Deciding your future career is a very scary thing to do, especially when you’re only in high school. I have decided that I will major in chemical engineering after high school. Part of what helped me decide this was job shadowing Lisa Steffan. Lisa graduated from The Ohio State University with a chemical engineering degree, and now works at Cooper Tire and Rubber Company as a materials engineer working with polymers. Job shadowing Lisa was a great experience, and she told me about several things I hadn’t considered. A very important part of being an engineer that Lisa showed me was the differences between the workforce and research development. Working on the floor means working in a factory and being hands on. Those who work in research have an office surrounding and work with a smaller scale of products. I would like to be in the workforce aspect of engineering because working in an office all day is not something I would enjoy. Also, the college I want to attend is not research based and most times graduate school is required. As Lisa introduced me to everyone she works with in her department, I realized being an engineer is a occupation that involves teamwork. Just like every other child, I was taught that teamwork is an important life skill when I …show more content…
Just like most labs there were a lot of different substances, but this lab consisted of materials used to make polymers. Polymers are just a small area of chemical engineering that can be worked with. Chemical engineers also work with oxidation, nanomaterials, the production of energy, food, electronics, clothing, and paper. With such a wide variety of areas to specialize in, it is hard to know which area I want to work in right now, but I think that working with the production of food or polymers would be very interesting. After a few years of being in college and learning more, I will be able to pick my area of
Teamwork can not be done alone; it’s distributed to different people who assist in different ways.
This article talks about how teamwork is the foundation in the aircraft industry. How aircraft technicians have to depend on co-workers when a new aircraft is being developed and how important it is for them to get along as a team. The article talks about how to be a team player. How teamwork not only creates safety but efficiency.
Do you remember what it felt like to be a teen and wonder what your future would become? That is right where I am at. As a freshman in high school, I have begun thinking about what my future in life will be. Which school, what career path, and where? All of these options are very overwhelming. At the moment, I would like to follow the path of engineering, manufacturing, and technology, and pursue college degrees in computer science and mechanical engineering. In order to achieve my dream, I can use background career knowledge, ACT test requirements, and habits designed to help you get to where you want to go.
First, of all my academic goal is to pursue a degree in Chemical Engineering. Majoring in Chemical Engineering combines my passions for science and problem solving, while helping others.
In this lab, I learned how to separate and identify chemical compounds. A skill obtained would be the use of chromatography paper to separate liquids based on solubility and affinity. This skill can be very useful in future labs to identify the chemicals in a solution and their
As an undergraduate student, we have many goals and challenges. Our main goal is to become a practicing certified engineer and on our way to this goal we find our strengths and weaknesses. As an engineer, we are required to work alone or as a part of a team. When put in a team environment, we are required to come together and utilize everyone’s strengths and work on rectifying individual weaknesses. We improve ourselves as engineers by this exercise in teamwork. This project will give us access to an engineer who has been raised to the level of a project manager and has years of experience in his chosen field. We will hear first-hand what challenges have been faced on his journey to become an engineer working at this
Inside informatics class, I worked in a four-man group to design theoretical product over the course of a quarter. At first, I had trouble getting the cooperation of my classmates. We all came from very different walks of life and developed different views of approach. None of us, however, were incompetent. I learned several lessons from working in that group. First, sacrifice works well to create unity in a group. By spending a night working on the first group assignment by myself when nobody else could, I built loyalty in my team. Second, I have to work on my leadership. I didn’t have a strong enough vision to guide my team through a few checkpoints. In hindsight, the engineering method pairs well with informatics. Finally, I have to improve my speaking ability. My social anxiety has to come under further control so that I can speak with more conviction.
In David Wright’s “The Myths and Realities of Teamwork,” (Wright, D., 2013), he outlines six myths that are ubiquitous and perpetuated by many people. Here is a short examination of all six.
The various processes and concepts involved in industries responsible for the production of innumerable day to day goods have always captured my fascination. The production and processing of chemicals form the crux of such industries. What started as a fascination has turned into a passion, and the next step in this journey is why i am aspiring towards a Master of Science degree in CHEMICAL ENGINEERING at PENN ENGINEERING specializing in {Specialization}.
Though many people fail to realize it, chemistry is a subject essential to everyday life, due to the fact that it is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed. But what we must understand is that everything in the universe is composed of matter, hence chemistry is necessary in learning more about the world and universe that we live in. There are many careers and fields affiliated with chemistry that people pursue to learn more about the composition of the universe, but for now, let us examine the logistics of three of these careers. These three careers involving chemistry are geochemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemical engineering.
Throughout my school career I have always loved chemistry. In Chemistry there was always a sense that there was more, there was always something new and exciting to be discovered and theories to be proven (or even disproven). Chemistry was the main subject with a real practical aspect to it during school and it is this, along with my genuine fascination with the subject, which fuels my desire to study it further.
... is why is important to have larger engineering firms with more engineers working side-by-side so that there is team work and issues can be taken care of immediately.
My father, being a chemical engineer, inspired in me an innate desire to be a chemical engineer myself. I appeared for the All India Engineering Entrance Exam (AIEEE) and was placed in the top 1% of the 1,100,000 students who had taken the exam. I chose Chemical Engineering as my undergraduate major at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur which provided me the opportunity to explore the breadth of chemical engineering. While the core courses provided the fundamentals of the field, the electives that I chose helped me gain an insight into the various facets of chemical engineering.
Chemistry is the most fascinating science to me. Chemistry applies to all things in the universe; living or non-living. Everything is made of elements which are made up of atoms of a certain atomic number. Thereafter I took AP Chemistry, I knew I had to choose a career in the field of chemistry. I understand and enjoy learning about chemistry. Chemistry is important, interesting, and ever expanding. Therefore, I must pursue a career in Chemistry.