Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE?

AICHE BrownbagWednesday, September 5, 2012

Today’s Brownbag• What is AICHE?• What are the advantages of being an AICHE

member?• What does the Lafayette student chapter do?• Slides will be available on Lafayette chapter

AICHE sites (sites.lafayette.edu/aiche)

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 ChE in Lafayette makes you an

automatic member in the student chapter.• From industrial donations, membership in the

national chapter is free for all ChE undergrads.• Apply at (form is one page):

http://www.aiche.org/community/students/student-membership

What Does Membership Get You?

• Scholarship opportunities• Additional outlets for your future

– Internships (CareerEngineer)– Information about graduate school– Job postings (Note: Aimed at all chemical engineers)– Online mentorship program– Online career fair: October 16 & 17, 2012 (

http://www.aiche.org/resources/careers/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 DuPont• Tapping into the Chemistry of Beer and

Brewing• How to Get a Job in a Small Company

A Few Other Opportunities• ChEnected (AICHE meets

social media) http://chenected.aiche.org/

• eLibrary (technical handbooks and databases) http://www.aiche.org/resources/elibrary

• 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

(Oct. 27-29) in Pittsburgh, PA– Regional Student Conference

(TBD late March/April) at Rutgers

AIChE: The Lafayette Perspective

Co-Presidents: Shannon Noll & Stephanie Roebelen

Advisor: Michael Senra

Academic Guidance• Course selection brownbag• Study abroad brownbag• Professor research talks

– Excel research– What it is like to be a professor

ChE Lecture Series• Include topics such as:

– Information about Grad School– What industries ChE’s can enter– Internships– Resume workshop– Networking– And more!

Community Outreach• March Elementary School Science Fair

Other Events• Air Products and Chemicals• Liquid Nitrogen Demo• Midnight Breakfast• Student Faculty Interaction Night

Student Faculty Interaction NightsAKA Pub Nights

• THIS Friday• College Hill Tavern 5-7pm• Meet your professors• Free food• You do NOT need to be 21• Co-Sponsored with IEEE