Albert Joseph Meuse
UW Honors Graduates
Albert Joseph Meuse

Bioresource Science and Engineering, Environmental Science and Resource Management
Chemistry
Designation: Departmental Honors
Honors Grads 2019/2020
Proudest Moment: Making the Annual Dean's List three consecutive years in a row to graduate with departmental honors after being rejected by all seven engineering majors I applied for in the summer of 2015.
albertmeuse22@gmail.comWhen I came to the University of Washington in 2012, I vaguely knew I wanted to be an engineer, but I didn't really carry out the type of self-reflection needed to truly understand what my motivations were. In the past years I have went through a lot of adversity, and have matured greatly. I have become much more inquisitive, and curious. Although I have learned a tremendous amount in my time at UW, I am significantly less presumptive than I used to be, as I am much more aware of just how little I know. My long meandering undergrad experience has culminated in a double major in Bioresource Science & Engineering, and Environmental Science & Resource Management, in addition to a minor in Chemistry. In these programs I have learned a great deal about chemical engineering and forestry, and I intend on applying this knowledge in a way that addresses this current climate crisis we find ourselves in. This past year, under Anthony Dichiara, I conducted research on how graphene sponges made from carbon nanomaterials can be used for water treatment. I have worked as a dispatcher for the US Forest Service, as a canvasser for Environment Washington, and as a process engineer for NORPAC.