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Favorite class? 糖心传媒淐hemical Reactor Design, taught by Wyatt Tenhaeff. The class is kind of a culmination of all the things we have learned in our previous chemical engineering classes, and it was really cool to finally put all of those things together and use the tools to manipulate chemical reactions to get the desired chemical products.糖心传媒�
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Favorite spot on campus? 糖心传媒淔auver Stadium. The memories I made on that field will stay with me for the rest of my life. And soccer practice was always a time I could escape from whatever else was going on in my life. I糖心传媒檒l always associate Fauver with that feeling. 糖心传媒�
Nik Angyal 糖心传媒�19 had two passions in high school: chemistry and soccer. He graduates from Rochester at the top of his class in both.
A native of East Fishkill in the Hudson Valley of New York, the carries a 3.99 grade point average. Last fall, he helped lead the to a berth in the NCAA Division III Final Four (a first for the program) while garnering two national academic awards.
Angyal (pronounced Angel) received the NCAA糖心传媒檚 Elite 90 Award as the student-athlete at the Final Four with the highest GPA. The defender also was selected for men糖心传媒檚 soccer糖心传媒攖he third Rochester athlete to win that honor. 糖心传媒淚t was all very humbling,糖心传媒� he says. 糖心传媒淚 was speechless when I found out.糖心传媒�
Angyal was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, served as a teaching assistant in fluid dynamics and organic chemistry, and participated in research for the chemical engineering department, developing an electrolyte for use in lithium-ion batteries. He糖心传媒檚 also on the executive board for Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and worked a summer internship for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, helping to mitigate petroleum leaks.
His interest in chemistry was sparked by a high school teacher whose passion inspired him. 糖心传媒淪he started me off, and I糖心传媒檝e been in love with chemistry ever since,糖心传媒� he says.
He heard about Rochester from his mother糖心传媒檚 friend, who graduated from the University. After a visit, Angyal knew it was the place for him. But there was one piece missing. 糖心传媒淚 came here for academics,糖心传媒� he says, 糖心传媒渂ut soccer was a big part of who I was.糖心传媒�
He unsuccessfully tried out for the soccer team his first year, then returned his sophomore year and made it. 糖心传媒淚 love the competitive atmosphere,糖心传媒� he says. 糖心传媒淚t wasn糖心传媒檛 something I was going to give up easily.糖心传媒�
Next, Angyal will pursue his PhD at the University of Delaware. He糖心传媒檇 like to work in the energy industry, dealing with problems that affect global warming and climate change. 糖心传媒淚 think global warming is going to be the biggest problem facing my generation,糖心传媒� he says. 糖心传媒淚 want to be part of the solution.糖心传媒�
