<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/cameron-horan.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>From undecided to unstoppable: A civil engineering alum’s path to the deep waters of the Gulf Coast </title><pub_date>09/20/2024</pub_date><image_large><img src="/news/2024/images/cameron-horan-media.jpg" alt="Cameron Horan"/></image_large><summary>Cameron Horan’s journey to becoming a drilling engineer for BP, while simultaneously pursuing a Ph.D. in mining and mineral engineering, is a story of determination, adaptability and seizing opportunities.  </summary><sitee>Trine.edu</sitee><type>Trine-Built Story</type><topics>Alumni</topics><programs>Civil Engineering</programs><programs_c/><related/><trine_highlight>True</trine_highlight><trineonline_highlight/><highlight_name>Cameron Horan</highlight_name><highlight_major>Drilling engineer, BP</highlight_major><highlight_year>BSCE 2019</highlight_year><highlight_quote><span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW267199151 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267199151 BCX0">The thing I remember most is the connections that I made with many of my professors, whom I still try to maintain contact with and stop in and visit whenever I am in the area.</span></span></highlight_quote></item>