2020 Annual Student Conference Preview
Check out Annual Student Conference highlights with this quick summary of top events and speakers.
Meet Shelby Brooks – Featured YP for January 2017
Meet Shelby who just completed her master's degree in December at the University of Alabama.
Meet Louis DeRidder—Featured Student for November 2016
Meet Louis, a junior at Clarkson University, and learn about his college experience and plans for the future.
Meet David Madden—Featured Student for June 2016
Meet David, a senior at Kansas State University, and learn about his college experience and plans for the future.
Meet Kaitlin Keller – Featured YP for June 2016
Meet this month's featured YP, a graduate of Lehigh University who now works for Merck.
Meet Colin Young – Featured YP for May 2016
Meet this month's featured YP, a graduate of the University of Utah, where he is now a graduate student.
Meet Omeir Riaz—Featured Student for May 2016
Meet Omeir, a junior at United Arab Emirates University, and learn about his college experience and plans for the future.
Meet Chris Hill—Featured Student for April 2016
Meet Chris, a junior at Miami University, and learn about his college experience and plans for the future.
Meet Nickolas Martin— Featured Student for March 2016
Meet Nickolas, a senior at the University of Delaware, and learn about his college experience and plans for the future.
Meet Ahmed Alshaikh – Featured YP for February 2016
Meet this month's featured YP, a graduate of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, who works as a process optimization engineer.
Meet Holly Robillard — Featured Student for February 2016
Meet Holly, a chemical engineering major at the University of Connecticut, and learn about her college experience and plans for the future.
Meet Sunny Lunka – Featured YP for January 2016
Meet this month's featured YP, a graduate of Colorado State University now working in the biopharmaceutical industry.
Meet Peter Schwalbenberg – Featured YP for December 2015
Meet this month's featured YP, a process safety engineer and graduate of Rowan University.
Meet Simin Mehrabani – Featured YP for November 2015
Meet this month's featured YP, a graduate and now employee of the University of Southern California.
Meet Kaytlin Henry—Featured YP for October
Where are you from?
Originally I'm from New Jersey, but I've been in Houston, Texas, for three years and I'm loving it!
Meet George Louis Eason — Featured Student for August 2015
Meet George Louis Eason, a senior at Christian Brothers University who's majoring in chemical engineering and physics. Read on to know more about his college experience and learn about his plans for the future.
Meet Seth Gottlund — Featured YP for July 2015
Meet Seth, a chemical engineering graduate of Lafayette College who works at Air Products & Chemicals.
Meet Monica Bomber — Featured Student for July 2015
Meet Monica Bomber, a chemical engineer from Washington State University's class of 2015, and hear about her college experience as well as her plans for the future.
Meet Nora Buggy — Featured Student for June 2015
Where are you from?
Glen Ridge, New Jersey
What school do you go to? What year are you?
Rowan University, Senior
Meet Mohammed Alyanbaawi – Featured YP for June 2015
Meet Mohammed Alyanbaawi, a chemical engineer at Saudi Aramco.
Meet Garrett Fisher — Featured Student for May 2015
Read about the college experience and future plans of Garrett Fischer, junior in chemical engineering at Western Michigan University.
Meet Samantha Schmidt — Featured YP for April 2015
Meet Samantha Schmidt, a chemical engineering graduate from Lehigh who now works at Diageo.
Meet Karyn Lee – Featured Student for April 2015
Meet UCLA's Karyn Lee, a senior in chemical engineering and our featured student for April 2015.
Meet Ryan Supple — Featured YP for March 2015
Meet Ryan Supple of ConocoPhillips, this month's featured Young Professional.
Meet Rishon Benjamin – Featured Student for March 2015
Where are you from?
Philadelphia, PA
What school do you go to? What year are you?
Drexel University (Senior)
Meet Weida Zhang – Featured YP for February 2015
Meet Weida Zhang, a graduate of Stony Brook who works as a chemical engineer at Bechtel Marine Propulsion.
Meet R. Brent Dixon – Featured YP for February 2015
Meet Brent, featured YP for February, who is a graduate of NCSU and works as a chemical engineer at PCLS.
Meet Elizabeth Cook – Featured Student for January 2015
Meet Elizabeth Cook, who's finishing her degree in chemical engineering at the University of Alabama.
Meet Sara Chuang – Featured YP for December 2014
Where are you from?
Glastonbury, CT
What company/institution do you work for?
Princeton University
Meet Nathan Hinkle — Featured Student for December 2014
What is your name?
