AICHE Association News
Northeastern wins 11th annual Chem-E-Car Competition
AIChE SmartBrief | Nov 17, 2009
Northeastern University took top honors at the Chem-E-Car Competition at AIChE's annual meeting in Nashville last week. The team's car, "The Aluminator," powered by a hydrogen fuel-cell stack, defeated 30 other shoebox-size cars. Congratulating all the competitors, AIChE Executive Director June Wispelwey said, "In today's economy, innovation is more important than ever. These chemical engineering students displayed amazing creativity and enthusiasm." Watch highlights from the competition.
Dec. 1 is deadline for Spring Meeting call for papers
AIChE SmartBrief | Nov 10, 2009
Proposals to present at AIChE's 2010 Spring Meeting and Sixth Global Congress on Process Safety are due by Dec. 1. The event, to be held at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio from March 21 to 25, will include a plenary session on energy efficiency, the Ethylene Producers Conference, the Natural Gas Utilization Conference, the Center for Chemical Process Safety International Conference, and symposia on loss prevention, process-plant safety and refinery processing. Learn more.
New books: CCPS risk-criteria guidelines, AIChE biomass guide
AIChE SmartBrief | Nov 03, 2009
AIChE's Center for Chemical Process Safety, in cooperation with John Wiley & Sons, has just published "Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria." The book can help safety managers evaluate the frequency, severity and consequence of human injury, and reduce potential liabilities. A sample chapter, the table of contents and index are available for free preview. Learn more. Another timely title recently released by AIChE and Wiley is "Biomass and Alternate Fuel Systems: An Engineering and Economic Guide," edited by Thomas McGowan. Read more.
Students rev up for AIChE's Chem-E-Car Competition
AIChE SmartBrief | Oct 27, 2009
AIChE will hold its 11th annual Chem-E-Car Competition on Nov. 8 in conjunction with its Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn. Teams of chemical engineering undergraduates at about 30 colleges and universities that have placed in regional competitions create shoebox-sized cars powered by controlled chemical reactions. The cars must transport a certain payload a specified distance -- but students don't learn until one hour before the competition begins what that payload and distance will be. Read more or watch previous Chem-E-Car competitions.
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