After graduation Gus Benz joined Bechtel National, Inc. where he worked in the petroleum division, the environmental division, and in chemical weapons disposal. After almost 50 years, Benz still works for Bechtel, currently serving as the company's principal technologist. He is responsible for programmatic reviews, technology development, and operability and reliability assessments. This includes technical proposal preparation related to new and advanced technologies, including chemical weapons destruction, toxic chemicals treatment, chemical process designs, pyrolysis, incineration, and other areas. Benz' career has taken him all over the world for a wide range of projects in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and elsewhere.
Degrees
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, 1954