2017 AIChE Salary Survey: Overview June2017Salary SurveyAre you working in the right industry to make the most out of your chemical engineering degree? Ever wonder if other chemical engineers with the same experience level get paid more than you? Check out the results of AIChE’s biennial salary survey to find out which industry pays the most, how your salary stacks up to those of your peers, and the difference in salary between genders. Other factors explored in this year’s survey results include age, job function, supervisory responsibilities, and geographical location. Also, check out the benefits and health insurance packages being offered to chemical engineers.
An Alternate Route: Working Before Graduate School January 28, 2019Chemical engineering professionals are increasingly pursuing advanced degrees, but it's not necessary to go directly into a grad program after earning a bachelor's.
Spreadsheet Problem-Solving for Chemical Engineers eLearning (online) CourseA basic course tailored specifically to chemical engineers. Improve your productivity while solving day-to-day ChemE problems.
Dining Etiquette in South America Archived Webinar Jul 11, 2011 Topics covered will be: place settings, when to begin your meal, honoring your host, salutations, and a host of other topics.
Conflict Resolution: Facilitating Quality Decision Making Archived Webinar Jun 29, 2011 In this webinar, Merri Hanson – nationally recognized trainer and mediator – peers behind “what” people are thinking when they make decisions to HOW they are thinking.
The Real World of Forensic Chemistry: What They Don't Tell You on CSI Archived Webinar Jun 15, 2011 This webinar provides an overview of the practice of forensic chemistry, showing the differences, both for better and for worse, between reality and the fantastical images put forth by popular media.
Top 10 Rules to Follow When Dealing With a Headhunter Archived Webinar Jun 8, 2011 A company that is willing to pay for a headhunter is a company that takes hiring seriously, and they understand the need to make the right hire and find the right fit.
Media Training and Public Outreach: Getting the Message Across Archived Webinar May 25, 2011 This webinar is designed to give participants general techniques on preparing and delivering effective messages for the public.
Working Across Cultures Archived Webinar May 4, 2011 This webinar provides guidelines for operating successfully in different cultural settings, with an emphasis on project management.
Put Your Compensation To Work Archived Webinar Apr 28, 2011 Michael Pascarella with Ameriprise Financial will outline how to leverage compensation from your employer and build for your goals
Dining Etiquette -- Europe Archived Webinar Apr 7, 2011 In this video you will learn about dining etiquette in various countries in Europe. Topics covered will be: place settings, when to begin your meal, honoring your host, salutations, and a host of...
Work Would Be So Much Easier Without People Archived Webinar Mar 24, 2011 Our training as engineers focuses on the physical sciences, and the relationships we learn about are generally mathematical ones. However, the day-to-day work of engineering requires constant...
Guiding Organizational Change Archived Webinar Feb 2, 2011 This session explores and integrates both organizational and individual aspects of change and transition. It will be of interest to those seeking to progress in their career regardless of discipline...
Dining Etiquette -- How to Maneuver Through the Place Setting Archived Webinar Jan 27, 2011 In this video, you will learn about two kinds of place settings: formal and informal.
Dining Etiquette -- How to Host a Business Dinner Archived Webinar Jan 21, 2011 This informative video will teach you techniques of hosting a business meal.
Successful Interviewing Techniques Archived Webinar Jan 21, 2011 This video will focus on what to do to make an interview successful. You will learn how to prepare for an interview, get extensive advice on what to do and not to do during your interview, and learn...
How to Get a Job in a Small Company Archived Webinar Jan 20, 2011 This video will give you lessons on how to target small companies, where to network, and what you need to do to be prepared to tackle your job search and interview.
Mentoring: What You Need to Know and Do Archived Webinar Jan 5, 2011 Whether you are just getting started or want to improve your current mentoring relationship, this webinar is for you.
Get Your Professional Engineering Registration Now! Why It is Important and How to Do It Archived Webinar Dec 8, 2010 In this webinar, we discuss reasons why it may become important for you, regardless of your current situation.
Spreadsheet Techniques and Problem-Solving for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Oct 27, 2010 Many chemical engineers are self-taught in the use of spreadsheets for day-to-day problem-solving, which is testimony to the inherent usefulness of this tool.
