Columbia University's Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic shares her perspective on advancing regenerative engineering, mentorship, and the future of the field.

Meet the first CEP Photo Contest winners, who have captured chemical engineering through a different lens.

Dr. Peppas is being recognized for visionary leadership and transformative service to AIChE, founding biomaterials and bionanotechnology communities, strengthening governance, and advancing interdisciplinary chemical engineering worldwide.

Meet 35 early-career AIChE members recognized for their contributions to chemical engineering, their organizations, and the AIChE community.

Scott Herrmann is being recognized for transformative innovations in Kapton® film technology, global manufacturing leadership, and pioneering products that reshaped the electronics industry and advanced excellence in industrial chemical engineering.

Dr. Samir Mitragotri is recognized for developing and translating drug delivery technologies that overcome the body’s biological barriers.

Discover sessions and events focused on inclusive leadership, career development, mentorship, accessibility, and community at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting.

Dr. Ruilan Guo is being recognized for discovering and advancing gas separation membranes that surpass permeability-selectivity tradeoffs, resist plasticization and aging, and enable high-temperature industrial gas separations.

See how chemical engineers are advancing climate solutions through carbon management, electrification, sustainable energy, and more at the 2026 AIChE Annual Meeting.

Dr. Dionisios Vlachos is being recognized for pioneering advances in multiscale modeling, reaction mechanisms, new catalysts, and novel electrified processes for a circular economy and sustainable manufacturing.

Dr. M. Scott Shell is being recognized for groundbreaking research in molecular simulation and for his outstanding textbook integrating thermodynamics with statistical mechanics.

Recognized for her contributions to materials innovation, Dr. Theresa Whiting has helped develop products that improve sustainability, safety, and performance across multiple industries.

AI is changing chemical engineering, but technical knowledge and human judgment remain essential. Yuhe Tian shares five ways students can prepare for an AI-enabled workplace.

Advance your professional development by mentoring capstone design projects, avoiding common engineering math pitfalls, and mastering one of the core thermodynamic concepts: fugacity.

ExxonMobil’s Ben Marshall discusses the design choices and trade-offs shaping efforts to make direct air capture more energy efficient.

Dr. Kevin Seibert is being honored for leading the engineering team responsible for developing, optimizing and commercializing Mounjaro/Zepbound, Eli Lilly’s GLP-1 drug.

Pluspetrol shares how leadership, everyday decisions, and human judgment shape its approach to process safety in the run-up to LACPS 2026.

Hydrogen Safety Panel member Tom Witte shares why clear project scopes, thorough commissioning, and early training are essential to safer hydrogen systems.