Undergraduate Summer Internship : ExxonMobil Catherine Wraback, '23 chemical engineering
Catherine Wraback, '23 chemical engineering - traditional track

Internship Location: 

ExxonMobil, Houston, TX

What is the focus of your research/internship?

This summer, I worked in the Gas-Phase Polyethylene Process Technology group at ExxonMobil in Houston, TX. My main project focus was on running the pilot plant units to test next generation catalyst systems to form new grades of polyethylene with different material properties. I compared design, operation, and maintenance of key reactor vent line systems across gas-phase polyethylene sites globally to investigate plugging and fouling. I used the gathered information to redesign vent line systems and developed "Tier 2 Best Practice" guidance for contracted design firms for future projects.

What advice do you have for students who are interested in getting involved in research or an internship?

Network! Talk to people about where they have worked and what they have done. Talk about what you are interested in doing. Even if it is just students in the department who are a year or two older than you, they still have those connections!

Are you a member of any clubs/campus organizations?

AIChE (President), Tau Beta Pi, SWE, Women's Ultimate Frisbee

What are your goals after graduation?

Pursue a career in process design with a core focus on building sustainable processes!

Learn more about Catherine Wraback:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-wraback/ 


Photo Credit: Catherine Wraback 


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The UMBC LSAMP 2020-2021 Annual Report highlights involvement in the UMBC LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP) program. LSAMP participants have access to individualized advising, campus workshops, funded research experiences, and national and international conferences to strengthen their STEM identity and promote entry into top graduate programs. 

We want to specifically celebreate the achievements of those persuing their bachelors of science in chemical engineering and the departmental faculty supporting their efforts. 


"...sometimes you feel as if you're not making much progress but then you come to understand that your data can be helpful to others. My PI has taught me that my role in the research lab is valuable and that routine observations can lead to progress in an experiment. "

- Excerpt From A Chemical Engineering Major '23 Research Reflection -


FALL 2020 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (Pg 32 )

Name and Class | Major | Topic | Faculty Mentor | University

Sahaadat Hammed-Owens ‘23 | Chemical Engineering | Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering | Dr. Jennie Leach | UMBC

SUMMER 2021 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (pg 34)

Name and Class | Major | Topic | Faculty Mentor | University
  • Sahaadat Hammed-Owens ‘23 | Chemical Engineering | Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering | Dr. Jennie Leach | UMBC
  • Chiad Onyeje '24 | Chemical Engineering | Nanoparticles | Dr. Erin Lavik | UMBC
  • Grace Tugado '23 | Chemical Engineering | Biomaterials & Biochemistry | Dr. Jennie B. Leach | UMBC

CLASS OF 2021 GRADUATING FELLOWS AND POST-GRADUATION PLANS (pg 40)

  • Hana El-Erian Flores, Chemical Engineering, PhD, MIT
  • Howard Nicholson III, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Columbia
  • Halle Welch, Chemical Engineering, PhD, Cornell

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Chiad Onyeje, '24 chemical engineering

Internship experience
Over the summer, Chiad delved into an Undergraduate Research Internship combining Biomedical Engineering and Nanoscale Science at the Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program. Chiad learned about cell culturing techniques, microparticle formulation strategies, research project design & communication, and microfluidic device development along with the various tools and techniques often required in the growing field. The microfluidic devices fabricated were made to both refine and optimize the production of antioxidant microparticles by flowing separate aqueous and organic phases together, all studied in the Duvall Lab where Chiad worked. The Engineering Marvels have the potential to reduce internal inflammation and a plethora of differing degenerative diseases as a further cascading effect if taken to the public one day.

What advice would you give to students interested in internships?
"Always step out of your comfort zones when looking for and being a part of the internship. I debated for a while about where to do my internship and ultimately decided on Vanderbilt because of how different the atmosphere would be, along with the differences between Baltimore and Nashville. Furthermore, every internship opportunity is a chance to explore a new side to yourself: tack on a goal or skill you'd want to learn alongside the experience that you wouldn't/couldn't do otherwise. Advice like this is what makes the experience far more impactful and way more fondly remembered!" 

What are your plans after graduation?
"Moving up to graduate school to pursue a Masters and eventually a Ph.D! Aiming to inspire change in the greater Chem. E. field there on"

Way to go Chiad! Keep up the great work and continue to positively impact the world!

Here is the link to view Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program Linkedin post on Chiad: LinkedinPost

If you are a prospective student and interested in applying to the Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (VINSE) program send an email to vinse@vanderbilt.edu.

Photo Credit: Vanderbilt Institution of Nanoscale Science and Engineering 


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Mary Nolan, '23 chemical engineering

Internship experience
This summer, Mary interned full-time at Ecolab and worked as an Engineering Technical Sales intern for their water treatment company, Nalco Water. Mary learned about boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater systems, and about the chemicals and techniques used to treat them. Mary worked in their Food and Beverage Manufacturing division and had the opportunity to visit plants all over Central Pennsylvania testing and treating water.  Also, Mary created projects to save water, that once implemented, will save over 5 million gallons a year for just one site! 


What advice would you give to students interested in internships?
"Take every opportunity to learn more about companies and internship programs. I found this internship through a recruiting event at a SWE conference and learning more about the company and getting to know the people working there allowed me to have this awesome experience" 

What are your plans after graduation?
"To continue to work in the industry to save water and improve the environment"

Way to go Mary! Keep up the great work and continue to positively impact the world!

