Societal Impact

Meet these 2022 FOSSI Scholars who are attending North Carolina Central University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Tennessee State University.

Arriving in the US at the age of 19 with little English, this young Latina relied on determination and hard work to earn a PhD in chemical engineering at Yale.

Challenge yourself with one or more of these fun and interesting activities to help promote better intercultural communications and understanding.

Looking for ways you can help protect the planet as a chemical engineer for Earth Day 2023? Here are five ways that will have lasting effect.

Meet the wide variety of women process engineers we've spoken to in our ongoing series on process engineering careers.

Meet some of the women who are just getting started in their careers but are already reimagining and redefining aspects of the chemical engineering profession.

Check out these networking, career-building, and learning opportunities taking place next week in Houston as part of AIChE’s efforts towards equity, diversity, and inclusion in chemical engineering.

Learn about these FOSSI scholars who have begun working on STEM degrees at Howard Univ., the Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Florida A&M, and Alabama A&M.

Check out ways you can get involved and help introduce girls to chemical engineering.

MAC's work to include underrepresented groups in chemical engineering dates to the 1960s. Check out its major milestones and progress, from inception to 2023.

Read this firsthand account of a science classroom adventure, and learn how to join K-12 outreach to share chemical engineering concepts with students.

Read about the visit to Howard University, hear FOSSI scholars' feedback and requests from the initiative, and see more photos from the visit.

This video is an engaging teaching aid for high school and college students to help directed evolution and how it is being used to develop new tools for plastics recycling and more.

MAC moves to a broader vision to include and welcome a wider community of chemical engineers.

Do you know a STEM student headed to an HBCU who could benefit from a $40K scholarship? Tell them about FOSSI!

Get to know more about what interests these FOSSI scholars are what their plans and STEM career goals are for the future.

Hear what AIChE president Christine Grant has had on her list of goals, how those goals have become reality over the past year, and where things are headed for AIChE and chemical engineering.

Learn how these chemical engineering students in Brazil created a solution to help small communities improve water management for better quality of life.

Find out how these students discovered that used car batteries could serve beyond their normal lifetime in new ways in the developing world.

Hear how these faculty members early in their tenure-track positions benefited from their experience at the ASEE/AIChE Chemical Engineering Summer School (ChESS).

Learn about this chemical engineering team’s ACE4G experience working on a solar dehydrator to help local farmers add value to their product and reduce waste.

In addition to regular programming, this year’s Annual Meeting and Annual Student Conference will feature events that showcase AIChE’s efforts towards equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the IDEAL Path.

Hear from two prominent process engineers as they discuss their career choices, trajectories, and people and activities that helped them achieve success in their industries.

Learn where these FOSSI scholars will use their college scholarships, and hear about the plans they have for STEM careers.

ERGs present an important benefit to companies looking to attract the very best talent because they offer a work environment that welcomes all. Learn what practices build and maintain ERGs success over time.

Learn where these FOSSI scholars are headed to college, and hear about the plans they have for STEM careers.

Be part of making sure chemical engineering provides equal opportunities to all who wish to pursue and achieve success in the profession.

Last month, 50+ academic leaders from across the U.S. met in Baltimore to help speed progress towards a more equitable and diverse profession.

Learn about the work of this teaching assistant and PhD student, and find out when he first realized it was important for him to be an ally to the LGBTQ+ people around him.

Learn how this chemical engineer at Sandia National Laboratories serves as an ally to LGBTQ+ coworkers, and about the experiences that helped lead to her involvement as an ally.

Hear from LGBTQ+ voices in the chemical engineering community, and learn about their experiences as LGBTQ+ chemical engineers and allies on these podcasts.

Meet Reginald and hear about his work at the University of Missouri, about his coming out story, and his interests outside chemical engineering.

Celebrate Pride Month by checking out the new Celebrate Pride home page, by getting involved in programming for LGBTQ+ members and their allies, or taking part in our upcoming webinar on successful employee resource groups.

As water becomes more scarce in many areas of the world, chemical engineers and others in the chemical sciences are finding new ways to harness previously disregarded sources and develop water recycling methods.

Hear about the careers of other process engineers to learn how they entered the field and about their career choices, challenges, and successes.

See photo highlights from San Antonio, where chemical engineers from 35 countries recently met in person for the 2022 Spring Meeting.

Meet these four FOSSI Scholars and learn about their plans for STEM educations and careers.

Learn more about what WIC is all about, the support it provides to women in chemical engineering, and how you can get involved.

Hear from AIChE President Christine Grant about her first mentors, how we can create a more vital and equitable chemical engineering workforce, and how we each can work towards what’s next for AIChE and for our individual careers.

Learn how teams of chemical engineering students from around the world created microscale engineering solutions to real-world problems.

Some progress has been made, but the reality remains that only 13% of practicing chemical engineers are women. Read how things have changed and where continued effort is needed.

Meet more members of the FOSSI inaugural class and learn about their interests and aspirations for college and beyond.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day aims to inspire grade-school girls to engineering, and helps organize engineering activities that show girls how engineers change our world.

Learn how AIChE’s IDEAL Path takes on some of the barriers standing in the way of building stronger businesses, institutions, and communities.

Read where Manuela found support and inspiration as she advanced in her education and career, and how she hopes to share the same positive influences with other chemical engineers through MAC.

Take a look at the statistics of Black students entering chemical engineering and learn how AIChE is working to strengthen Black representation in the profession through STEM scholarships and more.

Learn about the backgrounds and aspirations of these impressive FOSSI scholars. Know someone who would be a good candidate? Applications due February 15.

Kunjapur and his research group at the University of Delaware are designing innovative biomolecular technologies to address a variety of societal needs.

Meet four more impressive members of 2021’s class of FOSSI scholars who are off to college with their sights set on STEM careers.