Ruth Engel: A Woman Surmounting the Challenges of Refractories - Part 1

In this part 1 of 2 video, Ruth Engel discusses leaving Chile for the U.S., adapting to the U.S. education system, how she ended up in geology, her first steelmaking job at ARMCO, and more.
00:15 Introduction
00:31 Goodbye Santiago - Leaving Chile for the United States
03:56 Hello Michigan - Arriving in A New Country & A New High School
06:21 International Disparities in Schooling - Adapting to the US Education System
08:52 Applications vs Publications - Going to College in the US vs Chile
10:40 My Time at the University of Michigan - How I Ended Up in Geology
14:24 The Wolverine Community - Professors Treating You Like a Colleague
16:33 My Drive for Graduate School - No Challenge in Working
21:31 My Blue “Green Card” - Post-graduate Life as A Foreigner
25:30 Job Searching in Ohio - Phone Interviews & Security Clearance Struggles
28:33 My First Steelmaking Job at ARMCO - Supporting A Welding Product Plant in Brazil
31:52 Venturing into the Mill - A Woman in Men’s Clothing
35:19 A Single Lady in Research - Being Tried & Tested in the Mill
39:47 Ladles Named After Me - Being Challenged on My Assumptions in the Mill
44:47 Manmade Assemblages of Minerals - Using My Geology Degree in the Refractory Industry
47:50 Branching Out at ARMCO - Taking on New Positions in Steelmaking
51:50 “We Self-destructed Many Times” - Technical Challenges & Incremental Changes
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Photo credits:
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Edited By:
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Science & Technology