Next Meeting: Friday, November 21st Dinner Meeting
Exploring Future Career Paths
Student Event - At our Section’s first meeting on the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering’s Brooklyn campus, a diverse panel of young chemical engineers will discuss what led them to their current positions. The panelists will also offer their advice on your future moves, such as which direction your career should go - advanced engineering education, or other options such as law school, biomedical, or other paths, as well as the importance of the Professional Engineer credentials and continuing education during your career.
Panelist: • Bianca White, Project Engineer at Con Edison, Inc.
Bianca White has worked at Con Edison for the past two years. She recently joined Central Engineering as a Project Engineer. She direct projects within the Central Operations organizations of Steam Operations, Substation Operations and System & Transmission Operations, on behalf of Central Engineering. This includes the responsibility for providing oversight and leadership for implementation of the project, and providing periodic project progress and financial reports to the appropriate company executives.
Prior to Project Engineering, Bianca was the Chemical Results Supervisor at Con Edison’s 59th Street Steam Generating Station in Manhattan, where she supervised the Chemical Group (who are responsible for monitoring boiler chemistry and efficiency).
She has over seven years of plant operations experience in food manufacturing. She has held leadership positions at a soybean refinery, as well as at a corn processing and salt facility. In addition, she was a part of a biofuel-based polyurethane plant start-up team in Chicago, IL.
Bianca has also earned the role of Process Safety Management Coordinator. Ms. White holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Topic: “Exploring Future Career Paths”
When: Friday, November 21, 2014, 5:00 - 8:00 pm (5:00-6:00 pm: Registration, Networking & Buffet Dinner; 6:00-8:00 pm: Panel Discussion)
Where:
NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering, Metrotech Campus, Brooklyn. Jacobs Building, room number JAB 475. Map. Directions.Costs: for Networking, Buffet, and Panel Discussion. Register Now.
• Free for all students.
Note: Limited to first 70 students (room capacity) who register.
As of 10/30, we have registered the first 11 students.
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If you are not a Member of this Section, you can apply the $10 additional amount paid as a Guest to a full Membership for 2014-15. Please notify Treasurer Joel Kirman that you wish to be a Member. Register Now.
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Save the Dates: 2014 Meeting Dates
• Friday, Nov. 21, Student Event at NYU School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY. Panel Discussion concerning Future Career Paths.
• Thursday, Dec. 18 (tentative date), Joint Meeting with the Metropolitan Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at Ukrainian East Village Restaurant, 140 Second Ave (just south of East 9th Street), Manhattan. (5:30 - 7:30 pm)
Topic and Speaker: to be determined.
• Tuesday, Jan. 20, Dinner Meeting at Pfizer Building, 219 East 42nd Street, Manhattan. (5:30 - 7:30 pm)
Topic and Speaker: to be determined.
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