About
Picture taken in August 2009
The fact that I was born in Houston, Texas, raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and married to a New Yorker, has given me to the capability of being openminded and creative. After finishing my highschool from ElNasr Boys School, a British Private school in Alexandria Egypt, my interest in Chemistry was at its peak. Its true what they say about good teachers, Dr. AlAlayli definitely has a lot to do with this interest.
Short after graduation, I moved back to the United States where I was in purse of a college degree. Testing out various majors starting with Accounting all the way to prepharmacy, I decided that my real passion is in Chemistry and hence I should do something that I like. Three years after that decision, in May of 2008, I graduated from Texas Southern University in Houston with a B.S. in Chemistry.
After learning the basics of chemistry and seeing the involvement of these fundamentals in various aspects of life, I sought to improve upon the operation and efficiency with a final goal of improving the environmental friendliness of chemical processes. Having had the opportunity to intern in the R&D Department of Huntsman Corp. in Houston, Texas for a few months, I realized that my passion lies in understanding and improving chemical processes rather than simply utilizing the chemistry itself to achieve my goal. Based on this desire I decided to work towards becoming a Chemical Engineer.
Three months after my graduation, I enrolled in a Masters program in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. The decision to plunge into an unfamiliar, and yet seemingly promising field appealed to my personal character; a self-motivation and constant willingness to challenge myself were further developed by this decision. Throughout my research endeavors, I have taken initiative to complete difficult and unfamiliar tasks, worked overtime and after-hours in order to ensure deadlines are met, and managed my time while also learning to multi-task without diminishing the quality of my work.
I am confident that these skills will positively affect my pursuit of an enlightening career and enable me to coordinate my projects, manage my time, and utilize all resources to ensure my success. This achievement will thus allow me to eventually pursue my passion of improving the effects of chemical processes on the environment.
Sincerely,
Haytham Soliman