Welcome... ...to our local section home page, where you'll find our program listing, section news, job openings and helpful links. The Cleveland Section has been in existence for more than 50 years. It is here to provide local focus, content, and direction to AIChE's activities. The objectives of the AIChE Cleveland Section are to advance and to reinforce the engineering arts and sciences related to the theory and practice of Chemical Engineering. Attendance at technical meetings can earn PDH credit. AIChE Cleveland Section has been awarded 2010 Second Place awards for “Best Local Section Website” and “Best Local Section Program/ Outreach” among all local divisions! AIChE Cleveland Section is always looking for interesting and relevant speakers for its meetings. If you are interested in a specific topic or have a potential speaker for one of our monthly meetings, please contact Dr. Charles Roe at clroe12@aol.com or (440)-684-0980. AIChE will provide your meal FREE when your speaker delivers a program! Current line-ups are on the PROGRAMS page. Members in the Media Congratulations to Dr. Charles Roe, who will be featured in the August issue Profile column of Chemical Engineering Progress. Click here to preview the article!   Congratulations to Fred Glock, a former chairperson in the AIChE Cleveland section, who was featured in an article in The Cleveland Plain Dealer as a volunteer "waging war on invasive plants in Cuyahoga Valley National Park."   Congratulations to Frank van Lier, Process Technology & Sourcing Team Lead, The Lubrizol Corporation, as recipient of the AIChE 2011 Management Division Award. The award will be presented at the 2012 AIChE Spring Meeting in Houston, Texas. In addition to his many contributions at Lubrizol, Frank has contributed greatly to AIChE and specifically to the career development emphasis of its Management Division. In addition to having served in several officer positions, Frank has unselfishly led an annual career development workshop at the Annual Meeting, providing an interactive panel workshop for young engineers, discussing the many challenges of a management career in the chemical industry. We thank The Dow Chemical Company for sponsoring this award. AICHE Cleveland Section is on LinkedIn! AIChE Cleveland Section honors the memory of Dr. George A. Coulman, Dean of Engineering, Cleveland State University 1930-2011 Other Professional Information: AIChE offers a chemical engineering news brief. Click here to sign up. AIChE Institute For Sustainability: The purpose of IFS is to serve the needs of and influence the efforts of professionals, academes, industries, and governmental bodies that advance sustainability and sustainable development.  IFS approaches sustainability from the perspectives of engineering and scientific disciplines, with the objective of promoting the societal, economic, and environmental benefits of sustainable and green engineering.  For more information on this important topic please visit: http://www.aiche.org/IFS/index.aspx .

January Program: Sustainability Projects & L'Oreal (Solon) Plant Tour Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Sustainability Projects L’Oreal has set very aggressive sustainability goals for 50% reductions in water, transportable waste, and CO2 emissions by 2015. The Solon manufacturing site has made great strides in stepping up to the challenge. Using 2005 as the baseline, Solon has already achieved the transportable waste goal, and is very close on CO2. 2011 marked a year of great progress for water reductions. The program will present some key successful projects followed by questions, answers and tour. Tom Marting Mr. Marting is the Environmental Manager at L’Oreal USA’s Solon Manufacturing plant. He is responsible for administrating the site’s environmental program, ISO-14001 system, sustainability improvement initiatives, and overseeing the site’s waste, water, and CO2 reduction efforts. For the past 7 years he worked as L’Oreal Solon’s facilities project engineer, responsible for a plant wide physical renovation, including water, energy, and waste reduction projects. Mr. Marting holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from Ohio University. Location L’Oreal USA 30701 Carter Street Solon, OH Time 6:00 PM Arrive 6:15 PM Dinner 7:00 PM Program Dinner:  Attendees will have the opportunity to purchase dinner at the L’Oreal cafeteria. Special Requirements for Plant Tour: Everyone that participates in the tour must have safety shoes and safety glasses. No jewelry can be worn during the tour (watches, rings, ear ring, necklaces) RSVP with John Kukwa at jlkukwa@wowway.com or 440-289-8895 by January 13, 2012. __________________________ Special Announcement: ASME has now established a sustainable energy systems committee, and holds regular monthly events. AIChE members are welcome to attend, and perhaps suggest future events and opportunities with regards to sustainable energy systems. For August, the talk is about Global Warming, its effects on sustainable energy development, and how we might objectively approach the issue; in a speech by Dave Pristash at The Sweet Spot American Gelatoria in Lakewood, Wednesday August 10th at 6pm. Dave is an accomplished engineer and former Vietnam Green Beret, who will be discussing Global Warming and how to reach an objective consensus on the issue. More details are in the events calendar on our Sustainable Energy Systems Committee website: (http://sections.asme.org/cleveland/page9.html). Previous 2010-2011 Events: The June social event was booked! Forty members met on June 28 at 6:30 PM at the Great Lakes Brewery for "Beer School". In addition to the brewery tour, participants receive an official "Beer School Graduate" organic cotton t-shirt, a 5.0 oz. "Family of Beers" tasting glass, a light snack and a tasting of Cleveland's finest variety of brews. Click the link for pictures. The May meeeting started at 5:30 at Dimitri's Restaurant, Snowville Plaza, Parma. Topic was 3D Imaging Services presented by Steve Krusinski of 3D Imaging.Click here for details... The February 15, 2011 meeting presented by Bob Baxter, Vice President, BioEnterprise Corporation, Cleveland, OH. Click here for meeting summary. View pictures and information from the 2011 Career Expo January 2011 Topic: Wind Turbines on Lake Erie December 7, 2010 Topic: "High Power Ultrasonics in an Industrial Setting" presented by Dr. Darren Bates, Cavitus Pty, Ltd Crafers, South Australia Thank you Dr. Roe and CWRU...for hosting a very important engineering and social issue, The use of spirulina microalgae as a means to combat global malnutrition, on Nov. 30. Click here to see pictures and read more... All enjoyed the great presentation from Mary Cheung of Veolia Water in September at Double Tree Hotel. CSU Laboratory Tour & 2010 NEO Science Fair Winners Northeast Ohio Science & Engineering Fair Awards for six high school students for engineering projects with environmental or chemical engineering principles. Awarded certificates and monetary gifts with 36 guests attending and participating. Student Night Student Night awarding ChE students from Cleveland State University and Case Western Reserve University for Leadership and Academics. Four students were awarded a certificate and a monetary gift with 40 guests attending. Engineer's Week 2010 Unique Ethanol Process Display, Joseph Spagnuolo, Fred Glock, and Joe Yurko: Engineer’s Week 2/20/10 at Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Event had 300 high school students and parents visiting from 12 to 3 pm.