National Student Design Competition - Individual
Current Winner:
2007 -- First Place: David Hellen, Tri-State University
Sponsor:
Omega Chi Epsilon, the National Chemical Engineering Honor Society
Description:
Each year, chemical engineers from a designated company devise and judge a student contest problem that typifies a real, working, chemical engineering design situation. The problem's solution requires a wide range of skills in calculation and evaluation of both technical data and economic factors.
Deadline:
June 6, 2008. Competition statements were distributed online to student chapter advisors and department heads in November 2007. Late requests for problem statements should be made to awards@aiche.org; 646-495-1333/646-495-1503.
Award: For individual entries, 1st Prize (The A. McLaren White Award)--$500; 2nd Prize (The A.E. Marshall Award)--$300; 3rd Prize (The Omega Chi Epsilon Award)--$200.
Presentation: Awards are presented at the AIChE Annual Student Conference.
Entry Form:
Contact awards@aiche.org for an entry form, which must be included with submission.
Recent Past Recipients:
2006 -- Paul Handke, Tri-State University
2005 -- Ben Koenigsknecht, Michigan State University
2004 -- Seth Holderman Sheldon, U. of Kansas
2003 -- Richard Pass, U. of Kansas
2002 -- Jonathan Molloy, Michigan Tech University
2001 -- Suzanne Steeves
2000 -- M. Thompson
1999 -- C. Preston
1998 -- S.N. Weller
1997 -- R. Babst
1996 -- M.C. Stover
1995 -- J. J. Vander Laan
1994 -- R. Babst
1993 -- M. Heller
1992 -- J. A. Ferrio, Michigan Tech University
1991 -- H. M. Pogorzelski
1990 -- J. T. Swanson
1989 -- D. W. Manson