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Report to the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers

Student Chapter Merit Award Application

McMaster University Chapter Chemical Engineering Club

May 2013

Prepared by Jervis Pereira 3rd Year Representative (2009-2010)

Social Vice President (2010-2011) President (2012-2013)

McMaster Chemical Engineering Club http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca 2013

McMaster University CSChE Undergraduate Chapter 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8

Awards Manager Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering 130 Slanter Street, Suite 550 Ottawa, ON, K1P 6E2 [email protected]

Re: 2013 CSCHE Student Chapter Merit Awards Application

The McMaster University Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Club (Chem Eng Club) would

like to express its interest in applying for the 2013 Student Chapter Merit Award. The Chem Eng Club

has a total of 22 dedicated undergraduate student members (Appendix A) that strive to carry out the goals

set by the club at the beginning of the year which are; to liaise between a student population of 368

undergraduate students in Chemical Engineering and the Faculty, promote volunteering and fund raising

opportunities within the Hamilton community, ensure new students have an easy transition into their

programs and all students are getting the best educational experience through social and scientific events

listed in Appendix B. The club promotes conferences, competitions, events and services provided by the

CSCHE, ESSCO and the AICHE and are very involved with the Hamilton CIC chapter.

There are several networking opportunities presented through industry tours as well as guest

lecturers that visit McMaster. The Chem E Car team is a student based team that has flourished over the

last 4 years and has even gained recognition and group status from the Mc Master Engineering Society.

The faculty has supported the club greatly and invite two representatives from the club annually to bring

up any issues faced by the students with which they respond quickly to administer any changes if need be.

Included below is a detailed journal on the various groups, events and conferences that have taken

place between September 2012 and May 2013. A lot of the events in this application are repeated as per

tradition. Notes from the previous president have been reviewed to avoid redundant mistakes. The

successful events were repeated this year and newer events replaced events that were not so successful.

This continuity between transitioning club members ensures a smooth running of the club. A chemical

engineering club manual has been written to assist preceding presidents with a detailed report on events of

the club and lessons learned.

This merit award would act as great motivation for the development and implementation of

excellence in our chapter and student community. Thank you for your consideration of the McMaster

Chem Eng Club for the CSChE Student Chapter Merit Award.

Jervis Pereira,

Club President 2012-2013

mailto:[email protected]


Appendix A: The McMaster Chem Eng Club

The Club consists of 22 dedicated individuals that volunteer an hour a week to meet every Wednesday at

the club’s weekly meeting. Each member on the club plays an important role and together work as one

successful unit. The members are as follows:

Name Position Role Jervis Pereira President -Ensure that the club is equipped with everything they need to

operate

-Maintain focus in the club

-Resolve Conflicts that arise

-Point of contact with the faculty

-Prepare the annual CSCHE Report

Sean Johnstone Vice President -Maintain focus in the club

-Resolve Conflicts that arise

-Point of contact with the faculty

Andrew Ojo Toye Treasurer -Prepare term budgets

-Track income and expenses

-Propose a budget for each event

-Handle the club account and check book

Sarah Ballinger VP Productions -Design Logos

-Design Conference T Shirts

-Handle T shirt orders and production

Jordan Ward VP Productions -Design Logos

-Design Conference T Shirts

-Handle T shirt orders and production

Matt Galachiuk VP Social -Organize and host social events for the students and faculty

Jeff Parr VP Social -Organize and host social events for the students and faculty

Janine Ho Executive Secretary -Record weekly meetings

-Email important announcements

-Book weekly meeting room

Jananny Srichandra Chem E Car Rep -Liaise between the Chem E Car group and the Chem Eng

Club

Jananny Srichandra Webmaster -Maintain the club website

-Handle online social forums such as Facebook and Twitter

-Update the online calendar of events

Sean Mercer Sports Representative -Organize and host sporting events

-Organize intramural teams for each semester

Claudia Chan Volunteer Rep -Source new volunteer opportunities in the community

-Organize and host traditional volunteering and fundraising

events

-Develop ways of increasing student participation for such

events

Helen Dorrington MES Rep -Liaise between the McMaster Engineering Society and the

