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Chapter Info & Requirements

Benefits of Belonging to SBE as a Student Member:

  • Networking opportunities with industry professionals
  • Annual Student Leadership Forum
  • On-line employment resources
  • Student Poster Competitions at local and international levels
  • Opportunities to publish your research in SBE's peer-reviewed magazine, Biotechnology Progress or AIChE Journal.
  • Discounts to SBE programs and events
  • Subscriptions to the the bi-annual SBE BioSupplements to the magazine Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP)
  • 24/7 access to SBE's on-line Membership Directory.

For more information, contact Jean-Francois Hamel, SBE Director of Student Affairs, or bio@aiche.org.

Requirements of an SBE Student Chapter:

Each chapter assists in promoting membership in SBE and the furtherance of the SBE mission, in accordance with SBE policy.

  1. Be an organization in which the majority of members are students at the University.
  2. Maintain at least six members in SBE
  3. Have membership open to any discipline, program, or department of the University.
  4. Develop and submit bylaws that are specific to the chapters needs and wishes. Of course, they must meet the approval of SBE.

Each chapter selects:

  • one of its members to serve as chapter president
  • one of its members — president or otherwise — to serve as its Student Chapter Representative (SCR) to SBE.

The student chapter must comply with all rules and regulations for student organizations of the academic institution. Any conflicts of these with SBE guidelines will be handled by SBE on an individual basis.

The Board of Sponsors should be comprised of one faculty member, who will serve as faculty advisor of the student chapter; a non-faculty member from the local parent chapter who will serve as a "contact" to the student chapter; and one non-faculty member from the state society who will serve as a contact to the student chapter. In some cases, it may not be possible for the student chapter to obtain all three of the above members of the Board of Sponsors. In that case, any other interested and active state society member may be substituted for the missing member or members, subject to the approval of SBE's Director of Student Affairs.