Chemical Engineering Internship Story: Yates Engineering

Xuyang Chen

Chemical Engineering

What company did you intern with and where are they located?

Yates Engineering in Birmingham, Alabama

How did you identify and apply for your internship? Are there any specific resources you used to find the opportunity (i.e. Handshake, career fairs, other recruitment events)?

TAPPI Students Summit

What was the application process like?

Talked to the people at the summit. Emailed to come into office. Gave them my resume and had an interview. And got the job.

Tell us about your internship experience. What types of tasks and projects did you engage in? Was there a particular project or part of the experience you learned the most from?

I learned the most being put on an actual project to develop P&IDs.

In what ways did this internship help you prepare for your next destination after Auburn?

Gave me way more information on the paper industry and what a process engineer does.

In what ways did your coursework or other experiences at Auburn prepare you for your internships? Are there specific topics or skills you learned from classes that you put into practice on the job?

Chemical engineering principals has helped me a little as I was doing balances.