D I S T I L L A T E S
American Institute of Chemical
Engineers
Indianapolis Section
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February 2009 Newsletter
Editor: Kevin Keating
February Meetings – CIS-IEEE National Engineers Children's Day Co-Sponsored by Indiana Council of Engineering Societies
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Date: Saturday, February 14, 2008
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Time: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Location: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, corner of 30th and Illinois St., park in the free covered garage on the west side of Illinois Street.
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Presentation: National Engineers Week will be celebrated February 15-21, 2009. Once again, The IEEE Central Indiana Section is teaming up with The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, to increase public awareness about Engineering and to help young students consider Engineering as a career option.
Our program will be held at The Children’s Museum on Saturday, February 14th, from 10:00 - 3:00. We are looking for volunteers to help with our program. Our program consists of engineers being stationed near several exhibits throughout the museum. Each station will tie an engineering discipline in with that exhibit. There will be "hands on" items at our stations as well. Volunteers will be there to talk with visitors, answer any questions about engineering, hand out materials and to validate visitor’s cards. Visitors to the museum will be given a “schematic” upon entering the museum, and after successfully visiting all of our engineering stations, and turning in their cards, they’ll be eligible for prizes to be given away through a drawing at 3:00 pm that day.
RSVP: Please RSVP by February 13 to Mike Wertz via e-mail at mike.wertz at heritage-enviro.com
or by phone at (317) 486-2778.
From the Chairman … At last month’s meeting,
former Section Chairman Tom Leas discussed a catalytic gasification process for
the conversion of coal, petroleum coke, residual oils, and biomass into hydrogen-enriched
syngas (H2-syngas). If you would like a copy of the slides from the
presentation, please contact Tom at tleas at indy.rr.com. On Saturday February 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., we
will participate in the National Engineers Day event at the Children's
Museum in Indianapolis. We will have a table with some hands-on chemistry
experiments for children. If you would like to volunteer to help us at
the table, please contact me. This event will take the place of our Local
Section Meeting for February. Another potential meeting of
interest in February is the Indiana Section of the American Chemical
Society’s “Chocolate – The Food of The Gods.” The
meeting, which will include a chocolate tasting and raffle of a 10-pound
chocolate bar, will take place on Thursday February 12 at 7:00 p.m. at University High School – Andrews Hall (2825 West 116th Street). No need
to RSVP. For AIChE members who
occasionally attend weekly Scientech meetings: Please note that their meeting
location has changed to the Knights of Columbus Building at 2100 East 71st
Street in Indianapolis. If you have any questions, or if
you have suggestions for plant tours or guest speakers for future AIChE
meetings, please contact me via e-mail at mike.wertz at heritage-enviro.com
or by phone at (317) 486-2778. Mike Wertz Section Chairman, Indianapolis AIChE Back On the Web – Indianapolis AIChE – Local Section
Web Site http://www.indyaiche.org/
Call for Officers – Indianapolis AIChE Highlights from AIChE – Our 100 Years Anniversary Informative
and motivating sessions on group dynamics and team building, communications,
goal setting, delegating, and presentations are part of this our 100 year
celebration of chemical engineering. Visit the www.AIChE.org web site to find information, visit
forums, renew membership or find benefits, career listings, and other advice
from our national headquarters. Current items include; History of American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE members have free access to the online editions of four
books commemorating its 100th, 75th, 50th and 25th anniversaries. These titles
offer a unique opportunity to understand the birth, history and future of the
chemical engineering profession and the Institute. The
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is proud to announce its newly refurbished Indiana Section Website… http://membership.acs.org/i/indiana/index.html
Science and Engineering Presentations: Scientech
meetings are held nearly every Monday at the Northside Knights of Columbus just
west of Keystone on 71st Street. They begin at 11:15 am with a buffet luncheon
($10.00). Announcements and introductions are at noon; followed by the presentation
which continues to 1:00 pm. Calendar of Events Some
meetings may be replaced with a tour of some place of interest, usually on a
major holiday. Any exceptions are noted in the calendar listing below. Following
are the Scientech meetings scheduled for the near future: Future Talks February 9 - Nuclear Tech/Cargo
Inspection – Prof. David Koltick, IUPUI February 16 - Computational
Fluid Dynamics on Open Wheel Racers – Tom Ramsey February 23 - An Engineer's World War II
Experiences - J. Baise March 2 - Five Things You Should be Doing with your
Computer in Today's Digital World - Patric Welch March 9 - Running the 500 Mile Race - IMS PR Office March 16- Ernie Pyle, The Soldier's Friend – Ray Boomhower For further
details contact Dr. Alan Schmidt at (317) 233-5190 or 865-3545. For later
Monday programs check the Scientech calendar at www.scientechclub.org. Indianapolis AIChE – Local
Section Calendar At
September monthly meeting of the Indianapolis Section of the AIChE, we
established the following schedule for our monthly meetings/events in 2009: Month Month/Event February 14 CIS-IEEE National Engineers Children's Day March 17 Plant Tour April 21 Guest Speaker May 19 Plant Tour June Indianapolis Indians Baseball Game; Victory Field Although
subject to change, our meetings will typically be held on the third Tuesday of
the month, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Additional information will be provided in
our monthly newsletters and on our website. Please consider attending a
monthly meeting, and bring a guest! If you would like to
volunteer to be a guest speaker or to host a plant tour, please contact me via
e-mail at mike.wertz at heritage-enviro.com
or by phone at (317) 486-2778. Officers
for 2008 - 2009 Chairman Michael Wertz,
Heritage Enviro. Servs., 317-486-2778 Vice-Chairman Phillip Endres, Eli Lilly, Secretary/Treasurer John Elliott, IDEM, 317-233-0703 Past Chairman Alan Schmidt, IDEM, 317-233-5190 Scholarship Committee OPEN Roster/Membership Chris Burcham, Eli
Lilly, 317-651-6437 Professional
Development Elizabeth Robin, Eli
Lilly, 317-651-6437 Government Relations Alan Schmidt, IDEM, 317-233-5190 Webmaster Karl
Schnelle, Dow
AgroSciences LLC, 317-337-3140 Student Chapter
Advisor Becky
Smith, Eli Lilly, 317-277-6509 Public Relations Becky
Smith, Eli Lilly, 317-277-6509 Newsletter Editor Kevin
Keating, Eli Lilly, 317-651-1698
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Members of the audience
may ask questions or make comments. The meeting ends promptly at 1:00pm. Museum
personnel conduct special tours of new exhibits for Club members following some
meetings. Other meetings may be replaced with a tour of some place of interest,
usually on a major holiday. Any exceptions are noted on the calendar page of
this site. Visitors at the luncheon meeting may also visit the Museum without
further charge.