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Engineers Week 2024 (February 18–24) is a time to celebrate the important work of engineers and to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Learn about the complex science behind making ice cream in this video, and check out the accompanying lesson plan that was created for high school and college classrooms.

On November 5th around 100 attendees, including K–12 students, their parents, and educators gathered at the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting to participate in the K–12 STEM Showcase.

The NumberUp Innovation program introduces K–12 students to advanced manufacturing engineering education and careers in multidisciplinary design and manufacturing environments.

Read this firsthand account of a science classroom adventure, and learn how to join K-12 outreach to share chemical engineering concepts with students.

Is there a young person in your life who is curious about STEM? Or want to get involved in sharing your enthusiasm for STEM with young people? Engineers Week offers lots of opportunities.

This video is an engaging teaching aid for high school and college students to help directed evolution and how it is being used to develop new tools for plastics recycling and more.

As water becomes more scarce in many areas of the world, chemical engineers and others in the chemical sciences are finding new ways to harness previously disregarded sources and develop water recycling methods.

Looking for a way to share chemical engineering with students? Volunteer for Engineers Week, or profit from other AIChE opportunities.

Hear from Ashely about details of the upcoming AIChE STEM Outreach Competition and Showcase, and learn what makes a winning entry and what’s expected of participants.

Learn about what keeps the Iowa State Student Chapter busy, and hear their thoughts on making outreach initiatives more successful.

One of the most fun parts of being in the K-12 committee is getting to see the wonderful designs for modules and at-home experiments that AIChE student chapters present at our STEM Outreach Competition. In this section, we highlight winning entries from last year's event.

Learn how this chemical engineering is helping take STEM experiences to K–12 students in her area.

Interested in STEM projects for high school students? Check out this teaching module that illustrates how carbon adsorption is used to purify water.

Learn how this professor found her own career path and how she is helping students discover the world of STEM through K–12 outreach.

Learn who won awards and get more information about how you can take part in the next event.

Read how Arisbeth's commitment to mentoring has enriched her life and made her a better communicator in academia and the professional world.

Want to share your passion for chemical engineering or biological engineering with students? Volunteer for Engineers Week, or profit from other AIChE opportunities.

AIChE has launched a website to serve as a hub for all efforts supporting our goal of reaching 100% parity in the chemical engineering profession by 2050.  

With the arrival of the second K-12 STEM Showcase, a look back at last year's success, and a preview of what's to come this year in a virtual version.

Chemical engineers are at the forefront of the climate change battle, and among their most promising tools is direct air capture. To learn more, watch this video, which is part of an effort to bring science innovations to the classroom.

This short video provides teachers with a way to introduce school students to CRISPR-Cas9. Also see the accompanying downloadable lesson plan. 

This series of short science videos is ready for the classroom, including a downloadable lesson plan. 

Ever wonder what factors shape the decision to pursue STEM professions, and how you can encourage more girls and young women to pursue chemical engineering?

Want to share your passion for chemical engineering or biological engineering with students? Volunteer for Engineers Week, or profit from other AIChE opportunities.

Over the past year, volunteers have been working to reestablish AIChE’s K-12 Committee.

Among their many activities, chemical engineering students at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL) are gearing up to host the 2020 Mid-America Student Regional Conference.

Finding other chemical engineers or biological engineers with similar interests can deliver personal and professional rewards.

Welcome to AIChE’s What’s Trending feature, where you'll discover some of our most viewed and read content from the prior months. Check out the video above for a short recap.

Future City challenged students to design a city of he future that could withstand and quickly recover from a natural disaster.

The Houston AIChE Student Chapter brings chemical engineering into the classroom to give young women hands-on experiences with STEM topics.

Join us in celebrating Engineers Week 2019 as we recognize the many ways engineers make a difference in the world.

See how three AIChE Student Chapters are inspiring the next generation of chemical engineers.

Dozens of AIChE Student Chapters are helping to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers through their K-12 Outreach Programs.

AIChE joins 3,000+ STEM exhibitors to share with grade school students what chemical engineers do and how they contribute to society and the workforce.

The two brothers' new app, Refyne, uses an interactive refinery game to teach basic chemical engineering concepts.

Hear AIChE president Bond Calloway talk about why he chose a career in STEM, some key moments of his career, and his involvement in RAPID with Savannah River.

AIChE and member volunteers from the Northern California (NorCal) Local Section will take part in one of the U.S.'s largest K-12 outreach events, when AIChE hosts an exhibi

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The South Texas Section hosted a booth at “When I Grow Up,” a K-12 career fair organized by the Houston Independent School District.

Twelve-year-old Audrey Gallier hasn’t decided what she wants to do when she grows up, but she knows it involves science. And she’s not waiting until college to crack open advanced textbooks...

What’s a hydrogel? How do chemical engineers design mixers for viscous fluids such as chocolate? These and other questions were answered at the AIChE-sponsored booth at the recent 3rd USA Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF) in Washington, D.C.

This year, 47 high school students eager to learn more about chemical engineering took part in AIChE’s Outreach in Action event at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

In an effort to cultivate an early interest in science, math, and engineering in middle school students, Lehigh University’s AIChE student chapter recently held a successful interactive science and chemical engineering outreach event at Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem, PA.

AIChE student chapter members at Lehigh University visited Broughal Middle School to share the world of chemistry and engineering through demonstrations with four eighth-grade science classes.

As part of the AIChE Apprentice program, one young chemcial engineerg spoke to high school students on the topic of "What can chemical engineers do?" Read more about it here.

Drexel University AIChE members recently shared their enthusiasm for math and science through the Lindy Scholars program, teaching a science lesson to seventh grade students from three west Philadelphia schools. Read more about their experience.

On Sunday, October 28th, as part of the 2012 Annual Meeting, AIChE will be sponsoring an educational outreach event for local high school students from the Pittsburgh area. Learn how to volunteer!

During AIChE’s Spring Meeting in Houston, TX, eight meeting attendees visited Booker T. Washington High School to speak with students about chemical engineering. Booker T. Washington is a magnet school for the engineering professions in the Houston Independent School District.

Greetings from the Rocky Mountain Section of AIChE! Since our section covers a lot of territory, it makes sense that several different types of outreach projects exist throughout the region. We encourage new members and young professionals to lead similar efforts and take the time to share their efforts as well! Following, we highlight two of our outreach efforts.

Wahoo Wizards is a community outreach program that was started eleven years ago and is supported by the AIChE student chapter at the University of Virginia. Named after the unofficial mascot of the university, this program aims to immerse K-6 students in the Charlottesville, VA, community in science and engineering.