Join us for our annual student internship/co-op competition where chemical engineering students share their experience, practice presentation skills, and win great awards!

Prizes:

• $500 1st place
• $300 2nd place
• $200 3rd place(s)

Participants must meet the following qualifications:

• undergraduate ChemE students (graduating Dec 2025 - Aug 2026)
• industrial co-op and summer intern students during spring, summer or fall 2025
• teams of 2 students are permitted if both meet qualifications

Students should present their original work done during the co-op or summer internship.  Students should receive their mentors’ approval before submitting an abstract.  Students must be available to present on October 22 2025, with excellent lighting, audio and video along with a fast internet connection (>20 mbps suggested).

Presentations should be less than 10 minutes and will be judged by practicing chemical engineers and AIChE VLS members, based on:

• Application/demonstration of chemical engineering principles to students’ work
• Understanding of process and/or chemistry
• Clarity/appearance of slides and presentation
• Understanding how student’s work is used/applied/extended into other applications/industries
• Ability to answer questions

Timeline:

• October 1^st 2025 - Abstracts due
• October 6^th 2025 - Students notified of acceptance
• October 13^th 2025 - Presentations due
• October 20^th 2025 - “Dry run” to test Zoom connections/audio/video
• October 22^nd 2025, 9PM Eastern Timezone - Competition

Any prospective student competitors should submit questions to Marc Clithero, Competition Chair, at marc.clithero@btinternet.com.

This meeting is free and open to all, not just to Virtual Local Section members.  



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PRIMARY MEETING (LIVE PRESENTATION/LIVE CHAT)

9:00 PM ET Wednesday, October 22, 2025

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ALTERNATE 1 (RECORDED PRESENTATION/LIVE CHAT)

7:00 AM ET Thursday, October 23, 2025



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ALTERNATE 2 (RECORDED PRESENTATION/LIVE CHAT)

1:00 PM ET Thursday, October 23, 2025



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