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ChemE’s Set Winning Streak
By Heather Bouse Once a year, all of Mississippi State University’s engineering majors come together to compete in E-Week (Engineering Week) to win the title of “Best Engineering Major.” E-Week is an event hosted by the Engineering Student Council that consists of a variety of competitions ranging from playing dodgeball to solving virtual reality puzzles…
Girl Scout Engineering Day 2018
By: Rhiannon Davidson Currently, women hold only 24% of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)-related jobs1. To help balance these areas, the MSU chapter of AIChE holds an annual Girl Scouts Engineering Day. AIChE hopes that by exploring various STEM disciplines, young girls will be encouraged to pursue STEM-related degrees in the future. On January 27,…
Engineers Engaged in E-Week
By: Heather Bouse Every year for a full school week, students from every engineering major come together to compete in friendly competition. Including a variety of events from social media contests, to dodge ball games, to fun engineering challenges, E-Week hosts activities for everyone to enjoy. E-week is not just a Mississippi State event but is…
Ready… Set… Chem-E-Car
Amy Schemitsch and Heather Bouse After eleven years, the Chem-E-Car team is back and ready to win. Chem-E-Car is an annual competition that takes place in the spring during the Regional AIChE Conference. Competing universities each design and construct a small car around the size of a shoebox that is powered by a chemical energy…
AIChE Gets Spooky
By: Chasity Barber October 26, 2017 On Thursday, October 26, 2017 Mississippi State University hosted a Fall Festival. This festival gave organizations on campus the opportunity to interact with those in the surrounding community. There were many activities that parents and children could participate in together. Mississippi State’s chapter of The American Institute of Chemical…
Chemical and Petroleum Engineering: Growth Continues
Peyton Johnson With the 2017-2018 school year in full swing, the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering is continuing to display growing numbers in undergraduate enrollment and graduates. From 2016 to 2017, the number of enrollees and graduating seniors have increased in both chemical and petroleum engineering, as well as a growing faculty. In the fall…
The Memorial Fundraiser
By: Megan McNerny The Memorial Fundraiser in honor of Dr. Rebecca Toghiani was held on October 31st from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the Drill Field. AIChE raised over $370 to fund a plaque in memory of the late professor. A majority of the baked goods were sold, but the best seller was hot…
Faculty Interview/Bio: Dr. Dong Meng
By: Cindy Ly Professor Dong Meng is a seasoned Chemical Engineer who joined the MSU family as an Assistant Professor in 2015. His research and programming experience are supported by the papers he has had published such as Crazing of Nanocomposites with Polymer-Tethered Nanoparticles and Reentrant Equilibrium Disordering in Nanoparticle–Polymer Mixtures (a link to the…
Dr. Rebecca Toghiani Memorial Fundraiser
On Tuesday October 31st, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m, AIChE will be holding a fundraiser on the Drill Field. Coffee, cupcakes, muffins, and other tasty baked goods will be sold! The proceeds will go to a commemorative plaque in memory of the late Dr. R. Come out, support Mississippi State’s AIChE, and enjoy some…
AIChE Service Projects
By: Rhiannon Davidson AIChE members pride themselves in their service to the community. During the 2016 – 2017 school year, 108 AIChE members volunteered 852 total hours of their time to help those around them. One community service opportunity AIChE participates in every year is Habitat for Humanity. On August 20, 2016, twelve AIChE members helped…