Volunteer Opportunities
AIChE is currently seeking faculty, graduate student, and professional volunteers to help with a few different events taking place during this year’s Annual Student Conference in San Diego, CA, October 25 – 28, 2024.
Note: AIChE is not able to provide funding, travel/hotel reimbursement, complimentary registration, etc. in exchange for participation in these volunteer activities.
Thank you for your continued support of AIChE’s student programs! We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!
On-site Volunteer Opportunities:
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Opportunity Name |
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Time (All times in Eastern Time ) |
Who should sign up |
Signup Link |
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Mock Interviews |
Help Annual Student Conference attendees practice their interviewing skills. Interviews are structured into 20 minute appointments, with 15 minutes for interviews and 5 minutes for interviewers to provide feedback to the student at the end of the session. |
Friday, October 25, 2024 |
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Professional ChemEs in academia and industry with a background in interviewing entry-level candidates |
Need link |
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Chem-E-Car Safety Inspection & Poster Competition |
Safety Judges will be divided into teams and will receive a Safety Review Form, which will prompt questions to ask each Chem-E-Car Team about the potential safety hazards of their design. Poster Competition Judges will receive a poster competition rubric, which will prompt questions to ask each Chem-E-Car Team about the design. |
Saturday, October 26, 2024 |
3:05 PM - 6:05 PM |
Open to all ChemEs, especially those with an interest in process safety |
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Chem-E-Car Competition Performance Competition Volunteer |
Volunteers will help with:
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Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
9:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Open to all ChemEs, especially those with an interest in process safety |
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K-12 STEM Showcase & Outreach Competition Volunteer – various opportunities |
Various K-12 Opportunities AIChE K-12 STEM Outreach Competition Judge Help to judge the finalists. 16 teams comprised of AIChE members will showcase their STEM modules/demos to an audience of 100-200 K-12 students, but before they do, official judges will score their modules on a number of criteria including feasibility (mobility, accessibility, & cost), interactivity, and safety.
K-12 STEM Showcase Lunch & Learn Volunteer During the event, K–12 students, along with their parents and educators, will receive an introduction to STEM and insight into a few different STEM career paths, interact with STEM experiments being led by teams of AIChE members, and learn more about Chemical Engineering over lunch with real life ChemEs. Help us make the Lunch & Learn happen by signing up to teach a small group of future STEM professionals about Chemical Engineering over lunch.
K-12 STEM Showcase Volunteer (Other) Additional volunteers are needed throughout the day to make the AIChE K-12 STEM Showcase a success.
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Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
Various timeslots throughout the day, 6:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students, and professionals |
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Speed Mentoring Session |
The purpose of this event is to give undergraduate students insight into different career paths. We are looking for fellow volunteers to meet with groups of students, in 15 minute segments in the afternoon. Volunteers must be attending ASC in person. Some of the career paths we are considering, at all levels of company sizes, including startups are: • Oil/Gas • National Labs • Pharmaceuticals • Food • Academia • Specialty Chemicals • Commodity Chemicals • Consulting • Environmental |
Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM |
Open to all ChemEs professional ChemEs |
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ChemE Cube - Pitch Judge/Mock Investor, Safety Judges |
Judges/Mock Investors will review a 10-minute live presentation by each team with a 10-minute Q&A session. Judges will critique each team based on the questions presented in the rubric. Safety Judges will be divided into teams and will receive a Safety Review Form, which will prompt questions to ask each Chem-E-Car Team about the potential safety hazards of their design. |
Sunday, October 27, 2024 |
Various timeslots throughout the day, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
Volunteers should hold at least a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related disciplines. Interest/experience in process safety is helpful, but not required. |
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ChemE Cube - Duel Judges, Poster Judges, General Volunteers |
Duel Judges will calculate the total points earned by each team in each head-to-head duel using the provided rubric. Duel Judges must work with Cube Output Analysts to process their data to accurately award points to each team. Poster Judges will review team poster presentations using the provided rubric. General Volunteers will help with:
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Monday, October 28, 2024 |
Various timeslots throughout the day, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM |
Volunteers should hold at least a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related disciplines. Interest/experience in process safety is helpful, but not required. |
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Undergraduate Student Poster Competition Judge |
The Undergraduate Student Poster Competition has become a highlight of the AIChE Annual Student Conference, and with more than 400 students presenting and over 100 judges, it is the biggest forum for Chemical Engineering undergraduates to present their activity to the professional community at large.
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Monday, October 28, 2024 |
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Faculty members, graduate students, and professionals |
