Why are We?

How do you contact us?

Employment + Data & Contacts + Chemical Engineering Societies

Location

According to the Section Bylaws, the Columbia Valley Section consists of:

Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho. This area includes all of Okanogan, Chelan, Kittitas, Yakima, and Klickitat Counties, and all Washington Counties eastward to the Idaho border as well as all counties in Idaho north of and including Idaho County.

This is shown approximately in the following map where the colored areas represent the Section within Washington and Idaho. The total area is estimated at approximately 51,000 square miles (132,000 square km). Activities tend to be centered around Richland, Washington.

PO Box 2045

Richland, WA 99352

AIChE Meetings

February

Wanapum Dam & Heritage Center Tour

Wanapum Dam, located on the Columbia River, was completed in 1963. It is a concrete gravity type with 12 gates. It is owned by Grant County PUD. At the date of tour, an advanced turbine is being installed.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Time: 9:00 AM - 2 PM

NOTE:

THIS IS A LIMITED ATTENDANCE EVENT - A MAXIMUM OF 10 PEOPLE

You must RSVP to:

columbiavalleyaiche@gmail.com

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Hire Electric Seminar

Location: Richland Community Center (500 Amon Park Road N), Richland

Time: 6 PM

What: Learn about their solar and residential renewable energy applications including a project for a 126 kW solar array for powering electric vehicles.

March Pacific NW Smart Grid

Future Schedule

Professional Engineer (PE) Refresher Course

Lesson #

Date

Day of week

Topic

Subtopic

Location

1
10/24/12
W
Overview Richland Library Seminar Room

2
11/8/12
Th
Introduction

3
11/27/12
T
Thermo Mass & Energy Balances Richland Library Seminar Room

4
12/13/12
Th
Process Design EHS Richland Library Conference Room A

5
12/27/12
Th
CANCELED

6
1/10/13
Th
Mass Transfer Phasse Equilibria; Misc Processes Richland Library Conference Room A

7
1/24/13
Th
Heat Transfer Mechanisms & Applications Richland Library Conference Room A

8
2/7/13
Th
Chemical Kinetics Richland Library Seminar Room

9
2/21/13
Th
Fluid Dynamics Mechanical-Energy Balances Richland Library Seminar Room

10
3/7/13
Th
Engineering Economics Richland Library Seminar Room

11
3/21/13
Th
Review Richland Library Seminar Room

12
4/4/13
Th
Review Richland Library Seminar Room

13
4/12/13
EXAM

Contact Rose Russell for questions or suggestions.

MEMBERS!!!!

Act now. You can pay your dues online in just a few simple steps.
http://www.aiche.org/MemberCenter/Renew.aspx

Local Section Information from National

For section news, resources, and highlights--visit the Local Sections
Homepage at http://www.aiche.org/mag/sections/

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Washington State Employment Service

http://www.gordonworks.com/bus

http://www.chemjobs.net

http://www.usa-people-search.com/content-guide-to-academic-jobs-search.aspx

and others below

Other employment information is available from the various technical societies. See, for example, http://www.consultingengineers.com.

Take a look at the July 2006 issue of Chemical Engineering Magazine. Lists the latest ChE salary survey. If you are in the 90 percentile group, your salary might range from roughly $65k to $165k depending on your age. If you are in the 10 percentile group, figure on about $55k, no matter what your age is. In the middle? - take an average.

The January 2010 issue of JOM (vol 62, #1, p 12&13) (formerly Journel of Metals) lists salaries for engineers [Petro -$83.1 k, ChemE - $64.9 k] as well as forecast needs for engineers [only 2% increase for ChemEs in 2008-2018 but 72% for biomedical engineers].



Other Salary Sources
http://www.AskaChE.com/inMejor.htm
http://www.nspe.org/em1-salr.asp
http://www.apesma.asn.au/newsviews/professional_update/july_1999/salary_survey.htm
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/ESCAPE/stats/salaries.html

Career Planning Center for Beginning Scientists and Engineers

Other job hunting sites:

http://www.net-temps.com

http://www.aiche.org/docs/classified/available.htm

http://www.careers.wsj.com

http://www.nbew.com

http://www.dbm.com/jobguide

http://www.petersons.com

http://www.eco.org

http://www.headhunter.net

http://www.joboptions.com

http://www.jobweb.org

http://www.hotjobs.com

http://www.nationjob.com

http://www.collegegrad.com

http://www.aboutwork.com

http://www.careerpath.com

http://www.careermosaic.com

http://www.jobtrak.com

http://www.jobsmart.com

http://www.engineeringjobs.com

http://www.jobcenter.com

http://www.ChemCenter.org

http://www.monster.com

http://www.interec.net/jobsearch/chemical.html

http://www.CorrosionJobs.com/

http://www.net-temps.com
"Net-Temps, A world of Jobs neatly Packaged"

Research Employers:

http://www.corptech.com
http://hoovweb.hoovers.com

DATA

Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy

The Electronic Blue Book on Building and Construction

Congressional Research Service reports: http://www.cnie.org/nle/crs_main.html

The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page - http://www.cheresources.com

