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Autumn Activities '01
OSU
Homecoming Parade, October 13th
The
Annual Homecoming Parade is one of Ohio State University's biggest
traditions. This year, the Homecoming Parade will take place on Saturday,
October 13th at 10:00am. The theme will be "There's no place like
Homecoming...", which shows how proud we are to be buckeyes. The parade route
will begin on Neil and Woodruff going east to High Street - then go South
past The Wexner Center for the Arts and the Ohio Union. High Street is a
perfect location to enjoy all the entries in the parade. This year AIChE
is planning on being part of the parade, so if you are interested in
helping build our AIChE float please contact Jennifer Adams our Vice
President for all the details.
AIChE
National Conference, Nov. 3rd - 5th
 This year the
AIChE annual student conference will be held on November 3rd - 5th in the
Reno Hilton in Reno, Nevada. The event will be hosted by the University
of Nevada, Reno, & Oregon State University AIChE Student Chapters.
Highlights of this event include the Chem-E-Car
Competition, Student Poster Paper Competition, and the National
Student Paper Competition. Registration fees for AIChE members start
at $35 and $65 for non-members. Also our Chemical Engineering Department
has generously offered to cover part of the cost of this trip. Please
contact Nihar Patel our treasurer to sign up.
 Scarlet and Grey
Tailgates
This
Fall AIChE would like to invite you to its annual Scarlet and Gray
Tailgates. So students, staff, faculty and alumni come and cheer on your
Buckeyes as the crush the Big Ten Conference. The tailgates will be held
in our faithful Koffolt Building, by the red door on Woodruff Avenue.
Please check our calendar
to find out the more about the tailgates.
Industry
Meetings
Cargill,
Dupont, P&G, and Dow Chemical are just some of the big names of
companies that will hold info sessions with AIChE. So if your interested
in finding out about whether a company is for you or not, then come along
and listen to what these company reps have to say over some pizza and
pop. Please check the calendar
frequently to get the latest updates on company info sessions.
Fall
Intramurals
AIChE
will be sponsoring two teams for this fall, the first team will be an all
men's flag football team, and the second will be a coed sand volleyball
team. To sign up for these teams please contact our intramural coordinator
Andy Loth. Also our
service project for this quarter will be to try and raise as many
volunteers for the "Beat Michigan Blood Drive". To sign
up please email Christine
Reinhold.
Winter Activities '02
AIChE
Regional Conference Feb. 7th - 9th
This
year our Regional AIChE conference will be held in at at our hated rivals
lair, U of M. The conference main highlight will be the Chem-E Car race
where we our Chem-E Car Team will be trying there new Aluminum Fuel Cell
Car developed right here in our own building. The rest of the conference
itinerary seem rather bland, no surprise their, but I promise that our
buckeye spirit will surely spice up the event. To sign up for this event
please contact our treasurer Nihar Patel.
National
Engineers Week Feb. 17th - 23rd
 National Engineers
Week is an annual tradition which is celebrated by thousands. Our theme
for this will be "introduce a child to engineering". Our
two main projects will be OSU Science Day and The Pringles Mailing
Competition. Details about OSU Science Day can be found in the next
activity description. The Pringles Mailing Competition is mainly a
competition between a few local elementary schools that hopes to charge
up the interest of children in engineering. Further information about
this event please contact our president Samer Cheblak.
 OSU Science Day
OSU
Science Day is our most important philanthropy project of the year. Each
year we invite a selected number of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to our
Chemical Engineering Building. Where they participate in a one day
workshop to earn their Engineering Merit Badge and their Chemistry Merit
Badge. The day is filled with interactive experiments, lab tours, and
learning sessions that aim to spark these young students interest in the
world of Engineering. To find out more information about this event
please contact the event coordinator and our philanthropy chair Christine Reinhold.
 Structuring your
Job Search (AIChE Workshop)
AIChE
would like to invite you to attend it annual career workshop. Our host
speaker is the Director of Career Services at the college of Engineering
Mrs. Rosemary Hill. The Workshop will be focused towards chemical
engineers and is a great chance for you to get a head start on getting a
job. Note Sophomores and Juniors this workshop is directed mainly towards
you.