Photo Credit: Nalco Water


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We are proud of all of our students' achievements. We would like to highlight the CBEE students recognized during UMBC's 2017 Student Recognition Week 

Honors in Chemical Engineering

  • Seas, Andreas
  • Keim, Robert
  • Ocasio, Daniel
  • Menikheim, Sydney
  • Soetje, Eric
  • Sampson, Melissa
  • Muzzey, David
  • Zuber, Adam
  • Adamson, Elise
  • Najmi, Sean
  • Engel, Jake
  • Drew, Jeremy
  • Chappell, Jennifer
  • Paige, Julian
  • Alafe, Oluwagbemileke
  • Wyatt, Ryan
  • Ghazali, Mohsin

Outstanding Seniors in Chemical Engineering 

Highest academic achievement of seniors majoring in chemical engineering 

CBEE Undergraduate Research Award

  • Andreas Seas

COEIT 2018 Student Service Award for CBEE

  • Sean Najmi

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We are proud of all of our students' achievements. We would like to highlight the CBEE students recognized during UMBC's 2018 Student Recognition Week 

Honors in Chemical Engineering

  • Mekha Thomas 
  • Nicholas Simon 
  • Naomi Mburu 
  • Alexander Lilly 
  • Jessica Deng 
  • Sarah Douglas 
  • Bethany Wolinski 
  • Rafay Ashar
  • Adrian Davey 
  • Andrew Beard 
  • Joshua Benoit 
  • Donnel Thomas
  • Adam Beard
  • Dorra Benmohamed

Outstanding Seniors in Chemical Engineering 

Highest academic achievement of seniors majoring in chemical engineering 

CBEE Undergraduate Research Award

  •  Donnel Thomas

COEIT 2018 Student Leadership Award for CBEE

  • Hannah Aris

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We are proud of all of our students' achievements. We would like to highlight the CBEE students recognized during UMBC's 2019 Student Recognition Week 

Honors in Chemical Engineering

  • Aryeh Sherizen
  • Connor B Ganley
  • Ruthie Spiker  
  • Bora Hunja
  • Robin Sevell
  • Jacob R Sherman
  • Eric Shaner

Outstanding Seniors in Chemical Engineering 

Highest academic achievement of seniors majoring in chemical engineering 

CBEE Undergraduate Research Award

  • Alex Doan 

COEIT 2019 Student Leadership Award for CBEE

  • Elizabeth Tan

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We are proud of all of our students' achievements. We would like to highlight the CBEE students recognized during UMBC's 2020 Student Recognition Week 

Honors in Chemical Engineering 

  • Alex Von Gunten 
  • Sammie Maygers
  • Manos Tzortzakakis 
  • Rudolph Holley
  • Joel Hayford 
  • Eliana Crentsil 
  • Scott Nickells
  • Jeremy Keene
  • Connor Bowman
  • Ward Gracey 
  • Laina Colony

Outstanding Seniors in Chemical Engineering 

Highest academic achievement of seniors majoring in chemical engineering 

CBEE Undergraduate Research Award

  • Jada Damond

COEIT 2020 Student Leadership Award for CBEE

  • Alex Von Gunten

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In her nomination package, Dr. Lee Blaney, Associate Professor wrote: "Bridget Anger was selected due to her outstanding contributions to research efforts involving analysis of antimicrobial activity for environmentally-relevant antibiotics subjected to photochemical treatment processes. To improve bioassay sensitivity, Bridget has performed antimicrobial activity assays for dozens of antibiotics with Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Mycoplasma microti. To date, these data have been included in four presentations and one peer-reviewed journal article. Her work facilitated collection of new information that enabled us to make key advances in antimicrobial activity analysis. She is fully deserving of this prestigious award." 

Bridget will begin her PhD this fall at George Washington University. 
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MAY 20, 2021 |  SARAH HANSEN

Students from across all of UMBC’s colleges and schools are graduating this week having taken advantage of the unique undergraduate research opportunities and supportive mentorship UMBC offers. They’re poised to take their research to the next level and move on to new challenges through graduate school and careers.

For example, Davis Cappabianca ’21 is recommending reforms to better coordinate multi-agency disaster relief efforts. Hana Flores ’21, chemical engineering,  is conducting cutting-edge HIV studies. Keren Herrán ’21, M29, is incorporating environmental science to improve public health. Ali Abdolrahmani, Ph.D. ’21, is developing innovative assistive technologies for the blind community, and Briscoe Turner ’21 is reimagining public safety with an eye to community empowerment. 

Becoming a scientist

A culture of supportive mentorship has helped sustain all of these students on their path to commencement. For Hana Flores, her first mentor on campus was none other than President Freeman Hrabowski.

The CEO of Prince George’s County Public Schools connected Flores with Hrabowski after hearing her deliver the valedictorian address at Bowie High School and learning that she would attend UMBC. On the day of their meeting, when Flores heard Hrabowski’s booming voice from the anteroom to his office, she was nervous. “But once he entered the room, any nerves I had went away,” she recalls. “He was so interested, and genuinely wanted to know what my goals and aspirations were.”

Soon thereafter, she joined the lab of Michael Summers, Distinguished University Professor of chemistry and biochemistry and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. And she’s been conducting research with his team on the structure of HIV since. 

Postdoc Pengfei Ding, in particular, spurred her growth by encouraging his mentees to contribute to the intellectual direction of the research, rather than simply teaching them specific laboratory techniques. “Dr. Pengfei Ding essentially was a catalyst for me to grow into a more independent researcher,” Flores says.

Her many professors in chemical engineering also had a role to play. “They are really focused on students being able to achieve. I felt comfortable going to office hours,” she says. “And I feel like they didn’t just care about me accomplishing in my classes, they also cared about how I was as a person.”

Flores has presented at national conferences, conducted summer research at MIT, and joined the UMBC Honors College and U-RISE Program. Shes also a contributing author for one published and two pending research articles. This fall, she’ll begin a Ph.D. at MIT as a Dean of Science Fellow, where she hopes to pursue interests in protein engineering and regeneration.

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