Spotlights: CBE

Lucy Baranyuk

Lucy Baranyuk '10

Focused on Environmental Sustainability; she was able to see sustainability at its finest working at three different farms in New Zealand. Read more

  • Hometown: Brooklyn, New York
  • Chemical Engineering
Emily Swarr

Emily Swarr '10

Leadership and service: Cornell provides a wealth of opportunities but it is up to the individual to make the most of those opportunities. Read more

  • Hometown: St. Davids, Pennsylvania
  • Chemical Engineering
Rachel Hoffman

Rachel Hoffman '11

“I liked that fact that I could get a good job right after I graduated if I wanted to. But then I started doing research and decided I wanted to go to graduate school, so I won’t be getting that job for five more years now.” Read more

  • Hometown: Lexington, Massachusetts
  • Chemical Engineering
Joshua Lequieu

Joshua Lequieu

“Once I started doing research, I really liked it. Senior year, I enjoyed the research so much that I ended up shifting from wanting to work in industry to just wanting to go do research right now.” Read more

  • Hometown: California
  • Chemical Engineering
Cecilia Turcios

Cecilia Turcios '13

“I love making things more efficient and making sure that time and money are not wasted, so chemical engineering seems like the perfect field for me,” Read more

  • Hometown: Alexandria, Virginia
  • Chemical Engineering

Rebecca Bennett '09

Rebecca Bennett chose Cornell because she wanted a school with a great engineering program and Naval ROTC. She also wanted to go somewhere that was not solely technical; a University with a diverse... Read more

  • Hometown: Granbury, Texas
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Moataz (Moe) Gadalla '06

Moe Gadalla chose Cornell because he was interested in two very different fields, chemical biology and biomedical engineering. He felt Cornell was unique in that it blended both these very different... Read more

  • Hometown: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Hsiu-Yu Yu

Hsiu-Yu Yu

"It would be more interesting to us to think about some problems that no one has thought about." Read more

  • Hometown: Hsinchu County, Taiwan
  • Chemical Engineering
Christine Catudal

Christine Catudal '11

Christine Catudal's uncle, William Boorujy '83 ME, M.Eng. '90, first brought her to Cornell when she was a junior in high school. "I walked around campus and I thought it was beautiful. It's what I... Read more

  • Hometown: Katy, Texas
  • Chemical Engineering