Independent Professional Project and Final Essay 

MSOEH students complete an Independent Professional Project (IPP) and write an essay summarizing the project. Full-time studies complete their IPP through an internship experience in the summer between the first and second years of the program. With guidance from their academic advisor, students apply for positions at organizations that do work in their area of interest (i.e., petrochemical industry, aerospace, etc.).  They perform the IPP as part of their internship and write up an essay summarizing the project. 

Part-time MSOEH students work with their adviser to identify a suitable IPP at their place of employment and write an essay summarizing the project. 

Recent Internship Locations 

• ExxonMobil, Houston, TX
• Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Madison, WI
• GKN Aerospace, San Diego, CA
• Triumvirate Environmental, Pittsburgh, PA
• KCI Technologies, Sparks, MD
• McCormick & Company, Inc., Hunt Valley, MD
• Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, DC
• Boeing, Seattle WA
• R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Eastern US
• Northrop Grumman, Baltimore, MD 

Example Essay Titles

• Occupational Exposure Assessment for Beryllium and Other Metals at an Oil Refinery 
• Industrial Hygiene Workspace Evaluations in a Silicone Molding Manufacturing Facility 
• Fugitive Combustible Dust Abatement in the Aerospace Industrial Manufacturing Sector 
• Evaluating Exposures at a New and Expanding Waste Sterilization and Recycling Facility 
• Assessing Potential Exposures to Silver Nanoparticles During Spray-Painting and Sanding Work Tasks 
• Noise Assessment Within a Food Manufacturing Plant 
• Measuring and Describing the Relationship between Respirable Mass, Airborne Mass, Bulk Powder Dispersibility and Dustiness for Nuclear Material Storage Container Evaluation 
• Preliminary Hazard Assessment of a Pilot In-Vessel Composting Operation at Smithsonian Institution 
• Effectiveness of Hearing Protection Device Fit Testing to Improve In-Ear Attenuation for Large Aircraft Test & Evaluation Workers 
• Dust in Two Mineral Crushing, Milling, and Packaging Operations 
• OSHA’s Revised Silica Standard: Corporate Adaptation and Preventative Controls 

Job Titles and Employers of Recent Graduates 

• Health, Safety & Environment Advisor, Oceaneering, Hanover, MD 
• Industrial Hygienist, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
• Health and Safety Site Lead, JUUL Labs, North Carolina 
• Research Industrial Hygienist, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
• EHS Engineer, Northrop Grumman, San Diego, CA 
• Corporate and Occupational Health Specialist, Arkema, Pottstown, PA 
• Industrial Hygiene Consultant, Safex, Westerville, OH 
• EHS Specialist, Carpenter Co., Richmond, VA 
• PhD student, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 
• Health Physicist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 
• Team Lead Field Safety, Chevron, Los Angeles, CA 
• Senior EHS Specialist, Boeing, Seattle, WA 
• Industrial Hygienist, Food and Drug Administration, Brooklyn, NY 
• Senior EHS Specialist, Pfizer, Michigan 
• EHS Engineer, GKN Aerospace, San Diego, CA 
• Safety Officer, Department of National Defense, Alberta, Canada 
• Senior Risk Assessor, EA Science and Technology, Sparks, MD