Partners in Industry

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Michigan Chemical Engineering is invested in working with industry to identify and achieve mutually beneficial goals. We can help you with strategic recruiting tactics to build your brand and hire top talent, connect you with the right faculty for collaborative research partnerships, and assist in developing meaningful relationships in the department. These ways to engage can help you maximize your connection with Michigan Chemical Engineering to achieve your goals.

Ways to Engage

Students on a plant tour at BASF
Students on a plant tour at BASF.
POET giving an industry talk to undergraduate students.
POET giving an industry talk to undergraduate students.
Eli Lilly sponsors of the Undergraduate Research Symposium talking with students.
Eli Lilly sponsors of the Undergraduate Research Symposium talking with students.
Students in ChE 497 (Distillations) with hosting company Ann Arbor Distillery
Students in ChE 497 (Distillations) with hosting company Ann Arbor Distillery.

Visit Us

We can arrange a customized visit that will give you an in-depth view of the people, places and exciting developments that relate to your company’s interests and challenges. Once we understand your objectives and the technical areas you wish to explore, we will tailor your visit to include:

  • a strategy discussion to clarify your specific objectives with Michigan Chemical Engineering
  • meeting with faculty whose expertise areas best align with your research interests
  • connecting with the students and student groups most likely to match your recruiting profile
  • touring labs and facilities in our two buildings

To plan your visit, contact Sheila Waterhouse, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Corporate Relations at [email protected].

Fund Research

We can help you find the right technological solutions and research partnership opportunities in Michigan Chemical Engineering. Whether your needs fall under engineering a net zero world, engineering human health from benchtop to bedside, or engineering matter on demand and by design we have teams of researchers working on critical issues facing our world.

From sponsored research, research grants, lab support, project development or faculty consultants, we have options that can work for your company.

Fund Education

There are a variety of options to support ChE students that position your company to gain visibility and have maximum impact. We can explore options ranging from student scholarships and fellowships, research grants, student design project sponsorship, research symposium sponsorship, student group and program support, and more.

Recruit

Companies have numerous opportunities to connect with the department and enhance their brand presence among students to strengthen their recruitment strategies. Here are some key examples of specific opportunities in Michigan Chemical Engineering:

  • Give a seminar on campus
  • Sponsor a department event such as the Graduate Research Symposium or the Undergraduate Research Symposium
  • Offer a facility tour to students
  • Host an AIChE student chapter industry lunch
  • Sponsor an experiment station in our undergraduate teaching labs
  • Partner with us to teach an industry-relevant course
  • Serve on an industry panel in one of our courses
  • Provide a guest lecture on a topic relevant to the curriculum and to your company
  • Connect with senior capstone courses for product design and process design through project sponsorship or engineering advice and support

Please contact Sheila Waterhouse, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Corporate Relations at [email protected], to learn more and identify engagement opportunities that align best with your company’s objectives.

In addition, the College of Engineering Recruiting Resources center around the Engineering Career Resource Center (ECRC) offers a variety of recruiting opportunities, from internship, co-op and job listings to career fairs and on-campus interview sessions.