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Making Their Mark<\/strong><\/a> is a Newscenter series of profiles celebrating members of Rochester\u2019s graduating class of 2019.<\/em><\/h4>\n
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Favorite class?<\/strong> \u201cChemical Reactor Design, taught by Wyatt Tenhaeff. The class is kind of a culmination of all the things we have learned in our previous chemical engineering classes, and it was really cool to finally put all of those things together and use the tools to manipulate chemical reactions to get the desired chemical products.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite tradition?<\/strong> \u201cDandelion Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Favorite spot on campus?<\/strong> \u201cFauver Stadium. The memories I made on that field will stay with me for the rest of my life. And soccer practice was always a time I could escape from whatever else was going on in my life. I\u2019ll always associate Fauver with that feeling. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Nik Angyal \u201919 had two passions in high school: chemistry and soccer. He graduates from Rochester at the top of his class in both.<\/p>\n

A native of East Fishkill in the Hudson Valley of New York, the chemical engineering major<\/a> carries a 3.99 grade point average. Last fall, he helped lead the men\u2019s soccer team<\/a> to a berth in the NCAA Division III Final Four (a first for the program) while garnering two national academic awards.<\/p>\n

Angyal (pronounced Angel) received the NCAA\u2019s Elite 90 Award as the student-athlete at the Final Four with the highest GPA. The defender also was selected Google Cloud Academic All-America Team Member of the Year<\/a> for men\u2019s soccer\u2014the third Rochester athlete to win that honor. \u201cIt was all very humbling,\u201d he says. \u201cI was speechless when I found out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Angyal was elected to Phi Beta Kappa as a junior, served as a teaching assistant in fluid dynamics and organic chemistry, and participated in research for the chemical engineering department, developing an electrolyte for use in lithium-ion batteries. He\u2019s also on the executive board for Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, and worked a summer internship for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, helping to mitigate petroleum leaks.<\/p>\n

His interest in chemistry was sparked by a high school teacher whose passion inspired him. \u201cShe started me off, and I\u2019ve been in love with chemistry ever since,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

He heard about Rochester from his mother\u2019s friend, who graduated from the University. After a visit, Angyal knew it was the place for him. But there was one piece missing. \u201cI came here for academics,\u201d he says, \u201cbut soccer was a big part of who I was.\u201d<\/p>\n

He unsuccessfully tried out for the soccer team his first year, then returned his sophomore year and made it. \u201cI love the competitive atmosphere,\u201d he says. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t something I was going to give up easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next, Angyal will pursue his PhD at the University of Delaware. He\u2019d like to work in the energy industry, dealing with problems that affect global warming and climate change. \u201cI think global warming is going to be the biggest problem facing my generation,\u201d he says. \u201cI want to be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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