What is Chemical Engineering?

Chemical Engineering is a profession that uses expertise in chemical reactions and separations to solve environmental problems and produce new materials on a large scale.

Chemical Engineering is essential in the production of gasoline, plastics, pharmaceuticals, paper, paints, cosmetics, pesticides, processed foods, and computer chips. Chemical engineers are also involved in the emerging biomedical, biochemical, and environmental engineering fields.

Various studies within Chemical Engineering include:

• General laboratory chemistry
• Organic and Inorganic chemistry
• Bio-Organic chemistry
• Biochemistry with laboratories
• Physical chemistry of kinetics and thermodynamics
• Electrochemistry and spectroscopy