President

Hey everyone! I’m Elizabeth Ostadali, and I am a fourth-year student and the AIChE OSU President this year. As President, I guide our fantastic executive team to help them any way I can in their work or planning of events. I also serve as the main point of contact for AIChE’s professional contacts, advisors, and the national AIChE organization. I started off in this organization as a general member my first semester of classes. My first board position was next semester being the Intramural Chair. From that, I was also the Internal VP before becoming the President. From the beginning I knew one day I would want to become President. Throughout my first three years at OSU, AIChE has helped me so much that I can’t imagine what my day to day would be like without it. I was able to give back through my previous positions, and I want to continue through my President duties. I want to give all the freshman the same amazing experience I was given! I think AIChE can always strive to continuously improve, and I am incredibly proud to lead such a great group of dedicated chemical engineers to heighten the ChemE experience!

My Experiences

Throughout my schooling I have had three internships/co-ops. My first one was at General Motors as a fuel cell manufacturing intern. Here I had a much more mechanically focused term where I worked on torque programs and plant manufacturing instructions. My second one was at ExxonMobil as a Polymers Technical Intern. I was working in a chemical plant doing pure chemical engineering work on technical process analysis improvments, heat exchangers, distillation columns, storage vessels, and flowmeters. My third experience was at Procter & Gamble where I was an operations intern in Antiperspirants and Deodorants. I had multiple projects in safety, as well as loss elimination, around the manufacturing plant. I am very grateful and blessed to have these experiences and would love to share more with anyone who is interested! Aside from being involved with AIChE at OSU, I am a Teaching Assistant for Chemical Separations, an Engineering Ambassador, and a member of Campus Outreach.

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