE NATIONAL MEETING
The University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, took top honors at the national Chem-E-Car competition in San Francisco today.
STUDENTS FROM ACROSS U.S. USE INNOVATIVE NEW FUELS -- CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- TO POWER SHOEBOX- SIZED CARS IN 8TH ANNUAL NATIONAL CHEM-E-CAR COMPETITION
The Chem-E-Car competition challenges chemical engineering students to test their classroom knowledge by building shoebox-sized cars powered by controlled chemical reactions.
October 2006
NATION'S PREMIER CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN SAN FRANCISCO, HIGHLIGHTING ENERGY, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
At the AIChE's Annual Meeting, an emphasis of the meeting will be globalization and the diversity of industries the chemical engineering profession serves.