Teresa Clark oversees Sustainability at the Environmental Research and Education Foundation. As part of that position she interfaces/collaborates with the waste management industry, legislators, laboratories, academia and NGO’s to bridge the information and communication gap between industries. One key focus is understanding the EOL challenges with packaging and integrating data into EOL planning strategies that include all end points of an integrated waste management system. This includes composting, recycling and the recovery of energy from discarded materials.
Zelma Mejía Galeas is a senior chemical engineering student at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). Born, raised and currently living in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Student Co President of the AIChE Chapter at her university. Creator of the Bonding Project, an initiative of AIChE UNAH. Recently, elected K12 Outreach in the Southern Region of the Executive Student Committee. Academic Director of the Honduras intention to host the XXVII Latin-American Conference of Chemical Engineering Students, and one of the leaders of the new project “Unión AIChE LATAM”.Read more
Katherine Zambrano is the student president of the AIChE Chapter at the Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), she is currently in her senior year of the chemical engineering major.
Born and currently living in Guayaquil, Ecuador; first child of two, daughter of Ecuadorian parents. Vice President of International Relations of the National Association of Chemical Engineering Students in her country. Leader of the Sembrando Sonrisas foundation, which seeks constantly to do social work for the benefit of those in need.
Member of the AIChE Executive Student Committee(...Read more
From all over Latin America, 18 student chapters came together to host a series of 40 virtual presentations to advance chemical engineering professional development in Latin America.