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
It all began in 1951 when the National Society of Professional Engineers declared the third week of February National Engineers Week. This year, the 60th Annual National Engineers Week falls on February 20-26.
For the past 31 years the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, located an hour northwest of Philadelphia, has celebrated National Engineers Week with a banquet. This annual celebration is marked with the naming of the Young Engineer of the Year and the Engineer of the Year by the local section of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE) and the event's keynote speaker.
The banquet, organized by the Lehigh Valley Engineering Council, has featured speakers on the subjects of ASCE's Report Card for America's Infrastructure, the World Trade Center, and the restoration of Ellis Island. In 2009, June Wispelwey, the recently named Executive Director of AIChE, attended the banquet and delivered the keynote address on the Engineering Community's role in addressing energy and sustainability.
This year's banquet takes place February 18 and features keynote speaker Frank L. Willis, PhD. Willis traveled to the Gulf shortly after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April of 2010. He experienced the response firsthand and monitored the disaster with water samples, aerial photography, and computer modeling. He continues to monitor the area to document and model the long-term effects and will speak about his experience and findings.
How are YOU celebrating National Engineers Week?
For more information on the Lehigh Valley Engineers Week Banquet, please visit the website.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Engineers_Week U.S.) http://www.eweek.org
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