Environmental Resources Engineering

During my first two years at HSU I directed the on-campus compost program through the Waste-Reduction & Resource Awareness Program (WRRAP). There I was able to work with students from many different majors and help organize workshops and campaigns, as well as maintain the compost demonstration site. After my sophomore and junior years I obtained summer fellowships at the Department of Energy Lawrence Berkeley Lab. I also acquired a basic level of understanding of methods to model greenhouse gas emissions, learned the Statistical Programming Language R, and had the opportunity to network with other people who were passionate about studying climate change. It was a phenomenal experience. I strongly encourage current ERE students to work during summer breaks and/or part-time during the semester, even if it means graduating a semester or two later than originally planned. There are many great opportunities to apply what you learn from the working world to class projects and ERE club activities. For example, my Comp Methods 3 project was focused in part on the work I started at Lawrence Berkeley. Even more, depending of course on the type of work, there will likely be many opportunities to apply what you learn in your ERE courses to the work you do at your job.