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Organized around the theme “Inspiring the Power of Good,” the 2024 Gala took place last month in New York City.

Share this opportunity on social media so that students pursuing a STEM degree at and HBCU will have a chance to earn this scholarship.

Learn about these FOSSI scholars' plans for college and what they hope to do with their STEM degrees after graduation.

Explore these opportunities to share chemical engineering with K-12 students at the upcoming Annual Meeting and Annual Student Conference in San Diego.

Meet these FOSSI scholars whose scholarships are allowing them to pursue STEM degrees at North Carolina A&T State University, Tuskegee University, and Prairie View A&M University.

Yin is being recognized for his service to society exhibited through leadership, championing AIChE diversity groups, and leading student STEM outreach in his local community.

Meet these FOSSI scholars who are all working towards a degree in chemical engineering.

Understand the term environmental justice (EJ), its legal implications and impacts on operations, design, siting, business strategies, and project implementation.

Another 150 new FOSSI scholars were recently welcomed into the FOSSI family before heading off to college to earn STEM degrees.

Chemical engineers often work in remote and uninspiring business and industrial parks, but some architects and designers are re-imagining how these spaces can actually contribute to job satisfaction.

Meet these FOSSI scholars who are working on STEM degrees at Florida A&M University, Morgan State University, and North Carolina A&T State University.

Under the theme of “Inspiring the Power of Good,” the 2024 AIChE Gala will honor exemplary industry leaders at the New York City Pierre Hotel in December.

Meet Saurabh Rastogi who discusses his experience as an LGBTQ+ ChemE professional and PhD candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Come celebrate 2024 Pride at this virtual event that will feature a panel discussion on creating an LGBTQ+ friendly workplace. 

Meet these FOSSI scholars who are working on STEM degrees at Delaware State Univ., North Carolina A&T State Univ., Spelman College, and Univ. of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Graff brings to the role more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in the energy, chemicals, polymers, and industrial gas industries.

Get to know more about these FOSSI scholars who are pursuing STEM degrees at Howard University, Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, and Tuskegee University.

Check out these ways to celebrate Earth Day 2024 through your AIChE membership and other opportunities.

FOSSI Scholars Carol Akpan and Liyah Wilson joined program sponsors and prospective supporters for a roundtable discussion at the AIChE Spring Meeting in New Orleans.

In its relaunch for 2024, the AIChE Chemical Engineering for Good Challenge (ACE4G) will again award cash prizes for winning submissions from chemical engineering students.

AIChE looks back at the chemical engineering career of Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau and at some of the women who have followed in her footsteps.

Learn about upcoming events for women in chemical engineering, and read about some of the women pioneers in the field.

Take pride in the important work that engineers do, and celebrate World Engineer Day by supporting the chemical engineering profession both today and tomorrow.

Open up the world of engineering for a girl in your life through one of these opportunities.

Engineers Week 2024 (February 18–24) is a time to celebrate the important work of engineers and to inspire the next generation of innovators.

Take a moment to consider women’s role in science throughout history, and learn how you can get involved to help promote women’s success in STEM careers.

Join us in celebrating Black History Month with a look at the history of AIChE’s Minority Affairs Committee (MAC) and interviews featuring its prominent leaders and advocates.

If you know a student planning to attend an HBCU next year, this STEM scholarship could change their life.

Learn about the complex science behind making ice cream in this video, and check out the accompanying lesson plan that was created for high school and college classrooms.

Meet these FOSSI Scholars who are pursuing STEM degrees at Delaware State University, Florida A&M University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Tuskegee University.

On November 5th around 100 attendees, including K–12 students, their parents, and educators gathered at the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting to participate in the K–12 STEM Showcase.

Check out the many upcoming events taking place to build and support the many communities that exist within AIChE and the chemical engineering profession.

Hear how this year’s IDEAL Featured Session can benefit the greater chemical engineering community and find out why it’s important for you to join us at the session in Orlando.

Learn about Mariah’s experiences as a disabled person in the workplace and find out more about her chemical engineering background and her advocacy work.

Meet these scholars who plan to improve the world with the STEM degrees they will earn at Prairie View A&M University, Spelman College, and North Carolina A&T State University.

LatinX in Chemical Engineering is finalizing programming for the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting and warmly welcomes its varied members to join in and meet the rest of the family in Orlando this fall.

The NumberUp Innovation program introduces K–12 students to advanced manufacturing engineering education and careers in multidisciplinary design and manufacturing environments.

The FOSSI program celebrates its new class of 132 FOSSI scholars, who are from 26 states and will be attending 26 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) this fall. See video.

Meet these FOSSI Scholars who are using their STEM scholarships to attend Hampton University, Morehouse College, and Norfolk State University.

Learn about the origins of Disability Pride Month and find out how you can get involved.

Learn about Becky’s career as Global Commercial Leader for Engineered to Order Systems for Air Products’ Membrane Solutions and about her experiences as an out LGBTQ+ chemical engineer.

Hear about a typical workday, interests, and more from Alyssa Grube, a graduate research and teaching assistant at the PSE Bavarian Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Celebrate Pride Month, connect with others in the community, and learn what initiatives are available at AIChE for LGBTQ+ members and allies.

Arriving in the US at the age of 19 with little English, this young Latina relied on determination and hard work to earn a PhD in chemical engineering at Yale.

Meet these FOSSI graduates and learn about their plans for STEM degrees at HBCUs, and the career plans beyond.

Looking for ways you can help protect the planet as a chemical engineer for Earth Day 2023? Here are five ways that will have lasting effect.

Meet these FOSSI Scholars who are pursuing STEM degrees at Tuskegee University, North Carolina A&T State University, and Morehouse College.

Meet some of the women who are just getting started in their careers but are already reimagining and redefining aspects of the chemical engineering profession.

Learn what you can do as part of AIChE and at the upcoming Spring Meeting and GCPS in Houston to help women advance in chemical engineering.

Learn about these FOSSI scholars who have begun working on STEM degrees at Howard Univ., the Univ. of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Florida A&M, and Alabama A&M.

Learn how two chemical engineers who met in the skincare industry decided to go out on their own to form their own skincare company based on hard science.

MAC's work to include underrepresented groups in chemical engineering dates to the 1960s. Check out its major milestones and progress, from inception to 2023.