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Floating Ink Experiment

The Floating Ink Experiment explores the concepts of surface chemistry, density, and flocculation explained in simple terms for young students to understand. On a smooth surface dish, the young student will lightly draw a picture of what they desire with an expo marker and with a sharpie. Then, the student will slowly pour water onto the smooth surface dish. The water will cause the expo marker drawing to float on top of the water, while the sharpie drawing will stay attached to the dish. ...

Module Topics 

Physical Chemistry
Separations
Module details
TopicsPhysical Chemistry, Separations
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement5 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE Iowa State Outreach
Approx. # of volunteers2
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Kindergarten to Second Grade (approximately ages 5-8)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

5.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE Iowa State Outreach

Approximate Budget 

$10

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

disSOLVE This!

We will be demonstrating the effects of solvents and solutes through a variety of demonstrations. These demonstrations will include the dissolving of polystyrene in acetone, sharpie ink in ethanol, salt in water and the (failed solvation of Vaseline in water) among other solutions. ...

Module Topics 

Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsPhysical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationWashington State University
Approx. # of volunteers2
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Washington State University

Approximate Budget 

$75

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Colorful Colloids!

This module walks through what a colloid is, what an emulsion is, how colloids and emulsions relate to chemical engineering, the magic milk experiment, and how the chemistry behind the experiment. ...

Module Topics 

Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsPhysical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement20 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE at UCLA
Approx. # of volunteers2
Recommended audience size10-20

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

20.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE at UCLA

Approximate Budget 

$20

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2

Recommended Audience Size 

10-20

Yatendra Lodha

  • Graduate in Chemical Engineering from BITS, Pilani with 35 years of experience in the Hydrocarbon industry with deep experience in Technical Services, Operations, Process Engineering, and Project Management besides leading various improvement programs.
  • Passionate about Operating Excellence Framework, Program Management, Operating Risk management, Process Safety, and sustainability initiatives covering New Energy Business
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Rafael Jabur Bittar

Rafael Jabur Bittar is VALE’s Technical Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer. He has 20 years of experience in engineering and mining. He joined the company in 2019 when he was appointed to run its Geotechnical Department, where he made some major improvements to its model for managing tailings and dams. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering and Geotechnics from the Mining School at Ouro Preto Federal University (Brazil) and MBAs from Getúlio Vargas Foundation and Dom Cabral Foundation (Brazil). During his career, he has worked in many positions in the areas...Read more

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2024 Offshore Technology Conference

May 6, 2024 to May 9, 2024
NRG Park, Houston, TX, USA
Since 1969, the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) has served as a central hub convening energy professionals from around the world to share ideas and innovations, discuss, debate, and build consensus around the most pressing topics facing the offshore energy sector.

2024 Management Division Service Award

Mark Swientoniewski

Mark Swientoniewski has 45 years of broad-based chemical and nuclear process design engineering experience. His experiences include project engineering, conceptual and detailed engineering design, process control and instrumentation design and troubleshooting, hazardous operations analysis, nuclear facility safety analysis, remedial investigation/feasibility studies (RI/FS), resource recovery and treatment technology design and operation, Superfund site investigations, innovative technology research and development, pilot-plant and laboratory design and operation, and analytical method...Read more

OTC Asia

February 27, 2024 to March 1, 2024
Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The biennial Offshore Technology Conference Asia (OTC Asia) is where energy professionals meet to exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters.

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