Feature Story | Project Mentors | Chemical Engineering Plant Design (ChemE 180)
Several Stanford ChemE alums are graciously contributing to current undergraduate seniors’ professional development by serving as project mentors in ChemE 180: Chemical Engineering Plant Design. Students complete quarter-long design projects to apply their knowledge of reactor design, separations, and transport while learning about process safety, environmental impacts, and process economics in real-world settings. Mia Divecha, BS ’13, works at Cargill and is mentoring a team of students on designing a biodiesel production plant. Camil Diaz, BS ’13, works at Genentech and is leading an independent project on biologics production. Finally, Nitricity, founded by several graduate and postdoc alums (Jay Schwalbe PhD 2020, Brian Rohr PhD 2020, and Joshua McEnaney, postdoc in the Jaramillo lab), is partnering with students to design nitrogen fertilizer production from air, water, and solar power. Prof. Will Tarpeh is teaching the course remotely for the second time during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has turned out to be a rewarding experience that can be enriched through remote interactions with alums far and wide. We will be looking for more volunteer project mentors and guest lecturers in future quarters, so please let us know if you are interested.
