Internships & Career Fair
Brownbag
September 15, 2014
Meet the Speakers
Georgia Papagianis ’15
papagiag@lafayette
Bradley Mesloh ’15
meslohb@lafayette
Ashley Kunow ’15
kunowa@lafayette
Navigating the Career Fair for a ChE
• http://careerservices.lafayette.edu/files/2014/09/2014Career-Fair-Program-PDF.pdf to see list of companies
• Research each company so you are informed
▫ Name & type
▫ Locations
▫ Internship & Job Opportunities
• Good companies for ChEs (just some of the many)
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B. Braun - Pharmaceuticals
ExxonMobil - Petroleum
Air Products - Industrial Gases
Linde - Industrial Gases
Johnson & Johnson - Healthcare products &
Pharmaceuticals
▫ West Pharmaceuticals - Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
What to bring
• Business dress (It is required for entry.)
• Folder with resumés (15-20)
▫ Splurge on the high quality paper.
• List of companies you find interesting
• Some questions to ask
▫ How established is the program?
▫ What are the biggest challenges for this
position/company?
▫ What they like most and least about the company?
▫ Something of interest gained in your information
acquisition about the company
When you are there
• Wait in line but be bold.
• Talk to everybody, don’t limit yourself to your
preset list.
• Give your resumé out.
• Network network network. (At minimum,
ask for business cards)
• Talk yourself up… but not too much.
• Take the free stuff if offered. (You’ll actually
make the career fair reps happy.)
After the fair
• Send Thank You notes
▫ Written best, particularly for interviewers (later)
• Follow up with connections you made
▫ Interview and hiring decisions are made based on
a number of things: making an impression on
someone is most certainly one.
• Check the Career Vault for internship positions
and interview schedules
▫ http://lafayettecareervault.experience.com/experi
ence/login
GOOD LUCK!
NYC DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
• Government agency
• Provides NYC with clean drinking water
• Manages waste water and storm water
NYC DEP
Department of Environmental Protection
• How did you find the internship?
– Career Vault and on campus interview
• Other jobs I applied for
– Mana Products
– Air Products
• Skills used that I learned in classes
– Teamwork skills
– Unit Operations
– Process Controls
– General Chemistry
CWFP Process Diagram
Air Compressor
Sulfuric
Acid
Raw
Water
Cationic
Polymer
(Coagulant
Aid)
Anionic
Polymer
(Filter Aid)
Rapid
Mix
Air Source
Saturators
Sodium
hypochlorite
DAF
DAF
Recycle
Flocculation
Aluminum Sulfate (or
Polyaluminum
Chloride)
Trough
Filter Media
Sodium Hypochlorite
Sodium Hydroxide
Hydrofluosilicic Acid
Corrosion Inhibitor
Treated water
CFE
UV
My Internship
• Croton Water
Filtration Plant
• Bronx, New York
• Process Control and
Operations
• Engineering Asset
Management
Sampling
My Project
• Analyze the relationship
between various process
changes on water quality
parameters and filter
performance for the
North Plant over a 36-day
period
• Favorite/least favorite
aspects of the internship?
– Favorite: everything
– Least favorite: the
commute
Contract Pharmacal Corporation
• Hauppauge, NY
• Contract manufacturer for pharmaceuticals
• Found through Craigslist
• Looked for other internships on Long Island as
well as through Career Services
Contract Pharmacal Corporation
• Worked in the Packaging Department
• Did not use any particular class during my
internship
– I briefly utilized control charts from CHE 324.
• What I did:
– Created spreadsheets to actively track packaging. (Who,
what, when, and where)
– Tracked and determined downtime on specific lines
• Favorite part:
– Working with people my age and sharing my background
• Least favorite part:
– Not doing actual Chemical Engineering
ExxonMobil
Summer 2013
• Baton Rouge, LA
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Distillation & Specialties
Process Contact Engineering
Vent Gas Mapping
Desalter Chemicals
• Classes Used:
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▫ Thermodynamics, Unit Operations, Chemistry
Favorite/Least Favorite Parts:
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Problem Solving/Unit Optimization
Stewardship
• How did I get this internship?
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Attended brownbag and applied through Career Vault
On campus interview & phone interview
• Intern Activities
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Tiki Tubing
Volunteering at the Food Bank & Waste Collection Day
Shooting Range
Trips to New Orleans & Houston
Troy Corporation
Summer 2014
• Newark, NJ
▫ Fractionator Capacity Increase
▫ Air Compressor Replacement
• Classes Used:
▫ Separations, Unit Operations
• Favorite/Least Favorite Parts:
▫ Project Engineering
▫ Communication with Vendors
• How did I get this internship
▫ Online Application