Spring2023 INSIDE: Lunch & Learns Student Spotlight Social & Networking Events
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WhatIsAIChE?
AIChE stands for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and it is the world's leading professional organization for chemical engineers. Founded in 1908, AIChE now has over 60,000 members from over 110 countries. The organization provides resources for chemical engineers in established industries, as well as emerging fields like biotechnology and sustainability (https://www.aiche.org).
AboutOurChapter
Founded in 1933, AIChE at Georgia Tech is an on-campus organization for students pursuing a degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the #2 ranked undergraduate ChemE program in the country. We host weekly networking events like Lunch & Learns where members can connect with company recruiters. We also organize various volunteering and social events to foster togetherness and to give back to the greater Atlanta community.
To join our chapter, students must become national AIChE members (which is free for undergraduate students!) and pay an annual $10 membership fee to the Georgia Tech chapter.
Lunch&Learns
Lunch & Learns are weekly professional development events where corporate representatives host informational sessions about their companies. These events are excellent opportunities to network and to learn more about chemical engineering in industry. L&L's are open to all AIChE members and attendees receive free lunch!
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Once a subsidiary of Kodak, Eastman is now a global Fortune 500 chemical company specializing in advanced materials, chemical intermediates, fibers, additives, and functional products.
Founded by a Georgia Tech alum, CJB Industries is a chemical contract manufacturing company specializing in liquid and solid formulation and processing, packaging, supply chain support, laboratory quality control, formulation services, and custom manufacturing.
A subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, Janssen is a large pharmaceutical company with a mission to improve patients' lives by "fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart." Janssen devises solutions pertaining to a diverse set of fields and has developed 22 new medications since 2011.
W.L. Gore is a multinational materials science company that specializes in products derived from fluoropolymers. Their expertise spans a wide range of industries, including medical devices, aerospace, and automotive.
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Dow is a large materials science company and manufactures a broad range of substances, from plastics to industrial intermediates to hydrocarbons and energy.
ExxonMobil is a multinational oil and gas company, and one of the largest companies in the world by revenue. With a large stake in conventional energy and an expanding role in the generation of alternative forms of energy, ExxonMobil offers a multitude of professional opportunities for chemical engineers.
Founded in 1877, Greif has seen immense growth from its humble barrel and keg manufacturing origins. A global leader in industrial packaging products and services, it now has locations in 37 countries, including the world-class Sweetwater Mill facility in Austell, GA.
The Naval Nuclear Laboratory has an overall mission of developing advanced technology for the US Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and ensuring the safety and reliability of naval nuclear reactors. With almost 8,000 employees, it has a solid presence at many shipyards worldwide, as well as its Pennsylvania, New York, South Carolina, and Idaho locations.
Headquartered in France, Arkema is a multinational specialty materials company with a focus on manufacturing products from three categories—adhesives, advanced materials, and coatings—to develop solutions for a variety of industries including electronics, automotives, construction, and health.
Valero is one of the largest oil refining companies in the United States and aims to advance the future of energy. Headquartered in San Antonio, it boasts a total of 15 petroleum refineries, 12 ethanol plants, and 2 renewable diesel plants. Valero is also set apart by its inclusive corporate culture and its large emphasis on volunteering and community engagement.
StudentSpotlight
2023AIChERegionalWinners
Congratulations to the ChemE Jeopardy team for winning First Place at the S.E. Student Regional Conference hosted by UF in March! The team—whose members are (L-R) Pallavi Natarajan, Saachi Dalvi, Andrew Neville, Ethan Guglielmo and JiEunLim (not pictured) has advanced to nationals, which will take place in Orlando in the fall!
Well done to Sasha Bronovitskiy for earning Third Place overall in the Student Poster Competition! Her poster was titled "Protecting Linear DNA in Cell-Free Expression Systems with TelN Protelomerase" and was based on her research in the Styczynski Research Group.
Our chapter did not go unnoticed at the Annual AIChE Student Conference in November 2022, where we received the OutstandingStudentChapterAward!
We also had six student winners in the Undergraduate Student Poster Competition! Congratulations to Diana Oh,OiLamKo,JihyunHwang,DivyaMallikarjunan, BelizUtebay,and KartikSaigalfor placing in the top three in their respective categories!
StudentSpotlight
Fall2022MemeCompetition
Our members had the last laugh creating their own memes for our second annual MemeCompetition, run by and for chemical engineering students! The contest's first place winner was PowRutherford!
AIChELogoCompetition
Congratulations to Erin Abraham for designing our new logo! Selected among members' entries, the winning design is featured on our new website, sites.gatech.edu/aiche, and social media.
MeetourAIChEChapter's2023-2024ExecBoard!
VicePresident Gabrielle Wong
President Saksham Malik
Treasurer Anu Raghavan Secretary Alexandra Seesee
InternalEvents
Darasimi Jakande CommunityService Grace Henderson
CorporateLiason Hannah Reynolds Communications Riddhi Bhattacharya
C H A I R S C H A I R S
SocialEvents
HotCocoa
Social (Nov. 2022)
DogToy DonationEvent (Nov. 2022)
Featuringold GTAIChE t-shirts!
GameNight(Dec. 2022)
Our first ever collaboration with GT's Material Advantage (MA) and American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was a fun finals de-stressing activity and an opportunity for our members to mingle. It featured food, board games and a comedy show by our very own Dr. Ludovice!
SocialEvents
InternationalStudentSymposium(Apr. 2023)
The ISS is a prime opportunity for international students to hear how to navigate grad school and industry from international students themselves. This year featured a Q&A with recruiters from Eli Lilly and a panel of international grad students and alumni.
PiMileRun (Apr. 2023)
Undergrad runners with Dr. Breedveld
GT ChBE saw the return of a prepandemic tradition, the ChBE Pi Mile Competition! 4 ChBE groups— Faculty, Grads, Undergrads & Alumni—tried to outrun each other in the 5K Road Race for bragging rights. Congratulations to our professors, who took home awards!
Late NightwithDr.Ludovice(Apr. 2023)
Professor by day and comedian by night, Dr. Ludovice returned with a ChBE staple: his own stand-up comedy show. Members learned about the essence of humor and were treated to a poem about the senior design project, synchronized to the Little Mermaid.
Networking
Clearinghouse2022
Held every fall, Clearinghouse is GT AIChE's career fair exclusively for ChBE students, and it is one of our biggest events of the year! In 2022, Clearinghouse featured 29 companies and 240+attendees. Thank you to everyone who attended. See you next year!
LinkedInWorkshop(Feb. 2023)
Hosted jointly with the GeorgiaTechCareerCenter, the LinkedIn Workshop offered an opportunity for members to learn how to make the most of the popular professional networking and career development site.
Connectwithusonsocialmedia!
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