Our first student spotlight of the year is Laura Benson! She is a 4th year, graduating in December 2023, from Mason, Ohio. Fun fact is that she is minoring in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and has played viola for almost 10 years! She has been involved with AIChE since her freshman year, participating in Buckeyethon, being the first Wellness chair and now the Secretary, and still very involved in the Wellness committee. This summer she interned for Cummins in Columbus, Indiana where she worked on testing different aftertreatment catalyst conditions and applications for Cummins new hydrogen internal combustion engine. She is also the Secretary for ChemE Car, another chemical engineering student organization on campus, a member of Society of Women Engineers, and a member of Advocates for Women of the World, previously the Gender-Based Violence Awareness Committee Director. Outside of the classroom, Laura likes to go to concerts, hang out with her cat, travel and craft. Her advice for students with career fair season coming up is to put yourself out there, even if you are a freshman or think you have nothing to talk to a recruiter about. Be ambitious and apply for as many positions as it takes, it will pay off in the end. Congrats Laura on all your achievements and hard work in AIChE!