Impact

From Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau, to Mae Jemison, Barbara Minor to Frances Arnold, these trailblazing and brilliant chemical engineers have inspired thousands of women and underrepresented groups to follow in their footsteps to change the course of history and become chemical engineers.

Over the past summer, while many of us were vacationing, over 130 faculty members from around the globe took time out of their well-earned summer breaks to attend our industry led process safety workshops, through AIChE’s Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative (UPSLI).  Wo

We are pleased to announce the fall newsletter which highlights stories on how we are at the forefront of creating a more diverse and inclusive workforce for all chemical engineers.

While many of us were frolicking on the beach this summer, a new program debuted to the summer interns at Eastman in Kingsport, Tenn.

Demonstrating their commitment to safety and ethical practice, on June 10 - 13th, 2019, Dow hosted a highly successful three-day workshop to train faculty members from Universities across the country how process safety is put into industrial practice.

The AIChE Foundation is pleased to announce the following eight innovative projects have been awarded grants for the second funding cycle of 2019.

AIChE’s recently launched All for Good: Engineering for Inclusion initiative participated in the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Future Leaders: Leveraging Corporate Citizenship to Attract and Retain New Talent (Future Leaders).

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll hear the second of our two-part discussion with six past participants about their Washington Internship for Students of engineering (WISE) experience and how it enhances careers.

The AIChE Foundation’s Doing a World of Good campaign announced the launch of its latest initiative, All For Good: Engineering for Inclusion, a comprehensive, multi-year, industrywide collective effort to increase inclusion in engineering.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet six past participants of the Washington Internships for Students in Engineering (WISE) Program how the program has shaped their thinking about government and industry partnership.

Ecolab joined the AIChE Foundation’s Doing a World of Good campaign as a Founders’ Circle member, to support two campaign transformative priorities.

On February 1- 2, 2019, Villanova University along with CCPS held a very successful Student Process Safety boot camp. One of our largest process safety student boot camps, there were sixty – four students (57 Juniors and 7 Seniors) that came together to learn about process safety.

AIChE and its subsidiary the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) partnered with Trinseo (NYSE: TSE), a global materials solutions provider and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber to host a process safety workshop in China.

The AIChE Foundation supported the travel of 28 AIChE undergraduate student members from Minority Serving Institutes (MSI) to attend the 2018 AIChE Annual Student Conference in Pittsburgh.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Allison Berke, Liz Specht, and Elliot Swartz of the Good Food Institute, and learn more about the development of plant-based and cell-based meat products.

The AIChE Foundation is pleased to announce the following initiatives have been awarded grants for the 2019 first cycle of funding.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Deborah Grubbe and James Porter, and learn how to use strategies for adding purpose to both your career and retirement goals.

More than fifty exceptional women from companies around the world participated at a Leadership Workshop for Rising Star Women in Engineering.

AIChE Past President and Fellow, Christine Seymour, has made a tremendous personal commitment to the future of the profession by gifting one year of AIChE Young Professional membership for all Lehigh University BS Chemical Engineering graduates starting with the class of 2019.

In this episode, you'll meet Daniel Crowl, Andre Da Costa, and Teressa Szelest, three individuals committed to the improvement of process safety.

On October 28^th, 2018, in conjunction with AIChE’s 2018 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, the AIChE Foundation hosted its fifth Corporate Council and Industry Leaders Forum: Shaping the Future: Innovating Solutions to Address Industry and Society’s Most Pressing

Jennifer Sinclair Curtis had the opportunity during the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh to speak with Donna Bryant and Colin Young, the two inaugural scholarship recipients of the John C. Chen Endowment for Young Professional Leadership.

AIChE's Women’s Initiatives Committee (WIC) commemorated it’s 20th anniversary with a day-long special symposium at the Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh.

On September 22-23, 2018 thirty students from North Carolina State University came together after a week of canceled classes due to Hurricane Florence and a stack of extra assignments to learn about process safety.

In this episode, you'll meet Sujata Bhatia, Jonathan Galarraga, and Nick Martin, three individuals focused on expanding educational outcomes for the profession of chemical engineering.

This past August, Chemours welcomed 17 faculty members from around the globe at their manufacturing site in Fayetteville, NC for a three-day process safety workshop.

In this episode, you'll meet Tony Butterfield, Stephanie Farrell, and Gayle Gibson, three of our members focused on raising awareness, offering support, and creating dialog for issues relevant to LGBTQ+ individuals within our profession.

The AIChE Foundation recently met with Lady De La Via, Reliability Engineer at Schlumberger. In 2010, Lady graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in chemical engineering.

In this episode of the Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Amita Gupta and Sujata Bhatia, two fascinating women using their considerable talents to help radically transform the medical and public health sectors.

The AIChE Foundation is pleased to announce the following five initiatives have been awarded grants for the 2018 second cycle of funding.

