Transcript of ChE Interim Chair Ronald Willey’s Remarks
Good afternoon everyone, Professor Willey here to provide a few words of congratulations and a few words of wisdom. First off, I just want to jokingly say that I think you’ll miss Professor Satvat more than he misses you as you get out there into the real world. And I would like to turn seriously over to something you learned in your education, one of these was the Mass Balance. In minus out equals accumulation, it was one of the fundamental things we taught you throughout your education and I have to tell you that it can solve a lot of problems. So when you have a troubleshooting problem, which you will reach in your career, and cannot figure out where to start, see if you can account for the masses going into the process and the masses going out. Maybe the species going into the processes, the species going out. And you can balance those, generally, that leads to where the solution of the problem will be. Another comment from my background is please remember your safety, your process safety when you go onto your future jobs. That your first requirement or tenant is to protect the public. Then consider protecting your workers and then consider protecting the environment. In all decisions you make you want to be thinking about the public that’s surrounding you and how they will be affected by your decisions. Finally, I would say take risks. I’ve heard several videos this week on taking risks and you assess the situation, you assess what will happen in the worst case, and then you prepare for it and then you take the chances and you take risks. It is by taking risks that you learn new ways to solve problems, new ways to enjoy your life. Lastly, give back. Join a local AIChE section, participate in the JCs for instance, or even consider contacting a high school when you’re in your neighborhood and saying listen do you need a science fair judge, I have a chemical engineering background I’m interested in helping out. Give back a little bit. Best wishes class of 2020 and good luck. Professor Willey.
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