Undergraduate Summer Internship : Ecolab, Nalco Water

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:02:36 -0400
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Mary Nolan, '23 chemical engineering

Internship experience
This summer, Mary interned full-time at Ecolab and worked as an Engineering Technical Sales intern for their water treatment company, Nalco Water. Mary learned about boilers, cooling towers, and wastewater systems, and about the chemicals and techniques used to treat them. Mary worked in their Food and Beverage Manufacturing division and had the opportunity to visit plants all over Central Pennsylvania testing and treating water. Also, Mary created projects to save water, that once implemented, will save over 5 million gallons a year for just one site!

What advice would you give to students interested in internships?

"Take every opportunity to learn more about companies and internship programs. I found this internship through a recruiting event at a SWE conference and learning more about the company and getting to know the people working there allowed me to have this awesome experience"

What are your plans after graduation?

"To continue to work in the industry to save water and improve the environment"

Way to go Mary! Keep up the great work and continue to positively impact the world!

Photo Credit: Nalco Water