ExxonMobil brings the Tapia Center Carbon Capture Program to Tennessee State University

Over the summer, 20 engineering students from across the U.S. attended the AMIE camp hosted by Tennessee State University (TSU) where they learned about carbon capture and storage (CCS) and became Carbon Project Ambassadors.

To do so, the students spent time studying the topic of CCS, including STEM lessons on volume, density, porosity, buoyancy and phases of matter and practiced delivering the Carbon Project lessons. Rice University Tapia Center provided instruction and TSU professors taught the engineering students one of four carbon project modules. Students also attended lectures from ExxonMobil employees about CCS and visited the Nashville Terminal to see how the skills they were learning applied within the energy industry.

At the end of the week, the engineering students taught the carbon curriculum to 21 middle school Technology Immersion Program campers – officially becoming Carbon Project Ambassadors.