AIChE NIT ROURKELA
Innovate with Chemical Engineering to create real-world impact at NIT Rourkela.
ECLIPSE — Space & Strategy Showdown
Round 1: Jenga Balancing ➔ Round 2: Escape Room ➔ Round 3: Rocket Building & Defense
Presented by the AIChE Student Chapter for Eastern India's premier technical festival, INNOVISION 2026. Student teams compete across three intense rounds testing engineering intuition, problem solving, and aerospace prototype assembly for Prizes Worth ₹7,500 (7.5K) + official SAC merit certificates!
Engineer Responsible Futures
Industrial Webinars & Guest Talks
Interactive sessions and masterclasses with practicing process engineers and plant heads, covering modern plant design, refinery workflows, and industrial career tracks.
Process Safety & HAZOP
Instilling a safety-first mindset with structured hazard identification, risk assessment, and standard operating protocols.
Peer & Faculty Mentorship
Collaborative research circles connecting undergraduates with professors and alumni leaders in industry and academia worldwide.
Focusing on Critical Issues
Industrial Process Systems
Analyzing commercial refinery workflows, petrochemical unit operations, and large-scale manufacturing facilities to bridge classroom concepts with real-world hardware.
Decarbonization & Energy
Developing student solutions for carbon capture utilization, alternative hydrogen fuels, and thermal efficiency optimization.
Design & Case Competitions
Hosting national ChemE ideathons and problem-solving hackathons testing student readiness under strict constraints.
Engineering Clean & Scalable Solutions
Chem-E-Car
Designing and fabricating shoebox-sized vehicles powered solely by bespoke chemical reactions and precise chemical stopping mechanisms for regional and national competitions.
Sustainable Tech & DAC Projects
Student-led prototyping in Direct Air Capture (DAC), carbon sequestration, green hydrogen, and battery electrochemical cells solving current environmental challenges.
STEM Outreach & Technical Events
Hosting national symposium tracks, technical poster presentations, and interactive outreach workshops demystifying chemical engineering for junior students and schools.
Flagship Initiatives & Technical Footprint
Fostering practical chemical engineering through technical competitions, industry discourse, and community STEM outreach.
Chem-E-Car & Chem-E-Prix
Designing and building shoebox-scale chemically powered vehicles with autonomous chemical reaction stopping mechanisms to compete at national and regional symposiums.
Industrial Talks & Webinars
Hosting practicing process engineers, plant specialists, and alumni for sessions on real-world plant workflows, petroleum refining, and evolving industry trends.
K-12 STEM Outreach
Inspiring young minds through hands-on science demonstrations, interactive experiments, and workshops designed to spark curiosity in chemical sciences and engineering.
Active Technical Projects
Designing, fabricating, and optimizing tangible chemical engineering solutions—from competition prototypes to sustainability setups.
Chem-E-Car Propulsion & Control
Designing and fabricating a shoebox-scale autonomous vehicle powered by customized chemical battery cells, calibrated with a precision chemical stopping mechanism to hit target distances accurately.
Direct Air Capture (DAC) Benchtop Rig
Developing a low-footprint continuous carbon capture module utilizing solid sorbent beds to evaluate CO₂ capture kinetics, dynamic adsorption capacities, and low-energy desorption cycles.
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Connect with faculty mentors, attend industrial expert webinars, participate in national Chem-E-Car & technical competitions, and drive community STEM outreach.