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Kohler environmental engineers Mellisa Mooren BS '02, MS '04 and Jeff Zeman BS '97 invited second-year environmental engineering students Nora Peterson and Kim Landick to spend a day in the Cast Iron Division. This experience proved to be quite an eye-opener for these students as they observed the role of an environmental engineer in an industrial setting. The program included a comprehensive tour of the foundry, exposure to the regulatory and paperwork aspect of the job and some hands-on work. "We got dirty, really dirty, with sand that has carbon on it." says Peterson. "It was in our hair, down our shirts, on our pants. That was my favorite part for sure!"
"They really had no idea what they would experience here, and that's a good reason by itself to do something like this," says Zeman. "I think they left with a good understanding of how environmental compliance and manufacturing interact on a basic level."
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