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: Craig Husa, CEO of Impact Bioenergy

Craig is the CEO of Impact Bioenergy. Impact manufactures commercial-scale, portable anaerobic digesters that convert food waste into renewable energy and probiotic plant food with zero-waste. 
Previously, Craig served as the CEO of multiple innovative, break-through companies including SuperCritical Technologies, a manufacturer of distributed power generation units, and 3TIER (acquired by Vaisala, NASDAQ OMX Helsinki). 3TIER’s big-data, weather analytics platform forecast for over 45,000 MW of wind capacity and assisted in securing over $8.0 billion in financing for utility-scale wind and solar facilities on six continents.
Craig was also CEO of General Software (acquired by Phoenix Technologies Ltd, NASDAQ: PTEC), and Healia (acquired by Meredith Corporation, NYSE: MDP). Earlier in his career, he founded CourtLink Corporation (acquired by LexisNexis) and served in the U.S. Navy as a submarine officer. Currently, Craig is also the Chairman of the Clean Tech Alliance and is a Career Coach for Harvard Business School.

 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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