SACHE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design
Current Winner(s):
Walt Howard Individual Award
2010 -- Ryan Gruell, Trine University
Jack Wehman Team Award
2010 -- Jason Crater, Joseph Masucci, Lindsey Mathews, Northeastern University
Sponsor:
The Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SACHE) Committee of CCPS
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. The SACHE award is presented to team and individuals for designs that apply appropriate principles of chemical process safety.
Deadline:
June 4, 2010. Design competition booklets are distributed to Chapter advisors and SACHE schools each fall. Submit designs to the AIChE Awards Administrator, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5901; Phone/fax: 646-495-1333/646-495-1503; or awards@aiche.org
Award:
One team design award (Jack Wehman Design Award) of $300 and one individual design award (Walter Howard Design Award) of $200 for the best applications of the principles of chemical process safety
Presentation:
Awards are presented at the Student Awards Brunch at the AIChE Annual Student Conference.
Past Recipients:
2009 -- Brian Ashenfelter, Trine University (individual), Rhiannon Quirk, James Sims, Elizabeth Wienslaw, Northeastern University (team)
2008 -- Kaitlyn Kelly (individual), Wesley Biddle, Andrew Kemmerling, Edward Ralph Soliz, Jr.(Lamar Univesity team)
2007 -- Jonathon Guscinski (individual), Kanwal Abidi, Chad Jumonville, Arturo Rios, Jr. (Lamar University team)
2006 -- Adel Ghaderi (individual), Thomas Cobb, Achala Naphad, Barndi Ray (Lamar University team)
2005 -- Ben Koenigsknecht (individual), Jon Fleener, Ryan Sistrunk, Kenny Proffitt (Lamar University team)
2004 -- Seth Holderman Sheldon (individual), David Burke, Jamie Triba, and Timothy Leong (team)
2003 -- Amber Rudy (individual), Kevin Cash, Ellen Brennen, Jeffrey Pierce (Northeastern Univ. team)
2002 -- Traci Rector (individual) , Corey Harris, Katherine Rogers Andrew Tillinghast (Team)