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Great jobs are plentiful for Institute of Technology graduates in today's employment market
by kermit pattison
MICHELLE FORSTER SPENDS HER DAYS AT A GENERAL MILLS PLANT SOLVING PROBLEMS such as how to design a system to reduce flour dust in the factory or how to install a refrigerator door that's both big enough for a forklift and uses an air curtain to keep cool air inside.
But there is a ray of light. Long before the first Earth Day in April 1970, University researchers were hard at work on initiatives that today would universally be recognized as “green” in nature. This leadership continues with new organizations like the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) and the Institute on the Environment, both of which bring together world-class scholars and scientists to advance environmental research."
"Our advantage is that we are a comprehensive University,” said Deborah Swackhamer, environmental
health sciences professor and interim director of the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment. “There is no other university in the country that has our kind of resources all in one place.”
“Clearly, the Institute of Technology is one of the key colleges in this area,” she said. “At the Institute on the Environment, we have involved every college we can, but there are some more critical to our work than others. It is the breadth and depth of the Institute of Technology that matters so much, the collaboration between civil engineering, organic and inorganic chemistry, environmental engineering, computer science, geology, and more. Together they make it possible for us to make a bigger splash on environmental
issues than would be otherwise possible.”
The following profiles provide a sampling of Institute of Technology researchers who are helping to realize a greener future for us all.
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