ChEnected Posts by Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Director of Education & Workforce Development

RAPID Manufacturing Institute

Ashley is the Director of Education & Workforce Development at the RAPID Manufacturing Institute.

Join the 2023 ChemE Cube Competition, Powered by RAPID® | ExxonMobil

January 23, 2023. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Be sure to sign up for this week's webinar if you're interested in joining this year's ChemE Cube Competition in Orlando this fall.

Get Process Intensification Expertise with RAPID’s New Credential Program

2/10 in the series Showcasing AIChE's Institute for Learning & Innovation (ILI)

August 04, 2022. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Want to gain greater energy efficiency for chemical engineering processes, lower costs, and meet industrial decarbonization goals? The Process Intensification Credential can help you meet your goals.

RAPID Announces 2nd Annual ChemE Cube™ Competition

4/10 in the series Showcasing AIChE's Institute for Learning & Innovation (ILI)

March 03, 2022. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Student teams and their 1-cubic-foot plant designs will battle it out this November in Phoenix. Learn more here and sign up before March 31 to join the competition.

RAPID Intern Demos ChemE Cube™ Competition Prototype

February 11, 2021. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Check out this working demo and proof-of-concept for RAPID's ChemE Cube Competition for chemical engineering students.

2021 ChemE Cube Competition Launches: Students to Design Modular On-Demand Water Purification Mini-Plants

January 08, 2021. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Chemical engineering competition challenges students to design a modular mini-plant for surface-water treatment that is suitable for humanitarian deployment.

RAPID Intern Spotlight: Edmund Sam-Gyandoh, University of Pittsburgh

January 08, 2020. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Meet one of the chemical engineering interns who recently participated in the RAPID Intern Program.

MCPI Boot Camp Successfully Piloted with RAPID Members

October 29, 2019. By Ashley Smith-Schoettker

Participants drew inspiration and advanced manufacturing know-how from the boot camp, and another event is already planned for January 2020 in Tucson, AZ.

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2026 Institute & Board of Directors’ Awards

BY ON October 05, 2026

AIChE’s Institute and Board of Directors’ Awards are AIChE’s highest honors, and candidates are nominated by the chemical engineering community and voted upon by the members of AIChE’s volunteer-led Awards Committee. The prizes recognize outstanding achievements and world-class contributions across a spectrum of chemical engineering endeavors.

Improve Your Process Safety Knowledge to Manage Risk and Support Safer Operations

BY ON July 30, 2026

Process safety education plays a critical role at every stage of an engineer’s career. In this three-part series, experts from the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) explore how engineers can build and strengthen the knowledge, judgment, and habits needed to manage risk and support safer operations.

Meet the Process Engineers

BY ON January 08, 2018

In this series, we discuss process engineering with a wide range of process engineers working in a variety of industries, whether in petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing, or any other process-intensive industry.

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