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Green Chemistry demo hopes to attract High School Students to the Field
Prospective engineering students from the Dallas area recently participated in the University of North Texas "Mean Green Chemistry Demo Team" experiments.
The project was part of the TexPREP classes that are held on university campuses across the area every summer to encourage high school students to consider business careers in the field of sustainable technology, according to North Texas e-News, a local informational website.
The program, founded in 1979 by a University of Texas at San Antonio mathematics professor, Manuel Berriozabal, is free and allows students to earn high school elective credit for each summer of TexPREP courses they complete. It also serves as a great way to prepare them to apply for - and succeed in - bachelors programs in technology and science.
Labor market analysts agree the ongoing economic shift means engineers, scientists and other specialist with knowledge and experience of green technologies and design will be in particular demand in the coming years.
For example, job growth for environmental scientists, including green chemistry specialists, is expected to average 25 percent until 2016, and top salaries in the field will exceed $94,000. 
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