A Message From 2025 AIChE President Joseph D. Smith: It’s Great to be a Chemical Engineer in 2025
▲ Joseph D. Smith
Welcome to another new year. We live in an amazing time where space travel has become routine, fusion reactors are more than a dream, and new biomedical technologies are improving our quality of life. It’s great to be a chemical engineer in 2025. I am excited to lead AIChE as its President during the coming year.
The theme of the AIChE Foundation’s recent Gala (see article, p. 55) was “inspiring the power of good.” We can achieve this by cultivating and engaging a fully inclusive workforce, built by the diverse and talented professionals who are playing key roles in addressing today’s global challenges — such as energy poverty and climate change. AIChE’s IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism, Learning) principles enable us to attract and retain the best and brightest within the chemical engineering profession. “Inspiring the power of good” empowers us to build and navigate our future.
Following are a few reflections for the year ahead.
Remembering the past, building the future
Contributions that AIChE and our profession have made in the field of process engineering are another example...
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