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KATIE BAUGUESS Hometown: Valley Center, Kansas Education: Chemical Engineering, Class of 2018 Current Occupation: Crude Process Engineer at ExxonMobil Refinery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Daily responsibilities of your job? Troubleshooting daily and long-term operations through field work and data review, working with operations and other engineering disciplines to optimize production Biggest challenges of your job? Finding creative ways to get information that is not measured/readily available — it requires a lot of troubleshooting and getting creative. Katie Bauguess
How did KU Engineering best prepare you for your job? KU Engineering both built up my chemical engineering technical skills and networking skills. I’m able to apply my own engineering foundation and couple it with knowledge gained from working with other engineering disciplines and operators! Advice for current students? Prioritizing mental health is important during college and post-college. Make sure to take time for yourself to spend with people you love and hobbies you enjoy! Take time after college to figure out what you enjoy doing outside of work is important to transitioning to post-college life. Favorite memories of KU Engineering and Lawrence? For chemical engineering, I really enjoyed working in my last semester CPE lab team and completing research in Dr. Mark Shiflett’s lab. I also miss Free State Brewing and Zen Zero on Mass Street!
KU ENGINEERING LAUNCHES CAREER ACCELERATOR LECTURE SERIES by Cody Howard To create opportunities for KU Engineering students to learn more about the business side of their profession, the School launched the Career Accelerator Lecture Series in fall 2020. The series, which was held virtually in the 2020-2021 academic year, featured members of the School of Engineering Advisory Board speaking on topics such as management and leadership, ethics and teamwork.
that are often not part of a regular classroom environment, like leadership, teamwork and communication,” said Robert Parsons, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering. The lecture series continued virtually in the fall 2021 semester with a full slate of speakers.
“The KU School of Engineering advisory board was looking for ways to help our students develop professional skills KANSAS ENGINEER | 37
