Free Faculty Process Safety Workshops June 6, 2017In recognition of the work that academic faculty do to prepare the next generation of chemical engineers, AIChE is partnering with industry leaders to provide free faculty...
Cyber Incident Exercise for Safety Protection in Critical Infrastructure Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 29, 2017The companies, especially owners of critical infrastructures (CIs), must build a correspondence process to cope with a serious incident beforehand...
The Nature of Ammonium Nitrate Decomposition and Explosions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyMarch 27, 2017Ammonium nitrate explosions can cause significant destruction as shown with examples in West, Texas (2013) and Tianjin, China (2015). Yet, ammonium...
Sponsored Webinar: Build COMSOL Multiphysics® Simulation Apps for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Oct 13, 2016 Are you a chemical engineer looking to create and deploy simulation apps? If so, this webinar is for you. You will learn how to define and set up models in the Chemical Reaction Engineering Module in COMSOL Multiphysics® and see how to create an app from an existing simulation. With apps, which are...
Spreadsheet Techniques and Problem-Solving for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Dec 3, 2015 Due to popular demand, AIChE Academy has revisited this topic with a new presentation.
Co-op and Summer Internship Presentation Competition Archived Webinar Sep 24, 2015 Six students have a maximum of 10 minutes to present their industrial experience and original research, demonstrate its application to chemical engineering and have a chance to win awards.
Ed Cussler: Doing a World of Good 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.
David Eckhardt Discusses His Endowment Gift Supporting Northeast Region Fellow and long-time AIChE member and supporter, David Eckhardt sat down with AIChE's senior communications specialist Gordon Ellis to discuss his very generous endowment gift to support AIChE’s Northeast Regional conference.
ChemE Miles C. Barr Given Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for His Solar Innovation March 8, 2012Miles C. Barr, who recently received his PhD in chemical engineering from MIT, has just been awarded the prestigious $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for developing an...
MIT's Michelle Teplensky, AIChE Student Leader, Wins Gates Scholarship February 24, 2014MIT senior Michelle Teplensky will pursue a PhD in chemical engineering and biotechnology while at Cambridge.
Houston’s Energy Institute High School Is a STEM Success March 5, 2014With a surging economy and corporations scrambling to find enough technologists, Houston created its own STEM graduates, by starting the Energy Institute.
Dow Solutionists in School June 4, 2012The Dow Solutionists in School program was created to spark innovation in students. Check out what Dow is doing to fuel interest in chemistry and the sciences.
What’s It Like to Be an AIChE WISE Intern? December 2, 2014In 2014, AIChE sponsored three students to take part in WISE Internships in Washington, DC. Hear about their experiences in this interview with Rosemarie Wesson of AIChE's Board...
Download the NCEES Chemical Engineering Handbook and Provide Feedback January 30, 2017We're looking for chemical engineers to provide input on the Chemical Engineering Handbook. You can download it for free and provide feedback.
University Presidents on the Future of Chemical Engineering Education November 15, 2016AIChE's Stephanie Orvoine-Couvrette sat down with three chemical engineers who serve or have recently served as president of universities. In this interview are John Anderson,...
Podcast Series Speaks to Top Chemical Engineers December 21, 2016As part of AIChE's Doing a World of Good campaign, we recently interviewed three prominent chemical engineers to discuss various aspects of their careers, including some of their...
Focusing on Undergraduate Process Safety Education December 26, 2016AIChE's Center for Process Safety (CCPS) is partnering with companies and universities to increase undergraduate understanding and awareness of process safety.
AIChE Journal Highlight: Use these Tools to Ease into Active Learning December2016Journal HighlightNumerous studies have demonstrated that active learning in the classroom is a more effective teaching method than the traditional lecture; this is true even when only a fraction of class time is devoted to active learning. Studies also show that...
Peter Thiel, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur, Gives 20 Whiz Kids $100K Each—to Quit College May 26, 2011Peter Thiel thinks big. He co-founded PayPal, and later became Facebook's first outside investor and behind-the-scenes mentor. Now he’s focused on dealing with what he sees as a...
