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Danielle Fau
New Product Development Engineer
W. L. Gore & Associates
Intensive courses at Penn, a research experience
with the Composto Polymer Research Group, and
internships and work abroad in Switzerland and
other countries meant opportunities, says 2014 MSE
bachelor’s and master’s graduate Danielle Fau. “Taking
undergraduate and graduate-level classes that entailed
integration across business, engineering and medical
disciplines was beneficial to my search for internships
and employment.”
Along with two international summer work experi-
ences, a semester abroad at ETH Zurich expanded
her interests, says Fau.
Like many seniors and recent graduates, Fau
networked by attending dinners on campus with
returning alumni, participating in Women in
Engineering job fairs and working with Penn
Career Services. “The staff helped me sort through
and reject internship offers that would not have
allowed me to follow my career path. I was grateful
for their guidance.”
Following her interests in helping others led Fau to
an internship and further opportunities at W. L. Gore
& Associates, Inc., the company that makes Gore-Tex®
and medical products and devices. She started as a
new product development engineer in late March
2015, in Elkton, Maryland. Fau notes, “I’ve always
had a desire to help people, and wanted to do so
through engineering.”

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