Nathan Hinkle
Where are you from?
Portland, OR
Meet Melissa Dery — Featured Student for November
Meet Melissa Dery, a senior at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and hear about her experiences as a chemical engineering student and about her plans for the future.
Meet Bogdan Rusu — Featured YP for October
Meet Bogdan Rusu, a young chemical engineer working at Emerson Process Management.
Meet Spencer Rocco — Featured Student for October
Meet Spencer Rocco, a senior at North Carolina State University, and learn about his school experience, future plans, and more.
Meet Joe Deneault — Featured YP for August
Meet Joe Deneault, a graduate of the University of Kansas who now works as a chemical engineer for Burns & McDonnell. Learn about his accomplishments and check out his advice to other young chemical engineers.
Meet Keith Podgorski – Featured Student for August
Meet Keith Podgorski, a chemical engineering senior at Notre Dame, and learn about his college experience and his plans after graduation.
Meet Jose Urquijo — Featured YP for July
Meet Jose Urquijo, a graduate from New Mexico State University who now works with P&G.
Meet Milena Stefanovic — Featured Student for July
This month's featured ChemE student is Milena Stefanovic. Learn about her college experience and her plans for the future.
Meet David Kraemer — Featured YP for June
Meet David Kraemer of BASF and learn about his background, career, and interests.
Meet Nathan Kastner — Featured Student for June
Find out about this U Conn senior's experience as a chemical engineering student and learn what he plans to do following graduation.
Meet Julia Petrullo—Featured Student for May
Learn about the experiences and plans of this senior in chemical engineering at the University of Buffalo.
Meet Hope Quintana — Featured YP for May
Meet Hope Quintana and learn about her professional development as a ChE, including her post-graduate work at New Mexico State University.
Meet Joseph Reckamp — Featured Student for April
Meet Joseph Reckamp and learn about his plan for a three-year degree in chemical engineering at Villanova, and hear about his plans after graduation.
Meet Owen Jappen — Featured YP for March
Meet chemical engineering Owen Jappen, a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology, and learn about his work, interests, and achievements.
Meet Jeremiah Traeger—Featured Student for March
Learn what Jeremiah hopes to do after graduation, what his experience at the University of Arizona has been like, and more.
Meet Mallory Moran—Featured Student for February
Meet Mallory Moran, a super-senior at NCSU who has her eye on a career in a chemical processing industry and hopes to contribute to sustainability and efficiency projects.
Meet Kendall Werts—Featured YP for January
Meet Kendall and learn about her career and what advice she offers to other young chemical engineers and future chemical engineers.
Meet Seth Gottlund—Featured Student for January
Meet Seth, a senior at Lafayette College, and learn what his plans are after college and what he recommends to incoming students and underclassmen.
Meet Catherine Lo—Featured YP for December
Meet Catherine Lo of Novartis Pharmaceuticals and learn more about her background and career.
Meet Julie Rorrer—Featured Student for December
Meet Julie, a senior at Arizona State University, and learn about her antidote for school stress, and about her future academic and career plans.
Meet Alan Aguirre—Featured YP for November
Meet Alan, a graduate student at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Meet Brittany Fleming—Featured Student for November
Learn about Brittany, a senior at the University of South Florida, and about how she found a dream internship and what her career plans are.
Meet Seth Fortney — Featured Student for October
Learn what Seth recommends to younger chemical engineering students, about his plans for travel, and more.
Meet Sarah Ewing — Featured YP for October
Meet Sarah Ewing and learn more about what she does, the areas she thrives in, and the secret weapon she calls "insurance for your career."
Meet Debalina Sengupta — Featured YP for September
Meet Debalina Sengupta of the US Environmental Protection Agency and learn more about her achievements and her advice for young and future chemical engineers.
Meet Michael Biggs — Featured Student for September
Meet Michael Biggs, who's completing a BS in chemical engineering and and MBA at the University of Cincinnati.
Meet Anju Gupta — Featured YP for August
Meet Anju Gupta, a graduate from the University of Rhode Island who now teaches at Texas A&M International University.
Meet Mina Elias – Featured Student for August
Meet Mina Elias, a senior at the University of New Haven, and learn how he deals with stress at school, what his advice is to incoming students, and more.
Meet Giselle Schlegel — Featured YP for July
Find out where Giselle's chemical engineering career has taken her, how she networks, and more.
Meet Keisha Christian — Featured Student for July
Learn what Keisha, a junior at McNeese State University, hopes to do after graduation and how she kicks back and relaxes, even amidst school pressures.
