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Cochran's NSF CAREER award carved from copolymers and clay
To develop an understanding of how a composite influences structure, Eric Cochran is attaching block copolymers to a material that has extremely high surface area particles—clay. His work will help identify important parameters and adjustments for researchers as they work to create certain structures using different polymer properties.
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Sometimes things don’t go exactly as you plan, but the end result is better than you could have ever hoped for.
That is what happened for Kaylee Kotz as she searched for a summer job in 2007. Kotz, who is majoring in chemical engineering with a minor in biology, planned to attend summer school and needed a job that would fit around her class schedule. She decided to apply for a waitressing position and asked one of her chemical engineering professors, Derrick Rollins, if he would be a reference for her.
So you want to be a Chemical Engineer?
Chemical Engineering offers opportunities for employment in many industries, from the food and pharmaceutical industries to silicon chip manufacturers, from biomedical industries to plastics and petroleum companies.
