Michael Salerno , a chemical engineer major , is completing an honors thesis with James Schaffer , professor of chemical engineering, as his adviser. Chemical engineers are employed in such industries as pharmaceuticals, paints, pulp and paper products, petroleum, food, and plastics. They may be involved in all phases of an industrial process, from initial research and development, through design and production, to marketing and sales. My engineering education at Lafayette prepared me well for what I'm doing now. The small classes enabled me to receive the full benefit of the professors.
Many students do research with professors during the school year or through the summer.
Other students find summer jobs that give them valuable engineering experience. N.J. He recalls that when he was a student he wondered how he would ever use some of the background information, plant design courses, and equations that he learned. Now I realize the quality and value of the Lafayette program. I'm doing projects that use the knowledge and the hands-on experience I gained as a Lafayette student. In a structural engineering course, students reviewed the drawings and then toured sites under construction on campus .