Who We Are:
AIChE's Young Professionals Advisory Board (YPAB) was created to gain and maintain young professionals’ involvement in AIChE and to ensure that students retain their membership through their transition into the work force. To accomplish this, the AIChE National Board assists the integration of chemical engineers within 5-10 years of receiving their undergraduate degree into the profession and into AIChE, and helps define programs and services tailored for young chemical engineers.

What We Do:
Chicago YPAB has very recently been formed, thus our focus in this early stage is to build a new network of young chemical engineers in the Chicagoland area. Our goal is to form a network of chemical engineers in the Chicagoland area that includes both technical and social activities.

Where We Plan to Go:
Chicago YPAB plans on maintain a high level of activity between local universities and business that employ chemical engineers. The goal is to unlimitedly have a strong membership and network ranging from new graduates to young professionals that have been in industries relating to chemical engineer for less than ten years. We plan on adopting a half technical focus and half social focus. This will allow members to enhance their knowledge of other industries relating to chemical engineering in addition to building a strong network with other young chemical engineers.