The 2024 ChemE Cube competition powered by RAPID | ExxonMobil will encourage undergraduate students to use chemical engineering principles to combat the rise of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. This year’s competition once again tasks students with creating a direct air capture plant in a tiny footprint, but with a twist.
What is ChemE Cube? ChemE Cube is an annual competition where undergraduate student teams design and build a one-cubic-foot plant to meet technical criteria defined in a problem statement. In the ChemE Cube competition, hosted by the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, teams test their cubes in head-to-head duels and promote their technology through a one-minute video, poster, and 20-min “Shark Tank”-style pitch to a panel of mock investors. The competition encourages students to think about product development holistically, from process design to economic viability and marketability. Teams are encouraged to gather a diverse group of students from a range of disciplines to generate more imaginative ideas for best approaching the problem statement.
ChemE Cube was launched at the 2021 AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. The first two competitions focused on modular on-demand water purification (1), while the 2023 competition introduced the direct air...
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