Category:Students

May 17th, 2013

Lehigh University AIChE Student Chapter Reaches Out to Middle School Students

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In an effort to cultivate an early interest in science, math, and engineering in middle school students, Lehigh University’s AIChE student chapter recently held a successful interactive science and chemical engineering outreach event at Broughal Middle School in Bethlehem, PA.

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May 17th, 2013

Billionaire Pays 20 More Students to Leave College

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Billionaire investor Peter Thiel, who started Paypal and is now famous as Facebook’s first, far-sighted investor, announced his next group of 20 young Thiel Fellows, who will each receive $100,000 to pursue personal technology projects, while skipping traditional college. This hefty stiped carries a rigorous demand: quickly learn entrepreneurship from the ground […]

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May 16th, 2013

When the Dream Job Doesn’t Appear

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Didn’t find your dream job right out of college? Or looking for a job while still in school? Hear how one chemical engineer is tackling the job search and learn from his experience on the job hunt.

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May 13th, 2013

Meet Amy Nutis — Featured Student for May

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Meet Amy Nutis, a senior at the University of Maryland, and learn more about her chemical engineering college experience and her plans with Dow Chemical after graduation.

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April 28th, 2013

First-Ever Spring Meeting Student Program Gets Underway

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AIChE President Phillip Westmoreland and Spring Meeting Program Co-Chair Bruce Eldridge kicked of the first-ever Spring Meeting Student Program by welcoming students from across the US.

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April 3rd, 2013

Meet Alia Khan — Featured Student for April

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Meet Alia Khan, a senior at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who is headed to work at ExxonMobil in Houston after graduation.

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March 29th, 2013

Materials Tutorial: Miller Indicies and Crystal Structures

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Studying crystal structures and confused by Miller indices? Check out this video from the LearnChemE video series.

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March 26th, 2013

Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Clean Tech Leaders

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Have chemical engineering programs become divorced from the world and people they serve? One program has a new approach to focusing chemical engineering students on the world’s challenges.

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March 25th, 2013

YCOSST Focus on Sustainability Professionals: Deborah Grubbe

By Margot Berger | Comments (0)
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AIChE’s Youth Council for Sustainable Science and Technology (YCOSST), chaired by Jeff Seay and Sarah Widder, is part of the AIChE Institute for Sustainability. The goal is for YCOSST to be a clearinghouse for information and resources for K-12, undergraduates and young professionals interested in careers or college majors that involve sustainability.

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March 18th, 2013

Introducing High School Students to Chemical Engineering

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As part of the AIChE Apprentice program, one young chemcial engineerg spoke to high school students on the topic of “What can chemical engineers do?” Read more about it here.

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