Transcript Lecture 1: Introduction: Whats and Whys of Process Control

Going Behind the Acronym:
What is AICHE?
AICHE Brownbag
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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)
Professional Organizations
• All engineering disciplines
have their own professional
organization.
– Each has a student chapter on
Lafayette’s campus
• Regardless of discipline, great
resource for engineers of all
types and of all ages.
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/commu
nity/students/studentmembership
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
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
virtually all of them. (Professors do not.)
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
The Marquis Knows Chemical
Engineering?: AIChE at
Lafayette
AIChE Executive Board
• Presidents: Allyson Hill ‘15
and Bonnie Malhota ‘15
• Vice-Presidents: Hayden
Jarboe ’16, Michael Meshberg
’16 and Danielle Ricciardi ‘17
• Faculty: Professors James Ferri
(Head) and Michael Senra
(Advisor)
What AICHE Does
AIChE at
Lafayette
Integrating
Underclassmen
Professional
Development
Social
Outreach
The Lafayette chapter of AIChE was the recipient of the
2014 Hoff Award for Academic Group of the Year.
Integrating Underclassmen
• ES 101 Brownbags
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Meet the faculty (Last week)
This one.
What a Professor Does?
Course selection brownbag
(Fall/spring)
• Mentoring Program
– Seniors and juniors in ChE mentor
freshmen and sophomores
– Some spots may be open (if
interested e-mail [email protected])
What AICHE Does
AIChE at
Lafayette
Integrating
Underclassmen
Professional
Development
Social
Outreach
Professional development focuses on (1) making students aware
of what it means to be a chemical engineer and (2) providing
opportunities for students to become more attractive candidates
for grad school and/or the job force.
New for 2014: ChBE Seminar
Series
• Lectures required for senior design course, but
accessible to all years
• Led by Professors Lindsay Soh and Alex
Woltornist (Merck)
• Topics
– Toyota Production System Overview
– Sustainability
– Intro to Life Cycle Analysis
– Industrial Ecology
AIChE Brownbag Series
• Include topics such as:
– Information about grad school
– Managing the Career Fair
– Getting involved in research at
Lafayette
– What industries ChE’s can enter
– Topics provided from industrial
speakers
ChBE Symposium
• Scheduled for last Friday in
March
• On the agenda
– 2 keynote speakers (wellestablished in industry)
– Panel speakers (more recent
alumni)
– Opportunities to interact with
guests
– Presentation of student work
Other Activities
• Plant tours (Air Products,
maybe others)
• Conferences (AIChE officers
and researchers)
– Regional (Next spring,
Manhattan College)
– National (This year, Atlanta)
What AICHE Does
AIChE at
Lafayette
Integrating
Underclassmen
Professional
Development
Social
Outreach
AIChE also focuses on (1) being an active member inside and
outside of the Lafayette community and (2) developing a
camaraderie between students of all years and the faculty.
Outreach Events
• Within Lafayette
– Engineering Open House
– National Engineers’ Week
• Community
– Work with Landis
– March Elementary School
Science Fair
– Easton High School
Social Events
• ChBE Cookoff
– Scheduled for Friday, October 24th
• Events within the mentoring
program.
• Midnight Breakfast
– During finals week
• Student Faculty Interaction Night
– Open to all years
Getting Involved
• Participate by attending!
– Meet your current classmates,
upperclassmen in ChBE and
ChBE faculty
• Events in particular (all had
freshmen involved last year)
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Landis outreach
ChBE cookoff
Symposium
Plant tours