A Career And Career Goals For Chemical Engineering

In the winter of 2009, I was introduced to engineering for the first time. Two female chemical engineering students from MIT came to speak to us girls about what chemical engineering is and why women should pursue the STEM field. At that time, I was already interested in becoming a chemist when I grew up, so the shift between chemistry and chemical engineering wasn’t much of a change when I changed my career plans that day. I planned on designing new types of nail polish, having a high salary, and eventually becoming a chemical engineering professor. However, since then, my aspirations as a chemical engineer have changed. In the spring of 2012, my great-grandmother passed away from Alzheimer’s disease. Her death was the first death that truly

By having a chemical engineering degree, I will have an excellent overview of engineering in terms of mass production for pharmaceuticals. However, I want to go into research, so I want to get a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry and/or materials engineering. Essentially, I plan on using chemical engineering as a stepping stone for graduate school. And if in the future I do not want to go to graduate school, I will have a degree that will still allow me to work in industries inside and outside of

With my great-grandmother’s experience with Alzheimer’s and meeting people with MS, I know that I eventually want to go into pharmaceutical research, and that should not change. Outside of what inspired the path that I want to take, there is also my mother. My mother always says that children should do better than their parents, and she has given me a lot to live up to – considering her roles in anti-money laundering and holding a vice-president position at a bank. Although my mother and I are interested in different fields, I know that I need to make some form of an impact in the world whether small or big. In a way, my mother should be considered a mentor of mine. For me, a mentor is a person who leads, helps, and encourages their mentee in the right direction. Although my mother never pushed me into engineering or can explain any engineering concepts to me, she does encourage me routinely to follow my dreams and finds whatever I need to help me get closer to my aspirations. Other than my mother, there are three women who I consider to be my mentors as well. There is Randi Genung and Tracy Mis, both are my former teachers and Science Olympiad coaches, who kept me where I needed to be as a student interested in STEM and gave me the opportunity to be their teaching aides for a year, making my love of science and math even greater. There is also Carrie Hutton who was my engineering teacher for