Chemical Engineer

Engineering can be difficult and challenging, but that is what I enjoy most about it.  When I was a junior in high school, I got a terrible grade on my first chemistry test and I wanted to quit the class after two weeks. But I stuck with it and now I am a chemical engineering major at Oklahoma State and I love it.

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When you see a spider, your first inclination may be to step on it, or scream and run away.

But engineers would do the opposite, as they are trying to unlock one of nature’s greatest mysteries: a spider’s ability to produce silk.

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The oil-eating microorganism Alcanivorax borkumensis

Nearly two weeks after BP capped the biggest oil spill in U.S. history, the millions of gallons that gushed into the Gulf of Mexico are disappearing, and oil is no longer washing up on the beaches and marshes along the Louisiana coast.

This reversal, which may seem surprising, can actually be explained by a number of different factors, including the presence of microbes that break down oil in order to grow and reproduce.

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Cynthia Warner used to be head of global refining for BP, which made her one of Big Oil’s highest-ranking woman executives.

Now she is president of Sapphire Energy, an energy company that produces oil made from algae.

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