Each
semester the AIChE and TAPPI student chapters host a spring and fall picnic at
Robinson Lake Park. These are wonderful events where alumni, students, staff,
faculty and friends come together for a potluck BBQ, softball, volleyball, frisbee and relaxation. In addition,
AIChE advisor Dr Drown hosts the annual AIChE Christmas
Party at his house. In this picture Andrew Tong (BS 05) tends to the "mother of
all grills." The department has dubbed this grill "The Pac Man."
Each
spring the department competes in the annual
Waste-Management Environmental Research
Consortium design competition in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Over the past 15
years the UI teams have earned over 32 trophies, a traveling trophy and $56,000 in prize monies. Pictured here is the 2003 WERC team led by
advisors Dr. Woody Admassu and Dr. Dave Drown. The 2003 WERC team brought
home two 2nd-place trophies and $1500 in prize monies.
Chemical
engineering students have opportunities to compete in various local, regional and
national competitions including the AIChE Regional and National Conferences and
the UI-sponsored Engineering Design Expo. ChE students are judged on their
booth or poster exhibit and must give an oral presentation before a panel of
judges with backgrounds in chemical engineering. Here, freshman
DustyBerggren explains their Chem-E car project to a judge
at the 2005 Engineering Design Expo.
ChE
students also have the opportunity to demonstrate simple chemical engineering
experiments to K-12 summer engineering and science groups that come to the UI
campus. The College of Engineering sponsors a two-week summer Junior
Engineering, Mathematics and Science course (JEMS) for high school
students interested in science. In this picture Dr. Aaron Thomas
demonstrates how to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen to a high school
student.
ChE
students also travel to local schools to generate interest in chemical
engineering. Here, the Chem-E Hydrogen Car team show off their design
project to a local junior high. The students have also conducted
chemical engineering experiments geared towards a younger crowd at an area
pre-school.
Each
semester the AIChE and TAPPI student chapters host a spring and fall picnic at
Robinson Lake Park. These are wonderful events where alumni, students, staff,
faculty and friends come together for a potluck BBQ, softball, volleyball, frisbee and relaxation. In addition,
AIChE advisor Dr Drown hosts the annual AIChE Christmas
Party at his house. In this picture Andrew Tong (BS 05) tends to the "mother of
all grills." The department has dubbed this grill "The Pac Man." 
Each
spring the department competes in the annual
Chemical
engineering students have opportunities to compete in various local, regional and
national competitions including the AIChE Regional and National Conferences and
the UI-sponsored Engineering Design Expo. ChE students are judged on their
booth or poster exhibit and must give an oral presentation before a panel of
judges with backgrounds in chemical engineering. Here, freshman
Dusty Berggren explains their Chem-E car project to a judge
at the 2005 Engineering Design Expo.
ChE
students also have the opportunity to demonstrate simple chemical engineering
experiments to K-12 summer engineering and science groups that come to the UI
campus. The College of Engineering sponsors a two-week summer Junior
Engineering, Mathematics and Science course (JEMS) for high school
students interested in science. In this picture Dr. Aaron Thomas
demonstrates how to make ice cream using liquid nitrogen to a high school
student.
ChE
students also travel to local schools to generate interest in chemical
engineering. Here, the Chem-E Hydrogen Car team show off their design
project to a local junior high. The students have also conducted
chemical engineering experiments geared towards a younger crowd at an area
pre-school.