AICHE Competition

UTCV team that attended 2023 AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition®.
UTCV team that attended 2022 AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car Competition®. From Left to right: Prof. Cathy Chin, Niroshini Muniandy, Michael Chan, Reina Li, Laszlo Toth, Lisa(Yuqi) Zhou

We compete in the American Institute for Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Chem-E-Car Competition™ against other universities from all over the world. You can find out more about competition rules here

In April 2018, UTCV competed for the very first time at the Eckhardt Northeast Student Regional Conference in Rochester, NY to a 9th place finish against both Canadian and American Chem-E-Car teams from universities throughout the region.

In April 2019, UTCV competed in the Eckhardt Northeast Regional AIChE Student Conference at UMass Amherst, Amherst, NY to a 6th place finish against both Canadian and American Chem-E-Car teams from universities throughout the region.

In April 2022, after a two year pause caused by the pandemic, UTCV competed in the Eckhardt Northeast Regional AIChE Student Conference and, for the first time in history, won the 1st place and got the chance to compete in 2022 national Chem-E-Car Competition. 

In November 2022, UTCV competed very first time at the 2022 Annual Student Conference Chem-E-Car Competition in Phoenix, AZ to a 9th place against Chem-E-Car teams across the globe. 

In March 2023, UTCV competed in the Eckhardt Northeast Regional AIChE Student Conference at McGill University, Montreal, QC to the 1st place, twice in a row.

In Nov 2023, UTCV competed at the 2023 Annual Student Conference Chem-E-Car Competition in Orlando, FL and won 6th place, out of 46 teams around the world.