Eric S. Reiner, a lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a retired managing director at UBS AG (the Swiss bank), has kicked off the fundraising for AIChE’s new LGBTQ+ & Allies Initiative with a $50,000 donation.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Gilda Barabino, Christine Grant, and Paula Hammond, all of whom are active in AIChE’s Minority Affairs Committee. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes. This podcast is supported by a generous donation from Raj & Kamla Gupta.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Kelly Barb and John Cirucci, co-chairs of AIChE's Global Social Initiatives Committee, a working group dedicated to promoting volunteerism and social action within the organization. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes. This podcast is supported by a generous donation from Raj & Kamla Gupta.

"How chemical engineering can be applied to solve world problems on a micro scale"

Last year, Syamal and Susmita Poddar announced a matching gift challenge — offering to match dollar for dollar up to $20,000 all donations made to the Institute’s Annual Fund during year-end.

The AIChE Foundation is pleased to announce that seven AIChE initiatives have been awarded grants in the amount of $90,000 for the 2018 first cycle of funding.

In this interview, Jakari shares his drive and enthusiasm for “giving back knowledge” to young kids by helping them learn and explore the great opportunities in STEM.

On Thursday, November 30^th the AIChE Foundation held its Corporate Council and Industry Leaders Forum to address the most pressing challenges facing the chemical engineering profession. 

The AIChE Foundation had the honor of talking with Gerry Lessells, a pioneering driver and advocate for diversity, to learn more about what inspired his generous $50,000 matching gift to support the education of under-represented minority chemical engineers.

For the first time since the AIChE Foundation Doing a World of Good campaign’s launch, every meeting attendee had the opportunity to join the cause and have some fun at the Foundation’s #AllforGood wall.

At the 2017 Annual AIChE Meeting in Minneapolis, AIChE and the Young Professionals Committee (YPC) recognized and celebrated 35 outstanding young professional AIChE members with the AIChE 35 Under 35 Award for their significant contributions to the Institute and to the chemical eng

Kelly Barb shares an inspirational story of how volunteering can make a difference across the world.

Thanks to the generous support of our loyal donors to the Annual Fund, the AIChE Foundation sponsored the following sessions at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Minneapolis. Attend one or all of the many events and sessions focusing on the positive societal impact made by chemical engine

We are asking Scott’s students to come together toward a “donation challenge” in support of the H. Scott Fogler AIChE Chem-E-Car Competition® First Place Prize Endowment.

What would today’s world look like without the contributions of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)? It’s almost unfathomable.

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Cato Laurencin who talks about his work in regenerative engineering. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.

Past AIChE Executive Director and Past Board of Trustees Chair, Glenn was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers by the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

Shariq was honored at the 16th Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business  Award Gala in New York City on June 20.  

In this episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast, you'll meet Frances Arnold who talks about her work in directed evolution. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.

Earlier this fall and at the Spring meeting, the AIChE Foundation had a chance to sit down with Scott Love and learn more about how his passion for process engineering and how AIChE can help raise awareness about what process engineers bring to the table.

A chemical engineering professor at Purdue University is taking an extracurricular step to send his school’s new ChE graduates on a prosperous career path.

Director of Development Stephanie Viola talks with Syamal Poddar, Vice Chair of the Fellows Council, Trustee, and recipient of the 2016 Philanthropist of the Year Award, to hear his insights and reflections on giving back.

John Televantos, a partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, a middle market private equity firm, received the 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Government and Industry Leaders (AGILE) Award. Following a special dinner in his honor the night before, Dr.

As part of its Doing a World of Good campaign, the AIChE Foundation funded two global engagement programs for student leaders at the Annual Student Conference in San Francisco last fall.

In Fall 2016, AIChE’s ChemEs with Disabilities Task Force, an offshoot of the Institute’s Societal Impact Operating Council, extended its outreach across professional disciplines at a Disability Unity Community Convocation.

In 2016, the AIChE Foundation advanced its mission to make the world a better and safer place through chemical engineering. Thanks to our generous supporters we are demonstrating our dedication to doing
a world of good.

The AIChE Foundation helped support and develop the institute's first Disability Unity Convocation to raise awareness within the AIChE community regarding the needs and contributions of members with disabilities.

Cynthia Murphy-Ortega, portfolio manager with University Partnerships and Association Relations of Chevron Corporation, gave the keynote address at the Women's Initiative Committee (WIC) Luncheon at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting.

This film celebrates innovators—bioengineers, chemical engineers, energy and sustainability professionals—creating solutions to make life better.

Eastman makes a leadership gift to support the AIChE Undergraduate Process Safety Learning Initiative. Eastman’s generous support reinforces its established partnership with AIChE.

In the third episode of the AIChE-Doing a World of Good podcast series you'll meet Shariq Yosufzai, Chevron’s Vice President for Global Diversity, Ombuds, and University Relations. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.

In the second episode of the Foundation’s Doing a World of Good podcast features Ed Cussler, Distinguished Institute professor at the University of Minnesota. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.

In the first of the AIChE-Doing a World of Good podcast series Raj Gupta, shares a captivating story of his personal and professional journey to become a leader in the chemical industry. Listen on the Giving site or subscribe in iTunes.