Solving complex plant problems is an everyday exercise that affects all projects and budgets, and it is very rarely introduced to students at any level. In fact, by the time young engineers are few years into working in industry, most have lost the engineering skills that they developed in school. We hope to encourage future engineers to retain those skills and learn the importance of plant problem-solving. This workshop will introduce graduate and undergraduate students to plant problem-solving and its significance in the real world. Composed of two parts, a plant problem-solving crash course, paired with a real problem to be solved by attendees, the course will allow students to discover a potential career direction often not discussed. Attend this workshop to learn about the experiences and best practices of seasoned engineers in plant problem-solving and try your hand at solving a past problem faced at The Dow Chemical Company.

Young Professionals Committee (YPC)

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20), Chemical Engineering & the Law Forum (24), Computational Molecular Science and Engineering Forum (21), Computing Systems and Technology Division (10), Education (04), Thermodynamics and Transport Properties (01A), Interfacial Phenomena (01C), Transport Processes (01D), Electrochemical Fundamentals (01E), Environmental Division (09), Food, Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division (15), Forest and Plant Bioproducts Division (17), Fuels and Petrochemicals Division (16), Management Division (05), Materials Engineering and Sciences Division (08), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22), North American Mixing Forum (06), Nuclear Engineering Division (14), Particle Technology Forum (03), Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Forum (26), Process Development Division (12), Separations Division (02), Sustainable Engineering Forum (23), Transport and Energy Processes (07), Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Forum (25)