PROFESSIONAL ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS IN INDUSTRY – WHAT DO THEY DO?
Douglas Raynie, Senior Scientist, Procter & Gamble Thomas Thorpe, Section Head, Procter & Gamble Workshop Topics and Outline: This half day course is designed to educate undergraduate and first/second year graduate students about careers as industrial analytical chemists. Students are made aware of the different roles of the industrial analytical chemist. These include scientific consultant, methods developer, and problem solver. The course focuses extensively on the latter role, utilizing real problems solved at Procter & Gamble. Students can use the skills they have developed in their courses for this problem solving, and will come away with additional ones. The entire course, especially the problem solving, is structured for extensive participation and interaction. The various amounts of formal training which are needed to perform these different roles are also discussed. Students will gain a better understanding of careers as analytical chemists in industry. This is a one day lectu
