Benefits of AIChE Membership
Joining the national organization yields many benefits:
- Access to the Knovel library, which contains properties and other technical data
- A discount on technical publications and books
- Technical conferences
- Career advancement and support, including a resume database and a job search engine
- An annual subscription to Chemical Engineering Progress
- The Member Directory
- Members-only insurance plans, including life, health, dental, auto, and home
- Special financial products and services, such as group insurance, small business and personal financial benefits
- UPS discounts
- Car rental discounts from Hertz or Avis
Plus, there are even more advantages to joining the Chicago Section:
- Provides opportunities to enhance communication / leadership skills
- By presenting / participating at monthly meetings / technical seminars
- Opportunities to network with other chemical engineers outside of work
- Opportunity to grow / practice leadership skills in non-threatening, low-risk environment
- Young professionals Group – informal networking, special technical programs
- Non-technical seminars
- Focusing on business, career, communication skills, etc.
- Student outreach programs
- Representing chemical engineers for career days / class room visits for grades K – 12.
- Making presentations at university student chapter meetings
- Reviewing student resumes / performing mock interviews
- Annual Student poster contest & awards programs
- Participation in regional student conferences
- Enhance technical skills by attending different functions
- AIChE Symposiums (usually one per year)
- Past Symposiums included the following topics
- Process Intensification
- Nanotechnology
- Refining
- Past Symposiums included the following topics
- Monthly Meetings – focus on a particular topic
- Past meetings topics were the following
- Environmental issues
- Energy
- Facility tours
- Attendance earns professional development hours for PE
- Joint Meetings with other professional societies
- Past meetings topics were the following
- AIChE National short courses can be hosted here in Chicago
- AIChE National Meetings
- Recognition of Technical Achievements
- AIChE Symposiums (usually one per year)
To join AIChE, visit the AIChE National Website at http://www.aiche.org/. If you are a National AIChE members and would like to join the local section, send the appropriate information listed below (personal or corporate) to our membership chair:
UOP LLC
25 E. Algonquin Road
Des Plaines, IL 60017-5017
Attention: Adam Kanyuh - Senior Process Engineer
Phone: (847) 391-2061
Fax: (847) 391-2253
Adam.Kanyuh@uop.com
http://www.uop.com
If enclosing a check, please make payable to "AIChE Chicago Section."
Membership Form
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