Chemical Engineering After High School

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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

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