Chemists and materials scientists study substances at the atomic and molecular levels and analyze the ways in which the substances interact with one another.
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Sample Companies who have hired WPI Chemistry Graduates
TechnipFMC
U.S. DOT
WPI
Sample Graduate Schools
MCPHS
Northeastern University
University of Missouri
University of North Carolina
Weill Cornell Medicine
Average Starting Salary:
$40,000 (2015)
Sample Job Titles:
Manufacturing Engineer 1
OSTA Fellow
Sample Major Qualifying Projects:
Light Activation of Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous Metabolism
Design of a Standardized Brewery, Evaluating Sunscreen Actives and their Derivatives as Potential Sensitizers in DSSC
IQGAP1 Scaffolds EGFR Interactions with Downstream Kinases