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K-12 Initiative

The K-12 initiative leverages AIChE's Volunteer Base for enhanced and expanded local impact in K-12 Outreach. Our objective is to increase interest, awareness, and excitement for science and engineering in K-12 students and prepare future engineering students and professionals to creatively solve technical challenges in an ethical, environmentally responsible, and socially conscious way.

Minority Affairs Committee (MAC)

The Minority Affairs Committee promotes activities that encourage the education and training of disadvantaged minorities in engineering and related disciplines; fosters the employment of minorities at all levels of skills within the engineering field; encourages minority entrepreneurship; and directs the expertise of engineers to the solution of special social and economic problems faced by the such minorities.

Women's Initiatives Committee (WIC)

The Women's Initiatives Committee (WIC) leads in promoting the entry, development, and full participation of women in the Institute and the profession by mobilizing AIChE to meet the needs of existing and potential female members of AIChE and the profession and providing a networking means for women in AIChE to use each other as resources...

Promoting Acceptance of Process Safety Curriculum Requirements

Oct 17, 2011
In 2009, the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) recommended to AIChE and ABET to develop requirements related to understanding safety hazards and how to prevent them. The resulting new ABET requirements are anticipated to take effect in 2012. It would not be unusual if some...

Process Hazards Emphasis In the New ABET Chemical Engineering Program Criteria

Oct 17, 2011
Jeffrey J. Siirola
This presentation will outline the US Chemical Safety Board concerns and recommendations that lead to the drafting of new ABET chemical engineering program criteria, the wording that is currently working its way through the ABET approval process, other ABET "editorial" changes being proposed for...

New Techniques for Just-In-Time Teaching of Chemical Engineering

Oct 16, 2011
J.Will Medlin
The use of web-based resources in teaching holds promise for increasing the level of communication between students and instructors and for allowing instructors to focus class time on topics where students need the most help. Recently, several instructors in our department have adopted web-based “...

The Importance of Basic Research Investment to Economic Growth

Oct 16, 2011
Thomas W. Peterson
The National Science Foundation is the primary source of support for basic research and education in science and engineering throughout the US academic community. At NSF, the Directorate for Engineering has historically occupied a unique and interesting space within the Foundation, and today is no...

Educating Global Chemical Engineers in the 21st Century

Oct 16, 2011
Robert A. Brown
Chemical engineering thrived in the United States during the 20th century because of the confluence of discoveries in chemistry, innovations in process technology, the abundance of raw materials, and markets fueled by economic growth. What will chemical engineering in the United States look like in...

Chemical Engineering Careers (focus on environmental consulting)

Mar 14, 2011
Kurt Rindfusz
The profession of chemical engineering offers multiple, distinct career paths. Although many young professionals entering the professional world will spend the majority of their time in an industrial setting, working in important careers such as process engineering; many alternatives present...

Girl Scout STEM Workshop: Experience with 6th-10th Grade Girls in Rural Oklahoma

Nov 8, 2009
Ashlee N. Ford
Recently, Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. has launched a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) initiative to engage girls in hands-on activities that make STEM fun and accessible and to promote gender equity in these fields by providing information and experiences highlighting the positive...

What Does it Take to Address the Nation's Energy Challenges

Nov 8, 2009
Dana Christensen
The nation is facing a renaissance in energy technology to include dramatic changes in transportation, electricity production, distribution and use, and energy efficiency. The nation is also rapidly expanding its scientific capabilities and is currently leading the world in areas such as material...

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