Meet Kelly-Anne Zayan — Featured Student for June
Hear what advice this graduating chemical engineering student from Michigan Tech can share with beginning chemical engineering students, and learn her plans for after graduation.
Meet Thang Ho — Featured YP for May
Meet Thang Ho, a young chemical engineer working on his PhD at the University of Pittsburgh.
Meet Amy Nutis — Featured Student for May
Meet Amy Nutis, a senior at the University of Maryland, and learn more about her chemical engineering college experience and her plans with Dow Chemical after graduation.
Meet Jon Haughton — Featured YP for April
Meet Jon Haughton, this month's Featured YP, who is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a wide range of interests and some smart advice for other young chemical engineers and students.
Meet Alia Khan — Featured Student for April
Meet Alia Khan, a senior at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, who is headed to work at ExxonMobil in Houston after graduation.
Meet Stephanie Polgar – Featured Student for March
Meet Stephanie from UMass Amherst and hear about what she does to blow off steam at school, what she hopes to do after earning her degree, and more.
Meet Chris Lowe – Featured YP for February
Meet Chris Lowe and learn about his graduate work in biomedical engineering at Rutgers, how he spends his time outside of work, and more.
Meet Justin Chi – Featured Student for February
Meet Justin Chi, who's finishing up his last year at Oregon State University. Read how he's spent his college years and what he's aiming for after graduation.
Meet Breanne Muratori — Featured Student for January
Meet Breanne Muratori, a senior at UConn and learn what she's planning after graduation, hear advice for other students, and more.
Meet Emily McLaughlin — Featured Student for December
This is the first in a series of posts that will feature a chemical engineering student each month. Meet our first featured student, Emily McLaughlin, a junior at New Mexico State University.
Meet Nemoy Rau—Featured YP for November
Get to know more about this month's featured YP, including how he left a more traditional chemical engineering job in Houston to pursue a new career choice.
Meet Luke Richardson—Featured YP for September
Read about Luke, his background, his advice for building cooperation in the workplace, and more.
Meet Anthony S. Tantuccio—Featured YP for June
This month we recognize Anthony S. Tantuccio as YP of the month. Learn about his career at Bristol Myers Squibb, get his take on career building through networking, and see his sense of humor in action in a New York City snapshot.
Meet Lane Daley—Featured YP for May
The Featured YP for May is Lane Daley. Learn more about her background, her advice to other young professionals, how she spends some of her spare time, and more.
Meet Lauren Deitch—Featured YP for April
The Featured YP for April is Lauren Deitch. Learn more about her background, her advice to other young professionals, and what she'd be doing if she hadn't chosen to study chemical engineering.
Meet Meagan Lewis – Featured YP for February
The Featured YP for February is Meagan Lewis. Learn about her background, career challenges, and her advice to other young professionals.
Meet Christine Curran—Featured YP for January
This month's featured Young Professional is Christine Curran. Learn about her work as a chemical engineer at ExxonMobil, her academic background, and more here.
Meet Katherine Gawel—Featured YP for November
The Featured YP for November is Katherine Gawel. Read on to learn about her background, her advice to other young professionals, and her passion for baking and travel.
Meet Brian Daly—Featured YP for October
The Featured YP for October is Brian Daly. Read on to learn about his background, his advice to other young professionals, and his passion for science fiction writing.
Meet May Shek—Featured YP for September
May Shek is September's YP of the month. Read on to learn more about her career at Shell, her first marathon, and even a thing or two most people don't know about her.
Meet Nicole Rasmussen—Featured YP for April
Nicole Rasmussen is turning 26 this month and getting married in four. She graduated four years ago from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.
Meet Robert Szczesniak — Featured YP for December
The other advantages were that he developed a new level of appreciation for the situations detailed in Dilbert and he didn’t mind taking time off to visit Beth (his future wife) as she was studying abroad.
Meet David Wishnick - Featured YP for September, 2010
David graduated with a B.S in Chemical Engineering from Madison, Wisconsin in 2002.
Meet RC Ramaswamy - Featured YP for August 2010
RC Ramaswamy goes by RC and has doctorate degree in chemical engineering from Washington University i
Meet Jessica Swary - Featured YP for July, 2010
Originally from Toledo, OH (famous for Tony Packo's, Jamie Farr and the Mud Hens), Jessica moved to Chicago in 2007 to work as a Process Engineer at Middough in Oak Brook, IL.