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2025 ChemE-Sports Competition

ChemE-SportsTM Competition ...

  • Sunday, November 2 - EST

    Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

    • ChemE-SportsTM Competition

    This year’s program will feature a hybrid ChemE-Sports Competition on optimization and safety, open to all undergraduate AIChE student members, based on a distillation unit combining Virtual Reality with a Distributed Control System.

    All competitors will work through multiple scenarios. The competitors will be given real-life scenarios that could be observed in a plant and an objective to complete within a given timeframe. Scoring will be based upon both the profitability and the safety of the unit during the simulated run for each team. 

    Students may compete in groups of 1-4. If you have questions, contact Robert G. Bozic Ph.D./LTC(USA(Ret.) at robert.bozic@columbia.edu. When you have full student names, student email addresses, and student team captain cleary designated, then sign up now!

    Registration deadline: Friday, September 26th, 2025

    Download ChemE-Sports Flier   

    Continued for 2025! 

    • Virtual reality utilization
    • All teams compete in all rounds
    • Awards for every round of competition
    • Improved audience experience

    Estimated Session Schedule:

    TIME (ET) COmpetition Description
    8:15 AM Door open
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Competing Teams Sign In/ Set Up
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM Competition Round I: Smooth Operator Round
    9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Competition Round II: Expert Round
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Competition Round III: Master of Disaster Round
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Competition Round IV: Ultimate Controller Round
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Award Ceremony 

     

     

     

     

     

    ChemE-Sports 2023 Winners

    ChemE-Sports 2022 Winners

    ChemE-Sports 2021 Winners

    ChemE-Sports 2020 Winners

    ChemE-Sports 2019 Winners

    ChemE-Sports Competition is sponsored by PetroSkills - Simulation Solutions. 

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