Chem Eng Club

Angel Zeinstra Upper year Class rep -Inform students on important events that the club is hosting

throughout the week

-Report any issues and concerns that students may have for

the club

Reilly Baggs Upper year Class rep -Inform students on important events that the club is hosting

throughout the week


the club

Steven Toniolo 3rd

year Class Rep -Inform students on important events that the club is hosting


throughout the week


the club

Tyler Patten 3rd


throughout the week


the club

Alex Nguyen 2nd


throughout the week


the club

Paula Hanebach 2nd


throughout the week


the club

Brian MacDonald CSCHE Conference Reps -Organize information sessions about CSCHE for the students

-Organize transportation, accommodation and registration for

the annual CSCHE Conference

-Acquire sponsorship and funding for the students

-Ensure student delegates get to the conference and back

safely

Michelle McDonald CSCHE Conference Reps -Organize information sessions about CSCHE for the students





safely

Rachel D’Agostino CSCHE Conference Reps -Organize information sessions about CSCHE for the students





safely

Tze Ren (TR) Tang Club Journalist -Responsible for taking pictures of events and documenting

each event

President’s Log of changes: This year the club has utilized Google documents as a means of sharing information between club

members. We implemented a weekly Agenda prior to each meeting. This agenda was able to be edited by

any member on the club and maintained focus at meetings. The introduction of the new position of club

journalist worked out extremely well as the club events are now documented in a standard manner.

The faculty has created a Google calendar that lists all important assignments, midterms and exams for

each chemical engineering course throughout all years. This is updated by the faculty. The club has asked

for this calendar to be shared so that planning events would be easier and is posted on the club’s website

including events that are hosted by the club.


Figure 1: The Chem Eng Club 2012-2013 with the different club T shirt designs


Appendix B: Events

Social Events Second Year Welcome and Rep Selection September 2012 In order to introduce the Chem Eng Club to as many new chemical engineering students as possible, the

Club approached the second year class and performed a song “If I were in hem Eng” adapted from the

Bare naked Ladies’ “If I had a Million Dollars”. The second years were then informed of the role of the

Chem Eng Club, the Welcome Back BBQ, and of the two Rep positions available. A week later, 6

students had self-nominated themselves for Rep positions, and the Club assisted the class with the

election process. The song lyrics can be found in Appendix C.

Meet the Profs September 25th The club organizes a free pizza and pop lunch for 2 hours where students from all years have a chance to

meet professors within the faculty. This year’s turnout was fantastic. There were 11 professors present

and approximately 80 students that passed through the room within the 2 hour period.

Welcome Back BBQ, Frost Week BBQ September 25th, Jan 16th Every year the Chem Eng Club hosts 2 BBQs for all chemical engineering students. One takes place at

the beginning of the fall term and the other takes place at the beginning of the winter term. The emphasis

is on encouraging second year students to come socialize, and free food and beverages are provided. This

year about 55 students attended the events.

Figure 2: Social Gathering over a BBQ

Smoker I & II (Faculty and Student Social) November 6th, Feb27th This historical event encourages interaction between students of all years and the faculty and was held at

Kelsey’s. Dr. Zhu, the department head, presented a departmental update, and students were given

opportunities to talk to the faculty in attendance.


The Club charged two dollars to all students, except for those who participated in the blood drive, and the

event was a success for the 60 students and 5 faculty members who mingled while enjoying appetizers.

Figure 3: Smoker 1 and 2 at the local Kelsey’s

Chem Eng Rock Climbing November 13th This is social and athletic event for all chemical engineering students hosted by the Club. The highlight of

the trip for the students in attendance was the participation of the Faculty Advisor (Dr. Dickson). This

year we only had 2 people show up unfortunately, however, the event was still run.

Nondenominational Winter Break Holiday Dinner November 28th This event is the last event of the fall semester, and is held at Boston Pizza, where the Club is provided

with unlimited pizza and wings at a set price. This year, 24 students were present for the festivities.

