Join the 2025 ChemE Cube Competition, Powered by RAPID庐 | ExxonMobil

Up for a team challenge and prizes? ChemE Cube is an annual student competition where undergraduate university teams design, build, and demonstrate a 1 cubic foot plant to produce a chemistry defined in the annual problem statement. Teams compete on cube performance via a head-to-head duel and promote their technology through a one-minute ad, poster, and 20-minute 鈥淪hark Tank鈥 style pitch to a panel of mock investors.

This year, the 5th Annual powered by RAPID | ExxonMobil will focus on direct air capture and regeneration and take place on November 2鈥3 in Boston at the 2025 AIChE Annual Student Conference. Undergraduate student teams from any university are welcome to participate. 

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Updated information for this year鈥檚 competition is now live, so to learn more. 

Photos from last year鈥檚 competition

Last year 38 teams competed in the initial competition, and 18 teams were chosen to move on to the final competition at the AIChE Annual Student Conference in San Diego. Below are pictures from the 2024 ChemE Cube Competition.