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What is Chemical Engineering? What do Chemical Engineers do? How do I become a Chemical Engineer?

Introduction. What is Chemical Engineering? What do Chemical Engineers do? How do I become a Chemical Engineer?. What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering?. The design of chemical processes and products. (CH 3 ) 2 Ga:NH 2 + CH 4. R4. Spontaneous. Adducts. (CH 3 ) 3 Ga:NH 3.

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What is Chemical Engineering? What do Chemical Engineers do? How do I become a Chemical Engineer?

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  1. Introduction • What is Chemical Engineering? • What do Chemical Engineers do? • How do I become a Chemical Engineer?

  2. What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? The design of chemical processes and products

  3. (CH3)2Ga:NH2 + CH4 R4 Spontaneous Adducts (CH3)3Ga:NH3 [(CH3)2Ga:NH2 + CH4]3 R5 R3 Spontaneous GaN-compounds + 6CH4 NH3 Ga(CH3)3 Deposition R1 R2 Ga(CH3)2 + CH3 GaCH3 + CH3 What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? Chemical Engineering: manipulating the interplay between transport, thermodynamics, and reaction mechanisms of chemical species.

  4. What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? A Basic Chemical Process System Involving chemicalreactions and separations Feed Product

  5. What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? • 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

  6. drug dissolved inside vesicle What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? Chemical product engineering Engineer specialized and functional chemical products Chemical engineering at the micro and nanoscale Complex fluids with tunable properties: Prof. Raghavan

  7. What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering? Semiconductor unit operations = chemical reaction engineering Image source: www.sematech.org

  8. What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? • ChBE Employment Profile • Source: • AIChE 7 6 5 1 2 3 4

  9. What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering Biopharmaceuticals, enzyme production Artificial organs Tissue engineering Metabolic engineering Genomics and proteomics Fermentation technology Waste remediation Biomedical materials

  10. What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? Energy and Fuels Petroleum refining Natural gas Fuel cells Alternative fuel sources Clean power generation Food Processing New food products Food additives Optimization of flavor, texture Packaging Shelf life

  11. What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? Electronics Thin film and bulk processing Semiconductor materials development Waste treatment Equipment design Fab water supply Nano-scale technology

  12. What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? Environmental, Safety, Health, Government Waste minimization Transportation safety Plant security CPI intellectual property Graduate school Medical school Education Finance Government

  13. What HAVE Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers done? Commodity and specialty chemical processing Agricultural chemicals Industrial gases Paints, pigments, and inks Petrochemicals Plastics, composite Paper Soaps and cosmetics Synthetic fibers, films, and textiles Chemical Process Design and Construction Process unit and plant design Upgrades and retrofits Plant-wide control Information technology Project management

  14. What WILL Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do? 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

  15. How do I become a Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer? • 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

  16. How do I become a Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer? For more information Professor F. Joseph Schork Department Chair Kathy Lopresti Academic Coordinator lopresti@umd.edu www.chbe.umd.edu

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