Dear CAST Young Professionals,

We would like to bring to your attention a few YP events that will take place during the virtual annual AIChE meeting.

CAST-YP event (RSVP required): 

Our CAST-YP Social will be held virtually on Tuesday November 17th 1:00 - 2:30 pm Pacific time.  If you plan to participate, please RSVP using this google form so that you can receive login information for the virtual meeting. During this event the CAST YP committee has planned fun games and break-out discussions with participants from academia and industry regarding applying for jobs and the state of the current job market. 

AIChE-YP events:  A list of all AICHE events co-sponsored by Young Professionals can be found in this link. Below we highlight a few interesting ones (all in Pacific time): 

1. Workshop: Effective Teaching for New or Prospective Faculty: Monday, Nov 16 2:00 PM
   
2. AIChE Young Professionals / Fellows Networking Session: Tuesday, Nov 17 3:00 PM 
3. Transitioning from Graduate School to Your Future (Panel Discussion): Tuesday, Nov 17 3:00 PM 
   
4. Unconscious Bias in Engineering: Why Is It Relevant to the Profession and What Can We Do About It?: Wednesday, Nov 18 10:30 AM
   

For more information regarding the AIChE Young Professionals community, their activities, awards opportunities and more please visit: https://www.aiche.org/community/sites/committees/young-professionals

For information on becoming a member of CAST, please visit: https://www.aiche.org/community/sites/divisions-forums/computing-systems-technology-division-cast/join-cast 

Best wishes to all and we look forward to "seeing you" at the upcoming meeting, 

CAST-YP committee:

Alex Dowling (academic YP liaison)

Onur Onel (industrial YP liaison)

Fani Boukouvala (outgoing academic YP liaison)