This November, the latest in chemical engineering research and innovation will be on display as chemical engineers and allied professionals gather for the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting, Nov. 5–10 in Orlando, FL. The associated Annual Student Conference takes place Nov. 3–6.
Organized around the theme “Leading the Way to a Sustainable Future,” the meeting’s 700+ technical sessions will showcase the roles that chemical engineers are playing as the profession confronts emerging challenges in energy, decarbonization, sustainable manufacturing, and more. The technical program will be supplemented by keynote lectures, panel discussions, exhibits, poster sessions, and ample opportunities for networking.
Reduced conference registration rates are in effect until Sept. 11. Meeting registrants at the professional conference receive permanent online access to the meeting proceedings.
Details about the Annual Meeting’s technical program will appear online and in the October issue of CEP. Visit www.aiche.org/annual for the latest program information and registration instructions.
Special events
Kicking off the conference on Monday, Nov. 6, and underscoring one of the meeting’s main themes, will be a panel discussion dedicated to “Sustainability and the Circular Economy.” Another panel will engage in “A Conversation on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion,” in which AIChE community leaders and members will discuss the values at the core of AIChE’s IDEAL path — characterized by inclusion, diversity, equity, antiracism, and learning — for a stronger future workforce.
▲ Prausnitz
The John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecture (Nov. 8) is named for the pioneer of chemical-engineering-oriented molecular thermodynamics. The 75th Institute Lecture will be presented by Mark R. Prausnitz, Regents’ Professor, Regents’ Entrepreneur, and the J. Erskine Love, Jr., Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In his lecture, Prausnitz will discuss his research in biomedical microtechnologies that can selectively cross tissue barriers to improve drug delivery, among other medical applications.
▲ Segalman
The Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering Lecture (Nov. 7) will be presented by the 2022 award recipient, Rachel A. Segalman, the Edward Noble Kramer Professor of Materials and the Warren G. and Katherine S. Schlinger Chair of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. Segalman will discuss her research team’s work on superionic conductivity for use in lithium-ion batteries and other applications.
▲ Stephanopoulos
The AIChE Society for Biological Engineering’s (SBE) James E. Bailey Award Lecture (Nov. 7) is named for biotechnology pioneer Jay Bailey. The 2023 Bailey Award lecture will be given by Gregory Stephanopoulos, the Willard Henry Dow Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Stephanopoulos’s lecture is entitled “Can Biotechnology Deliver Cost Effective Fuels with a Reduced Carbon Footprint?”
▲ Zhao
Also on Nov. 7, the SBE presents its Daniel I. C. Wang Award for Excellence in Biochemical Engineering. An associated lecture will be given by the Wang Award recipient Huimin Zhao, the Steven L. Miller Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Zhao’s lecture will explore the new era of synthetic biology.
▲ Stebe
The William R. Schowalter Lecture (Nov. 8) is named for fluid mechanics pioneer William Schowalter, and focuses in alternating years on topics in fluid mechanics and topics of general interest to the profession. The 2023 Schowalter lecturer is Kathleen J. Stebe, the Goodwin Professor of Applied Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. Stebe’s lecture is entitled “Active Surface Agents: Active Colloids at Fluid-Fluid Interfaces.” (See story, p. 57.)
▲ Keung
Among the other featured events is the presentation of the Langer Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence, which highlights a lecture by this year’s recipient, Albert Keung, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State Univ.
Additional Annual Meeting program highlights, as well as details about the technical program, will be announced online and in the next issue of CEP.
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