Student Experiences

ChE Students on Co-op

Chemical Engineering students participated in a co-op research project at the MIT-Novartis Center for Continuous Manufacturing. Their work involved Research and Development in the continuous manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals. Some of the students involved are in the photograph below.

(back row from l-r): Bowen Huo, Aaron Wolfe, Timur Kurzej, Sean Ogden, John Fisher, Noah St James, Christopher Testa; (front row from l-r): Kristen Talbot, Alyssa D’Antonio, Ashley King, Rachael Hogan

(Picture Courtesy: Kristen J. Talbot, ChE ’12)

Peter Ries, ChemE ’12

“For my first coop, I worked for Procter & Gamble Gillette in South Boston as a research lab technician. My role involved physical and instrumental testing of the resins and materials used in the production of Gillette™s razors. I was responsible for running tests to completion and then organizing the data into a formal report. This was then sent to a group of engineers who used the data to make important decisions about possible improvements and new upstream products they were developing. I gained a lot of lab experience which will no doubt help me in the future, especially if I go into materials science. It was also a cool experience because I had the opportunity to work with consumer products which I myself use on a regular basis.”

(Picture Courtesy: John Gabriel, ChE Co-op Coordinator)