Peer Mentors
The Peer Mentorship Program in Chemical Engineering helps guide undergraduate students in their journey, assisting with navigation of career opportunities, coursework, and the endless opportunities provided by the department and university.
Peer mentors work with students on everything from organizing fun social activities to resume editing and career fair advice.
Peer mentors offer a unique perspective as upper-level students when navigating coursework, research, project teams and career-related events.
Peer Mentors 2024-25
Amy Chen
Year: Senior
Experience: Global Engineering Intern – Frozen Function at Kellogg’s, West Coast Sales Intern at Robert Bosch LLC, Undergraduate Researcher in Kourosh Kalayeh’s Lab – SHAPE on the Bladder
Career Interests: Consumer Packaged Goods, Food Processing, Consulting, Sustainable Engineering
Involvement: Society of Women Engineers, First-Generation Engineers, Peer Mentor Program, ChemE Car, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Nhayeon Lee
Year: Senior
Experience: Summer Intern at Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical; Lesher-Pérez Lab – microfluidic devices; Lab assistant (Bio 207 & 306); LEGOS Lab – nanoparticle collision; Summer study abroad in Seoul, South Korea
Career Interests: Process Engineering, Polymer Chemistry, Research and Development
Involvement: Omega Chi Epsilon Honor Society, BLUELab Woven Wind, Michigan Pops Orchestra/Campus Symphony Orchestra, Minor in Materials Science and Multidisciplinary Design
Maddy Gonley
Year: Junior
Experience: PepsiCo Process Engineering Intern, PepsiCo Gatorade Powder Beverage Product Development Intern, Merck Animal Health Pharmaceutical Sciences Formulation Intern, Szymczak Lab – Small molecule activation, Schindler Lab – Aza Paternò−Büchi reactions
Career Interests: Biopharmaceuticals, biotechnology, research and development, polymer chemistry, hoping to pursue a PhD
Involvement: Society of Women Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Peer Mentor Program, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program
Jacob Robins
Year: Junior
Experience: Min Lab – Engineering ultratunable, drug-loaded nanoparticle coatings; antibacterial/osteogenic nanotopography, Software Engineering Intern – CME Group (2023) & Paramount (2024), AbbVie Extern, CS Minor
Career Interests: Medical School, Biopharmaceuticals, Management Consulting, CS
Involvement: Alpha Epsilon Delta, EMT (Jackson Community Ambulance), Kids in Science, 1931E, Organic Chemistry Bootcamp
Karlee Szafranski
Year: Junior
Experience: Two-time research and development intern at DuPont – Performance Building Solutions
Career Interests: Sustainable engineering, process development
Involvement: Resident Advisor (RA), Michigan Blacksmithing Club
Yaseen Metwally
Year: Junior
Experience: Strategy & Business Development Intern – Carrier, Quality Control Intern – Medical Union Pharmaceuticals, Research Assistant – Ross School of Business, Summer Study Abroad in Paris, France
Career Interests: Biotechnology, Biopharmaceuticals, Consumer Packaged Goods, Renewable Energy, Consulting, Finance
Involvement: MEG Consulting, University of Michigan Electric Boat