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Profiles
Going from Inner City to Ag
Lynda 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.
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Designing for Humanity
Malia 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.
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Conserving 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.
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Saving More Lives than M.D.s
Tom 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 story
Removing the Band-aid
One 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.
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Improving Your Chances
Josh 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.
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