Miscellaneous Sources of information


Humor

http://victorian.fortunecity.com/brambles/4/madman
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijokes/joketalk.html
http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/lingua_franca_v4/lingua_franca_v4.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scihum/webring.html
http://www.tranquility.net/~scimusic/notochordsproducts.html



For links to various engineering & scientific societies visit http://www.consultingengineers.com/Societies.html

For the local Columbia Basin Section of ASME, visit http://members.aol.com/huskerasme/CBASME.html



Vendor Data
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Chemical Engineering Societies

ABEQ - Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering

Home Page: http://www.abeq.org.br/english/abeq_i.html
Rua Líbero Badaró, 152 - 11º andar
01008-903 - São Paulo, SP - Brazil
Tel: +55-11-3107-8747
Fax: +55-11-3104-4649
E-mail: abeq@abeq.org.br

AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers

345 East 47th St
NEW YORK NY 10017-2395

National: http://www.aiche.org
Ph: 212-705-7326
Fax: 212-705-8400

CSChE - Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers

http://fox.nstn.ca/~cic_adm/csche.html

HDKI - Hrvatsko Drutvo Kemijskih Inzenjera i Tehnologa

CROATIAN SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Berislaviceva 6, 10000 Zagreb
HRVATSKA
Tel.: ++385 1 4872 499
Fax.: ++385 1 4872 490

http://www.hdki.hr

Contact: "Sonja Smolec" <hdki@zg.tel.hr>

Journal web page: Kemija u industriji: http://nippur.irb.hr/hrv/kui/kui.html

IChemE - Institution of Chemical Engineers

UK: http://icheme.chemeng.ed.ac.uk

IMIQ - Instituto Mexicano de Ingenieros Quimicos A.C.

SAICHE - The South African Institution of Chemical Engineers

South Africa: http://www.saiche.co.za

SCEC - The Society of Chemical Engineers and Chemists

A part of AEAI - Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel

Contact: Itzhak Shladov <sh64584@iol.co.il>

Tel: +972-3-5230970
Fax: +972-3-5232338

SCEJ - Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan

Japan: http://wwwsoc.nacisis.ac.jp/~scej/index.html

VDI-GVC - Verein Deutscher Ingenieure - Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenierurwesen

Germany: http://www.vdi.de/gvc/gvc.htm

Do you know of other chemical engineering societies that should be listed?

AIChE position on Professional Registration


(Copied from the 1999 AIChE Activities Directory)
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers approved on March 19, 1977, and reaffirmed on June 7, 1980, the following position on the registration of individual engineers. All state legislatures now require registration (licensing) of all engineers who offer their services directly to the public. Also, many regulatory agencies, courts of law, clients, and employers require or recommend registration as evidence of engineering competence, and the number that do so is increasing. Registration is one avenue to define an engineer's level of competence, and it does provide assurance to the public that those with the title, "Registered Professional Engineer" or "Licensed Professional Engineer" have met certain minimum requirements at one point in their careers. In consideration of these facts, AIChE recommends that its members become registered in their respective states as soon as possible after entering the profession. In making this recommendation, AIChE recognizes that registration is no substitute for individual professional responsibility for engineering work, a responsibility which is based upon adequate knowledge, experience, and moral integrity, and which extends throughout the entire career of every engineer.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES


The Tri-City Literacy Program is seeking volunteers to serve on its Advisory Committee as well as volunteers to serve as tutors. For further information, contact Cheryl Klym, Program Coordinator, at Columbia Basin College. Ph: 509-547-0511 x 2390 or at Cheryl <aklym@aol.com>.

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AIChE-CVS POB 2045 Richland, WA 99352 OFFICERS 2010/2011
Chair	Sarah Widder
Vice-Chair	vacant
Treasurer	Ted Anderson
Secretary	Rose Russell
Newsletter Editor	TBD
Directors	Patricia Kabage
	Doug Hendrickson {past Chair}
	John Olson
	Kurt Spies

Lesson #	Date	Day of week	Topic	Subtopic	Location
1	10/24/12	W	Overview		Richland Library Seminar Room
2	11/8/12	Th	Introduction
3	11/27/12	T	Thermo	Mass & Energy Balances	Richland Library Seminar Room
4	12/13/12	Th	Process Design	EHS	Richland Library Conference Room A
5	12/27/12	Th	CANCELED
6	1/10/13	Th	Mass Transfer	Phasse Equilibria; Misc Processes	Richland Library Conference Room A
7	1/24/13	Th	Heat Transfer	Mechanisms & Applications	Richland Library Conference Room A
8	2/7/13	Th	Chemical Kinetics		Richland Library Seminar Room
9	2/21/13	Th	Fluid Dynamics	Mechanical-Energy Balances	Richland Library Seminar Room

10	3/7/13	Th	Engineering Economics	Richland Library Seminar Room
11	3/21/13	Th	Review	Richland Library Seminar Room
12	4/4/13	Th	Review	Richland Library Seminar Room
13	4/12/13	EXAM

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