Rebekah Scheuerle, Two-Time AIChE Student President, Receives Gates Scholarship March 4, 2013After four years of intense undergraduate multi-tasking inside and outside the lab, Rebekah Scheuerle , a University of Texas chemical engineering senior, received a full Gates...
Nerdcore Science Rapper Defends Darwin's Theory of Evolution—and Is Still Entertaining December 14, 2011Few rappers can brag they've bagged a positive review from a prominent New York Times science writer, but Olivia Judson , columnist and self-identified science geek , didn't or...
The Second Phase of ChE Education October 23, 2013What you learn in a ChE degree program is powerful—but once we start work, every chemical engineer finds out they need to learn even more.
2011: A Chemical Odyssey January 20, 2011When the ball dropped in Times Square December 31 a few seconds before midnight, it marked the beginning of a new year—a year to “celebrate the achievements of chemistry and its...
AIChE Seeking ChE Experts for eLearning Course June 8, 2012UPDATE: Proposal Deadline Has Been Extended Until August 1, 2012. AIChE is soliciting proposals from qualified chemical engineering experts to develop an eLearning course for...
Panel Interview on the State of Graduate Student Education in 2015 November 10, 2015One of this year's feature events focuses on the state of graduate student education. It seeks to spark discussions on where ChE graduate students come from, their research...
Interviews with Leading Engineers: Q&A with Christianto Wibowo on Energy Consumption September 22, 2011With the rising cost of energy and increased government oversight of greenhouse gas emissions, reducing energy consumption is a key topic for chemical engineers. Christianto...
Billionaire Pays 20 More Students to Leave College May 17, 2013Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who started Paypal and is now famous as Facebook's first, far-sighted investor, announced his next group of 20 young Thiel Fellows, who will each...
Are We Ready for Power Play? August 3, 2010I was introduced to this topic an year ago and since then employing it as I find it very interesting and useful. Organizational Politics and Power Play are considered as dirty...
Two US Colleges to Help India Create Global University for Polymer Technology February 29, 2012Indian plastics is a major growth industry, currently satisfying 4 percent of world demand, while growing prodigiously 12 percent a year. But the country's universities don't...
Understanding the Geography of the Chemical Industry May 16, 2014Learning about a region's geography can enhance a chemical engineer's knowledge and understanding of the region's dominant industries and need for chemicals.
How ChE Prepared Me for Business (and How It Didn’t): Intro June 28, 2011An experience all chemical engineers (ChE) share is the variety of reactions they get at parties: “You’re a chemist? You destroy the environment? You have a life outside of...
Free Resources for Improving Your Writing Skills March 13, 2013Good communication skills are essential for career success. Improve your writing skills with these free, online resources.
"Investigative Report" on Why Students Choose Chemical Engineering [Humor] January 13, 2012For a humorous look at the undergraduate decisions that every chemical engineer makes, check out this tongue-in-cheek "investigative report" on why student students choose...
Can Debbie Sterling's New Toy Company Create More Women Engineers? December 3, 2013Debbie Sterling loves engineering. But at Stanford, where she trained as an engineer, she felt vastly outnumbered by men. So he decided to even things out.
ICOSSE 2011: Magdy Abdelrahman and the Importance of Integrating Infrastructure Sustainability into Civil Engineering Programs January 25, 2011Magdy Abdelrahman, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at North Dakota State University. He discussed with ChEnected at the Second International Congress on...
Why Not South Africa? October 15, 2012Sometimes my job takes me to unexpected places. A few weeks ago, I flew to South Africa to attend the South African Conference for Chemical Engineers, give a talk on chemical...
K-12 Outreach Ideas Shared at Student Conference Workshop October 16, 2011Frank Petrocelli lead the K-12 Student Chapter Workshop on Saturday morning. K-12 outreach is so vital to the future of science and engineering in the United States and its...
Lehigh University AIChE Student Chapter Reaches Out to Middle School Students May 17, 2013In an effort to cultivate an early interest in science, math, and engineering in middle school students, Lehigh University’s AIChE student chapter recently held a successful...
Which Online Courses Interest You Most? August 20, 2010As Chair of the BREC (Blue Ribbon eLearning Committee) I'd like to follow up our recent poll to gauge member interest in some other eLearning topics. As you may know, we are...
