because I knew anything about Chemical Engineering I chose it because it sounded kind of cool Chemical Engineering well at least it sounded cool in 1987 so please don't judge me for that so when I was an undergrad I took a class in Fortran 77 I'm sure most of us have heard a Fortran and again I really liked it I went on to get a masters for part of my master's I used Fortran to write a program to model the combustion of a coal particle as it burns and I really enjoyed it so I went on to get a PhD in chemical engineering and this