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Laura Jarboe’s lab is a busy place. Although Jarboe, an assistant professor in chemical and biological engineering, just joined Iowa State’s faculty last August, she quickly became a member of the interdisciplinary research team in the newly established National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals (CBiRC). Read more about this


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.

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.