Casino Trip to Niagara Falls January 26th The club organizes a bus to Niagara Falls and back and sells tickets 2 weeks before the event. Students

are free to visit the Casino, enjoy the Falls, shop or site see for the night and then get on the bus back to

McMaster later in the evening. Unfortunately, due to a snow storm, this event had to be cancelled and

everyone was reimbursed.

Christmas Movie Night Dec 2nd

17 Students came out to watch popular festive movies such as Home Alone and A Christmas story over

some pizza, pop and hot chocolate. A lecture hall was booked and the projector was used to create a

movie theatre atmosphere. This event had great feedback and will be hosted next year as well.

Club Info Session and Transition March – April Class Reps were responsible for encouraging chemical engineering students attend a Chem Eng Club

meeting. At the meeting, each Club member gave a brief speech on their role. Then, to maintain the

Club’s success, new students and current Club members nominated themselves for the positions. Class

elections were held, and all voting was done online. There was a huge interest in the club, and many

positions had several people competing for them. A transition meeting was held, and many plans for next

year’s Chem Eng Club are already underway. The election results stated that over 28% percent of the

chemical engineering students participated in the voting process.


Sports Teams Year Round The Chem Eng Club facilitates several intramural teams each year based on demand. The most popular

ones include, Co-Rec Soccer (12 students) in the fall and a volleyball team (12 students). The Sports Rep

registers the teams, and is reimbursed through the McMaster Engineering Society. This year we also had a

drop-in pool night (20 students) which was opened to all students in chemical engineering.

Roast the Profs Apr 3rd Roast the Profs is a unique event held every year during the last week of classes. This year 80 students

and 8 faculty members gathered for dinner and a laugh, as students write and perform songs, host game

shows such as Jeopardy, and perform skits or presentations while roasting professors. The new president

and club are also introduced, and the new president makes a small speech during the event.

Figure 4: Kelsey's was packed with a crowd of approximately 80 people while students roasted their professors

Community Events Engineering Blood Drive I & II October, February The Chem Eng Club participated in a semi-annual engineering blood drive. Volunteers were asked to fill

out a sign-up sheet. To encourage participation, anyone who donated blood was given a free ticket to the

corresponding Smoker. Both events were very successful, with 8 and 15 chemical engineering students

participating in each blood drive respectively.

Charity Hot Yoga Night Last Friday of the month Sept to March This is social and athletic event for all chemical engineering students at Moksha Yoga on a Friday night.

Students pay a minimum $7 donation and the proceeds go to the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity.

The event was well received.

Pi Day March 14th This event was initiated by the Chem Eng Club, and supported by the entire engineering student body.

The event was to celebrate Pi Day, and people could sign up to be ‘pi’ed and ‘pi’ their fellow participants

at 1:59 on March 14th. A total of approximately $2000 was raised in support of the Hamilton Ronald

McDonald House.


Cooking for a Change November29th This event was hosted by a local Church in the community. 8 students attended this event and got a

chance to learn how to cook gourmet meals with a low budget. The meals were then eaten at a banquet

hall with some musical entertainment.

Academic Events

McMaster University - Zhejiang University Summer Abroad Summer 2012 In the summer of 2012 Andrew Ojo Toye, a Chemical Engineering student had the remarkable

opportunity to travel to China to conduct research with the department of Chemical and Biological

Engineering at Zhejiang University. The university is located in Hangzhou, the picturesque capital of

Zhejiang province famous for its scenery and history. The goal of Andrew’s project was to synthesize and

characterize high performance polyolefin-based thermoplastic elastomers. The elastomers were high

molecular weight copolymers with better physical and chemical properties than currently available

polymers. Many students from other universities participated in this exchange program recognizing the

benefits of gaining international experience and the opportunity for professional and personal growth. The

students were from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Western Ontario. The mix

of students enhanced problem solving by bringing together diverse perspectives and created a unique

work environment. The experience has changed Andrew and broadened his horizons by improving his

knowledge of a foreign language, improving hia specialist knowledge by conducting leading research at a

top Chinese Institute, and establishing international connections. The Chemical Engineering Department

and undergraduate club strive to give students opportunities to get a broader understanding of their

discipline and encourage them to explore their passions and interest.

