Internships & Career Fair BrownbagSeptember 15, 2014

Meet the Speakers

Georgia Papagianis ’15papagiag@lafayette

Bradley Mesloh ’15meslohb@lafayette

Ashley Kunow ’15kunowa@lafayette

Navigating the Career Fair for a ChE• http://

careerservices.lafayette.edu/files/2014/09/2014-Career-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)▫ 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/exp

erience/login

GOOD LUCK!

NYC DEPDepartment of Environmental Protection

• Government agency• Provides NYC with clean drinking water• Manages waste water and storm water

• 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

NYC DEPDepartment of Environmental Protection

CWFP Process Diagram

Sulfuric Acid

Aluminum Sulfate (or Polyaluminum

Chloride)

Cationic Polymer

(Coagulant Aid)

Rapid Mix

Anionic Polymer

(Filter Aid)

Flocculation

DAF

Trough

Filter Media

CFEUV

Air SourceAir Compressor

Saturators

DAF Recycle

Treated w

ater

Hydrofluosilicic Acid

Sodium HypochloriteSodium Hydroxide

Corrosion Inhibitor

Sodium hypochlorite

Raw Water

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

ExxonMobilSummer 2013

• Baton Rouge, LA▫ Distillation & Specialties• Process Contact Engineering• Vent Gas Mapping• Desalter Chemicals

• Classes Used:▫ Thermodynamics, Unit Operations, Chemistry

• Favorite/Least Favorite Parts:▫ Problem Solving/Unit Optimization▫ Stewardship

• How did I get this internship?▫ Attended brownbag and applied through Career Vault▫ On campus interview & phone interview

• Intern Activities▫ Tiki Tubing▫ Volunteering at the Food Bank & Waste Collection Day▫ Shooting Range▫ Trips to New Orleans & Houston

Troy CorporationSummer 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