The 2019 AIChE Gala, “Doing a World of Good” recognized companies and their leaders for solving societal problems that benefit humanity through the safe and responsible practice of chemical engineering.
Funds raised supported women and/or underrepresented minorities to attend leadership development workshops and mentorship programs for students; provide students and Young Professionals with travel stipends to attend AIChE conferences; expand student participation and safety coordination at AIChE Chem-E-Car Competitions®.
Gala Press Release
2019 Gala Photos
2019 Gala Host Committee
AIChE is pleased to honor Merck for its innovation in developing therapies for the prevention and treatment of today’s most challenging diseases which affect people around the world, including cancer, cardio-metabolic diseases, and Alzheimer’s.
AIChE is pleased to honor Procter & Gamble’s achievements in sustainability— leadership in helping to reduce plastic waste, develop new technologies which make recycling and recovering plastics easier, and efforts to restrict the flow of plastics into the world’s oceans.
Doing a World of Good Medal
The Doing a World of Good Medal will be presented to Jay D. Keasling, Professor, University of California, Berkeley and Senior Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
The Doing a World of Good Medal honors positive societal achievements...
Bruce Chinn was the president and chief executive officer of Chevron Phillips Chemical, a global petrochemical joint venture.
Kathy Fish leads P&G’s global innovation program and strategy, its nearly $2 billion annual investment in Research & Development (R&D), and its end-to-end packaging transformation.
Dr. Anne Roby is Executive Vice President. Dr. Roby previously served as Praxair’s senior vice president, responsible for Global Supply Systems, R&D, Global Operations Excellence, Global Procurement, Global Strategic Sales, Sustainability, and Safety, Health and Environment.
Dr. Thien has worked in new product and process development at Merck for over 30 years. After receiving his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Caltech (1982), an Sc.D. from MIT in biochemical engineering (1988) and a post doc at the Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Mike joined the...
