About Department
Chemical engineering is the area of engineering that focuses on designing, running, and optimizing processes that use chemical, thermochemical, and biological reactions to transform raw materials into useful products.
Chemical engineers use computer-aided applications, or software, to improve results and maintain and improve processes derived from chemistry, physics, and mathematics. They also translate lab-developed processes into practical applications for the commercial production of goods and services.
Chemical engineers also play an important role in the production and manufacturing of products through chemical processes, such as designing systems, equipment, and processes for the chemical and related industries, polymers, pharmaceuticals, textiles, industrial safety and loss prevention, and the refining of raw materials (such as petroleum and petrochemical refining).