2024 AIChE Annual Conference summary

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Fifteen CBEE students attended the 2024 AIChE Annual Student Conference in San Diego, CA from October 25, 2024 to October 28, 2024.

The students presented research and / or completed in chemical engineering related events.

AIChE's student chapter and the ChemE Jeopardy, K-12 Outreach Competition and ChemE Car teams are student led and student organized. CBEE faculty mentors, Drs. Neha Raikar and Mariajosé Castellanos advise and coach the groups thoughout the year.

We want to recognize the participation and success of our student at the national conference!

ChemE Jeopardy - 3rd place, National Competition

Our team reached the finals, marking our presence in the finals every year since 2020. We finished in third place in an exceptionally close competition where only a small margin separated the top teams.

Team members in alphabetical order :

Colin Jones (Team Captain)

Joshua Lewis

Pavan Umashankar

Jonathan Wu

Read more about the success of past UMBC AIChE Jeopardy teams

K-12 Outreach Competition

Top 9 -12 module for the "Chilly Chameleon Heat Exchanger"

Our team won the top judges' award in the high-school category, marking the second consecutive year we have secured an award in this competition since we began participating.

Team members in alphabetical order :

Daniel Miranda

Jemma Przybocki

Meredith Morse

ChemE Car Competition

UMBC placed 26 of 51 cars for a target distance of 26.62 m.

UMBC's car successfully ran in both attempts, competing strongly in a challenging field. The winning car from Cornell University stopped only 12.4 cm from the target.

Team members in alphabetical order :

Afrah Ahmed

Jacob Craft

Michael Dinan

David Ni

Ben Welling (Team Captain)

AIChE Best Student Chapter Award

UMBC's AIChE Student Chapter received one of the Best Student Chapter Awards for the second consecutive year.

Student Awards

Donald F. & Mildred Topp Othmer Scholarship Award

Pavan Umashankar was recognized as one of the recipients of this distinguished award. A special acknowledgment to Dr. Mariajosé Castellanos for coordinating the nomination process. Coincidentally, Dr. Castellanos had received the same award as an undergraduate student.

Student Poster Presentation Award

Meredith Morse receive thir place in the student poster session in the Food, Pharmaceutical, and Biotechnology division. Research Advisor: Dr. Mark Marten

Students who attended from U-RISE and presented posters

Evalynn Ellison

Elias Gilotte