Chemical Engineering Alumni Outcomes
This page presents information on the types of jobs of our graduates as well as the companies and universities they are working for. It also serves as a forum for our graduates to exchange and share with us updates on their personal and professional development. We have been receiving and always welcome such news from our alumni; we will post it on this page only when we are asked to do so. All information contained on this page may only be used in accordance with the Disclaimer that is posted at the Florida Tech Alumni Association (FTAA) Home Page.
Our Alumni In Graduate Studies
Thirty of our graduates were admitted for chemical engineering graduate studies in our department from 1985 to 2009 (22 of them from fall 1997 to fall 2009). Other graduates of our department pursued chemical engineering graduate degrees (M.S. or Ph.D) at other universities, such as:
Some of our graduates have elected to carry out graduate studies at Florida Tech, in various other fields:
- Enviromental Engineering (4)
- Environmental Science (1)
- Computer Information Systems (1)
- Computer Science (1)
- MBA (3)
- Engineering Management (4)
- Electrical Engineering (1)
- Management (1)
- Physics (1)
- Teaching (Science) (1)
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Our Alumni Occupations
The following is a list of positions held by Florida Tech chemical engineering graduates.
- Account Manager
- Aerospace/Engineering Contractor
- Air-Pollution Control Engineer
- Applied Research Associate
- Army Executive Officer
- Assistant Lecturer
- Associate Engineer
- Brand Manager
- Chemist II
- Captain, US Army Corps of Engineers
- Computer Applications Instructor
- Consulting Engineer [5]
- Customer Service Executive
- Design Engineer [2]
- Development Engineer
- Director of Hazardous Materials Management
- Energy/Alternative Fuels Engineer
- Energy Manager
- Engineer/Chemist
- Engineering Consultant [2]
- Engineering Manager [4]
- Environmental Consulting
- Environmental Engineer
- Field Operations Manager
- Financial Planning Engineer
- Instrument Engineer
- Management Consultant
- Manager Manufacturing
- Materials and Processes Engineer
- Math Teacher
- Pharmaceutical Technologist
- Professional Consultant
- Nuclear Engineer
- Pharmaceutical Research Engineer
- Pharmaceutical Technologist
- Plant Foreman
- Plant Manager
- Plastics Engineer
- Principal Process Engineer
- Process Application Engineer
- Process Control Engineer
- Process/Design Engineer
- Process Engineer [12]
- Process Improvement Manager
- Process/Project Engineer
- Process/Systems Engineer [2]
- Project Engineer
- Propellant Engineer
- Propellant Systems Engineer
- Quality Manager
- R&D Process Scientist
- Real Estate Attorney
- Regional Compliance Engineer
- Reliability Engineer
- Research Associate
- Research and Development Engineer
- Research and Development Manager
- Research Engineer
- Safety Engineer
- Scientist I
- Senior Process Engineer
- Senior Project Engineer
- Software Development Engineer
- Staff Engineer
- Systems Engineer [3]
- Technical Manager
- Technical Sales Representative
- Technical Service Engineer
Detailed descriptions of the duties and skills associated with these positions can be found at the National AIChE Home Page.
Our Alumni Employers
The following is a list of companies that have employed or are currently employing graduates of the Florida Tech chemical engineering program.
