Sahara Becker

Sahara is a sophomore at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she majors in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Economics. She has previously held positions as an EHS intern for SABIC Innovative Plastics and is currently working as an undergraduate researcher for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at RPI. She is passionate about her education and would like to pursue a PhD in chemical engineering and apply her knowledge to R&D in industry. At RPI, she is an active member of Chem-E-Car, where she assists in designing and testing a vehicle powered by chemical reaction that competes at AIChE's annual Chem-E-Car competition. She is also a member of Alpha Phi International Fraternity. Outside of RPI, she works as a synchronized swimming coach for Sculpins Synchro and is a USASynchro level 2 certified coach.