What is Chemical Engineering? What do Chemical Engineers do? How do I become a Chemical Engineer?
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1. What is Chemical Engineering?2. What do Chemical Engineers do?3. How do I become a Chemical
Engineer?
Introduction
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The design of chemical processes and products
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Chemical Engineering: manipulating the interplay between transport, thermodynamics, and reaction mechanisms of chemical species.
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A Basic Chemical Process SystemInvolving chemical reactions and separations
Feed
Product
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Includes engineering of biological processes• Genetic modification of host organisms (reactors)• Downstream processing of products (extract and purify)• Products include biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, foods,
chemical intermediates
Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility at the University of Maryland
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Chemical product engineeringEngineer specialized and functional chemical products
Chemical engineering at the micro and nanoscale
drug dissolved inside vesicle
Complex fluids with tunable properties:
Prof. Raghavan
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Semiconductor unit operations= chemical reaction engineering
Image source: www.sematech.org
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ChBE Employment Profile
Source: AIChE
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Biochemical and Biomedical EngineeringBiopharmaceuticals, enzyme productionArtificial organsTissue engineeringMetabolic engineeringGenomics and proteomicsFermentation technologyWaste remediationBiomedical materials
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Energy and FuelsPetroleum refiningNatural gasFuel cellsAlternative fuel sourcesClean power generation
Food ProcessingNew food productsFood additivesOptimization of flavor, texturePackagingShelf life
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ElectronicsThin film and bulk processingSemiconductor materials developmentWaste treatmentEquipment designFab water supplyNano-scale technology
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Environmental, Safety, Health, GovernmentWaste minimizationTransportation safetyPlant securityCPI intellectual propertyGraduate schoolMedical schoolEducationFinanceGovernment
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Commodity and specialty chemical processingAgricultural chemicalsIndustrial gasesPaints, pigments, and inksPetrochemicalsPlastics, compositePaperSoaps and cosmeticsSynthetic fibers, films, and textiles
Chemical Process Design and ConstructionProcess unit and plant designUpgrades and retrofitsPlant-wide controlInformation technologyProject management
What HAVE Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers done?
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Big picture problems, grand challenges In the news…
Fuel supply - alternative fuels, escalating demand, rapid fluctuations in availability due to natural/political disasters
Pandemics - lack of vaccine production capabilities
Terrorism - chem/bio sensing capabilities and lack of remediation methods for major events
What WILL Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do?
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ChBE Courses and Options
• Sciences• Math, chemistry, physics,
(biology)• Core Engineering (2 courses)• Core ENCH
• Thermo, process systems, transport phenomena, reaction engineering
• Electives• Specialization options
• Biological Engineering• Nano and Macromolecular
Science
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For more information
Professor F. Joseph SchorkDepartment Chair
Kathy LoprestiAcademic [email protected]
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