Chem-E-Car Competition:
Regional Competition Safety Compliance
As of October 27, 2009. Watch this page for updates.
Resources
As of October 27, 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)
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 Engineering Documention Package submission instructions
In Spring 2010, team representatives will submit the Engineering Documenation Package (which includes the JSA) 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 will appear below.
Engineering Documentation Package Submission Deadlines:
- Northeast (Location: University of Maine)
JSA due: TBD
Northeast regional safety coordinator: - Southwest (Location: Lamar University)
JSA due: TBD
Southwest regional safety coordinator:
- Rocky Mountain (Location: University of New Mexico)
JSA due: TBD
Rocky Mountain regional safety coordinator:
- Western (Location: University of California, Berkley)
JSA due: TBD
Western regional safety coordinator:
- Mid America (Location: Iowa State University)
JSA due: TBD
North Central regional safety coordinator:
- North Central (Location: Ohio University)
JSA due: TBD
North Central regional safety coordinator:
- Southern (Location: North Carolina State University)
JSA due: TBD
Southern regional safety coordinator:
- Mid Atlantic (Location: Johns Hopkins University)
JSA due: TBD
Mid Atlantic regional safety coordinator: - Pacific Northwest (Location: University of Washington)
JSA due: TBD
Pacific Northwest regional safety coordinators:
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 7, 2009, at the National Student Conference in Nashville, TN.
In the Spring of 2010 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 October 27, 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.