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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Excelling With Excel

BY ON July 28, 2010

Learn about custom functions using VBO, pivot tables, macros, indirect references and more.

How to Interpret Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams

BY ON August 24, 2010

With a bit of smoke, a few mirrors and a degree in hieroglyphics, anyone can learn to read a P&ID. Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams is a topic that can benefit process, project and design engineers, business developers, operators, safety, maintenance and even management.

Tools and Tips for Successful Management and Leadership

BY ON August 31, 2010

This Management and Leadership blog series is dedicated to the tools, approaches, and strategies that managers can use to promote the success of individuals and the team, and thus also the organization and themselves.

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