Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The in-person December 1 AIChE Gala will honor Moderna and its leadership as well as FOSSI and its founding partners for their contributions to the advancement of society.

The award recognizes the civic and humanitarian achievements of an engineer whose professional and personal endeavors have advanced the well-being of humankind.

Learn about this chemical engineer’s experiences being an ally to LGBTQ+ colleagues, and hear her advice to other allies.

Learn how this online community of LGBTQ+ STEM professionals has grown to include scientists from a broad range of disciplines.

Meet Alan Bahl who discusses his experience as an LGBTQ+ ChemE professional working in EHS for the MBCC Group, a chemical manufacturer.

Chemical engineers share their stories about coming out and working for LGBTQIA+ rights in the corporate world.

Celebrate Pride Month by hearing from some of the LGBTQ+ individuals and allies in our profession. Also, learn more about how you can get involved in AIChE’s initiatives for LGBTQ+ members and allies.

Learn about two online workshops to help you become a better LGBTQ+ ally in your workplace, and learn how you can get more involved as an ally at AIChE.

Learn how AIChE's Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Community is helping women build momentum in the profession.

Meet this gay chemical engineer and learn about his work at Chevron and about his next chapter.

Learn how WIC got its start, how it's working to accomplish its mission, and how you can become part of the effort.

AIChE looks back at the chemical engineering career of Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau and at some of the women who have followed in her footsteps.

Learn about how the IDEAL Path concept aims to give an equal opportunity to all who wish to join the chemical engineering community.

Learn how this chemical engineering student got interested in STEM, and find out how she's helping others find scholarship opportunities.

Learn about this chemical engineer's professional path and how mentoring continues to influence her career.

Learn more about historically Black colleges and universities, the crucial role they play in promoting greater diversity in STEM careers, and more.

FOSSI will provide scholarships, internships, and mentorship for students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and math at historically Black colleges and universities.

AIChE has launched a website to serve as a hub for all efforts supporting our goal of reaching 100% parity in the chemical engineering profession by 2050.  

Meet ally Nemoy Rau and learn about the work he does in venture capital and about his pursuits as the cofounder of a medical device company.

FOSSI will award 150 outstanding STEM scholars at historically Black colleges and universities with scholarships valued at $10,000 for each of their four years.

In keeping with this year's theme of increasing the diversity of chemical engineering, we have many events planned to provide the tools needed to help make the profession increasingly diverse in a variety of ways.

Annual Meeting Programming Chair Jennifer Sinclair Curtis of UC Davis shares what the plenary session Meet the Leaders: Engineering for Inclusion offers attendees.

Check out the schedule for LGBTQ+ & ally events at the 2020 Annual Meeting and 2020 Annual Student Conference.

AIChE’s Award for Service to Society recognizes outstanding contributions by a chemical engineer to community service and to the solution of socially oriented problems.

Meet Ronke Olabisi of UC Irvine and learn how she left aerospace engineering to join the world of biomedical engineering, and hear what areas of study she finds most interesting.

Meet Elizabeth Haughton, a system engineer at Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, and learn about her professional goals, personal pursuits, and coming-out experience. 

Catch up on the most-read articles and most-discussed topics with this summary of top trends at AIChE for the past 2 months. 

Meet Shelly, a faculty member at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and learn about her work and her experiences as an LGBTQIA+ chemical engineer. 

Hear about Weslee's past experience at Afrobiotech, what makes it special to him, and what you can expect when you attend. 

AIChE is outraged by the recent events that have highlighted systemic racism, discrimination, and inequality especially as they pertain to people of color in our country today. We at AIChE are fervently committed to promoting equity among all individuals.

Meet Scott, a postdoc in a polymer and soft matter physics research group,  and learn about his work and his experiences as a gay chemical engineer. 

A quick rundown on the latest Safe Zone workshops, plus access to archived versions. 

We look back at a year of achievements from women chemical engineers, and look ahead to opportunities to help women succeed in chemical engineering.

Safe Zone Ally Training workshops are interactive, research-informed sessions that seek to foster a more inclusive environment for LGBTQ+ individuals in STEM.

Catch up on the latest podcasts, which feature fascinating conversations with chemical engineers from Covestro and Berkeley National Lab.

Henry T. Brown, an AIChE leader whose devotion to equity for minority engineers made an indelible impression on the life of AIChE and the countless chemical engineers who he mentored and encouraged, passed away on February 13, 2020, in Weston, MA.

Exactly how inclusive are STEM professionals? Find out in this interview with Erin Cech.

Results of this new study will be shared at the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando.

Join LGBTQ+ chemical engineers and their allies for social and networking events in Orlando as well as for workshops and panels to promote inclusion, awareness, and diversity.

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

Diversity of background helps provide diversity of perspective, which is often the basis of innovation and discovery in modern team-based research.

Meet Nick DiDomizio, a process engineer at CE&IC in Burlington, NJ.

Inclusive communities benefit productivity and innovation, but building and maintaining an inclusive community takes real know-how. Learn more here.

Cari Parker of Eastman Chemical Company shares lessons from her own career and gives advice to young chemical engineers building their own careers.

Welcome to AIChE’s What’s Trending feature, where you'll discover some of our most viewed and read content from the prior months. Check out the video above for a short recap.

See highlights of AIChE's 2018 accomplishments and read about AIChE's new strategic plan.

A look back at achievements for women in the past year at AIChE and in the chemical engineering community, and an eye on the future.

“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.

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin has been recognized by the American Association fo the Advancement of Science for his work in regenerative engineering and other scientific advancements.

In 2005, six women graduated from the California Institute of Technology and became the first and only all-female chemical engineering class to graduate from an American co-ed university.

Team members with different backgrounds can provide new perspectives and ideas that help fuel innovation and create more engaged employees.

The AIChE Gala raised approximately $570,000 to support efforts that expand women’s leadership programs, strengthen pre-college STEM education for girls, and improve the retention of women eng