<p>Hi everyone, I am a Freshman Chemical Engineering Major. Unfortunately, my school does not have many contacts with corporations that hire Chem E's. I have been looking for a while on my own for internships or research opportunities, but I can't seem to find anything. I live in Connecticut but I am willing to work anywhere in the US for the summer. Any advice or help anyone could offer would be extremely appreciated.</p>
<p>Have you try your school’s Career Center/Office? How about job fairs? The best place to find internship is through your school’s Career Center. Most major corporations recruit summer interns by visiting various target schools.</p>
<p>You can also try looking at the CVs of your professors and seeing which have connections with industry. You can try talking to them for career advice (and possibly a connection). Heck, you can even try getting a professor to let you do paid research for them over the summer.</p>
<p>I have tried with my career office but unfortunately they do not really have connections with companies that recruit Chem E’s. It’s a very new school. How could I look at their CV’s? I didn’t know that that information was readily accessible.</p>
<p>Most faculty members usually have a website of some sort (especially if they’re research professors), and they’ll have it posted on there.</p>
<p>Exxon Mobil
Chevron
Shell
BP
ConocoPhillips</p>
<p>Only names you need to be concerned with.</p>
<p>That’s a fairly narrow set of companies to look at with a major as broad as Chemical Engineering.</p>