K-12

A camp for high school students presents chemical engineering as a career, complete with a hands-on chemical engineering challenge.

Finding other chemical engineers or biological engineers with similar interests can deliver personal and professional rewards.

The new AIChE competition will launch at the AIChE Annual Meeting and highlight the best chemical engineering and STEM presentations and demonstrations for K-12 students.

Future City challenged students to design a city of he future that could withstand and quickly recover from a natural disaster.

“Girl Day” is a movement spearheaded by DiscoverE aimed at inspiring grade-school girls to find a calling in engineering. And there's still time to volunteer.

Join us in celebrating Engineers Week 2019 as we recognize the many ways engineers make a difference in the world.

Chemical engineering students at UVA have been introducing K-6 children to the wonders of science for nearly 20 years.

Dozens of AIChE Student Chapters are helping to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers through their K-12 Outreach Programs.

ChE’s everywhere will engage in classroom and community K–12 outreach projects during Engineers Week 2018 (Feb. 18–24).

The two brothers' new app, Refyne, uses an interactive refinery game to teach basic chemical engineering concepts.

John Cirucci, an AIChE Foundation Trustee, sat down with ChemE senior and AIChE volunteer Lizzy Zimmerman for a chat about her efforts at the University of Iowa, her insights on STEM outreach and her plans for the future.

AIChE and member volunteers from the Northern California (NorCal) Local Section will take part in one of the U.S.'s largest K-12 outreach events, when AIChE hosts an exhibi

Of all of the engineering disciplines, it is toughest to describe what exactly a chemical engineer does.

The South Texas Section hosted a booth at “When I Grow Up,” a K-12 career fair organized by the Houston Independent School District.

By Colin Young, Univ. of Utah



What’s a hydrogel? How do chemical engineers design mixers for viscous fluids such as chocolate? These and other questions were answered at the AIChE-sponsored booth at the recent 3rd USA Science and Engineering Festival (USASEF) in Washington, D.C.

Read how AIChE Student Chapter members in Brazil are taking an active role in keeping teens in school with life lessons and important facts about their future.

In an effort to cultivate an early interest in science, math, and engineering in middle school students, Lehigh University’s AIChE student chapter recently held a successful interactive science and chemical engineering outreach event at Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem, PA.

An outreach program for high school students in San Antonio featured speaker astronaut and chemical engineering professor Al Sacco.

As part of the AIChE Apprentice program, one young chemcial engineerg spoke to high school students on the topic of "What can chemical engineers do?" Read more about it here.

In this TEDTalk, Beau Lotto and one of the world's youngest published scientists (Amy O'Toole) share their findings and their passion for learning.

On Sunday, October 28th, as part of the 2012 Annual Meeting, AIChE will be sponsoring an educational outreach event for local high school students from the Pittsburgh area. Learn how to volunteer!

How do we, as chemical engineers, inspire the next generation that will follow in our footsteps? Tulsa has two great examples: the High School Chem-E-Car competition and the Chemical Switch competition.

For the past several years, the Susquehanna AIChE chapter has sponsored a shadow program for high school students at a handful of local businesses. One of the most active programs has been at The Hershey Company (THC). Each spring, a number of engineers at THC have been involved with a half-day shadow program that involves exposing four to six high school students to chemical engineering.

Wahoo Wizards is a community outreach program that was started eleven years ago and is supported by the AIChE student chapter at the University of Virginia. Named after the unofficial mascot of the university, this program aims to immerse K-6 students in the Charlottesville, VA, community in science and engineering.

AIChE, through its Societal Impact Operating Council (SIOC), wants to establish a community of its members who are interested in using K-12 outreach as a way to spread the message about the positive impact that chemical engineers have on society, and about the great career opportunities that exist in our profession.