Going Behind the Acronym What is AICHE AICHE
Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE? AICHE Brownbag Tuesday, September 2, 2014
AICHE • American Institute of Chemical Engineers • Approximately 40, 000 members in 90 countries. • Members from academia and industry. • Resources available for all chemical engineers. • http: //www. aiche. org
Membership in AICHE • Being in Ch. E in Lafayette makes you an automatic member in the student chapter. • From industrial donations, membership in the national chapter is free for all Ch. E undergrads. • Apply at (form is one page): http: //www. aiche. org/community/students/stud ent-membership
What Does Membership Get You? • Scholarship opportunities • Additional outlets for your future – Internships (Career. Engineer) – Information about graduate school – Job postings (Note: Aimed at all chemical engineers) – Online mentorship program – Online career fair: http: //www. aiche. org/resources/career-fairs
Intellectual Development: Webinars • Over the past few years, AICHE has begun to develop a library of webinars for a wide range of topics. (http: //www. aiche. org/resources/chemeondemand) – Student and Young Professional Development – Chemical Engineering Practice – Sustainability & Environment • As students, you get unlimited access to basically all of them.
Sample Webinar Titles • Biofuels: Metrics and Challenges • The Secret Science of Movie Stunts and Special Effects • History of NOx in the Ethylene Industry • Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at Du. Pont • Tapping into the Chemistry of Beer and Brewing • How to Get a Job in a Small Company
A Few Other Opportunities • Ch. Enected (AICHE meets social media) http: //chenected. aiche. org/ • e. Library (technical handbooks and databases) http: //www. aiche. org/resources/el ibrary • Certificate of Safety Achievement (can be done via online courses)
Conferences • Professional organization hold national professional meetings – Presentation of new ideas – Networking • Of interest to you – National Student Conference (Nov 14 -17) in Atlanta, GA – Regional Student Conference (TBD late March/April) at Manhattan College
Today’s Brownbag • Introduction to the Ch. BE professors • What does the Lafayette student chapter do? • Slides will be available on Lafayette chapter AICHE sites (sites. lafayette. edu/aiche)
James K. Ferri James T. Marcus ‘ 50 Professor and Head ferrij@lafayette. edu AEC 217 B B. S. Chemical Engineering , Johns Hopkins University Ph. D. , Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Research: Stability in disperse systems, manufacturing and materials processing in microgravity, nanocompositesand bioactive thin film mechanics Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces, Germany
Lauren S. Anderson Assistant Professor andersol@lafayette. edu AEC 262 B. S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College Ph. D. University of Virginia Research: Cell-material interactions for tissue engineering; drug delivery; polymer fabrication Chris Anderson Assistant Professor Ph. D. , University of Virginia Research: protein diagnostics, molecular imaging
Polly R. Piergiovanni Professor piergiop@lafayette. edu AEC 264 B. S. Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, University of Houston Courses Taught: ES 101 Introduction to Engineering Va. ST 145 Indigo CHE 211 Material & Energy Balances CHE 321 Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer CHE 324 Process Control Research: Biochemical engineering, Bio-based fuels, Dyeing kinetics, Engineering pedagogy
Javad Tavakoli Professor tavakoli@lafayette. edu AEC 229 Ph. D. , New Jersey Institute of Technology P. E. , Pennsylvania James P. Schaffer Professor schaffej@lafayette. edu AEC 217 A Ph. D. , Duke University B. S. Duke University Author: Texts in Materials Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Research Interests: Materials science Research: Renewable energy sources Catalysis Industrial wastewater treatmen Hazardous waste treatment
Lindsay Soh Assistant Professor Ph. D. , Yale University Research: sustainable energy, green technologies Michael Senra Assistant Professor Ph. D. , University of Michagan Research: tribology, energy processing
Michael Clark Visiting Assistant Professor Ashley Cramer Visiting Instructor
AICh. E: The Lafayette Perspective Co-Presidents: Ally Hill and Bonnie Malhotra Advisor: Michael Senra
Academic Guidance • Course selection brownbag • Study abroad brownbag • Professor research talks – Excel research – What it is like to be a professor
Ch. E Lecture Series • Include topics such as: – Information about Grad School – What industries Ch. E’s can enter – Internships – Resume workshop – Networking – And more!
Community Outreach Landis Center: Literacy Day
Other Events • • Liquid Nitrogen Demo Midnight Breakfast Student Faculty Interaction Night Chem. E Cookoff
Other Events Air Products Plant Tour
Mentoring Program • THIS Friday • Matched with upperclassman • 4: 10 -5: 45 Gilbert’s (back room)
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