Figure 5: Andrew Toye and his adventures at Zhejiang University in China, Summer 2012


Intellipharmaceutics Tour Sept 26th A bus was chartered by the club to send 15 students to Intellipharmaceuticals in Toronto. The company is

involved with research, development, and commercialization of controlled-release and targeted

pharmaceutical products. The event was deemed successful based on feedback.

Air Liquide Tour Mar 1st This event was held during a busy week of school and required students to take the city bus to a local Air

Liquide plant. We had only 4 people that were able to make it out to this tour.

CIC Monsaroff Student Paper Night February 6th The Monsaroff Student Paper Night was introduced in the 1960’s in recognition of Boris Monsaroff, an

industrial chemist/chemical engineer and author, who lived and worked in Hamilton for more than 30

years. Mr. Monsaroff played a leading role in the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), and maintained a

vigorous interest in science and economics, and was deeply concerned with the impact of scientific

development on economic and political policies.

The Hamilton section of the CIC organized this student paper night in order to foster student interest in

developing communication skills and using these skills to transmit knowledge to a general audience.

Since its creation, two students from McMaster Chemistry, Mohawk Chemical Technology and

McMaster Engineering have gathered in front of interested students, faculty and friends to share

knowledge. Students submit a presentation on a topic of their choice, and from these submissions, 2

students are selected from each faculty to make an oral presentation to their peers, the general public and

a panel of judges composed of industry employees and professors. This year, the event was hosted by

McMaster Chemistry at Kelsey’s, and completely sponsored by the local CIC chapter. There were 2

chemical engineering students that participated in the competition, Sean Mercer 4th year and Matthew

LeFeuvre 2nd

year.

Figure 6: Presenters and Dr. Dickson at Monsaroff 2013


Departmental Meeting February 11th The Club president and vice president participated in a departmental meeting to give feedback to the

faculty on behalf of the students. This includes reviews of previous items discussed, program

improvement, student feedback and faculty concerns. This shows the chemical engineering students that

their faculty values the opinions of the Club, and therefore the students the Club represents.

Program Info Sessions for 1st Years February - March 2013

This is a general info session to help first years pick their specialties. Chem Eng volunteers and faculty

members represent the chemical engineering booth and provide a student and instructor perspective on the

program, its benefits, and potential career paths. Pizza is provided to encourage attendance. About 8

volunteers from chemical engineering attended and acted as mentors for the 1000 first year students that

attend the sessions over the two month period.

Figure 7: First Year crowd interested in joining Chem Eng in 2013. Matt Galachiuk (Upper year student) leading the

presentation

MacLab Initiative January 2013 The McMaster Laboratory Advancement Benefaction (macLAB) Endowment Fund was a project initiated

by the McMaster Engineering Society (MES) in 1997, in response to an increasing need to renew and

update the undergraduate engineering laboratory facilities. This year the chemical engineering department

requested funding from macLAB to expand and enrich the student laboratory experience. The Chemical

Engineering Club worked closely with faculty to prepare the funding request. The proposal was

successfully defended and will result in the expansion polymer processing equipment that students have

access to during their upper year lab courses.


Conferences 2012 CSCHE Conference October 16

th - 19

th

28 delegates from McMaster’s undergraduate Chemical Engineering Department attended the Canadian

Chemical Engineering Conference for five days in Vancouver, BC. The conference provided an

opportunity for networking amongst other undergraduate students, graduate students, professors, and

industry professionals from across Canada. The year’s conference hosted a wide variety of academic

sessions addressing issues pertaining to the theme: biotechnology. Four of McMaster’s professors, Dr.

Adams, Dr. Cranston, Dr. Yu and Dr. Swartz, joined us at the conference to present their research. One

of the delegates, Sean Mercer, comments: “It was great to support McMaster students’ and professors’

research while also seeing how their work fits into the big picture across other schools and industry”. As

well as academic sessions there was a graduate school fair and industry mixer. These events provided

students with the opportunity to inquire about further education and employment options. It was a great

chance to apply for jobs or receive feedback on resumes from real employers. At the undergraduate

student banquet, McMaster received two awards. Club vice-president Sean Johnstone received the CSChE

Local Section Scholarship recognizing leadership, academic performance, and participation in the

engineering community. This award is presented to two students from across Canada each year and in

recent years has also been awarded to other McMaster students, namely Jervis Pereira and Sharleen

Weatherly. The Chemical Engineering Club chapter was also recognized for its excellence by winning

the Student Chapter Merit Award. This award is presented to the school whose club shows the highest

level of student involvement with the most events as well as the highest diversity of events. McMaster’s

Chem Eng Club strives to win this award every year and has been successful numerous times in the past.

