AIChE Student Western Regional Conference April 3-4, 2009 in Davis, CA

CBET-0929263 Kuhl智力优势：西部地区学生会议是一个由来已久的传统，学生们参加网络、专业发展、设计比赛，并就他们的研究发表演讲。该活动为学生提供了展示他们的工程天赋、创新思维和沟通技能的机会。参与本科生研究的学生能够参加论文竞赛，这需要在来自工业界和学术界的司法人员面前展示他们的研究成果。学生们还可以通过参加Chem-E汽车大赛来展示他们的工程技能。这项广受欢迎的竞赛允许学生们分组设计、制造和操作鞋盒大小的汽车，这些汽车使用替代燃料。本次比赛的主要目标是在比赛前一小时最准确地到达指定的所需距离。在比赛前几个月，学生需要使用工程基础知识来设计和制造他们的车辆，并通过测试和安全保证来建立基准操作。除了驾驶汽车，参赛队伍还需要在海报大赛中向评委以及学生和会议赞助商展示他们的设计和安全工程实践。除了竞争和展示他们的研究成果的机会外，会议还提供了一个在就业和研究生院博览会上与行业代表建立联系的场所。学生与行业代表互动的另一个机会是通过专业发展工作室。广泛的影响：预计将有来自加利福尼亚州-内华达州地区多达14所大学的100多名化学工程专业的学生参加这次活动。目前，已确认学生将来自以下院校：加州大学戴维斯分校、加州大学伯克利分校。加州大学圣巴巴拉分校、加州大学圣地亚哥分校、加州大学洛杉矶分校、斯坦福大学、内华达大学雷诺分校、加州州立大学长滩分校和加州保利圣路易斯·奥比斯波分校。该活动也向公众开放，并提供了一个广泛的手段，以吸引不同的化学工程专业的学生。我们的主讲人Bryan Yeh将就未来的替代燃料来源和技术进行深入介绍。布莱恩是旧金山湾区替代燃料科技公司上汽集团的副总裁。NSF基金将提供支持，以确保所有学生，无论经济能力如何，都能够参与到这个超越正常课堂学习、建立社区并鼓励创造性行为的机会中。

CBET-0929263KuhlIntellectual Merit:The Western Regional Student Conference has been long standing tradition where students join in networking, professional development, design competitions, and make presentations on their research. The event provides students opportunities to showcase their engineering talent, innovative thought, and communication skills. Students who participate in undergrad research are able to compete in the Paper Competition, which entails presenting their research in front of judicators from industries and academia. Students may also demonstrate their engineering skills by partaking in the Chem-E Car Competition. This popular competition allows students to work in teams to design, build, and operate cars the size of shoe boxes which run on alternative fuel sources. The main goal of this competition is to be the most accurate in reaching the required distance specified one hour before the competition. Months prior to the competition students are required to use engineering fundamentals to design and construct their vehicles and establish baseline operation through testing and safety assurances. Along with running the car, the teams need to present their design and demonstrate safe engineering practice in the Poster Competition to judges as well as students and conference sponsors. Besides opportunities to compete and present their research, the conference offers a venue for networking with industry representatives at the career and graduate school fair. Another opportunity for students to interact with industry representatives is through professional development workshops.Broader Impact:It is expected that more than 100 chemical engineering students will attend this event from as many as 14 universities from the California-Nevada region. Currently, it is confirmed that students will be coming from the following institutions: UC Davis, UC Berkeley. UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, UCLA, Stanford, University of Nevada Reno, California State University Long Beach, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The event is also open to the general public and presents a broad means to engage a diverse spectrum of chemical engineering students. Our key note speaker, Bryan Yeh, will give an in depth presentation on alternative fuel sources and technology of the future. Bryan is Vice President of SAIC, an alternative fuels science and technology company in the Bay Area. NSF funding will provide support to ensure that all students, regardless of financial ability, are able to participate in this opportunity that goes beyond normal classroom learning, builds community, and encourages creative behavior.