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Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE?

Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE?. AICHE Brownbag Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Today’s Brownbag. Introduction to the ChBE professors What is AICHE ? What does the Lafayette student chapter do? What are the advantages of being an AICHE member?

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Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE?

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  1. Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE? AICHE Brownbag Tuesday, September 10, 2013

  2. Today’s Brownbag • Introduction to the ChBE professors • What is AICHE? • What does the Lafayette student chapter do? • What are the advantages of being an AICHE member? • Slides will be available on Lafayette chapter AICHE sites (sites.lafayette.edu/aiche)

  3. AIChE: The Lafayette Perspective Co-Presidents: Christina Cucinotta and Seth Gottlund Advisor: Michael Senra

  4. Academic Guidance • Course selection brownbag • Study abroad brownbag • Professor research talks • Excel research • What it is like to be a professor

  5. ChE Lecture Series • Include topics such as: • Information about Grad School • What industries ChE’s can enter • Internships • Resume workshop • Networking • And more!

  6. Community Outreach Landis Center: Literacy Day

  7. Other Events • Liquid Nitrogen Demo • Midnight Breakfast • Student Faculty Interaction Night • ChemECookoff

  8. Other Events Air Products Plant Tour

  9. Mentoring Program • THIS Friday • Matched with upperclassman • 4:00-5:30 Gilbert’s (back room) • Look for e-mail tonight

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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: http://www.aiche.org/resources/careers/career-fairs

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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)

  16. Conferences • Professional organization hold national professional meetings • Presentation of new ideas • Networking • Of interest to you • National Student Conference (Nov 1-3) in San Francisco, CA • Regional Student Conference (TBD late March/April) at UVa

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