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Plant polymers as plastic alternatives

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The team will be investigating how to manufacture the plant-based packaging using fewer resources and chemicals, less energy, and with an eye on any other socio-ecological impacts. © Dr Maria Spencer About biological engineering Biological engineering integrates concepts from life sciences with practices from engineering.

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Imaging the invisible: how can research software and imaging techniques help scientists study the things we can’t see?

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Because computational methods originated in the natural sciences, some disciplines, such as chemistry and physics, have lots of research software at their disposal. Chemistry with Dr Nicole Hondow and Stuart Micklethwaite. Chemical engineering with Professor Sven Schroeder. These skills help them to transition into RSEs.

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List of 75+ STEM Careers, Jobs & Occupations

STEM Sport

Analytical Chemist The Role: Analytical Chemists use their knowledge of chemistry, instrumentation, computers, and statistics to solve problems in almost all areas of chemistry. Computer Hardware Engineer The Role: These engineers research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components.

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The Many Faces of #GirlsLeadSTEM

STEM Next

Thanks to this support and her ability to advocate for herself, Bunmi graduated college as a chemical engineer. Despite this love for learning, pursuing STEM in college became more challenging for Gomez as she was one of the few females and even fewer Latinas in chemistry and physics classes. Veronica hiking in Utah.

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How are control engineers improving the sustainability of irrigated agriculture?

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“Control engineering has a significant role to play in making our industrial society more sustainable,” says Erik. Pathway from school to control engineering. • “To become an engineer, maths and physics are fundamentally important at both school and university level,” says Michael. This is what makes an engineer.”. •

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A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

Back then I definitely hadn’t internalized it, but I think what was so exciting that day was that I got a first taste of the idea that one didn’t have to be told how the world works; one could just figure it out: I didn’t yet understand quite a bit of the math in the book. Why might that be different?

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