Preliminary Program subject to change
TB001 Making It
OverviewMinority and female AIChE Fellows and other leaders are invited to speak about "making it," best practices in hiring and retention of women and minorities in academia and industry, career development and management, strategies for filling the pipeline with talented minority and women scientists and engineers and service to AIChE and the profession.
Primary SponsorTopical B: Connecting - Minorities and Women In AIChE (TB)

Chair

Gilda Barabino
Professor
Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University
342 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone Number: 617-373-3900
Fax Number: 617-373-2209
Email: g.barabino@neu.edu
Introductory Remarks
Developing a Successful Career in Engineering
Lilia Abron, PEER Consultants, MD
Life Lessons from Female Fellow #2
Elisabeth M. Drake, Chem Eng, MIT, 30F Inman Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
Heightened Expectations in Your Early Career
Lance R. Collins, Sibley School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University, 290 Grumman Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Creating and Sustaining a Diverse Culture
Diane L. Wolf, Kraft, 3 Lakes Drive, Northfield, IL 60093
Success of Women in Chemical Engineering Graduate Schools
Val Kuck, retired Lucent/Bell Labs, 45 Warfield Street, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 and Barbara Todd, ConocoPhillips, Bartlesville, OK 74004
Effective Mentoring of Women and Minorities
Christine Grant, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7905, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905
Model Strategies to Increase Diversity
Victor G. Rodgers, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, 4133 Seamans Center, Iowa City, IA 52242
Concluding Remarks

Topical B - Connecting: Minorities and Women In AIChE