Grad
School Talk (AIChE Workshop)
Ever
asked yourself the Question. Is Grad school or Industry better for me??
Well here's something that might help, Dr. Rathman our distinguished
Associate Professor can give you an inside look. He has both experienced
an industrial job and is currently a professor. So come along and feel
free to ask him all the questions you can think of. Like do we really
need to know what fugacity is??
Winter
Intramurals
Its
winter again, and that means Basketball Intramurals. AIChE is sponsoring
an all men's team in Basketball, and a coed team in Basketball. Thanks to
our New Intramural Coordinator Andy Loth who is captain of both teams. So
if your ready to show your skills on the court contact Andy Loth for further
information.
Spring Activities '02
 Student Awards
Night AIChE-COS April 9th
The
annual awards will be presented to the most outstanding chemical
engineering student of Ohio University and The Ohio State University. The
OSU award will be presented to Rick Wentling. Rick is our current Events
Coordinator, and is also the president of Chem-E Car team. The Chem-E Car
team has been a great source of pride for our chapter in their first year
only the team has come in 4th place in the regional competition and
places 6th in the national competition. Congratulations Rick.
 Ohio Science
Olympiad April 20th
AIChE annually
judges the experimental design competition in The Ohio Science
Olympiad. The Science Olympiad created in 1983 hosts a series of
individual and team events that are academic interscholastic
competitions. The goal is to improve the quality of science education,
and increase student interest in science. The AIChE Science Olympiad
Coordinator is Jennifer
Adams. Please contact her to volunteer for this event.
 Engineers
Week April 22nd - 26th
Engineers’ Week, an event
sponsered by E-council is held in the spring, it is celebrated annually
by engineering students, staff, faculty, and businesses. E-week
gives students a chance to get together and display some of their
engineering skills as they compete against their classmates. This year
AIChE is proud to be sponsoring three events, first a Blood Drive with
American Red Cross, second a Pringles mailing competition, and finally a
DVD player Raffle. For further information about this years events please
check out our E-week
page, and also please don't forget to visit Engineers Council E-week page.
 State Science
Fair May 10th - 11th
State Science Day is the pinnacle
of student originated, inquiry-based science education for Ohio's
students. The academic equivalent of a State athletic championship, and
is sponsered by the The Ohio Academy Of Science. AIChE is looking for
volunteers to help with judging this event and make departmental
presentations. The Coordinator for this event is Christine Reinhold.
Please contact her to sign up.
 Get on the Ball May 18th
Get on
the Ball! is a sand volleyball tournament sponsored by Chimes Junior
Class Honorary. With all proceeds benefiting Big Brothers and Big Sisters
of Greater Columbus! Last year, Get on the Ball! raised over $1500 for
Special Olympics of Ohio. This year, they have expanded the tournament
from 32 to 64 teams, in the hopes of doubling the charity contribution.
AIChE is sponsoring one team of six players so if your interested please
email our treasurer Nihar
Patel.
 Spring Picnic June
7th
The
spring picnic is a dynamic event which honors graduating seniors, and
involves the faculty, staff, students, and industry. Come and join us for
for some softball, sand volleyball, basketball, and some great food.
Location and time TBA. (Spring
Picnic 2001 Pictures)
Senior
Banquet June 13th
The
2002 undergraduate chemical engineering student’s senior banquet will be
held at Villa Milano on June 13
of 2002. The banquet is intended to honor the graduation of
students graduating spring, summer, autumn of 2002, and winter of 2003.
All chemical engineering students, faculty, staff, family and friends are
welcome to attend. Senior Banquet Info.
Spring
Intramurals
AIChE
will be sponsoring three teams that are competing in soccer, softball,
and sand volleyball. The soccer team is an all men's team and the team
captain is Nathan
Clevenger. The Softball team is coed and the team captain is Rick Wentling.
Finally the Sand Volleyball team is also coed and the team captain is Andy Loth. So if
your ready to get out of the computer labs and into the sun, join up for
one of these teams. And if your a professional, great, or if you have no
skill at all, just pretend you do and play. Contact Andy Loth regarding the
details. For all the details or to sign up please check out our new Intramurals
page.
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