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Professional Engineering Licensure

A Professional Engineer (PE) is an engineer that has been licensed by one or more states. The license symbolizes that the engineer has met state's education, exam, and experience requirements to demonstrate competency in a field of engineering. It shows that the engineer is both competent and ethical in protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

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Book Review: The Innovator's DNA

March 21, 2012
March 21, 2012

Clayton Christensen is perhaps most famous for identifying the concept of a disruptive innovation – a new technology that introduces new markets and new ways that people interact with products. His latest offering, The Innovator’s DNA, co-authored by Jeff Dyer and Hal Gregersen, takes a look at what skills lead a person to innovation and creativity.

Stanley I. Proctor

"I have always believed that a true professional has many responsibilities-and that among them is the need to support those organizations that have influenced his/her professional career. "

Stan Proctor has more than exemplified his professionalism through his generous volunteer service to AIChE for over 50 years.

Stan first got involved in AIChE as Chair of the Career Guidance Committee for the St. Louis Local Section. While at a national AIChE conference in 1973, Stan attended a meeting of the National Career Guidance Committee. His enthusiasm was noticed immediately and he...Read more

James Wei    

James Wei was born in China, and came to the United States in 1949. He received his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1952, M.S. and Sc.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 1954 and 1955 (with a minor in Fine Arts from Harvard), and a degree in Advanced Management from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1969. He began his career as a Research Chemical Engineer for Mobil Oil Research in 1955 and advanced to Manager of Long-Range Analysis by 1969. He was Visiting Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Princeton...Read more

Sheldon E. Isakoff 

Dr. Sheldon E. Isakoff, former director of Engineering Research and Development at DuPont, was a major force in research at DuPont for more than 40 years. After receiving his PhD from Columbia Engineering, his began his work at DuPont, which culminated in many patented developments, including the EFT Dacron and nylon processes, Mylar and Cronar process improvements, and the first Lycra plant in the world. During his career at DuPont, Isakoff pioneered many developments in process dynamics and computer applications as both research director of the engineering materials laboratory and...Read more

Edward L. Cussler

Edward L. Cussler, currently Distinguished Institute Professor at the University of Minnesota, received his B.E. with honors from Yale University in 1961, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1963 and 1965, respectively, working with E. N. Lightfoot. After 13 years teaching at Carnegie-Mellon University, Cussler joined the University of Minnesota in 1980. He has written over 240 articles and five books, including Diffusion, Bioseparations, and more recently, Chemical Product Design.

Cussler has received the Colburn and Lewis Awards from...Read more

Basil C. Doumas

"I often introduce myself during AIChE committee meetings as 'AIChE Junkie' to describe my affiliation. AIChE has given me many opportunities to serve the profession, and that reinforces my commitment to whatever service I may provide."- Bill Doumas

Bill began his relationship with AIChE in 1954 as the Club Reporter for the AIChE Student Chapter at what was then known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now known as Virginia Tech. Its motto is Ut Prosim- That I May Serve. It is abundantly clear from Bill's fifty plus years of service to AIChE that he has been faithful to that...Read more

Vern W. Weekman, Jr.*

Gerhard J. Frohlich               

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