ChEnected Posts by Elizabeth Guenther

Elizabeth Guenther

Senior Industrial Engineer
Osram Sylvania

Elizabeth Guenther is a Senior Industrial Engineer at OSRAM Sylvania with responsibility for processes and projects at its Eastern Distribution Center. She is this year’s AIChE Young Professionals Committee (YPC) Chair and YPC liaison to the Career and Education Operating Council.

Prior to joining OSRAM Sylvania, Elizabeth worked in other non-chemical fields as a Lean Manufacturing Engineer at Mack Trucks, Inc and an Operations Engineer at Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.  Prior to holding the position of Chair in YPC, Elizabeth held the positions of Vice Chair and Publications Subcommittee Chair.  She has also written several articles in ChEnected. Elizabeth’s Young Professional Point of View article, “What is a Chemical Engineer Doing Here?” published in the September 2013 edition of CEP, explored how Chemical Engineers fit right in to atypical industries. 

Elizabeth holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Supply Chain Management from Lehigh University.  She is an active member of her local AIChE section, the American Association of University Women and is a past Chair of the Lehigh Valley Engineering Council.

Elizabeth lives in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania with her husband. When not working, Elizabeth enjoys swimming competitively, doing craft projects and baking. Elizabeth can be reached at elizabeth.guenther@sylvania.com

When Business and Chemistry Collide

February 17, 2011. By Elizabeth Guenther
The ongoing saga of the Air Products attempted hostile takeover of Airgas has come to a conclusion—for now. Late Tuesday night, a year after this battle began, a Delaware Court ruled against Air Products and did not force a redemption of Airgas’s "poison pill."

National Engineers Week

February 11, 2011. By Elizabeth Guenther
It all began in 1951 when the National Society of Professional Engineers declared the third week of February National Engineers Week. This year, the 60th Annual National Engineers Week falls on February 20–26.

2011: A Chemical Odyssey

January 20, 2011. By Elizabeth Guenther
When the ball dropped in Times Square December 31 a few seconds before midnight, it marked the beginning of a new year—a year to “celebrate the achievements of chemistry and its contributions to the well-being of humankind.”

Industrial Gas Giants Duke It Out

December 30, 2010. By Elizabeth Guenther
The Chemical industry is more than just research and product development--it’s also about business; and unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you have heard at least something about the conflict between Airgas and Air Products and Chemicals, Inc (APCI).

Energy Efficiency, Challenges and Solutions Session [On Location]

November 15, 2010. By Elizabeth Guenther
In this session 6 experts provide their research Energy Efficiency, Challenges, and Solutions. They include Joseph Rollin of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Ludovico Cademartiri of Harvard University, Alex Romriell of Brigham Young University, Fanxing Li of The Ohio State University, Danahe Marmolejo-Correa of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Yasuki Kansha of the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo.