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Televantos Receives AIChE's Government and Industry Leaders Award

John Y. Televantos, Partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on the specialty industrial, healthcare, and specialty financial services sectors, will receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Government and Industry Leaders (AGILE) Award. The award is...

WACKER Chemical Corporation Supports AIChE's Global Process Safety Education Initiative

Program will improve process safety training of undergraduate chemical engineering students worldwide. ...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Hosts 3rd CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) — an industry technical alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — hosted the 3rd Global Congress on Process Safety in Damman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, December 4–5, 2016. The event — the first held by CCPS in Saudi Arabia...

U.S. Department of Energy Taps AIChE to Lead RAPID Modular Process Intensification Institute

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that the Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (RAPID) Manufacturing Institute of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will be the newest, and tenth, member of the nation’s network of Manufacturing USA Institutes....

AIChE Launches Regenerative Engineering Society

To expand on the promise of regenerative engineering for revolutionary applications in health care, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is launching The Regenerative Engineering Society (The RE Society). ...

AIChE Honors Corporate Leaders for Innovation

Gala lauds 3M, BASF, and Biogen; celebrate Hoover Medal recipient and biotech pioneer Robert Langer of MIT ...

AIChE Honors Outstanding Individual Achievements with 2016 Institute and Board of Directors' Awards

In a ceremony held during the 2016 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, (November 13-18), the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) presented awards to 14 leaders and innovators in chemical engineering. ...

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Names New Officers, Board for 2017

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced today that T. Bond Calloway, Jr., Associate Laboratory Director for Clean Energy Research at Savannah River National Laboratory (Aiken, South Carolina), will become President of AIChE in 2017. Calloway succeeds 2016 President Gregory...

Eastman Advances AIChE Process Safety Education Initiative

An unwavering emphasis on safety by Eastman (NYSE:EMN) will help transform the curriculum of undergraduate chemical engineering students around the globe, through a collaboration with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS). ...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Collaborates with European Process Safety Center on European Process Safety and Big Data Conference

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) — an industry technical alliance of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — partnered with the European Process Safety Center (EPSC) on an innovative conference that applied concepts of big data analytics to improve process safety...

Fletcher Named CEO of RAPID Manufacturing Institute

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced today that Karen Fletcher is assuming the new role of chief executive officer of its RAPID (Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment) Manufacturing Institute. In making the announcement, AIChE Executive Director June...

CCPS European Conference will Explore Big-Data Applications in Chemical Process Safety

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) are partnering with the European Process Safety Center (ESPC) to share best practices and techniques for safe industrial operations at chemical, petrochemical, and pharmaceutical facilities in...

Society for Biological Engineering Debuts Translational Medicine and Bioengineering Conference

The Society for Biological Engineering (SBE) — a technical subsidiary of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) — will unite researchers and practitioners in fields related to biotechnology and biomedicine at its first Translational Medicine and Bioengineering Conference. The...

7th CCPS Latin American Conference on Process Safety Attracts Chemical Industry Professionals in the Americas

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) brought the expertise of the chemical process safety community to engineers across the Americas at the organizations’ seventh CCPS Latin American Conference on Process Safety. The meeting took...

David Eckhardt Makes $100K Gift to AIChE Foundation

Endowment Will Fund Conferences for Chemical Engineering Students in Northeast Region ...

Doros N. Theodorou Named AIChE's Prausnitz Institute Lecturer

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has selected its John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer for 2016: Doros N. Theodorou, professor of chemical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Theodorou will deliver the inaugural Prausnitz Institute Lecture on Nov. 16...

First Issue of AIChE/SBE "Bioengineering and Translational Medicine" Open Access Journal Now Online

Bioengineering & Translational Medicine (BioTM), published by Wiley in partnership with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), has released its first issue. The special issue, entitled “Nanoparticles in Medicine: Targeting,...

AIChE's 2016 Gala to Showcase Excellence in Innovation, Honor Exemplary Leaders

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will honor Inge G. Thulin, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of 3M; Wayne T. Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corp.; and George A. Scangos, Chief Executive Officer of Biogen, at its 2016 Gala, which...

Fourth CCPS China Conference on Process Safety Draws More Than 300 Attendees

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), together with the China University of Petroleum, hosted the 4th CCPS China Conference on Process Safety in Qingdao, China, on June 2 and 3. The conference attracted more than 300 participants...

AIChE Announces Plans for RAPID Manufacturing Institute

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced its intention to form a Rapid Advancement in Process Intensification Deployment (Rapid) Manufacturing Institute. The new institute aligns with the objectives of the United States National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). ...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Introduces CCPS Certified Process Safety Professional Designation

The Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has established a new professional designation for engineers and practitioners working in the chemicals, petrochemicals and affiliated industries. Becoming a CCPS Certified Process Safety...

AIChE Signs Memorandum of Understanding with National Society of Black Engineers

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) to establish a strategic partnership on activities of mutual importance to the two engineering organizations. The signing ceremony took place on...

AIChE Foundation Announces Co-Chairs for "Doing a World of Good" Campaign

The AIChE Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) – has named Jim Fitterling, president and chief operating officer of the Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), and John Y. Televantos, partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, as co-chairs of the...

AIChE Foundation Announces Co-Chairs for "Doing a World of Good" Campaign

The AIChE Foundation – the philanthropic arm of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) – has named Jim Fitterling, president and chief operating officer of the Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), and John Y. Televantos, partner at Arsenal Capital Partners, as co-chairs of the...

Honeywell’s Andreas Kramvis Delivers Keynote Address at AIChE's Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

Andreas C. Kramvis, vice chairman of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company focused on global technology, was the keynote speaker at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) 2016 Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety, held in Houston, Texas on April 11 Kramvis opened the...

Energy and Sustainability Award — Nominations Extended to April 18

The Awards Committee of AIChE has extended the nomination deadline for one of the Institute’s major awards for contributions to industry. ...

International Society for Water Solutions Announces New Leaders

The International Society for Water Solutions (ISWS), a technological community within the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), has named Kimberly Ogden, professor of chemical and environmental engineering at the University of Arizona, and Tracy Young, Core R&D Program Director for...

Council for Chemical Research Reorganizes Under AIChE

The Board of Directors of the Council for Chemical Research (CCR) has announced that CCR’s operations will, going forward, be conducted under the auspices of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). ...

2nd CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Drew More Than 350 Attendees

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) hosted the 2nd Global Summit on Process Safety in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 3 to 5. The Global Summit, themed “CCPS Process Safety Vision 20/20,” drew more than 350 delegates from more...

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Honors Outstanding Individual, Corporate Achievements with 2015 Awards

In a ceremony during its Annual Meeting here yesterday, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) presented awards to 13 leaders and innovators in chemical engineering. ...

American Institute of Chemical Engineers Names New Officers, Board for 2016

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced today that Gregory Stephanopoulos, the W. H. Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will become president of the organization in 2016....

AIChE Salutes Corporate Leaders for Excellence in Advancing Process Safety

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) honored Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation; Andrew N. Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company; and Mark J. Costa, chairman and CEO of Eastman Chemical Company, for excellence in advancing process safety at...

Dow Makes Leadership Gift to Launch Major Process Safety Education Initiative

An unwavering emphasis on chemical and process safety by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) will now be part of the curriculum for undergraduate chemical engineering students in the U.S., thanks to collaboration with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). ...

AIChE Joins Sister Engineering Societies in #GivingTuesday Challenge

AIChE and its sister societies in the United Engineering Foundation (UEF) are joining together in a campaign to encourage philanthropy among the societies’ members and within their individual professions. ...

Dow Makes Leadersship Gift to Launch Major Process Safety Education Initiative

NEW YORK CITY & MIDLAND, Mich..—An unwavering emphasis on chemical and process safety by The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) will now be part of the curriculum for undergraduate chemical engineering students in the U.S., thanks to collaboration with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers...

Second CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety Scheduled for November 3 to 5 in Kuala Lumpur

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) will host the 2nd CCPS Global Summit on Process Safety in the Kula Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 3rd to 5th. The summit is co-organized with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). The conference...

New Open Access Journal will Advance Engineering and Opportunities in Translational Medicine

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Society for Biological Engineering (SBE), in partnership with John Wiley and Sons, are launching a new quarterly, peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal, "Bioengineering & Translational Medicine," in 2016. To be part of the Wiley...

2nd China International Chemical PSM Symposium, 3rd CCPS China Conference on Process Safety, Draw More Than 700

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), together with China Chemical Safety Association (CCSA) and the National Center for International Cooperation in Work Safety (SAWS) hosted the largest regional process safety conference to date in...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Names Richard Sarnie New Projects Director

Richard Sarnie, an executive with more than 25 years of experience in risk management and safety, has joined the staff of the Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) as Director of CCPS Projects. In announcing the appointment, CCPS Executive...

Fan is Named AIChE's 67th Institute Lecturer

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced its Institute Lecturer for 2015. Liang-Shih Fan, Distinguished University Professor and the C. J. Easton Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University, will present the 67th...

AIChE Gala Will Spotlight Excellence in Chemical Process Safety

Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Exxon Mobil Corporation; Andrew N. Liveris, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Dow Chemical Company; and Mark J. Costa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Eastman Chemical Company will be honored at the American Institute of Chemical...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, June 19 – ...

New Body of Knowledge for Chemical Engineers will Guide Chemical Engineering Training, Career-Skills Development

A new set of metrics, produced by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), will help chart the changing skill-development and educational needs of chemical engineers, across industries and career stages. ...

New Conference will Promote Engineering and Business Opportunities in Industrial Biotechnology

The Society for Biological Engineers (SBE), a subsidiary of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), is organizing a new workshop titled “Technology Challenges and Opportunities in Commercializing Industrial Biotechnology,” where engineers, scientists, and other stakeholders in...

AIChE Salary Survey Finds Improved Pay Equality Between Genders

A new salary survey from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) finds that disparities in salary within the chemical engineering profession are driven by variables including work experience, geographic location, and amount of time taken off for personal reasons, rather than gender....

Middle East Process Safety Conference Draws More Than 700

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), hosted what was the largest process safety conference ever in the Middle East, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from May 20 to 21, 2015. The conference, centered on the theme, “Process...

Big Data to be Crunched at AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety in Austin, TX

The business and industrial implications of the exponentially increasing quantities of information available via electronic channels — often referred to as “big data” — will be explored in a new Big Data Analytics Topical Conference, part of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’...

Vision for Chemicals Industry Safety Excellence is a Highlight of Global Congress on Process Safety

Safe practices in the chemicals and related industries, along with strategies to eliminate potential hazards and improve safety culture within companies, will be spotlighted at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) 2015 Spring Meeting and 11th Global Congress on Process Safety, to...

Center for Chemical Process Safety Marks 30 Years of Contributions to Industrial Safety

In April 2015, safety personnel from a variety of industries, including chemical, energy and pharmaceutical facilities, will gather in Austin, Texas, for the 11th Global Congress on Process Safety. The Global Congress, held in connection with the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE)...

More than 600 will Attend the First-ever CCPS Conference in the Middle East

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), and its Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS), will be hosting the largest process safety conference in the Middle East.  The Middle East Process Safety Conference (MEPSC) will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from May 19 to...

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