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What is Chemical Engineering?
For excitement and career potential, few vocations offer the range available to chemical engineers. Chemical engineers take
chemistry out of the laboratory and into the world where they creatively solve problems by applying scientific knowledge and technology to improve the lives of people everywhere.
Chemical engineers enjoy the full spectrum of career choices in various research areas and industries world-wide. Among the types of challenges chemical engineers face every day in practice are:
- Manufacture of pharmaceuticals and a range of chemicals
- Design and development of synthetic materials such as plastics and fertilizers
- Development of new methods for enhancing food production and quality
- Development of novel technologies for environmental preservation and remediation
- Pioneering of new medicines, prostheses and artificial organs, and treatment techniques and diagnostics
- Production and processing of sustainable energy sources, including fuel cells, biomass, and fossil fuels
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