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Nidhi Juthani
A friend suggested the unique PhDCEP program at MIT would be a perfect fit. It’s so specifically geared for people who want to go into business out of a PhD...
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Heather J. Kulik
Chemical engineering enables me to design molecules atom-by-atom from first-principles. It inspires me not just to understand enzymes but to unearth mechanisms...
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Long Pan ’21
Chemical engineering at MIT is the perfect match for me as my passion lies with the biotechnology industry.
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Sachin Bhagchandani
When I was exposed to immunology, I learned how relevant the immune system is to our daily life. I found that the biomedical challenges I was working on could...
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Burunda Prince ’83
As COO I’ve been able to leverage all my previous career experiences from corporate to consulting to leadership roles at nonprofit civic organizations...
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Angelique Scarpa
... shares her passion for the natural world with members of our department. She received funding from the MindHandHeart Innovation Fund to launch her...
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Andrea Orji ’21
As we’ve seen with Covid-19, we live in a globalized world where disease doesn’t stop at borders. Solutions shouldn’t either.
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Awele Uwagwu '21
At this point in my life I had a much clearer picture of what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted to be in the energy sector and make some sort of impact.
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LaShanda Korley ’05
What excites me is what we can achieve by being interdisciplinary and bringing together these levels of expertise to generate more sustainable materials
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Supratim Das
I never thought that something I can do with my own hands can potentially make impact at the scale that battery technology does.
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Fikile R. Brushett
I chose chemical engineering because I wanted to tackle the world's most challenging energy problems and I knew a ChemE degree would equip me with the tools...
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Lisa Volpatti
As a PhD candidate and co-founder of Graduate Women in Chemical Engineering, she works to support her fellow graduate students.
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Stephon Henry-Rerrie '19
I’m all about finding connections, says about his path from engineering to the stock exchange.
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Hadley D. Sikes
Her former student writes, ‘Prof. Sikes is more than just an academic advisor to her graduate students, she is a role model, a friend, and a sage mentor.’
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Jesse Hinricher '19
I will pursue energy storage technologies that I learned more about by taking classes in my 10-ENG track... these classes sharpened my passion for energy...
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David Christopher Rich '19
I worked in a lab as a UROP that focused on the use of nanoparticles for drug delivery. I was heavily inspired by this work, and sought out classes that would...
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Sarah M. Coleman '19
I’ve met great classmates and lifelong friends, learned about the world we live in in a way I never could’ve imagined, and challenged myself to do things I...
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Isabel Kaspriskie '19
Chemical engineering is such a broad field that you can truly do anything with it. Whether you're more interested in problems in biology or mathematics or...
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Yuriy Román
To me, the most rewarding aspect of my profession is to work with these extremely talented and bright students...
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June Park ’16
The chemical engineering department and MIT at large have provided invaluable mentorship for navigating careers in both business and research.
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Mariah Hoover, ’08, ’12
I’m working for Shell Oil,” she says. “I’ll be working on introducing new technologies into refineries across North America.
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Bradley D. Olsen
My group is really interested in two things: designing materials to address important challenges, and understanding the fundamental science that’s necessary...
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Reginald Avery
I wanted to do something related to the military because I grew up around that environment,” he says. “The people, the uniformed soldiers, and the...
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Paula T. Hammond
Chemical Engineering allows you to manipulate matter in new and exciting ways, to be able to build something truly incredible that hadn’t been imagined...
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Paige E. Finkelstein '14
During my medical school interviews, I was consistently asked how chemical engineering is applicable to medicine. My answer was always the same: As a chemical...
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Gregory Rutledge
We live in a material world, and molecules are its building blocks. For me, chemical engineering is the engineering of molecules, what they can do and what...
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Bobby Satcher, '86, '93
The spirit of exploration ultimately accomplishes more than what it sets out to do. It forces the process of asking questions and discovering things that we...
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Heather M. Upshaw
The Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT is a truly extraordinary community, and I am privileged to spend every day with brilliant scientists and...
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Barry S. Johnston
The chemical engineer leverages knowledge of molecular-level processes across multiple length scales, seeking to analyze and synthesize complex systems that...
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Karthish Manthiram
I became a chemical engineer because of the elegant way in which the subject describes both molecular-level phenomena and large-scale processes - our intuition...
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Bernhardt L. Trout
With the current course offerings, ChemE is clearly the broadest discipline at MIT. You can learn about complex molecular processes, but you can also learn...
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Juan Jaramillo
I learned that MIT is a place that gives you the resources, and if you want to use them, you'll make something very beautiful and positively productive.
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Larissa Kunz '15
10-ENG program was a very positive experience and has opened a lot of doors for me.
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Catherine Bartlett Matthews
MIT’s PhD CEP program offers a unique opportunity to do engineering research and take business classes, providing excellent preparation for roles that...
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Justin Bullock '14
I was looking at places that had good science and engineering programs, but also where I could run.
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Kristala L. Jones Prather
Chemical engineering is the perfect backdrop for our research. We engineer microbes to produce chemical compounds. Some may look at this and think biology,...
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Rosanna Lim '13, '16
When I stumbled upon the PhDCEP program in my graduate school search, I felt like it was the program of my dreams. It had the research experience and business...
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Akshar Wunnava, '14, '15
In the real world, you are no longer working with only chemical engineers. So, it is advantageous to be able to communicate effectively with engineers from...
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Daniel Blankschtein
Chemical engineers play a pivotal role in a large number of industrial, environmental, electronic, biotechnological, and biomedical applications. Through the...
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Robert S. Langer
Chemical engineering is one of the broadest backgrounds one can have. It can enable you to work in so many areas - nanotechnology, materials, energy, medicine,...
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J. Christopher Love
Chemical Engineering provides the intellectual framework to take your molecular concepts from ideas to scalable solutions so they can transform lives, whether...
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Gregory Stephanopoulos
Chemical engineering is the only engineering discipline founded on all three sciences, and mathematics. As such, it is well positioned for exploring...
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Zachary P. Smith
Chemical Engineering is about engineering chemistry. The ability to control molecules at the atomic length scale uniquely positions chemical engineers to...
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