My name is Grace
Tribe and I study Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Art at The
Tiffin Girls’ School. I am aiming to go to university to study Broad-based
Engineering or Mechanical Engineering. I applied for a placement because I
wanted to try to see the world of work and what an engineering job could
involve.
My placement was
at a company called KBC where I worked with the chemical engineers and focused
on the distillation processes. I was asked to update their existing correlation
which helps shows their clients how much energy their site consumes. This
involved learning how to use their simulation software and upgrading the old
models to the latest versions. I then compared the results and modified
accordingly to match the results. A client of KBC asked if a synthetic crude
could be applied to this correlation. My next task was to test this and come up
with a presentation outlining the results.
I have benefited greatly from this experience because I had the opportunity to talk
with both chemical and mechanical engineers at the company for an insight into
their work. It was interesting to see how the team worked together as ideas
bounced off each other and how they didn’t know what task they could be working
on next. I think this is a great chance for any prospective scientists and
engineers to get a taste of the workplace and the area of study which they are
interested in.
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