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Saudi Arabian Section of AIChE
(SAS-AIChE)
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History & Mission
On 22 June 1908, nineteen men working in what was then a new and emerging discipline (chemical engineering) met at the Engineers’ Club in Philadelphia and founded the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
At the time, chemical engineering, an intermediate discipline between chemistry and mechanical engineering had just begun. Its literature was almost non-existent, and the 500 or so people who could call themselves chemical engineers were widely scattered. In fact, the founding of AIChE helped to establish chemical engineering as a separate discipline. Over the years the goals evolved as needs changed until the present vision and mission were decided upon.
The vision of AIChE is to continually improve the way in which it serves the membership, their employers, the chemical engineering profession, and society so that the Institute is recognized as the premier chemical engineering professional society. The mission is to promote excellence in the development and practice of chemical engineering.
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The Saudi Arabian Section
The Saudi Arabian Section of the AIChE is a self-governing unit and was founded in 1988. Since that time, the Section has been arranging activities and programs of interest to the membership.
Section meetings have provided members with an opportunity to meet in an informal professional atmosphere with those in engineering and management functions in other organizations. The section has been very successful in attracting high quality speakers for a variety of topical subjects. The subjects presented at meetings, though related to Chemical Engineering and to the Process Industries, are often of a general nature. And the regular meetings have been well attended.
Members are welcome to invite guests who have an interest in the subject of a particular meeting. In general, meetings are open to members of other engineering societies or to the interested public at large.
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Objectives
Provide an opportunity for engineers and other professionals at various engineering and management levels in the process industries, including owners, engineering contractors, authorities, consultants and equipment suppliers, to meet fellow engineers and to discuss subjects of common interest.
Offer lectures on subjects of interest to the chemical process industries and related sectors. Endeavor to present topical subjects by well-informed speakers.
Organize symposia, colloquia and congresses, sometimes in collaboration with other associations.
Provide an active link with AIChE USA (National) for Section members.
Contribute to the professional information and knowledge of Section
members.
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Address
SAS-AIChE,
Saudi Arabian Section of American Institute of Chemical
Engineers
c/o
Abdulmohsen D. Al-Majnouni
Vice President, Saudi Operations
Alkhorayef Petroleum
P.O. Box 30204, Al-Khobar 31952, Saudi Arabia
Tel: (9663) 858-8090 Ext. 101, Fax: (9663) 857-8569,
Cell:
(966) 55-888-4852
