Chemical engineering deals with physical science, life science, and math. It is the process of converting raw chemicals and materials into more useful forms.
Chemical engineering not only deals with converting materials, they also strive for new material and techniques such as fuel cells and biomedical engineering. They are also accredited to the design process to ensure economical operation. Chemical engineers can simplify or complicate the reactions of chemicals for an economic advantage or disadvantage.
From 1805 until 1942 chemical engineering has changed dramatically from the first publication of Atomic weights to the first female student to take ChemE.
Chemical engineers apply their knowledge to design and manufacture products that are useful to society and will minimize the sources of pollution. Below are seven different fields of chemical engineering and how we benefit from each field individually.
* Advanced materials
These materials are developed with different properties such as weight, heat transfer, strength, and purity. These materials help chemist develop new age products that will help minimize the world waste percentage.
* Fuels
This is an advantage from chemical engineering as it provides innovative uses for all types of fuel. Chemists also help develop new and alternative energy sources and uses for petroleum products.
*Food and Beverage
The handling, processing, packaging, and preservation of our nations food and beverages are also contributed to the field of chemical engineering. Engineers are always on the hunt for safer ways to package and preserve the foods we consume everyday.
* Environment
Chemical engineers are involved in finding new ways to minimize waste and pollution. Chemical engineers minimize the production of by-products and find appropriate uses for by-products which were in the past thought to have no use.
* Biotechnology
Living cells, materials produced by cells, and the biological techniques are developed by chemical engineers. From this we get useful and much needed products such as insulin, artificial organs, and helps reduce the populations waste problem
* Chemical processing
Chemical engineers also create products in specialty areas. These products are for everyday uses items such as plastics, inks, soap, and synthetic fibers were made possible through chemical engineering.
Chemical engineers draw upon the most powerful chemical science available to solve engineering problems to help benefit society. Chemical engineering for such things as minimizing pollution, conserving fuel, and by-products such as soap and film would not be possible without the great field of chemical engineering.
