Chem-E-Car Competition:
Regional Competition Safety Compliance
As of January 25, 2009. Watch this page for updates.
Resources
As of January 25, 2009, no safety training teleconferences have been scheduled. Should opportunities become available, those chapters in need of training will receive notification. Information about safety training sessions and preparation is available at the bottom of the page.
Safety training preparation videos from SACHE (Revised January 2009)
Job Safety Analysis (JSA) form (MS Word) (Revised January 2009)
Regional Conference - JSA submission instructions - Due dates appear below. Team leaders will receive password access to the JSA submission site. Watch e-mail for instructions.
SAMPLE JSA form (PDF) -- Submitted by Michigan Tech University. This form is lengthier than the current version (above), but provides an excellent, comprehensive example.
Pressure vessel test protocol -- These instructions have been incorporated into the revised competition rules, January 2009
In 2006, AIChE’s Board of Directors instituted new policies that affect student chapters participating in AIChE’s national and regional Chem-E-Car Competitions.
Student teams and their advisors will be asked to demonstrate a commitment to safety awareness, safety planning, and safe practices as a standard component of their Car Competition participation, and through several measures.
Regional JSA submission instructions
In Spring 2009, team representatives will submit the JSA forms and any related documents to a SharePoint site, maintained at national AIChE. ONE REPRESENTATIVE per team will have access to the site, using a password and instructions e-mailed to that designated representative. Due dates for each region appear below.
Teams competing at regional conferences must submit JSA forms TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE COMPETITION, using the following instructions:
How to file the JSA
1) Click the link: http://aicheprojects.sharepointsite.net/chemecar
2) Log-in to the page using your assigned password.
3) In the lefthand column under "Documents," click "Shared Documents." You will be served a window displaying folders labeled for all competing teams. Find your school's folder (read the labels carefully; some schools have similiar names). Click on your school's name to open your folder. Please open only the folder designated for your team. Note: AIChE's SharePoint program allows the administrator to determine whether unauthorized users are accessing another team's documents. Tampering with another team's work will result in the the offending team's suspension from the Car Competition.
4) In the new window, click the "Upload" tab(s) and browse your computer for the documents you wish to upload. Select the document and click OK. The upload is complete. You may further manage the document (revise, delete, etc.) by highlighting the document name in your folder window.
5) When you are finished, log-out. You may return to the folder to make changes until the due date, when teams will lose access to the SharePoint site and JSA reviewers will begin their work.
6) Await further instructions from the safety inspectors, and watch for general e-mail announcements about Car Competition activities.
7) Questions pertaining specifically to the JSA may be directed to Dr. Dan Crowl at crowl@mtu.edu. Questions about the SharePoint site may be submitted to Gordon Ellis at chem-e-car@aiche.org.
A hard copy of the JSA form with an ORIGINAL advisor signature must be available at the competition site.
JSA Submission Deadlines:
- North Central (Location: Illinois Inst. of Technology)
JSA due: February 13
North Central regional safety coordinator: - Rocky Mountain (Location: Colorado State Univ.)
JSA due: February 13
Rocky Mountain regional safety coordinator: - Pacific Northwest (Location: Univ. of British Columbia)
JSA due: February 13
Pacific Northwest regional safety coordinators: - Northeast (Location: Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)
JSA due: March 13
Northeast regional safety coordinator: - Southwest (Location: Univ. of Texas at Austin)
JSA due: March 13
Southwest regional safety coordinator:
- Mid America (Location: University of Missouri, Columbia)
JSA due: March 20
North Central regional safety coordinator: - Southern (Location: Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
JSA due: March 20
Southern regional safety coordinator: - Western (Location: University of California, Davis)
JSA due: March 20
Western regional safety coordinator: - Mid Atlantic (Location: Hampton Univ.)
JSA due: April 3
More information about safety training:
Additionally, to compete at regional Chem-E-Car Competitions, chapters must have satisfactorily completed a recent AIChE-sponsored Chem-E-Car Safety training workshop.
This two-hour workshop, coordinated by SACHE (Safety and Chemical Engineering Education) and the Chem-E-Car committee will be offered annually to all potential Chem-E-Car participants. One time attendance at the workshop is mandatory for car team faculty advisors (or a faculty designee) and team captains. As new team captains rotate in from year to year, they will be required to participate in this workshop as part of their duties.
The most recent live workshop was held November 14, 2008, at the National Student Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
In early February, Spring 2009 regional conference host schools will receive lists of schools that are currently eligible for the Car Competition. The safety training status of most schools is good. However, a number of schools would need to have their team faculty advisor participate in an AIChE-sponsored safety training teleconference before being approved to compete. As of late January 2009, no teleconference training opportunities have been scheduled.
Safety training video workshops:
New teams and new team members should prepare for future safety workshops by downloading videos of past safety training lectures. Workshop preparation material in the form of a two-hour streaming video safety lecture is available at the SACHE Chem-E-car page: http://sache.org/chemecar.asp. Knowledge gained from this lecture will be tested during any teleconference or in-person workshops that may be scheduled.
Watch this page for more information. If there are immediate questions, contact Gordon Ellis at 646-495-1348; gorde@aiche.org.