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Mark P. Vergnano, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Chemours Company, a U.S.-based global chemical firm, will receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Government and Industry Leaders (AGILE) Award. The award is given by AIChE to leaders who have made significant contributions to the chemical engineering profession and whose innovations have made a significant impact within the industries that employ chemical engineers.

NEW YORK, NY, and FLORHAM PARK, NJ, January 18, 2018 — BASF today affirmed its ongoing commitment to safe chemical industry practices and education by funding two key priorities of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) “Doing a World of Good” campaign.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) honored LyondellBasell and Bechtel Group, Inc., along with those companies’ leaders, for their efforts to inspire the next generation of engineers, at an awards gala held in New York City on Wednesday, December 6.

The AIChE Foundation — the philanthropic arm of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — has named S. Shariq Yosufzai, Vice President, Global Diversity, Chevron Corporation, as its chair. Yosufzai will lead strategic development for the Foundation’s initiatives — exemplified by the ongoing Doing a World of Good campaign, which funds projects that chemical engineers have identified as crucial to advancing the good works of the profession.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (October 29) – In a ceremony during its Annual Meeting here Saturday, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) presented awards to 15 leaders and innovators in chemical engineering.

Leaders of the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced the first round of public-private partnership projects selected for negotiation here at AIChE’s Annual Meeting.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced that Christine B. Seymour, PhD, Director at Pfizer, Inc., will become President of AIChE in 2018. Seymour succeeds 2017 President T. Bond Calloway, Jr., Associate Laboratory Director at the Savannah River National Laboratory.

This fall, the chemical engineering community will gather in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting, October 29 through November 3. The meeting is distinguished by many new and innovative topical conferences and technical program tracks that underscore the pivotal roles that chemical engineers play in addressing societal needs — from sustainable energy, water, and food production, to breakthroughs in medicine, to advances in manufacturing, and beyond.

LyondellBasell CEO and Bechtel President and COO — along with DowDuPont’s Jim R. Fitterling — to be honored in New York City on December 6

Caltech engineering professor will be honored by AIChE, October 29 at Minneapolis Annual Meeting.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will showcase the innovative work of chemical engineers and the pivotal roles they play in addressing global challenges at the 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 29-Nov. 3.

Leaders of the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute — a part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and one of the nation’s 14 Manufacturing USA Institutes — are calling for stakeholders in industry, academia, and government laboratories to submit proposals for early-stage research and development projects that apply process intensification and modular chemical processing to solve industrial challenges.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), with support from the AIChE Foundation, is recognizing 35 young professional members of AIChE in a new 35 Under 35 honors program.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) have slated a series of international conferences devoted to safe processes and practices in the chemicals and petrochemicals industries. The meetings promote a global culture of process safety in industry and are based upon decades of safety best practices documented by CCPS through its network of affiliated companies, engineers, and industrial safety experts.

Anil Gokhale, an executive with more than 30 years of experience in engineering, process safety, and process automation, has joined the staff of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) as director of CCPS projects. In his project execution duties, Gokhale will oversee a large group of CCPS staff consultants.

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pertamina University (Jakarta, Indonesia) to establish a partnership on activities of mutual importance to the two organizations. The signing ceremony took place on May 23, 2017, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

SAN ANTONIO, TX — Leaders of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) formally launched the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute here today at AIChE’s Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety. Late last year, the U.S.

AIChE’s Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for president-elect, treasurer, and directors for 2017. The Treasurer for 2017–2019 has resigned and created a vacancy. Under the terms of AIChE’s constitution, the Board of Directors has appointed Joseph D. Smith, a former AIChE director, to serve as interim treasurer until the position is filled in the next election.

On March 17, 2017, AIChE released the following statement: "Statement in response to proposed elimination of the Chemical Safety Board: