Welcome to the site of Women in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington!

Women in Chemical Engineering (WChE, "Wick-ee") was founded in January of 2016 with the primary purpose of educating, empowering, and advocating for women in chemical engineering, and their supporters, by providing a safe and open space for dialogue, mentorship, collaboration, camaraderie, and skill building through professional development, community networking, and outreach to primary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions.
We are a group of undergraduate, graduate, faculty and professional women in chemical engineering, as well as male allies. We are a tight-knit community that supports diversity and strives for excellence in our field.

Panelist Spotlight: Beth Ryder, Senior Environmental Consultant with Trinity Consultants, Inc.

Interested in an #alternative career in #energy and #sustainability? Meet panelist Beth Ryder, Senior Environmental Consultant with Trinity Consultants, Inc. After graduating from UW with a Masters in ChemE, she now works with companies across a variety of industries to achieve regulatory compliance. #godawgs #womeninstem #consulting #wcheindustrypanel //
Ms. Ryder works for Trinity Consultants, Inc. as a Senior Environmental Consultant. She has been with Trinity Consultants since 2012. As an environmental consultant, she is a liaison between corporate goals and regulatory compliance. She assists clients with state and federal air quality permitting, compliance reporting, air emissions quantification, and air dispersion modeling analyses. She has worked with companies in a variety of industries including mining, petroleum refineries, storage and distribution facilities, natural gas compressor stations, pulp and paper mills, semiconductor fabrication plants, chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturers, building material manufacturers, power companies, and several more. Ms. Ryder began her career with Trinity in the Seattle Office. She moved to the Oakland, California office after two years for more advancement opportunities. After a promotion and a year in Oakland, she moved to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office for family. Then a year after that moved to Bend, Oregon again for family reasons. She has now worked remotely for Trinity in Bend for the past two and a half years and plans to open another Trinity office in Oregon next year. Ms. Ryder previously worked as a Supervising Production Engineer at a semiconductor manufacturing facility between obtaining her B.S. and M.S. She also was an intern for Chevron and Weyerhaeuser during her B.S. degree.

 Member Spotlights

Every month we feature a new member of our ChemE community - undergrad, grad, alumni, staff, and faculty! If you know someone outstanding that deserves recognition, nominate them!

Read our most recent member spotlight here!

WChE Newsletter

Every week, we send out a newsletter updating you on upcoming events and involvement opportunities. We also include interesting articles we find about female empowerment in engineering. Additionally, we have a quarterly newsletter aimed at keeping out alumni network in the loop! The sign up forms for both are below. Click here​ to see our newsletter archive.

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