Sam will graduate in August 2013 with a Chemical Engineering degree. In his time at Calvin College, he was a four year member of the Men’s Varsity Swimming and Diving Team. He was elected to lead the team as the captain his senior year. During the summer between his junior and senior years of school, Sam worked as a process engineering intern at Vertellus Specialty Chemical Company. When he graduates, Sam plans on moving to Houston to start his career as a Chemical Engineer, Technical Sales Engineer, or a Petroleum Engineer.

Annelle will graduate in May 2013 with a Chemical Engineering degree and international designation. Annelle has participated in multiple research groups, and was able to discover and isolate the DNA of a novel virus while at Calvin. She also did research on nonlinearities in high temperature superconductors and was able to help prove the breaking of time reversal symmetry. This past summer Annelle enjoyed working as an intern for Michigan Industrial Tools. Annelle was able to participate in the summer in Germany program with Calvin, along with the interim in Cambodia trip. Annelle is excited to start work as a drilling fluids specialist in September of 2013.

Allyson is from Ann Arbor, Michigan. She will be graduating from Calvin College in May of 2013 with degrees in chemical engineering with an international designation and in chemistry. She will be pursuing a career afterwards in industry. Her hopes are that she will be working with either energy or agriculture.

During her collegiate carrer, she spent time travelling mostly in Germany. She was in Berlin for the summer of 2010 taking classes at the Technical Univeristy of Berlin. Additionally, she had an internship with Boehringer Ingelheim for the summer of 2012.

Joe is from Minneapolis, MN and will be graduating in May 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering: Chemical Concentration. He loves experiencing different cultures, speaks five languages and has lived in three different countries. After leaving Calvin, Joe plans on earning a Master’s in Business Administration. In the future, he has designs to work his way up in management in the manufacturing industry.