Elizabeth Guenther
Elizabeth Guenther is a Senior Industrial Engineer at OSRAM Sylvania with responsibility for processes and projects at its Eastern Distribution Center. She is this year’s AIChE Young Professionals Committee (YPC) Chair and YPC liaison to the Career and Education Operating Council.
Prior to joining OSRAM Sylvania, Elizabeth worked in other non-chemical fields as a Lean Manufacturing Engineer at Mack Trucks, Inc and an Operations Engineer at Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. Prior to holding the position of Chair in YPC, Elizabeth held the positions of Vice Chair and Publications Subcommittee Chair. She has also written several articles in ChEnected. Elizabeth’s Young Professional Point of View article, “What is a Chemical Engineer Doing Here?” published in the September 2013 edition of CEP, explored how Chemical Engineers fit right in to atypical industries.
Elizabeth holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Masters of Business Administration degree in Supply Chain Management from Lehigh University. She is an active member of her local AIChE section, the American Association of University Women and is a past Chair of the Lehigh Valley Engineering Council.
Elizabeth lives in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania with her husband. When not working, Elizabeth enjoys swimming competitively, doing craft projects and baking. Elizabeth can be reached at elizabeth.guenther@sylvania.com
This year's National Chemistry Week is October 17-23 - concluding on mole day. National Chemistry Week evolved from National Chemistry Day which was first recognized in 1987. National Chemistry Day soon expanded into a biannual event beginning in 1989 and was finally celebrated annually beginning in 1993.
This year's theme "Behind the Scenes with Chemistry!" is inspired by shows like Mythbusters and books that bring to light the "how it done" elements that show how chemistry is responsible for the "magic" or the "unexplained".
The Mission of National Chemistry Week sponsored by the American Chemical Society is:
- Make a positive change in the public's impression of chemistry;
- Promote a mechanism for effectively mobilizing ACS local sections; and
- Motivate the ACS membership through local section activities.
What are you doing to celebrate National Chemistry Week?
Sources: http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/mythbusters/ www.acs.org/ncw# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Chemistry_Week http://www.usasciencefestival.org/
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