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Title: What Does Chemical Engineer Do?
Post by: Bubu1234 on February 16, 2013, 04:15:43 AM

Hi,
I plan to take chemical engineering degree course but i'm not sure what does a chemical engineer do. The explanation from the internet is a little bit general... According to what i've searched,  chemical engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the design, construction, and operation of machines and plants that perform chemical reactions to solve practical problems or make useful products (plss correct me if i'm wrong). Does anyone has a more specific explanation on chemical engineering?

Title: Re: What Does Chemical Engineer Do?
Post by: curiouscat on February 16, 2013, 05:22:35 AM

This is the sort of question the internet is very useful for.

Do you have any specific questions?

Title: Re: What Does Chemical Engineer Do?
Post by: Arkcon on February 16, 2013, 09:31:24 AM

It's also a very common question on this forum, particularly this sub-forum:

http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=63116.0
http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=63272.0

and also some in the Chemical Education sub-forum, you can do a search.

Title: Re: What Does Chemical Engineer Do?
Post by: Bubu1234 on February 16, 2013, 11:01:06 AM

thanks for the info :). Actually does chemical engineer must be good in designing and usually work in lab/office or outdoor?

Title: Re: What Does Chemical Engineer Do?
Post by: consul on March 16, 2013, 09:39:12 PM

Hello I believe this page can answer your question:

http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_ARTICLEMAIN&node_id=1188&content_id=CTP_003380&use_sec=true&sec_url_var=region1&__uuid=b5d82ce3-509f-4c15-807b-403171729390

Also, try to visit ChE links on my website. You can learn about chemical engineering there.

God bless.