Tyler Gathman on ISU: Chemical Engineering, Intramural Sports, and Standing in Line for Basketball Games.

Episode summary introduction: Tyler grew up around engineers. Tyler liked Math and even participated in the “Project Lead the Way” program for Engineering in Minnesota. He was a Boy Scout and  played varsity baseball. Tyler Gathman is a graduate of Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. In particular, we discuss the following with him: Choosing ISU Majoring in Chemical Engineering Intramural Sports and Church Groups Advice to Aspirants Topics discussed in this episode: Introduction to Tyler Gathman, ISU [0:36] Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights [1:20] Overall Experience [3:54] Why Iowa State? [5:23] High School Interests [6:55] Transition to ISU [9:43] Peers - Supporting Each Other [10:42] Top Notch Professors [12:03] Engineering Programs [14:27] Intramural Sports, Church Groups, ASME [15:38] Summers [16:59] Why Chemical Engineering? [18:29] Outstanding Student Award [19:43] Engineering to Medicine [21:37] ISU’s Impact [25:19] ISU Redo [26:20] Advice to Aspirants [27:30] Memories: Athletics at ISU [28:31] Our Guest: Tyler Gathman is a graduate from Iowa State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering. Tyler is currently pursuing a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Memorable Quote: “I don't think it's necessarily important to know what you want to do when you go to college. I think that's a process. But I think it's important to know what's out there, and understand what that is.” Tyler’s advice to Aspiring Students. Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: Subscribe to our Weekly Podcast Digest. To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.