2009 AIChE Midwest Regional Conference
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October 5 - 6, 2009 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN Click here to register online |
Building on last year's successful Midwest Regional conference, the Chicago Local Section, along with IEEE and AIChE National support, is continuing its programming efforts to provide an opportunity to engineers and scientists in the region to learn about new technologies, as well as offer a relaxed setting for networking. This year's conference focuses on the critical subjects of energy and sustainability.
Plus, the Chicago Local Section, along with the University of Illinois at Chicago, is pleased to continue sponsoring the High School Engineering Career Outreach Program. Chicago-area high school students will become acquainted with the various facets of the chemical engineering profession. The program will take place on both days from 10:00am – 2:00pm, and the featured speaker is former NASA payload specialist and current professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University, Dr. Al Sacco. The program includes a special luncheon where students can interact with practicing chemical engineers. For young professional engineers, a workshop will be held on both days to help fine-tune interviewing skills and improve the effectiveness of resumes.
For a list of companies sponsoring this conference, please click here. If you would like to sponsor this conference, please click here.
Monday, October 5, 2009
8:15 am - 8:30 am |
| 8:30 am - 9:20 am Keynote Address - Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., Ph.D., Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. EPA - Region 5 |
| MORNING TRACK 9:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Session 1 - Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) Research Presentations include: |
Session 2 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Initiatives in Sustainability Presentations include: |
Session 3 - Solar Cells |
| AFTERNOON TRACK 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Session 4 - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Research Presentations include: |
Session 5 - Energy and Sustainability Perspectives on energy and sustainability from: |
Session 6 - The Future Electrical Energy System Sustainable is the environmentally friendly buzzword of the current decade. In the past, electricial power generation is not something commonly associated with "being green." The session covers some of the latest technical developments in control and production of renewable power. The papers presented cover not only the more common renewable power generation options; but the practical implementation of alternate energy technologies that create challenges to the planners of our distribution and transmission electric system. |
5:00pm - 6:00pm |
6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
| 8:30 am - 9:20 am Keynote Address |
| MORNING TRACK 9:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Session 7 - Biomass Energy Presentations include: |
Session 8 - University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) Research on Catalysis for Energy Presentations include: |
Session 9 - Medical Imaging Advances Presentations include: |
| AFTERNOON TRACK 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Session 10 - Alternative Fuels Biologically-derived fuels are assuming increasing importance in the U.S. Administration’s attempts to reduce dependence on imported oil. While this is encouraging, some problems do exist. For example, the basic chemistry and biology mechanisms for viable alternative fuels production are not |
Session 11 - Northwestern University Research on Novel Materials and Processing for Energy and Sustainability Presentations include: |
Session 12 - LED Lighting |