Three US ChemE's Win Prestigious 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarship March 7, 2012Just over eleven years ago in October 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $210 million to the University of Cambridge - the largest donation in the university's...
2014 Annual Meeting Workshop - Professional Integrity: Best Practices for Publishing Your Work September 24, 2014This workshop is designed to promote a better understanding of how to prepare a manuscript for publication with professional integrity.
How ChE Prepared Me for Business (and How It Didn’t): Finance July 5, 2011Most engineers I knew in my MBA program went into finance. It’s not too surprising: you need to be analytical and highly skilled in Excel. Our academic cousins in Physics were...
Why Are Chemical Engineering Students Left Out of Design Teams? March 14, 2013As product design increasingly turns to an interdisciplinary approach, why is it that student design teams so conspicuously lack chemical engineering students? Read on to learn...
Engineering the Corner Office [Opinion] February 9, 2012Engineering degrees appear to be an increasingly valuable asset in the business world, but will the supply of engineers shrink or grow?
Ethics and the Chemical Engineer December 12, 2013What do future chemical engineering leaders know about ethics? Ethics and safety have become a major part of the chemical engineering profession. AIChE's 2013 Gala in November...
Three Wikipedias? February 21, 2011It really bothers me when I see engineering students working on homework that rely upon computer-based references for equations. Not that I am trying to be an old codger and...
Self-Taught Sixteen-Year-Old Inventor Wows MIT November 30, 2012Leaving Sierra Leone for the first time, 16-year-old Kelvin Doe flew to the US to participate in MIT's fabled practitioner's program, where he demo-ed his soldered and duct-taped...
Interview with Dr. Thomas Peterson of the National Science Foundation [on location] October 18, 2011Dr. Thomas W. Peterson, assistant director for engineering, National Science Foundation is presenting the International Year of Chemistry Plenary, which is co-sponsored by the...
MBA the ChemE Way May 22, 2013Considering an MBA? “MBA the ChemE Way” session in San Antonio gave a quick snapshot into planning and applying to business schools, a look into core classes every MBA takes, and...
Can We Teach Ourselves? Sugata Mitra and Minimally Invasive Education. September 14, 2010This is a question that Sugata Mitra, a professor and scientist set out to answer based on the premise that there are places on earth, in every country, where, for various reasons...
Chemical Engineers Top List by Earnings October 2, 2014Which degree was found the most valuable, in terms of lifetime earnings? You guessed it—a degree in chemical engineering.
How ChE Prepared Me for Business (and How It Didn’t): Marketing August 2, 2011The strategy behind marketing can be tied to the ChE Material & Energy balance: who do I go after, with what, and how, in order to maximize profit.
Introducing High School Students to Chemical Engineering March 18, 2013As part of the AIChE Apprentice program, one young chemcial engineerg spoke to high school students on the topic of "What can chemical engineers do?" Read more about it here.
Students Find Amazon Fungus That Binges on Petrochemical Junkfood February 14, 2012Each year 16 students sign up for the Yale rainforest lab, which features a two-week expedition during spring break, followed by intensive research analyzing hundreds of samples...
STEM Pioneer KidWind Inspires Young Scientists February 14, 2014Kidwind has trained over 7000 teachers, who have imparted these lessons to more than 500,000 students, who have built over 50,000 experimental wind turbines.
Dr. Laura Dietsche of Dow Speaks at Mid-Michigan Event March 3, 2011On February 23, at a meeting of the Mid-Michigan Section of AIChE, Dr. Laura Dietsche presented a view of chemical engineering education programs in the U.S. She spoke from her...
Where Are All the Women? December 6, 2012Adina D. Sterling, assistant professor of strategy at Washington University Olin Business School, shares her own thoughts and experiences and invites your opinions on STEM gender...
Wahoo Wizards: A University of Virginia Classroom Outreach Story November 16, 2011Wahoo Wizards is a community outreach program that was started eleven years ago and is supported by the AIChE student chapter at the University of Virginia. Named after the...
Chemical Engineering Starting Salaries Rank Among Highest in U.S. May 31, 2013The NACE annual Salary Survey found that engineering majors earn the highest salary among all college majors. Chemical engineering majors' average starting salary ranks third...