In Fact, the CSChE conference is so popular within McMaster that the club has appointed 3 positions as

conference reps that work year round to organize and market this event to the entire faculty. We already

have 28 delegates confirmed to the next conference in New Brunswick, 2013.

Figure 8: McMaster Delegates at CSCHE 2012 in Vancouver


Chem-E Car Team at the AICHE Conference May 22-23rd

This year the Chem-E Car Team was able to increase their involvement within the McMaster Community.

The team volunteered in engineering outreach events such as McMaster's May at Mac Open House,

engineering Olympics and clubs-fest and were also able to obtain team status in the McMaster

Engineering Society.

After a year of hard work, the team was able to send two cars, Steamliner and Alf to the AIChE Regional

Conference at the University of Cincinnati on March 22nd-23rd. Steamliner was composed of a hobby

steam engine which propelled the vehicle mechanically and carbon dioxide was produced from a

chemical reaction to power the piston of the engine. Alf was a modification of our previous vehicles and

was electrically powered by a hydrogen PEM fuel cell. Hydrogen gas was produced through a chemical

reaction, and purified and dehydrated through a desiccant chamber before being feed into the fuel cell.

The vehicle was stopped by controlling a iodine stop clock reaction. Both teams tied 6th out of 16 teams

at the competition, and Steamliner won the "Most Creative Drive System" Award.

We were very grateful for all the sponsorship and support we received from our sponsors: CIC, Cameco,

Paul Galachiuk and the McMaster Chemical Engineering Department and faculty. More information

about the team's vehicles and progress can be found on the website at:

http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/chem_e_car/mainpage.html.

Figure 9: Team holding "Most Creative Drive System" award. From left to right, Victoria Graham, Jana Srichandra,

Spencer Imbrogno, Tich Truong, Michelle Zeng. Above: The evolution for the Chem E Car from 2010 to 2013.

http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/chem_e_car/mainpage.html


ESSCO AGM (Engineering Student Societies’ Council of Ontario, Annual General Meeting)

May 23-26th

The Chem Eng Club sent two students to the ESSCO AGM in 2013, the club’s incoming president and

the MES Chemical Engineering representative. The conference included many sessions and workshops

geared towards improving the professionalism and effectiveness of the participants in their activities as

student leaders. The sessions included workshops on how to build an effective team, run better meetings,

networking and similar professional skills, and improve motivation. Another session included tips on

creating better student-faculty relations so that events and other important activities involving both sides

work well. The conference also allowed an opportunity for our Chem Eng Club to hear from other schools

on their events, and to bring back new ideas for the coming year. Further, the conference also acted to

build a good working relationship between the Chem Eng Club and the McMaster Engineering Society

Figure 10: Attendees: Brian Macdonald (Incoming Club President), Sean Mercer (Incoming MES Chem Eng

Representative)


Appendix C. Welcome Songs If I were in Chem Eng (To the tune of “If I had a million Dollars”, Bare-naked Ladies) Jervis Lenon Pereira Intro

If I was in ECE (If I was in ECE)

I'd get shocked all the time (By a 12V DC Power Source)

If I was in Mech Eng(If I was in Mech Eng)

I'd draw you a protrusion (Maybe in CAD or Solid Edge)

If I was in software (If I was in software)

I'd program a code (an algorithm to switch on a light bulb)

If I was part of civil, I'd play with rocks

Chorus:

I’m a Chemical Engineer, We'd brew beer in our back yard

I’m a Chemical Engineer, Extrusion and molding is not so hard

I’m a Chemical Engineer, We could build a refrigerator with Freon

(No not Freon because that has been phased out by the Montreal Protocol, it would have to be R134a)