Risk Management Issues Affecting ChemE Consultants Archived Webinar Oct 20, 2010 Attend this AIChE Professional Liability Webinar, and get a new appreciation of the importance of Professional Liability coverage.
Chemical Engineering Essentials from Academic Authors - Session One - Engineering Education in 2015 (or sooner) Archived Webinar Oct 13, 2010 The American job market for engineers is changing. In 'The World is Flat', Thomas Friedman argues convincingly that most jobs calling for the analytical problem-solving skills that engineering...
The Future of Chemical Engineering Archived Webinar Oct 7, 2010 Hank will discuss the key role of science and technology as well as how we may need to change the way that we look at our careers and the skills we will need for future success.
Business Acumen: How Far Are You Taking It? Archived Webinar Sep 29, 2010 This webinar provides ideas, initiatives and imperatives for transitioning from a technical focus to one that embodies business acumen.
Creative Networking: How to Light Up the Nodes of Your Network Archived Webinar Aug 11, 2010 In this webinar, we cover how you can: Identify 'natural' ways to connect with others; Leverage existing channels of communication; Describe who you are so people say 'I want YOU on my team'
Failure is an Option: Learn How to Turn Failure into an Advantage Archived Webinar Jul 28, 2010 In this webinar, you discover the importance of taking risks in science, management and career.
The Tic-Tac-Toe of Strategic Planning with TRIZ Archived Webinar Jun 16, 2010 This webinar demonstrates several of these lines of evolution and shows how using them in a simple 9-Box structure can provide insights into competitive activities, strategic planning, and technology...
Effective Communication Based Leadership Skills to Lead a Voluntary Organization Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Effective communication leadership skills are necessary to lead a voluntary organization. True leadership is interrelated to management skills and applicable in voluntary organization as well as...
Opportunities for Leadership Roles in Graduate School Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Top educators in the chemical engineering field will discuss how leadership development is addressed through the ChE undergraduate and graduate curriculum and experience. The panelists will discuss...
How to Shoot a Torpedo: Military/Industry Leadership Similarities and Contrasts Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Effective leadership styles must be varied depending on the situation and perspective of those involved. The disciplined control structure used by a US Navy submarine commander creates an efficient,...
Emergency Response Leadership: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire! Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Leadership during true acute emergency situations (fires, explosions, chemical releases, and natural disasters) goes far beyond the immediate Incident Command structure. Emergency response might not...
Leadership Lessons from Our Founding Fathers Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 The founding fathers demonstrated important leadership lesions during the development of the United States in the late 1700’s that should not be forgotten. These “servant leaders” placed their...
Leading Innovations for the New Economy Archived Webinar Jun 5, 2010 Leadership in Chemical Innovation.
Strategic Plan for the Future: Leading AIChE to the Next Level Archived Webinar Jun 4, 2010 AIChE Strategic Plan
The Future of Our Profession & How AIChE is Changing to Support You! Archived Webinar Jun 4, 2010 LCD opening comments and AIChE overview
Chemical Industry Leadership Challenges Archived Webinar Jun 4, 2010 The chemical industry is faced with many challenges including geographic shifts in the location of manufacturing, rising volatile energy costs, a larger role of state-owned entities, security threats...
Stretching Capital Budgets Without Stretching Quality: Implementing VIPs For Small Projects Archived Webinar Jun 2, 2010 This presentation defines VIP's and their benefits, details general VIP process, addresses unique considerations for small projects, and covers VIP Planning for small projects.
The First 90 Days: Succeeding in a New Position Archived Webinar May 26, 2010 This session is of benefit to anyone moving into a new position, or contemplating such a move in the future, whether at an early or later career stage.
Visions of the Future from Industry Leaders - Session Two Archived Webinar May 19, 2010 This webinar describes the future of innovation in these spaces, and the roles that chemical engineers will be playing.
Right from the Start: Mistakes to Avoid While Planning Capital Projects Archived Webinar Apr 28, 2010 This webinar starts with an overview of current best practices and tools for project planning.
Visions of the Future from Industry Leaders - Session One Archived Webinar Apr 14, 2010 In this webinar, Hank Kohlbrand discusses how these trends will impact us, as well as looking at the role that science and technology will play in these changes.
