Arnold
CibbuanoChemical Engineer
August 28th 2006 00:11
Chemical engineers are concerned with transforming raw materials into valuable products by chemical, biochemical or physical processes. Chemical engineering involves the economic and safe design, operation and management of processes in which raw materials are converted to useful and valuable products by chemical and physical means and with minimal environmental impact.
They can find employment in a variety of fields including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, design and construction, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, food processing, specialty chemicals, microelectronics, electronic and advanced materials, biotechnology, and environmental health and safety industries. Typically, a chemical engineer will spend much of their time identifying substances' chemical and physical properties, researching new products, preparing technical reports and ensuring equipment operates correctly.
The skills required to become a competent chemical engineer include thorough understanding of chemistry, including chemistry techniques, chemical synthesis and laboratory testing. Chemical engineering has its basis in chemistry, physics and mathematics – its operations are developed from knowledge provided by these sciences and by other branches of engineering, applied sciences, biological sciences and economics. Furthermore it is essential that a checmical engineer be extremely detail-oriented, have an understanding of database design to help them with their research and know how to report research results.
There are several avenues you can pursue as a chemical engineer. A process engineer works on an existing process, maintains production, solves problems and works on ways of increasing production rates. Design engineer designs processes and equipment, either copies of an existing process but with a different production rate or an entirely new process. The there are research engineers who invent new products and processes, and improves efficiency, safety and environmental performance of existing processes.
The outlook for chemical engineering as a career looks bright. As populations rise and resources and energy reserves dwindle, the demand for chemical engineer increases. So of the fields where there are expected to be a demand for future growth include;
* a contribution to the development and manufacture of 'smart' products. Tailor-made products made sustainably using the most advanced science and technology, such as nanotechnology, cryogenics and zero-gravity processing.
* increased participation in the growing advanced biomanufacturing industry that underpins developments in biotechnology, food processing and pharmaceutical industries.
* a pivotal role in the development of environmentally clean technologies for product manufacturing and power generation.
* the development of processes for manufacturing existing and new products from renewable raw material sources.
They can find employment in a variety of fields including manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, design and construction, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, food processing, specialty chemicals, microelectronics, electronic and advanced materials, biotechnology, and environmental health and safety industries. Typically, a chemical engineer will spend much of their time identifying substances' chemical and physical properties, researching new products, preparing technical reports and ensuring equipment operates correctly.
The skills required to become a competent chemical engineer include thorough understanding of chemistry, including chemistry techniques, chemical synthesis and laboratory testing. Chemical engineering has its basis in chemistry, physics and mathematics – its operations are developed from knowledge provided by these sciences and by other branches of engineering, applied sciences, biological sciences and economics. Furthermore it is essential that a checmical engineer be extremely detail-oriented, have an understanding of database design to help them with their research and know how to report research results.
There are several avenues you can pursue as a chemical engineer. A process engineer works on an existing process, maintains production, solves problems and works on ways of increasing production rates. Design engineer designs processes and equipment, either copies of an existing process but with a different production rate or an entirely new process. The there are research engineers who invent new products and processes, and improves efficiency, safety and environmental performance of existing processes.
The outlook for chemical engineering as a career looks bright. As populations rise and resources and energy reserves dwindle, the demand for chemical engineer increases. So of the fields where there are expected to be a demand for future growth include;
* a contribution to the development and manufacture of 'smart' products. Tailor-made products made sustainably using the most advanced science and technology, such as nanotechnology, cryogenics and zero-gravity processing.
* increased participation in the growing advanced biomanufacturing industry that underpins developments in biotechnology, food processing and pharmaceutical industries.
* a pivotal role in the development of environmentally clean technologies for product manufacturing and power generation.
* the development of processes for manufacturing existing and new products from renewable raw material sources.
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