If I was in mechatronics (If I was in mechatronics)

I'd be so confused (but have fun with my robots)

If I was in eng phsyics (If I was in eng phsyics)

I’d develop super powers (Like the Hulk or a radioactive man spider)

If I was in BTech (If I was in BTech)

I'd weld you a ball valve (so you can control pipe flow)

If I was in BEAMS, I’m not here right now

I’m a Chemical Engineer, On occasion we know what fugacity is

I’m a Chemical Engineer, we deal with big black boxes

I’m a Chemical Engineer, We could build a distillation column

(We have to make sure that the relative volatility is as far away from 1 in order for an efficient separation)

If I had taken science (If I had taken science)

I would learn about Enzymes (the type that lives under your bed)

If I was in society (If I was in society)

I'd be saving the whales (off the coast of Alaska)

If I was in management (If I was in management)

I'd wear suits all day (making presentations like a boss)

If I was in BEAMS, I’m missing out on today

I’m a Chemical Engineer, we shear our non-Newtonian melts

I’m a Chemical Engineer reducing offset with PID controllers

I’m a Chemical Engineer,

And I’ll be Rich


Keep On Rockin’ in Chem Eng by Jervis Pereira (To the tune of Rocking in the Free World by Neil Young) I just walk into class

Sit right at the back

People opening their books

People glad to be at Mac

But then he walks in, With an LCBO bag

There's a lot of people thinkin' , what he keeps in that bag

He puts his hand in the bag, And grabs a pile of notes

puts one foot on the desk, And teaches us about fluids.

Keep on rockin' in Chem Eng,

Keep on rockin' in Chem Eng


Keep on rockin' in Chem Eng.

He rides his Vespar to School

difference insignificant

Now he pulls out a marker, cool

it was black and permanent

as he writes on the white board, not knowing what he’d done

Designed his experiments, confound them into one

He ran out of space and he couldn’t erase

borrowed some acetone and left without a trace





I had this question to do,

A few years ago,

It was assignment 2,

Set by Dr. Hoare

Design a heat exchanger that will dissipate,

Heat from its center at steady state

You could use shell and tube, surrounded with fins

After 3 sleepless nights, I got my half percent






Drops of Ethanol

by Chad Glen

(To the tune of Drops of Jupiter by Train)

Here comes an end to another year,

And drops of ethanol make me impair-air-aired.

I drink all night and learn all day,

Making my hair go Dickson gray, aye aye aye

I want to go home and enjoy my brew,

But Cranston said mix Borox with glue, aye aye aye

Aye aye aye aye

Tell me, is your name Kevin Dunn?

Making models and providing values that are estimated

Knowing COST is overrated

Tell me, could you solve this PFR?

If you never had Mhaskar,

And can you get any rest while waiting for your ring to wear

Now Dr. Adams has my admiration,

For letting his chops grow for that duration, aye aye aye

Dunn checks out pie charts while saying oh no,

Wondering why your ink is low, aye aye aye

Here comes an end to another year,

I’m afraid that Zhu might think of me as,

Plain ol’ chain of an unknown span,

but the molecular weight says a styrene strand.

Tell me, do you know the specific heat,

Did you finally get to pass a class with a whole node array

Yeah, todd hoare is here to stay

Tell me, do you know how enzymes bind?

Did you take bioreactor design?

And can you get any rest while waiting for your ring to wear

Can you imagine no glove, smudge of sludge thickened

Group members always contradicting you, even when you know they’re wrong

Can you imagine a whole class, learn to laplace, no time for relaxation,

Caffeine jitters never got so bad, for me

But tell me, do you think this pickle’s sweet?

Learn about what he hates and growth rates with Filipe

Don’t forget rate of decay


Tell me, do you know Mike Thompson

Did you take 4X and do a bunch of extrusion

Filling molds with strange protrusions

Tell me, have you seen dr. peltons car?

Where him and his dog probably are

And can you get any rest while waiting for your ring

Na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na na

And can you finally get to attend the end and get your degree

Na na na na na na na


And Chem eng is who we are

Chem eng is who we are



And one day you will have a ring to wear

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