My Story
My name is Chris Bowers and I am a 5th year Environmental Engineering student at the University of Cincinnati in the College of Engineering and Applied Science. I will be graduating in May 2020. My mission is to travel the world working to solve environmental issues both on a local and global scale. I want to mitigate the affects of water scarcity by designing systems to bring people clean water in developing countries. My professional interests include drinking and wastewater treatment, international development, water availability, synthesis of biofuels, and microbiology/fermentation processes.
In the summer of 2018, I worked in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under Professor Shau-Yuan (Ben) Leu. Here, I conducted and assisted on a research project called "New Solvent-Based Biorefinery Techniques to Extract Valuable Products from Organic Wastes". I also initiated an undergraduate research project focused on the extraction of ethanol from organic brewery waste for the production of biofuels.
In the winter of 2019, I went on a 10-day tour of China and visited Shanghai, Xi'an, and Beijing with two professors and a group of 14 students. We visited local companies GBBN Architecture, Innoway, BiOWiSH Technologies, and NARI Group to get a taste of how business was conducted in China.
Both of these experiences were extremely valuable in developing my cultural competency and creating international ties. I plan to continue traveling throughout my career to further build my communication skills and educate myself on global environmental issues.
In the summer of 2018, I worked in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University under Professor Shau-Yuan (Ben) Leu. Here, I conducted and assisted on a research project called "New Solvent-Based Biorefinery Techniques to Extract Valuable Products from Organic Wastes". I also initiated an undergraduate research project focused on the extraction of ethanol from organic brewery waste for the production of biofuels.
In the winter of 2019, I went on a 10-day tour of China and visited Shanghai, Xi'an, and Beijing with two professors and a group of 14 students. We visited local companies GBBN Architecture, Innoway, BiOWiSH Technologies, and NARI Group to get a taste of how business was conducted in China.
Both of these experiences were extremely valuable in developing my cultural competency and creating international ties. I plan to continue traveling throughout my career to further build my communication skills and educate myself on global environmental issues.