Why Study Chemical Engineering
Job opportunities for women and men working as chemical engineers are many and varied with activities divided into the following broad categories:
- Process design
- Process operation
- Management and marketing
- Research and development
- Environmental management
- Contracting or consulting
The traditional areas include:
- Petroleum and petrochemicals
- Chemicals and pharmaceuticals
- Minerals processing
- Materials processing
- Energy related industries
- Food processing
- Paper, cement, glass, ceramics manufacturing
- Environmental engineering and pollution control.
New and developing areas:
- Bioprocessing
- New materials
- Microelectronics
- Pharmaceuticals
For more information, please see Why Not Chemeng.
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