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Webinars

Many Virtual Local Section (VLS) events are recorded and published on AIChE's Academy platform. These recordings can be viewed at your convenience. Recent recordings of VLS events are listed below.

CSB Investigation of the Wacker Polysilicon Fatal HCl Release

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, June 26, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
On November 13, 2020, a graphite heat exchanger cracked during maintenance activities, releasing gaseous hydrogen chloride (HCl) at the Wacker Polysilicon North America facility in Charleston,...

Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy. Where are we going?

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, April 24, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
This webinar starts from the basics of wind energy and wind turbine design, then looks at the important features of onshore and offshore wind farms and wind energy in grid systems. Abstract: The...

Critical Minerals - Holding the Green Transition Hostage

Critical Minerals - Holding the Green Transition Hostage
Archived Webinar
Wednesday, March 27, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Recently, there are more projections for electric vehicles, wind and solar, a stronger grid, and the mandates at many levels of government to implement these resources. Unfortunately, some of the...

The Uphill Climb to Address PFAS Contamination

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, February 28, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EST
Stephanie Schlea will give an overview of the federal efforts to address PFAS contamination with a focus on EPA’s upcoming national primary drinking water regulation for six PFAS. Insights will be...

2023 VLS Student Internship and Co-op Competition

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, October 25, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Join us for our annual student internship/co-op competition where chemical engineering students share their experience, practice presentation skills, and win great awards! During this presentation,...

Language is the Future of Chemistry

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, September 27, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Large language models (LLMs) are beginning a new era of chemistry, where LLMs can connect and reason about experiments, tools, and databases to accomplish open-ended tasks in chemistry. This is...

How to Commercialize Innovative Ideas

How to Commercialize Innovative Ideas
Archived Webinar
Wednesday, August 23, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Learn how to commercialize your innovative ideas from Christina Lomansney, a physicist with a deep background in materials science and electrochemistry.

Creating a Sustainable Lifecycle for Chemical Manufacturing Plants

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, July 26, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
As the process industries reassess their operations, most process units, trains, and sites that have been or will be idled can still be assets rather than liabilities. They are an opportunity to take...

LA100 Roadmap: LA’s Path to 100% Carbon Free Energy by 2035

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, June 28, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
In 2021, the LA City Council passed a motion instructing LADWP to develop a plan for achieving 100% carbon free energy by 2035. In order to provide reliable, carbon free electricity for a city with...

Engineering Ethics: Challenges for Innovation and Society

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, April 26, 2023,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
Engineering Ethics: Challenges for Innovation and Society Presented by Sujata K. Bhatia How do engineering innovations change the nature of humanity and life on Earth? How can engineers prepare...

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