Monday 12 March 2012

National Science & Engineering week - Chemistry At Work

Crystal Dolphin is an Operations Project Engineer from Air Products PLC and is a regular Volunteer with SATRO.
The best thing about Crystal’s job is managing projects to make changes to enhance safety, reliability or adding productivity on a live operating plant. She also gets involved from the concept and scoping of a new idea to the design, implementation & commissioning of the system following the changes.  The plants are processing nitrogen & oxygen for a wide range of customers ranging from oil refineries to chemical and food manufacturers.
At school Crystal enjoyed maths and chemistry lessons, and wondered how she could combine these into a career- chemical engineering was the answer. Crystal also took part in a CREST award which she found inspiring and encouraged her to learn more about engineering.
As a SATRO volunteer Crystal has been a judge on problem solving challenges and has also been involved with school careers discussions. She enjoys giving inspiration to other young girls thinking about  career options in engineering. 
For Crystal the best bit about working with SATRO’s programmes for young people is seeing young people enjoy science & engineering out of the traditional classroom environment, solving problems (sometimes by trial and error) and refining the solutions. 

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