Bridging the Generation Gap Archived Webinar Feb 17, 2010 This interactive session focuses on concrete ways to minimize conflict, maximize communication and build productivity in a multigenerational workplace.
Do You Really Think You Can Become A Leader Without Change Management Skills? Archived Webinar Feb 3, 2010 This webinar presents best practices and checklists that allow you to determine readiness for change and likelihood of success.
The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaking Up the Workplace Archived Webinar Jan 6, 2010 Discusse some of this generation’s dream jobs and employers, and explores how companies are changing tactics to recruit them in the Internet age.
Managing Millennials: Seven Approaches to Success Archived Webinar Dec 14, 2009 This webinar is focused on equipping those of us who are not part of the millennial generation with a set of skills to maximize relationships and productivity.
Negotiating for a New Position Archived Webinar Dec 9, 2009 This webinar will interest those wishing to energize their careers moving forward.
Communicate with Power, Tone up Your Skills Archived Webinar Dec 2, 2009 This webinar presents ways to tone up your skills by organizing your thoughts and messages to be most effective in this age of fast communications.
Expiration Day: Planning for the 2010 Estate Law Changes Archived Webinar Nov 17, 2009 With a new administration facing record budget deficits, tough financial decisions will have to be made - both by politicians and you.
TRIZ: Patterns of Invention and Resolving Engineering Contradictions Archived Webinar Oct 28, 2009 This webinar provides an overview and introduction to “TRIZ” (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving”), a “left brained” problem solving process based on patterns of invention in the global patent...
The AIChE Endorsed Professional Liability Plan (Part 2) Archived Webinar Oct 22, 2009 This webinar is Part 2 of a 2-part series, presented by Kelly M. Jarvis, Account Executive, and Henry CiFuentes, Assistant Vice President of Hays Companies. For close to seven years, AIChE has joined...
Project Success Method: Project Success through Practical Hands on Tools, Applications and Methodology Archived Webinar Oct 21, 2009 This session shows that by following a few common sense steps early in the project, the project team is forced to shift its worry curve thereby avoiding the panic phase altogether.
The AIChE Endorsed Professional Liability Plan (Part 1) Archived Webinar Oct 20, 2009 This webinar is Part 1 of a 2-part series, presented by Richard Kissel, Counsel to the Plan, and Henry CiFuentes, Assistant Vice President of Hays Companies. For close to seven years, AIChE has...
A "Virtuous" Approach to Ethics in Engineering Archived Webinar Oct 14, 2009 This webinar seeks to promote thinking more clearly and professionally about ethics by cultivating a clearer sensitivity about situations that have ethical dimensions, as well as a more explicit...
Effective Communication-Driven Leadership Skills in a Dynamic Global Market Archived Webinar Oct 7, 2009 Successful leadership style, covering what global leaders need to know about verbal, non-verbal, and cross-cultural communication skills, and their importance in leading a business or a project in a...
Progressing in Your Organization Archived Webinar Aug 19, 2009 You are beginning to establish yourself in your organization and now are ready to progress further, perhaps ready to take on additional responsibilities or move into a new role. What steps do you...
Capital Project Best Practices: More Construction for Your Money Archived Webinar Aug 12, 2009 Project best practices and how to deploy them to ensure the most business effective expenditure of resources, such as people, money, and time.
Dealing with Difficult People Archived Webinar Aug 5, 2009 In this webinar, Professor Douglas Ludlow shares his insight and advice about how to deal with difficult people.
Lessons for Chemical Engineers from the Loss of Space Shuttle Columbia Archived Webinar Jul 29, 2009 This presentation will link the loss of the Columbia to the 2005 explosion which killed 15 and injured 180, and highlight six key actions useful to prevent chemical accidents, protect the integrity...
Six Sigma for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Jul 8, 2009 This short introduction to the basics of Six Sigma highlights the most important features of this methodology and summarize the major variants in use by industry. The main part of the webinar focuses...
What Does It Take To Be A Successful Consultant? Archived Webinar Jun 17, 2009 This webinar begins with a look at what independent consulting is. Not everyone has the same understanding or expectations for consulting, so success may be measured in different ways. As a...
