Kyle Rhodes Age: 28
Dow Chemical Co. Seadrift, TX Read more at
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ike his father and grandfather, Kyle Rhodes studied chemical engineering before going to work in a chemical plant. Kyle has worked at the Dow Chemical Co.’s ethylene oxide and plastics manufacturing facility for six years now, holding multiple engineering positions including Run Plant, Process Automation and Improvement Engineer. “My dad once told me that scientists come up with great ideas,” Kyle recalled, “but to actually get anything done, you need an engineer. That’s what drew me to the manufacturing environment.” Roger Painter, Kyle’s supervisor at Dow, said, “Kyle is a natural leader and has demonstrated many of the attributes of a seasoned veteran. For his project teams, he leads by example.”
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Ryan Stephenson Age: 24
Northwire Inc. Osceola, WI Read more at
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yan Stephenson first got hooked on engineering after taking drafting classes early in high school, learning
AutoCAD and SolidWorks. Hired by Northwire Inc., Ryan’s mechanical and polymer engineering majors made him an attractive candidate, said Northwire Senior Vice President Harold J. Nevin, Jr. “Ryan is a hands-on engineer who has been instrumental in working with the shop employees and process engineering to develop many of the new processes and improve on old ones,” Nevin said. “Ryan has a cool head when dealing with our customers and the demands of his job. He never gets shaken or stressed and works well with the other team members on the shop floor and in engineering.”
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Ryan Boehm Age: 25
Omax Corp. Kent, WA
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yan Boehm has worked in R&D at waterjet cutting developer Omax Corp. since October 2006, and helped
write Omax’s Intelli-Visor monitoring software released at IMTS 2012. A standout athlete, Ryan was captain of his football team at Bishop Garcia Diego High School in Ventura, CA. The math and programming whiz earned a multidisciplinary degree in Applied and Computational Math Sciences and a BA in European Studies at the University of Washington. His research includes side projects on devel- opments in micro and nanotechnologies. “I’m very inter- ested in nanotech manufacturing,” Ryan said. “That would definitely be a whole new field for me. It’s intriguing me.”
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Anabel Ugalde-Huebe Age: 25
Dow Chemical Co. Seadrift, TX Read more at
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nabel Ugalde-Huebe, a native of Mexico City, moved with her parents to south Texas at age 10. Anabel excelled in her studies, especially in math and the sciences. Two weeks after graduating from Texas A&M University- Kingsville, Anabel was hired by Dow Chemical as a Six Sigma Black Belt Engineer. Her skills impressed Joseph Smith, Anabel’s supervisor, who wrote, “Anabel exempli- fies the perfect production engineer that we all want for our facilities. The word that comes to mind is ‘balanced.’ She is balanced more so than any production engineer I have worked with in that she displays great skill and aptitude in technology and engineering.”
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