- A.T. Kerney Inc., Alexandria, VA
- Advanced Micro Devices, Austin, TX
- Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
- Agrimond, Cape Canaveral, FL
- AJT & Associates, Inc., Cape Canaveral, FL
- American Isntrument/BHP Refining, Kapolei, HW
- AMP Incorp., Harrisburg, PA
- Aramco, Saudi Arabia
- ARCO Chemical Co., Channelview, TX
- ASRC Aerospace, KSC, Cape Canaveral, FL
- ATEC/ATC Air Quality Div., Dallas, TX
- ATOFINA Refinery in Port Arthur TX
- Baker Hughes, Houston, TX
- Bechtel Corp, Houston, TX
- BP Amoco
- Brasso, Italy
- Cargill Fertilizer, Bartow, FL
- Chastain-Skillman, Inc., Tampa, FL
- [Chemical Plant], NJ
- Cheshire High School, Cheshire, CT
- ChevronTexaco, Houston, TX
- Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Mc Intosh, AL
- City of Dallas, Dallas, TX
- City of Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce, FL
- Coastal Aruba Refining Co.,Houston, TX
- Collier County Government-Metropolitan Plant,FL
- Corning Glass Works, Oneonta, NY
- Corning Inc., Wilmington, NC
- Corning, Inc. Foundation, Blacksburg, VA
- CS Phosphates, Lakeland, FL
- CYTEC Applied Engineering
- Davy/John Brown, Houston, TX
- Davy McKee, Lakeland, FL
- Dell
- Descon Engineering, Walnut Creek, CA
- Detroit Edison, Lavonia, MI
- Dow Chemical Co., Freeport, TX [2]
- Dow Chemical USA
- Duracell in Bethel, CT
- Dynacs, KSC, FL [3]
- Earth Tech, Ground Rapids, MI
- Ebon Research Systems
- Ecology & Environment, Inc.,Tallahassee, FL
- EG&G Florida, Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL [4]
- Elan Technology, Savannah, GA
- Energizer
- Energy Partners, West Palm Beach, FL [2]
- Envisors, Winter Haven, Florida
- Environmental Ecology of Florida, FL
- Environmental Enterprises, Orlando, FL
- Equate Marketing Company, Kuwait [2]
- Evonyx, NY
- Exxon Chemical Company, Linden, NJ
- F.B. Leopold Company, Inc., Zelienople, PA
- Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL
- Fluor Daniel, Inc., SugarLand, TX
- FPL Group Foundation, Inc. Miami, FL
- Garrett Airesearch Mfg. Co., Torrance, CA
- General Electric Medical Systems, Birmingham, AL
- General Electric Silicon Products, Orlando, FL
- Gen-Probe, San Diego, CA
- Georgia Pacific Cyprium, Blue Rapids, KS
- Golder Associates, Gainesville, FL
- Goodyear, Akron, OH
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
- Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, MI
- GP1Z LPG Plant, Algeria
- Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL [5]
- Hazen & Sawyer, Detroit, MI
- Helseth Engineering Inc., Ft. Pierce, FL
- Hernandez Engineering, Inc. Greenbelt, MD
- Hitco Fcd., Gardena, CA
- Honeywell Solid State Electronics, Colorado Springs, CO
- IBM, Armonk, NY
- I-NET Space Services, Kennedy Space Center, FL
- ICI Surfactants, New Castle, DE
- Imperial Holly Corp., Sugarland, TX
- Ingersoll-Rand Company, Liberty Corner, NJ
- Intel Corp./TMG/Intel Mask Oper./Santa Clara, CA
- Intel, Rio Rancho, NM
- Intersil, FL [2]
- IPEC, Oceanside, CA
- IPEC Athens Chemical Management Systems, Oceanside, CA
- Jacobs Engineering, Pasadena, CA
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
- John Brown Engineering, England, U.K.
- Johnson Matthey Inc., Wayne, PA
- Kellogg's, Houston, TX
- Kimberly-Clark [3]
- King Engineering, Tampa,FL
- Kraft Foods, Battle Creek, MI
- Kvaerner John Brown E&C, Houston, TX
- Kvaerner Metals, Pittsburgh, PA
- Kvaerner Process, Charleston, WV
- Lago Oil Co., Aruba
- Lockheed Corp., Kennedy Space Center, FL [2]
- Lockheed Martin, Orlando, FL
- Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM
- Lyondell, Channelview, TX
- M&M/Mars, Inc.,PA
- Mainstream Engineering Corp., Rockledge, FL [3]
- Matheson Tri-Gas, Newark, California
- McDonell-Douglas (Boeing),Kennedy Space Center, FL
- Melbourne High School, Melbourne,FL
- Microbox Corporation, Melbourne, FL
- Microchip Technology Inc., Tempe, AZ
- Milliken & Company, Marietta, SC
- Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC
- Millstone Nuclear Power Plant, Waterford, CT
- Mitsubishi, Cypress, CA
- M.J. Reider Associates, Inc., Reading, PA
- Mobil Chemical Company, New Jersey, NJ
- Molten Metal Technology, Boston, MA
- Motorola, Phoenix, AZ
- M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, TX
- Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL
- NASA, Kennedy Space Center, FL [6]
- National Instruments, TX
- Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Syracuse, NY
- Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, VA [2]
- Northern Telecom, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL
- Northrop Grumman, Melbourne, FL
- Nova Molecular Technologies, Pasadena, TX
- Nuthena Systems Inc., Austin, TX
- O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc.
