Council for Chemical Research Reorganizes Under AIChE | AIChE

Council for Chemical Research Reorganizes Under AIChE

February 2, 2016

The Board of Directors of the Council for Chemical Research (CCR) has announced that CCR’s operations will, going forward, be conducted under the auspices of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

According to CCR Board spokesman Jeffrey Reimer of the University of California, Berkeley, “our new partnership with AIChE will make CCR more nimble and cost-effective.” He added that the CCR Board’s authority will be preserved and CCR will continue to pursue its priority projects. While administered by AIChE, “CCR will be broadly represented by, and engage with, researchers in the chemical sciences from every sector,” Reimer explained. CCR will continue to hold its successful annual meeting and will focus on its mission of building community among leaders from academia, government laboratories, and industry.

The CCR transition team will be led by Eric Lin of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and also includes Jeffrey Reimer; Bob Maughon of The Dow Chemical Company; James Hill of Iowa State University; and Ralph Wheeler of Duquesne University.

AIChE Executive Director, June Wispelwey, welcomed CCR to the AIChE team and said: “Under this reorganization, CCR will benefit from its synergy with a number of AIChE programs, while gaining efficiencies by leveraging AIChE’s staff in meetings, finance, research, and communications.” Within AIChE, the transition is being led by Darlene Schuster, director of technical entities.

For more than 35 years, CCR has been a leader in the chemical sciences, encouraging collaboration among industry, academia, and government laboratories. Through meetings, workshops, white papers, and issues important to research and the chemical enterprise, CCR has provided members a network for establishing collaborations, sharing ideas, and identifying new research frontiers.

About AIChE

AIChE is a professional society of 50,000 chemical engineers in 100 countries. Its members work in corporations, universities and government using their knowledge of chemical processes to develop safe and useful products for the benefit of society. Through its varied programs, AIChE continues to be a focal point for information exchange on the frontiers of chemical engineering research in such areas as energy, sustainability, biological and environmental engineering, nanotechnology and chemical plant safety and security. More information about AIChE is available at www.aiche.org.