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We are one of the largest local sections of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Our section is located around the greater Houston area.
Who are we and what do we do? Check out the information on the About Us page. Click --> Here!.
The next STS-AIChE meeting will be held September 4, 2008. Until then, we will be on our regular summer hiatus. Return to this page around the middle of August for meeting information. Have a great summer!
For general information about our meetings, visit the Meetings page. For general workshop info, visit our Workshops page.
The 2008 Ship Channel Tour will be Saturday, May 31. For all details, visit the information page.
Members who signed up at the May 1 meeting have until the end of the day Monday May 4 to prepay using the shopping cart http://www.sts-aiche.org/zen-cart/. If they have not prepaid by COB Monday, their reservation is forfeited.
All others are now welcome to register and prepay using the online shopping cart. There are a limited number of reservations possible so sign up today! If the maximum number is reached, we will start a waiting list and contact you if there is a cancellation. To cancel a reservation, contact Dennis Griffith. Refer to the information page for his contact info.
Are you interested in obtaining an advanced degree? The University of Houston's Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering offers several masters level programs in the chemical engineering discipline tailored for the working professional. Many of the courses are taught in the later afternoon or evening and research projects can be conducted in the evening and weekends. Programs are available for a non-thesis Master of Chemical Engineering, thesis-based Master of Science, or course-based Master of Science. Visit the UofH website http://www.chee.uh.edu/UH_CHBE_Flyer_MN1.pdf for more details, and the site http://www.chee.uh.edu for information about the department.
A five-day short course "Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis" will be given by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston on May 12-16, 2008 (http://www.chee.uh.edu/course/catalysis/).
The course is designed to match the needs of industrial chemists and chemical engineers engaged in the practice of heterogeneous catalysis, either as beginners or individuals who are experienced in certain areas but wish to acquire an overview of the field. Although research methodology is included, the emphasis is on applications The course has been given fifty-nine times in Houston since 1971, fifteen times at various locations in Europe, and adapted many times for in-house courses at major companies, and many companies routinely use for training new personnel.
For more information and registration material, contact Professor James T. Richardson at jtr@uh.edu.
The March 2008 Meeting presentation on Cogeneration is available for download from our website. Get your copy now if you are interested. It is a 2.1-MB PDF file. To download, you may open it by clicking on -->this link<--, or right click on ->the link<- and select "Save Target As..." and save it directly to your hard drive. Viewing the file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer. Thank you to Tommy John for making this presentation available.
The Society of Women Engineers - Houston Area is proud to host the special historical exhibit "Petticoats and Slide Rules: SWE, A History of Women Engineers" during the first five months of 2008.
The exhibit pays tribute to trailblazers and pioneers, from before the "blue jeans" era to the present. The exhibit is an "interactive" history featuring materials from the SWE historical collection at the Reuther Library located at Wayne State University. Photos, videos, interviews and artifacts highlight over five decades of promoting equal opportunity for women in engineering, as well as inspirational stories of women who "paved the way" for future generations.
While the Petticoats and Slide Rules Exhibit is in Houston, a display which includes pictures and stories of local engineers will be included to highlight the reality and impact anyone and everyone can make.
For more details, view the current newsletter, or visit the SWE-Houston website.
Would you like a copy of the January 2008 Meeting presentation on Troubleshooting a Hydrogenation Catalyst Bed? The 193 KB (small) PDF file is available on our website. To download this file, you may open it by clicking on -->this link<--, or right click on ->the link<- and select "Save Target As..." and save it directly to your hard drive. Viewing the file requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer.
For a copy of the PE/PO workshop presentation on“The Seven Steps to Specifying a Hydrogenation Catalyst Bed”, please send the presenter Gary Gildert an email at grg@customcatalytic.com.
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