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Mainardi has been an active member of the AIChE since 1999. She has been the Chair and Co-Chair for several AIChE Spring and National meetings, a Director (2009-2011) and Topical Chair (2010) of AIChE-TEP Division, and the  2010 Spring AIChE Meeting TEP Division sessions organizer.

In 2012, Mainardi was nominated and elected Chair of the AIChE Transport and Energy Processes Division. During her leadership, the following was accomplished for the TEP Division:

• Committees (Awards, Short courses and Tutorials, Website, Newsletter) were formed within TEP
• The very first division flyer was created
• The best “TEP paper award” was promoted
• The Donald K. Kern Award found a formal sponsor, TEMA
• A TEP website with updated information on the Division’s latest activities and upcoming events was created
• The very first TEP newsletter has been published.
• A special session during the 2013 AIChE spring meeting: Advances in Fuel Cells and Batteries - A Special Session in Honor of Prof. Virendra K. Mathur and His Contributions was held
• TEP has volunteered to help and be the sponsor of the ECI conference on Energy Storage scheduled for June 2013 in Newport Beach, CA
• TEP become once again one of the supporters of the young professionals mixer that took place during the 2013 Spring meeting in San Antonio.

Mainardi Receives AIChE Excellence and Service Award

May 22, 2013