Session: MSU x UCLA: Early Engagement Strategies for Technical Development of Chemical Engineering Underclassmen

This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of MSU's Chemical Engineering Introductory Project (CHIP) and UCLA’s Lifetime Engineering Applications Project (LEAP). CHIP participants are challenged to complete a small engineering project , typically a coffee maker, within a $100 budget. LEAP participants are challenged to design real-world manufacturing processes within Aveva Pro/ii and perform economic analyses on process plant start-up. Learn how both CHIP and LEAP serve as platforms for acquiring fundamental engineering skills and why it may be beneficial for other student chapters to implement similar hands-on projects.