Industrial Experience
Industrial Placement at Edwards Ltd – Matthew Mellor
Industrial Experience 16 December 2022
Matt, a final-year student, has kindly taken the time to tell us more about his recent Industrial Placement at Edwards Ltd as part of his MEng Chemical Engineering with Industrial Experience degree. He gives us an insight into his degree choice, his time on his placement, and advice for other students looking to undertake an […]
Fleur’s industrial experience at GlaxoSmithKline
Chemical engineers at work 7 April 2021
Final year student Fleur undertook a placement year at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Barnard Castle as part of her MEng Chemical Engineering with Industrial Experience degree, working at a secondary pharmaceuticals manufacturing site with a role as a process engineer based within the capital projects team.
Karuna’s experience on a summer Industrial Placement
Industrial Experience 17 February 2021
Karuna is a final year MEng Chemical Engineering student and in this guest blog post shares their experiences of a summer internship in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry.
Industrial Interviews: Maria Frogley Agenjo
Chemical engineers at work 26 May 2016
In the next 5-10 years I hope to be a chartered engineer working on oil and gas projects across the world.
Industrial Interviews: Woody Nunn
Chemical engineers at work 22 January 2016
I spend a lot of my time performing analysis of our site operations, looking at how well we model (predict) the running of the refinery. This involves a lot of communication across all areas of the site, as well as the use of many modelling and analysis tools to compare data.
Industrial Interviews: Harry Lewis
Chemical engineers at work 9 December 2015
Try and get some experience beforehand. This will help you find out whether the industry is for you. You should also apply to as many companies as possible if you have your heart set on getting a placement. Any experience is better than no experience.