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Going Behind the Acronym: What is AICHE? AICHE Brownbag Tuesday, September 10, 2013 Slide 2 Todays 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) Slide 3 AIChE: The Lafayette Perspective Co-Presidents: Christina Cucinotta and Seth Gottlund Advisor: Michael Senra Slide 4 Academic Guidance Course selection brownbag Study abroad brownbag Professor research talks Excel research What it is like to be a professor Slide 5 ChE Lecture Series Include topics such as: Information about Grad School What industries ChEs can enter Internships Resume workshop Networking And more! Slide 6 Community Outreach Landis Center: Literacy Day Slide 7 Other Events Liquid Nitrogen Demo Midnight Breakfast Student Faculty Interaction Night ChemE Cookoff Slide 8 Other Events Air Products Plant Tour Slide 9 Mentoring Program THIS Friday Matched with upperclassman 4:00-5:30 Gilberts (back room) Look for e-mail tonight Slide 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 Slide 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/stud ent-membership http://www.aiche.org/community/students/stud ent-membership Slide 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 http://www.aiche.org/resources/careers/career-fairs Slide 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)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. Slide 14 Sample Webinar Titles Biofuels: Metrics and Challenges The Secret Science of Movie Stunts and Special Effects History of NO x 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 Slide 15 A Few Other Opportunities ChEnected (AICHE meets social media) http://chenected.aiche.org/ http://chenected.aiche.org/ eLibrary (technical handbooks and databases) http://www.aiche.org/resources/el ibrary http://www.aiche.org/resources/el ibrary Certificate of Safety Achievement (can be done via online courses) Slide 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