Engineering | Environmental | Undergraduate studies

 

This is what Prof. Menachem Elimelech said at the 2005 Commencement Engineering convocation:

Environmental Engineering is the newest major in Engineering and Applied science at Yale. This is only our fourth graduating class. 

This year we have nine graduates-- our largest and most dynamic graduating class to date. As you will see from the titles of the senior projects, environmental engineering is a very interdisciplinary field, which is what attracts the students to choose it as a major.

Amanda Teresa Chavez
B.S. in Environmental Engineering
Senior project: Bacterial Chemotaxis and Phytate.

She worked for four years in the environmental engineering lab and for two summers at Los Alamos National Labs.

Other activities included Yale Students for Christ, Yale Student Environmental Coalition, and she was also President of the Yale Society for Environmental Engineering and Sustainability.

After graduation: A one-year Internship doing campus ministry at Yale with Yale Students for Christ. Then, probably, graduate school.

Kathryn Elizabeth Dana
B.S. in Environmental Engineering
Senior Project: Sorption and Desorption of Organic Contaminants by QAC-Exchanged Smectite Clays.

At Yale, Katie carried out lab research; she also spent one semester at St. Andrew's University in Scotland.

After graduation: She will participate in a twelve-month cultural exchange program in Germany, called Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange. The program comprises language, university coursework in engineering, and an internship at an engineering firm

Alexander Swanson Daniels
B.S. in Environmental Engineering with a double major in International Studies; he has graduated With Distinction.
Senior Project: Low Energy Recovery of Ammonia and Carbon Dioxide in a Membrane Distillation Process.

Sander was the President of Club Soccer Team and President of Yale Society for Environmental Engineering and Sustainability.

Last year, he received the Belle and Carl Morse Junior Prize in Engineering and Applied Science and this year he received the D. Allan Bromley Prize in Environmental Engineering.

After graduation: Sander will be working in Virginia for a year before going to Law School.

Olympia Galenianou
B.S. in Environmental Engineering; she has graduated With Distinction.
Senior Project: A Design for Direct Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Extraction.

Olympia was the Vice President of the Hellenic society for two years.

After graduation: Olia is heading for MIT to pursue graduate study in Environmental Engineering.

Kyle Matthew Hilgendorf
B.S. Environmental Engineering
Senior Project: Direct Atmospheric Carbon Extraction, preliminary plant design and economics.

Kyle ran track & cross country at Yale for 2 years.

After graduation: Kyle will be working as a paralegal at Jones Day, Manhattan, NY.

Jennifer Burlingame Hoyle
B.S. in Environmental Engineering
Senior Project: Yale Biofuel Project: Waste Stream Recycling.

She was the Captain of the Yale Varsity Women’s Sailing Team for two years and Women’s All New England Team 2002, 2004, and 2005. She was an All American Sailor 2004 and a member of the National Women’s Sailing Champions in 2004.

After graduation: Jenn will be working at Red Oak consulting, a division of Malcolm Pirnie, in Emeryville (San Francisco), CA.

Gwendolyn Elise McDay
B.S. Engineering Sciences (Environmental); she has graduated With Distinction.
Senior Project: The Economics of Landfill Mining for Copper Recovery in the United States.

She is a member of Tau Beta Pi and was a student representative at the Yale Advisory Committee on Environmental Management.

After graduation: Gwen will be working with the Bulldogs on the Cuyahoga program in Cleveland during the summer and then she pursue a career in Industrial Ecology.

Erin Lee Tush
B.S. in Environmental Engineering; she has graduated With Distinction.
Senior project: Marsh Drowning: A Comparison of Three Connecticut Salt Marshes.

Erin was on the Women's Varsity Lacrosse for 2.5 years; She was Social Justice Chair on the Undergraduate Council at St. Thomas More Chapel; and Head Freshman Counselor in Silliman College 

After graduation: Erin will be working as an "Environmental Specialist" for Angler Environmental in Virginia on stream restoration projects.

Giovanni Walter Zinn
BS in Environmental Engineering
Senior project: Biodiesel: Fuel from Waste.

Giovanni was a Project Team Leader of the Yale Biofuel Project which recycles waste vegetable oil from the Yale dining halls into biodiesel, a renewable fuel that will heat Yale buildings and power Yale vehicles

After graduation: Giovanni will continue doing research on renewable energy and start a business in the field.

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