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Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE?. AICHE Brownbag Wednesday, 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?
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Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE? AICHE Brownbag Wednesday, 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