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Corey chose to finish his BS in Chemical Engineering at Mines because he was planning on simultaneously opening his own restaurant/wine bar with his father whom lives in Denver. As the plans to start his own business were put on hold, Corey aggressively pursued his goals of academic excellence, obtaining an internship with an industry leader, and obtaining a position on campus performing independent research.
Corey researched the rheological effects of ionic liquids on polyelectrolyte solutions. During the summers of 2014 and 2015, Corey worked in Upstream Packaging Process (R&D) for P&G. For the 2014-15 was a Resident Assistant in Weaver Towers and returned for the 2015-16 year as the RA of the [http://inside.mines.edu/RSL-EGC Engineering Grand Challenges Theme Learning Community].
After his first semester at Mines, Corey looked for his own unique way of making a meaningful contribution which led him to applying to become the [http://minesnewsroom.com/news/first-mines-student-named-university-innovation-fellow first University Innovation Fellow for the Colorado School of Mines].
Because of Corey's work on the Grand Challenges at Mines, Corey was invited to attend the [http://www.minesnewsroom.com/news/mines-students-faculty-address-grand-engineering-challenges 2015 Global Grand Challenges Summit ] in Beijing.
== Work as a University Innovation Fellow ==