STUDENT NEWS
Success at the Virtual AIChE Annual Meeting
Award photo from the 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando.
The 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) was held virtually on Nov. 1620. The virtual format didn’t stop UF students and faculty from participating and receiving many notable awards. The UF AIChE Student Chapter received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award, for the 4th year in a row. The award is presented annually to student chapters that show an exceptional level of participation, enthusiasm, program quality, professionalism, and involvement in the university and community. “I am so honored to be the advisor to our amazing UF ChE engineering students!” said Sindia RiveraJimenez, Ph.D., Instructional Assistant Professor and AIChE Chapter Adviser. At the virtual AIChE Annual Meeting, the chapter also won the K-12 Module Competition with their Module Saving Lives with Centrifugation. In the module, UF AIChE partnered with A Reason to Give to prepare lunches for the homeless. 20 UF | DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
students demonstrated the process and physics behind centrifugation in the context of blood processing. The goal was to ensure that all students understand what happens during and after donating blood in order to demonstrate its importance and to promote blood donations. Caroline Hamric won 2nd place in her division at the AIChE annual student conference poster presentation. Caroline is a University Scholar student and is mentored by Whitney L. Stoppel, Ph.D. Caroline Hamric
Sean Kochanowsky
Zachary Lambert
Sean Kochanowsky received the Freshman Recognition Award. This distinguished and well-deserved award is presented to one AIChE student member in each student chapter who has been the most active in their student chapter during his or her freshman year. Zachary Lambert received the Donald F. Othmer Sophomore Academic Excellence Award. This distinguished award is presented to one AIChE student member in each student chapter who has attained the highest scholastic grade point average during their freshman and sophomore years.
