Young Professionals Community Share Young Professional (YP) members are a vital and active group of AIChE members. AIChE Young Professionals are: Under the age of 35 and have graduated from an undergraduate institution, Those new to the working world, Masters or PhD students, Those looking for a career in chemical engineering post-graduation, and Those who have been working for a few years and starting to advance in their careers. The Young Professionals Committee (YPC) works to increase participation among Young Professionals in AIChE benefits, services and volunteer opportunities. The committee Serves as an intermediary between undergraduate students moving into the next phase of their professional or academic careers, Creates technical and social programming for YP's at AIChE conferences, Supports sub-sections of local sections that hold events especially geared toward YP's, Supports and vocalizes the needs of YP's within the Institute, and Helps define the future of AIChE and the chemical engineering profession. Interested in getting involved? E-mail ypc@aiche.org for more information. Take advantage of your AIChE member benefits Recent Events Young Professionals' Social at the 2017 Annual Meeting Sunday, October 29, 2017, 8:00pm-10:30pm CDT Posted by Monica Mellinger The Young Professionals' Social will be taking place at Lumber Exchange: 10 S 5th St #300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 This event, hosted by the Young Professionals Committee (YPC), is a great opportunity to network with a diverse group of young professionals in a relaxed environment. For the first...Read more Young Professionals Mixer at the 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting Sunday, March 26, 2017, 8:00pm-10:30pm CDT Posted by Monica Mellinger This event, hosted by the Young Professionals Committee (YPC), is a great opportunity to network with a diverse group of young professionals in a relaxed environment while attending the 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety in San Antonio, TX. Enjoy drinks and...Read more See all Events Recent Activity Practice Makes Perfect: Using Internships to Advance Your Career Posted by Monica Mellinger on February 28, 2019 - 5:36pm by Ashle Page Internships are one of the best ways to prepare for your future career. As aspiring engineers, putting knowledge into practice is fundamental to what it means to be an engineer. Gaining work experience provides insight into what it means to be part of the workforce and how you will...Read more A Bright Future for ChemE Jobs Includes the Cloud Posted by Monica Mellinger on February 28, 2019 - 5:33pm by David Treff Some time ago, when I first began using the AIChE’s Discussion Central, I read through the “STEM shortage?” discussions. One AIChE member directed attention to a 2014 article, “Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t),” comparing current needs in different STEM disciplines,...Read more Filing Taxes as a Married Couple Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:18pm By Lance Aligo, CPA, MSA If you were married this past year, congratulations! Getting married is a big step in your life and along with it comes many changes. One change is filing taxes as a married couple for the first time. This advice can help you get started. First, you must determine your...Read more Networking: The Benefits of Having a Mentor Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:13pm By Ogochukwu Yvonne Enekwizu, Graduate Research Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology Networking. For some people, this word is usually accompanied by a sense of foreboding and mistrust because it conjures up images of glib sales reps, overt friendliness and shameless self-promotion. Simply...Read more Guide to Review Paper Writing: REad, VIsualize, Encompass, and Write Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:03pm by Aditi Khadilkar, PhD, Process Technology Development Engineer, Intel Corp. Research, whether from a PhD student, post-doctoral scholar, academician, or industrialist perspective, greatly benefits from a succinct review that synthesizes available subject knowledge. This allows researchers to...Read more
Young Professionals' Social at the 2017 Annual Meeting Sunday, October 29, 2017, 8:00pm-10:30pm CDT Posted by Monica Mellinger The Young Professionals' Social will be taking place at Lumber Exchange: 10 S 5th St #300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 This event, hosted by the Young Professionals Committee (YPC), is a great opportunity to network with a diverse group of young professionals in a relaxed environment. For the first...Read more
Young Professionals Mixer at the 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting Sunday, March 26, 2017, 8:00pm-10:30pm CDT Posted by Monica Mellinger This event, hosted by the Young Professionals Committee (YPC), is a great opportunity to network with a diverse group of young professionals in a relaxed environment while attending the 2017 AIChE Spring Meeting and 13th Global Congress on Process Safety in San Antonio, TX. Enjoy drinks and...Read more
Practice Makes Perfect: Using Internships to Advance Your Career Posted by Monica Mellinger on February 28, 2019 - 5:36pm by Ashle Page Internships are one of the best ways to prepare for your future career. As aspiring engineers, putting knowledge into practice is fundamental to what it means to be an engineer. Gaining work experience provides insight into what it means to be part of the workforce and how you will...Read more
A Bright Future for ChemE Jobs Includes the Cloud Posted by Monica Mellinger on February 28, 2019 - 5:33pm by David Treff Some time ago, when I first began using the AIChE’s Discussion Central, I read through the “STEM shortage?” discussions. One AIChE member directed attention to a 2014 article, “Where the STEM Jobs Are (and Where They Aren’t),” comparing current needs in different STEM disciplines,...Read more
Filing Taxes as a Married Couple Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:18pm By Lance Aligo, CPA, MSA If you were married this past year, congratulations! Getting married is a big step in your life and along with it comes many changes. One change is filing taxes as a married couple for the first time. This advice can help you get started. First, you must determine your...Read more
Networking: The Benefits of Having a Mentor Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:13pm By Ogochukwu Yvonne Enekwizu, Graduate Research Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology Networking. For some people, this word is usually accompanied by a sense of foreboding and mistrust because it conjures up images of glib sales reps, overt friendliness and shameless self-promotion. Simply...Read more
Guide to Review Paper Writing: REad, VIsualize, Encompass, and Write Posted by Monica Mellinger on January 29, 2019 - 3:03pm by Aditi Khadilkar, PhD, Process Technology Development Engineer, Intel Corp. Research, whether from a PhD student, post-doctoral scholar, academician, or industrialist perspective, greatly benefits from a succinct review that synthesizes available subject knowledge. This allows researchers to...Read more