- Paragon Trade Brands, Macon, GA
- Paramins, Linden, NJ
- Pennsylvania State University, Arlington, VA
- Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Barceloneta, PR
- Piper, Vero Beach, FL
- Potlatch R&D, Cloquet, MN
- [Power Plant], Las Vegas, NV
- Procter & Gamble, Guatemala
- Procter & Gamble, Venezuela [2]
- Qatar University, Qatar
- Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Jacksonville, FL
- Reliability Management Group, San Antonio, TX
- Reveo, New York, NY
- Roanoke Cement Company, Cloverdale, VA
- Savannah River Plant, Augusta, GA
- Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Las Piedras, PR [2]
- Shell Chemical Company, NJ
- Shurtape Technologies, Hickory, NC
- Siemens Wind Power, Germany
- Sikorsky Aircraft/United Technologies Corp., Hartford, CT
- Simons Technologies Inc., Decatur, GA
- [Software Development Company]
- Southwire Company, Carrollton, GA
- St. John's River Water Management District, Palatka, FL
- State of Connecticut/Dept. of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT
- Stauffer Chemicals, Houston, TX
- Suralco, Miami, FL
- Technology Ventures, Houston, TX
- Telecom Company, Meritt Island, FL
- Tesoro Petroleum, XW
- Texaco
- Texaco, Trinidad
- Tropicana, Bradenton, FL
- TTI Environmental Laboratories, Arlington, TX
- Tupperware, Hemingway, SC
- Unc Defense, Mulberry, FL
- United Distillers, Scotland, UK
- United Launch Alliance, KSC, FL
- United Space Alliance, KSC, FL [2]
- URS Corporation, Wayne, NJ
- U.S. Army [6]
- U.S. Government
- U.S. Navy [2]
- U.S. Tobacco Mfg. Co., Nashville, TN
- USA, Aberdeen Prvng. Grnd, MD
- United Paradyne Corporation
- Voljean Corporation, Indian Harbor Beach, FL
- Warner Lambert, Inc., Vega Baja, PR
- Waste Management, Inc. Orlando, FL
- Waste Management of North America, Clarcona, FL
- WA State Dept. of Ecology, Olympia, WA
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Monroeville, PA
- Weyerhaeuser Paper Co., Olgelthorpe, GA
- Wyle Laboratories, KSC, FL [2]
The 170 employers listed above have offered a total of 217 jobs to our alumni. Of those, 156 were offered in specified U.S. locations,distributed as follows:
- 63 in Florida (21 of them at the Kennedy Space Center and another 17 in Melbourne and Cocoa)
- 7 in Georgia
- 9 in other SE States
- 39 in the NE United States
- 20 in Texas
- 11 in California
- 2 in other NW States
- 8 in other SW States
- 2 in Hawai
Also, a large number of our graduates have been offered positions outside the United States, including the following 14 that have been reported to us:
- 3 in Puerto Rico
- 2 in Kuwait
- 2 in U.K.
- 2 in Venezuela
- 1 in Algeria
- Many in Saudi Arabia
- Many in UAE
- 1 in Aruba
- 1 in Guatemala
- 1 in Italy
- 1 in Qatar
- 1 in Trinidad
