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Going from Inner City to AgLynda Cabrales grew up in the inner city of Chicago. Not until she attended a summer program in high school did she realize milk came from cows not the store! That experience led her to an unlikely education path in ag engineering at the University of Illinois (she’s a Ph.D.) and a job in R&D with Kraft Foods. Full storyDesigning for HumanityMalia Appleford has always had a desire to make life better for people, animals and the environment. So when the University of Illinois initiated a chapter of Engineers without Borders, she didn’t hesitate to sign up. And when that turned into an opportunity to bring electricity to three villages in India’s poorest state, Appleford was on the plane. Full storyConserving the Land“The urbanization and destruction of prime agricultural land in the United States is the largest challenge we will face in the future,” said Ken Householder, an agricultural engineer with the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service. His job is to help landowners and ranchers protect the long-range value of their land. Full storySaving More Lives than M.D.sTom Hess, a professor in biological and agricultural engineering at the University of Idaho, often tells his students, “If you want to save more lives become an environmental engineer, not a M.D.” A team of students took up his challenge, determined to bring clean drinking water to a Kenyan village. Full storyRemoving the Band-aidOne thing Kristen Hughes learned in college was there are no silver bullet solutions to water pollution issues throughout the world. But that didn’t mean she couldn’t use her engineering education to go beyond the band-aid responses to real-world environmental problems. A journey to Egypt gave her a new career crusade. Full storyImproving Your ChancesJosh Lovecamp always had an interest in medicine and engineering. So he combined his two passions when he majored in biological engineering with a medical emphasis. Now he’s a project specialist responsible for the safety and efficacy of cardiovascular medical devices that ensure that patients get the best possible treatment. Full story
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