AIChE American Institute of Chemical Engineers

SDSM&T Student Chapter

 

Regional conference

The South Dakota School of Mines AIChE Student Chapter is proud to be hosting the 2024 Student Regional Conference for the Rocky Mountain region of AIChE.

April 5-6, 2024

REGISTER HERE

Registration Type Early-bird (Deadline March 1st) Regular (Deadline March 31st) Last-minute (Deadline April 5th)
Student Registration $60 $75 $90
ChemE Car Registration $150 $180 $200

BOOK HOTEL ROOMS AT RUSHMORE HOTEL HERE

To all Undergraduate Poster & Technical Presentation Competitors:

To submit your presentation's abstract, please click on the link below:

Undergraduate Poster Presentation Call for Abstracts

To all ChemE Car Captains:

Please submit your ChemE Car Engineering Design Proposals (EDPs) to Charles Stoeckel at charles.stoeckel@mines.sdsmt.edu before March 1st.

Additionally, provide details about your ChemE Cars by filling out this form:

Call for ChemE Car Descriptions and Team Members

Submit your resume to companies at the career fair.

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Conference Schedule

Date Event Location Time
Friday, April 5th AIChE Check-ins CB Lobby 3:00PM to 5:00 PM
ChemE Car poster competition and safety inspections CB 205 3:30PM to 5:00 PM
Lab tours CBEC Building 3:30PM to 5:00 PM
Dinner at Mt. Rushmore Cavern Cafe 5:30PM to 6:30 PM
Saturday, April 6th AIChE Check in Wellness Center Lobby 7:00AM to 8:00 AM
ChemE Car setup Fraiser Gym 7:00AM to 8:00AM
Breakfast CB 204 8:00AM to 9:00AM
ChemE Car competition Fraiser Gym 9:00AM to 12:00 PM
Lunch and Speaker CB 204 12:00PM to 1:00PM
Presidents meeting CBEC 212 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Career fair CB Hallway 1:30PM to 5:00PM
Workshops CB/CBEC 1:00PM to 4:00PM
Undergraduate Research Presentations CB 203 4:00PM to 6:00 PM
Student Technical Presentations Competition CB 205 4:00PM to 5:30PM
Jeopardy CBEC 3304 & 3305 4:00PM to 5:00 PM
Jeopardy finals CBEC 2228 5:30PM to 6:30 PM
Awards banquet/Keynote speaker Rushmore Hotel Ballroom 7:00PM to 8:00 PM

Friday's Social Mixer

Cavers Cafe is located at the base of Mt. Rushmore off of SD hwy 244 W. Join us on Friday, April 5th at 6:00pm for a night of fine dining and sightseeing. The AIChE chapter at SDSMT will aid in transportation to and from this venue for universities that need it.

Caverns Cafe
Map to Caverns Cafe

Saturday's Awards Banquet and Keynote

Join us on Saturday, April 6th at 7:00pm at the Rushmore Hotel Ballroom in downtown Rapid City. The AIChE chapter at SDSMT will aid in transportation to and from this venue for universities that need it.

Map to Rushmore Hotel

SDSMT's State of the art M.A.P.S. Unit Operations Laboratory Tours

South Dakota School of Mines is home to one of the best chemical engineering laboratories in the state! Chemical engineering undergraduates experience immense hands on training covering principles of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, process control systems, mass transfer, and kinetics all in double story laboratory.

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Workshop Hosts

Workshop Hosts

Rich Wells

Rich Wells

Former DOW Chemical Vice President of Operations US Gulf Coast

Rose Luvaas

Rose Luvaas

LYB Olefins and Polymers Site Operations Manager at LyondellBasell

Sam Papendick

Sam Papendick

Chemical Engineer and Entrepreneur

Matt Willcox

Matt Willcox

Chemist at Wyoming Refining Company

Speaker 5

Mckayla Benson

Process Engineer at Wyoming Refining Company

Codie Burleson

Economics and Planning Manager at Wyoming Refining

Hank Kohlbrandt

Principal at HT Consulting

Stephen Arant

Metallurgist at Coeur Mining Co.

Ben Evans

Environmental Coordinator at Coeur Mining Co.

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