Last month two IRE students and one UMD student went on a
tour of Calumet Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. The refinery takes crude oil in as a raw
resource and produces products for sale such as gasoline, asphalt, and jet
fuel. This was part of a separations
course taken from UMD Chemical Engineering professor Moe Benda, M.S. We had the opportunity to receive a tour of
the process from a mechanical engineer as well as talk to the process manager
to ask questions. The tour consisted of
driving around to view the equipment in operation, safety protocols, and the
computer interfacing. As process
engineering students we were excited to see the oil refining process first hand
and to get exposure to another field of the engineering industry. We were grateful
to be able to connect our classroom learning to applicable industries and look
forward to the opportunities in the future.
Written by: Emily Kilpatrick and Emmy Stage
Proofread by: Adam Geisler
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