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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.

Key Practical Challenges of a Rapid Energy Transition

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, November 20, 2024,
8:00am to 9:00am
EST
A rapid transition to low carbon energy has numerous practical challenges due to massive and rapid changes. However, many important challenges are being overlooked or dismissed, which could...

2024 Student Internship and Co-op Competition

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, October 23, 2024,
8:00pm to 9:00pm
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,...

True Blue: A brief chemical history of blue pigments and dyes through the ages

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, September 25, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
This webinar provides an overview of the chemistry and history of natural and synthetic sources of inorganic and organic blue pigments through the ages highlighting pigments with interesting back-...

Enabling the Decarbonization and Circularity of the Chemical Industry through Process Technology Development and Scale-Up

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, August 28, 2024,
9:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
This webinar explored how the concepts of industrial decarbonization and circularity are connected in the context of the modern chemical industry. The RAPID Manufacturing Institute, a public/private...

Fantastic Voyage of Nanobots

Archived Webinar
Wednesday, July 24, 2024,
8:00pm to 9:00pm
EDT
One of the more interesting recent discoveries has been the ability to design nano/microparticles, including molecules, which catalytically harness the chemical energy in their environment to move...

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,...

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