The History of Science as a Modern London Tube Map September 23, 2010Crispian Jago, an IT consultant from Hampshire , England, is Science and Reason's most viscerally comic defender. He lampoons the world's religions and pseudo sciences from his...
Student Scholarship Award Applications Accepted through June 15 March 22, 2012Looking for a chemical engineering scholarship? Applications for the following awards are being accepted through June 15, 2012 for AIChE student members.
K-12 Outreach – ChE’s Giving Back August 8, 2011AIChE, through its Societal Impact Operating Council (SIOC), wants to establish a community of its members who are interested in using K-12 outreach as a way to spread the message...
Today's Students, Tomorrow's Clean Tech Leaders March 26, 2013Have chemical engineering programs become divorced from the world and people they serve? One program has a new approach to focusing chemical engineering students on the world's...
Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers, One Classroom at a Time February 14, 2012Friday afternoons at the Greer Elementary School Extended Day Enrichment Program (EDEP) are a time for the kindergarten through fifth grade students in this after-school program...
Three Cheers for Science! April 6, 2011Ready to bust some stereotypes? How about some brainy cheerleaders all pumped up for science? Check out the video in the panel to the right. The Science Cheerleaders were founded...
High Starting Salaries, Meaningful Work…but Few Takers December 14, 2012Although starting salaries are high and career paths plentiful, newly graduated chemical engineers are scarce. Only 4.5% of baccalaureate degrees were for engineering in 2008 (0.3...
Have a ChemE Test but Want to Give the Books a Rest? Try a Screencast! November 22, 2011The chemical engineering faculty and staff at the University of Colorado (CU) at Boulder developed Screencasts to give students an effective alternative to simply hitting the...
AIChE Educational Outreach Impacts Students in Brazil June 19, 2013Read how AIChE Student Chapter members in Brazil are taking an active role in keeping teens in school with life lessons and important facts about their future.
JETS Engineering Students Hosted at White House Science Fair October 26, 2010A team of 3 female engineering students from Chatham, VA were among those honored at the White House Science Fair by President Obama . Left to right: Libby Goldstein, Tally...
YCOSST at EPA’s P3 Sustainable Design Expo: People, Prosperity, and Planet May 7, 2012The P3 Program is a design competition sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which promotes college students researching sustainable solutions to current and...
May 2015 CEP Preview May 11, 2015Energy The Four Pillars of Industrial Energy Efficiency Enhance your facility’s energy efficiency through operational improvements, effective maintenance, engineered improvements...
How ChE Prepared Me for Business (and How It Didn’t): Operations August 16, 2011ChE training provides the analytical skills that makes ChE's the ideal “get-it-done” corporate mechanics: Need to solve a ambiguous problem using an analytical framework while...
Teaching Safety in University Settings - GCPS Event April 3, 2013Process safety and a safety culture are needed in our higher education system not just to meet new ABET requirements, but also to meet the expectations of our industrial...
How to Make the Most of Your Summer Internship February 16, 2012Okay, you’ve accepted a summer internship with Company X – what’s next? As you head to your new intern position this coming summer, here are a few tips to help make the most of...
Could Less Math Make Better Engineers? April 29, 2011Recently an interesting argument about academic programs for engineers was brought to our attention. There's long been the stereotype of the engineer who lack social skills as...
What Can a Hot Potato Teach You about Heat Transfer? February 21, 2013Have questions about heat transfer? Check out this free video series.
K-12 Outreach: Hershey Company Shadow Program November 25, 2011For the past several years, the Susquehanna AIChE chapter has sponsored a shadow program for high school students at a handful of local businesses. One of the most active programs...
Kinetics: Intro to Chemical Reactor Design July 12, 2013Need a refresher in chemical reactor design, or didn't grasp the basics first time around?
Video Games + Biology= Awesomeness! December 6, 2010There are many reasons why we game. Some game to escape, others to compete, and my personal favorite, to learn. Now, gamers have another—and even loftier—goal behind their time in...
How Green Is Your School? August 12, 2015Prospective college students interested in comparing colleges based on their commitment to environmentalism can look to Sierra Magazine’s ninth annual “Cool Schools” ranking of...