AICHE National Design Contest
MSU Chemical Engineering has the best record in the nation for placing in this national contest since 1967!
Each year, chemical engineers from a designated company devise and judge a student contest problem that typifies a real, working, chemical engineering design situation. The problem's solution requires a wide range of skills in calculation and evaluation of both technical data and economic factors. Michigan State has the best placement record of any department in the country and we are pleased to continue the trend!
For example, a recent problem involves designing a semi-batch reaction process for manufacturing polyethers. Polyethers are an important family of products that are used in many consumer products such as detergents, foams, and food additives. The design project involves determining the best design (both economic and safe) for the facility. The design features that use inherently safe concepts that circumvent accidents even when instruments fail or operators make mistakes are emphasized.
AICHE Student Contest Winning Schools
Individual Awards
| Year | First A. McLAREN WHITE AWARD | Second A.E. MARSHALL AWARD | Third OMEGA CHI EPSILON AWARD | Honorable Mention |
| 1967 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Utah | Lamar | |
| 1968 | Pennsylvania State | Ohio State | MSU – Carl L. English | |
| 1969 | MSU – Jerome Trumbley | MSU – Jon Branson | University of Massachusetts | |
| 1970 | Drexel | Colorado | Oklahoma State | MSU – Honorable Mention Steven R. Auvil |
| 1971 | MSU – Allen G. Croft | Auburn | Wyoming | |
| 1972 | Toledo | Georgia Institute of Technology | MSU – Tim O. Bender | |
| 1973 | Michigan | Lamar | MSU – Mike Murry | |
| 1974 | MSU – Larry J. Clink | Colorado | Lamar | |
| 1975 | Auburn | Auburn | Lamar | MSU – Honorable Mention – Barbara R. (Kreger) Engerer |
| 1976 | Oklahoma State | Michigan Tech | MSU – Alan D. Schmidt | |
| 1977 | Michigan Tech | Wyoming | Oklahoma State | |
| 1978 | Wisconsin | Missouri-Rolla | Lamar | |
| 1979 | MSU – Thomas W. Calhoun | Colorado | Michigan Tech | |
| 1980 | MSU – Susan J. Barrett | California St. Polytech-Pomona | MSU – Thomas Bartos | |
| 1981 | University of Kansas | Georgia Institute of Technology | California St. Polytech-Pomona | MSU – Honorable Mention – Timothy S. VanLente |
| 1982 | MSU – Ray Murphy | University of Kansas | University of Cincinnati | |
| 1983 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia Institute of Technology | MSU – Dennis P. Stocker | |
| 1984 | University of New Mexico | University of Kansas | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | |
| 1985 | University of Kansas | California St. Polytech-Pomona | University of Kansas | |
| 1986 | University of Kansas | Utah | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | |
| 1987 | Michigan Tech | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | University of Cincinnati | MSU – Honorable Mention – Scott E. Booth |
| 1988 | New Mexico State | Oklahoma State | University of Iowa | |
| 1989 | MSU – Daniel W. Manson | Lamar | University of Kansas | |
| 1990 | University of Utah | Georgia Institute of Technology | University of S. Alabama | |
| 1991 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute | Northeastern University | MSU – John M. Gilleo | |
| 1992 | Michigan Tech | Virginia Polytechnic University | Georgia Institute of Technology | MSU – Honorable Mention – Michelle Hohlfeld |
| 1993 | MSU – Martin Heller | University of Kansas | Kansas State | |
| 1994 | Georgia Institute of Technology | Georgia Institute of Technology | Michigan Tech | MSU – Honorable Mention – Jennifer Jewett Antwerp |
| 1995 | MSU – Jeff VanderLaan | University of Kansas | University of New Mexico | |
| 1996 | University of Utah | MSU – Rick Sprague | MSU – John Pauli | |
| 1997 | Columbia University | University of Utah | MSU – Brian Nowak | |
| 1998 | Oklahoma State University | University of Kansas | Northeastern University | |
| 1999 | MSU – Casey Preston | New Mexico State | University of Maryland-College Park | |
| 2000 | University of Kansas | MSU – Brian Wall | ||
| 2001 | New Mexico State | MSU – Jessica Okonowski | ||
| 2002 | Michigan Tech | -- | ||
| 2003 | University of Kansas | -- | ||
| 2004 | University of Kansas | University of Kansas | ||
| 2005 | MSU - Benjamin Koenigsknecht | -- | ||
| 2006 | Tri-State University | |||
| 2007 | Tri-State University | Tri-State University | University of Tulsa | |
| 2008 | -- | -- | -- | New Mexico State University |
| 2009 | Trine University | Michigan Technological University | Michigan Technological University | |
| 2010 | MSU - Philip Lehman | University of Kansas | -- | |
| 2011 | MSU - Nathan W. Hanna | MSU - Nathaniel Cy McIntee-Chmielewski | ||
| 2012 | MSU - Chistopher Beuerle | Trine University | ||
| 2013 | MSU - Logan Matthews |
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| 2014 | Kansas State University | MSU - Eric Vasko |
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| 2015 | --- | Trine University | MSU - Cale Hyser | |
| 2016 | Trine University | |||
| 2017 | Trine University | Cincinnati | MSU - Eric Monville | |
| 2018 | MSU - Evan Draplin | MSU - James Wortman | ||
| 2019 | MSU - Mason Sitar | MSU - Hailee Perrett | ||
| 2020 | MSU - Ben Farris |
William Cunningham Team Award (Note: AIChE allows up to four students per team but MSU only allows two.)
| Year | Team |
| 1995 | Oklahoma State University |
| 1996 | University of Utah |
| 1997 | Columbia University |
| 1998 | Oklahoma State University |
| 1999 | University of Toledo; MSU – Honorable Mention – -Team-Joseph Avore III & Joseph Campbell |
| 2000 | MSU - D. Borowski & T. Maliszewski |
| 2001 | Washington University |
| 2002 | Washington University |
| 2003 | Northeastern University |
| 2004 | Oklahoma State University |
| 2005 | Oklahoma State University |
| 2006 | MSU - Stephen Shaw, Matthew Yedwabnick |
| 2007 | Northeastern University |
| 2008 | Mississippi State, Oklahoma State |
| 2009 | University of Mississippi Honorable Mention: Northeastern University, University of Utah |
| 2010 | MSU - Christopher Gelinas, David Hasselbeck Honorable Mention: Northeastern, Northeastern, Oklahoma State |
| 2011 | Mississippi State Honorable Mention: University of Mississippi and Mississippi State |
| 2012 | University of Kansas Honorable Mention: University of New Hampshire |
| 2013 | Trine University, Washington University (St. Louis) |
| 2014 | Cleveland State Honorable Mention: Trine University and Univeristy of Washington |
| 2015 | University of Missouri Honorable Mention: Kansas State University |
| 2016 | MSU - Rebecca Carlson, Ariel Rose Also, University of Missouri. Honorable Mention: Kansas State University |
| 2017 | Utah, Oklahoma State (tie) |
| 2018 | |
| 2019 | MSU - Aleksandra Salic & Grace Jansen |
| 2020 |
The Ted Ventrone, Ephraim Scheier & Walt Silowska Awards for Best Applications of Inherently Safer Design
| Year | Team Award | Individual Award |
| 2019 | MSU - Mark Elinski & Kip Mitchell |
SAChE Student Design Competition for Safety in Design
| Year | Jack Wehman Team Award | Walter Howard Individual Award |
| 2020 | MSU -Christine Mason |
