-: And so I wouldn't say there's a particular major.
I'm a material science and engineering major.
But certainly, chemistry, chemical engineering,
mechanical engineering, a lot of these things
and similar majors could be applicable to it.
I think more importantly is
whatever position a student gets into,
realizing that they need to leverage the skills
and unique talents that they have,
both naturally and from their major
and bring that to bare on the problem.
Thinking only a chemical engineer
should solve this problem is counterproductive
'cause you're gonna try to be something that you're not,
rather than using the material science
or the mechanical engineering abilities that you have
to look at it from maybe a new perspective
than people think you need to look at it.
Well certainly communication is enormous.
I think collaboration is something that in classes,
at least when I was in school,
we really tried to drive that,
but it's difficult to truly simulate
what collaboration is in an industrial setting.
And so anything you can do to improve
the clarity of your communication,
so being an officer in clubs and making plans,
communicating those plans, delegating them to people
is very good experience.
That diverse experience,
doing those extracurricular activities,
and having something you're passionate about
that can come through on the resume is certainly important.
And then the one thing that I always look for,
certainly more maybe in graduate students,
but publications and patents,
those are helpful to have some of idea of,
particularly patents, that you have some knowledge
of that field.
That is so important for industry.