Improving Communications & Leadership Effectiveness by Leading with Questions Archived Webinar Jun 13, 2009
Networking and Connecting for Chemical Engineers Archived Webinar Jun 10, 2009 A key characteristic distinguishing many who are highly effective in a work setting is the ability to connect with others, to network. This is true whether considering job transition or progression...
Minimize the Pain of Change and Maximize Your Results Archived Webinar May 20, 2009 Although leaders and managers often have the best intentions, they can set a change initiative up to fail without being aware of the danger signs. Jeanenne LaMarsh, CEO and Founder of LaMarsh &...
Beyond the Resume: An Inside Look for Students at What Recruiters Really Think Archived Webinar May 19, 2009 This presentation is chockfull of tips and strategies for college students applying for internships or making the leap into the career world. Participants will learn how to make their resume a stand-...
Patent Fundamentals for Engineers Archived Webinar May 5, 2009 Ever wonder what a patent looks like, what rights are conveyed by a patent, or how your actions can bar any right to obtain patent protection for your invention? Whether in academia or industry,...
Job Derailment vs. Success: Advice for New Engineers Archived Webinar Mar 31, 2009 New engineers head off to their careers after graduation, all too often without any idea of what to expect. There is all this knowledge bouncing around in your head about unit operations, mass...
Retirement Planning for Young Engineers Archived Webinar Mar 24, 2009 Retirement may sound like a world away from where you are now, but there are some important steps that you should be taking to make your retirement everything you envision it to be. Our objective...
Staying Career Fit in Turbulent Times Archived Webinar Mar 17, 2009 In focusing on our engineering or management responsibilities it is easy to forget about managing our own careers. This session will address career energizing steps including recognizing signals of...
The 534 Method: How to Think Innovatively and Generate New Ideas Archived Webinar Mar 10, 2009 This fast-paced and idea-filled webinar will be fun to participate in and help you think in new dimensions. The 534 Method is about how to think with even more creativity. Creativity is defined as: “...
Gaining Commitment, Not Just Compliance: Effective Leadership Skills Archived Webinar Mar 3, 2009 There’s a big difference between a boss and a leader - as you'll discover in an eye-opening exercise that will draw on your own personal experience of when you began your career. After this exercise...
Rebuilding Your Wealth Archived Webinar Feb 24, 2009 2008 was a difficult investing environment. With so much wealth lost during 2008, Larry N. Grogan takes a look at the challenge of rebuilding and suggests way to begin the recovery process. He...
How to be an Expert Witness in an Adversarial Proceeding Archived Webinar Feb 3, 2009 Dr. Joseph J. Cramer will give fellow engineers insight into the nature of a trial or administrative law proceeding, and show how this type of adversarial proceeding differs from the collegial...
Career Strategies for Young Professionals Archived Webinar Dec 9, 2008 Gone are the days when you will work for the same company for your entire career. It now falls to you to forge your own path! What can you do early in your career to get a head start? Wendy Young,...
How the Chemical Engineer Will Shape the 21st Century Archived Webinar Dec 2, 2008 The current global economic meltdown, along with imbalances in energy ecology and equity, imply that the fundamental backbone of the global industrial world needs reinventing. This reinvention must...
A Winning Business Assessment: The Key to Success for your Project Archived Webinar Nov 11, 2008 Scientists and engineers in chemicals and advanced materials industries are some of the most prolific inventors and innovators in all technology businesses. But before innovations can command...
Engineering your Investments: How to Make your Investments Work Efficiently Archived Webinar Oct 7, 2008 Investing takes knowledge, patience and a general understanding of the investment objective of each investment. How do you manage mutual funds, electronically traded funds, tax free bonds, and stocks...
Job Hunting Strategies Archived Webinar Sep 9, 2008 Searching for a job can be frustrating and time consuming. Finding the ideal job depends on your situation, geographical preferences, personality, and many other things. It is of utmost importance...
Advancing from the Cubicle to the Corner Office Archived Webinar Aug 12, 2008 What does it take to advance in a career? How do you break through the glass ceiling - whether you’re a man or a woman – and move into positions of power and leadership? Deb Grubbe, Vice President,...