Manhattan College To Host 2008 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference April 11-13

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattan College student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will be hosting the 2008 AIChE Mid-Atlantic Regional Student Conference from April 11-13.

Highlights of the conference include engineering and career development workshops, three major competitions (Chem-E-Car, paper and poster) and an awards banquet and dinner. The keynote speaker will be Brian Poissant ’70, who received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in chemical engineering from the College.

AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 40,000 members from 93 countries. Among its many missions, AIChE seeks to promote excellence in chemical engineering education and global practice, and to enhance the lifelong career development and financial security of chemical engineers through products, services, networking and advocacy.

For more information about the conference, e-mail Colette Fava, president of Manhattan College’s Student Chapter of AIChE, at cfava.student@manhattan.edu.

Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line, and accessible by MTA subway line 1. For directions to the campus, visit www.manhattan.edu. 

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.