Past Events
Fall 2008
2008 Fall Picnic
The 2008 Fall Picnic was on Friday, September 5 at about 1:30 PM at Man in the Bench Park. I don't think we got many pictures but if we did I'll put them up soon.
Other 2008 Fall Eventes
Spring 2008
Alumni Dinner
ChBE's second annual Alumni Dinner was held on Friday, February 29th at 5 PM in the Pritzker Club in the MTCC.
AIChE Regional Conference
The 2008 AIChE Regional Conference was held in Akron, Ohio, by the University of Akron. It was on the weekend of March 28-30. Those who went had a great time (pictures will be posted soon). Next year's conference will be here, hosted by us so be sure to attend!
Pictures:
Mittal Steel Tour
Several students went on a tour of Arcelor-Mittal Steel in East Chicago, Indiana on April 5, 2008. The tour was very interesting.
April Local Section Meeting
The April meeting of the Chicago local section of AIChE was on Monday, April 28th, at 4 PM. There was a poster competition and job fair in the HUB before dinner, after which H. Scott Fogler spoke on The Pharmacokinetics of Acute Toxicology (How You Die after Being Bit by a Cobra).
Spring Picnic
Our annual Spring Picnic was on May 9 at 1 pm. We were at the grills by the tennis courts north of the MTCC and there was plenty of food for students and faculty, and we were glad to see you all there!
Bog Karaoke Night
AIChE hosted the Karaoke Night in the Bog on May 9. It was that evening (8 pm until midnight) in the BOG..
Other events/photos
Photos from many of our past events can be found at IIT AIChE's Picasa Web album
Past Speakers
Fall 2007:
- August 30th - Prof. Don Chmielewski - IIT Study Abroad Program
- Sept 6th - IMI Cornelius Inc.
- Sept 13th - Richard Snow - "Chemical Engineering - From Lab Bench to Founding a Company"
- Sept 20th - Bob Anderson "Charting Your Carer Path"
- Sept 27th - Dr. George McConaghy - "Careers in Chemical Engineering"
- Oct. 4th - Ben Williams, Ajay Jayaprakash - Sargent & Lundy "I graduated, now what?
- Oct 11th - Shannon Ciston - Graduate Research at Northwestern "Biofilm Attachment Studies on Reactive Ceramic Ultrafiltration Membranes"
- Oct. 25th - Brian Kunzer - Cardinal Intellectual Property "The US Patent System: Importance, General Practice, and Current State Thereof"
- Nov. 8th - Jon Wietelmann - Cascade Controls
- Nov. 15th - Bipin Vora - Vora International Process Corp. "Energy Challenges of the 21st Century"
- Nov. 29th - Youngyou Hu - "Fuel Cell Tutorial"
Spring 2008:
- Feb 6th - Genevieve Damico - EPA - "Chemical Engineering at the EPA
- Feb 14th - Professors Cinar, Wasan, Zdunek, Schieber, and Ramani - Undergraduate Research Opportunities
- February 21st - Michael Mackaplow - Abbot
- February 28 - Emily Breckenridge - IIT Career Management Center; "Developing a Resume for Chemical Engineering"
- March 6 - Gavin Towler - UOP/AIChE Ambassador; "AIChE Ambassador Program 2008/Fuels and Petrochemicals Challenge"
- March 13 - Emily Breckenridge - IIT Career Management Center; Interview Skills
- March 27 - Perry Romanowski - Alberto Culver; "Being a Scientist in the Cosmetic and Personal Care Industry"
- April 3 - Tammy Lai - Nalco
- April 10 - David Pistrui - Directer of Entrepreneurship
- April 17 - Erin Sawardecker - Northwestern University (grad student): "RNA Folding and Conformational Networks."
- May 1 Prof. Alan Zdunek, IIT: "Chemical Engineering in the Semiconductor Industry"
Fall 2008 past speakers include:
- Sept. 4: Charles Guilfoyle (Jenn's Dad) from Sargent & Lundy - "What is a PE and how do I get one?"
- Sept. 11: Bob Anderson - "Chemical Engineering Students: What have you gotten yourself into?"
- Sept. 18 - Stafford Cuffe from American Science and Technology - "Overview of Alternative Energy Technologies and its Impact on the Demand for Engineers"
- Sept. 25 - Christopher Johnson from Argonne National Laboratory - "Invention and Development of Argonne Composite Oxide Cathodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries"
- Oct. 2 - Ray Cocco from Particulate Solid Research, Inc. - "Application and Design of Fluidized Bed Operations"
- Oct. 9 - Youngsun Kong, PhD candidate from IIT - "Emulsion Texture and Stability: Role of Surfactant Micellar Interactions in the Presence of Proteins"