What Is Chemical Engineering

The Engineer

10 years ago

Chemical Engineering is the discipline of engineering which deals with the application of experimental and/or natural sciences in collaboration with life sciences, mathematics and economics to either produce or transform chemicals, energy and materials. Chemical engineering is also one of the oldest and core fields of engineering thats has brought new inventions and ease for mankind.

Chemical Engineering Sub Disciplines

Chemical Engineering has been divided into a number of sub disciplines which are as follows;

Ceramic Engineering
Crystal Engineering
Drilling Engineering
Materials Engineering
Paper Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Plastics Engineering
Process Engineering
Production Engineering
Reservoir Engineering

Top Chemical Engineering Universities

The top three ranked universities when it comes to Chemical Engineering are as follows;

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Stanford University

Chemical Engineering Associations

There are a myriad of associations pertaining to Chemical engineering but we shall list only three:

ACS
AIChE
EFCE

Being a Chemical Engineer

So what is being a Chemical Engineer all about? As a chemical engineer you will basically be dealing with chemicals, energy and will be looking into processes that allow you to create/convert chemical substances. Modern Chemical engineering focuses on how to make use of raw materials in order to manufacture items which are less expensive. Broadly speaking, Chemical engineering can be divided into two categories; Chemical Process Engineering and Chemical Product Engineering. Chemical Process Engineering deals with the designing, manufacturing and operating plants/machinery related to industrial chemical processes, whereas; Chemical Product Engineering deals with the development related to new and/or derived substances which are used for different products.