Chemical

Chemical engineering

Chemical engineering is the application of chemical, physical, and biological sciences to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms.

SubdisciplineScopeMajor specialties

Biomolecular engineering

Focuses on the manufacturing of biomolecules.

• Genetic engineering (of whole genes and their chromosomes)
• Immunology and biomolecular/biochemical engineering
• Engineering of DNA and RNA (related to genetic engineering)

Materials engineering

Involves properties of matter (material) and its applications to engineering.

• Metallurgical engineering, studies metals and their applications
• Ceramic engineering, the theory and processing of raw oxide material (e.g. alumina oxide), and advanced material that are polymorphic, polycrystalline, oxide, and non-oxide ceramics
• Polymer engineering, studies polymer materials and their applications
• Crystal engineering, the design and synthesis of molecular solid-state structures
• Biomaterials engineering, the study of matter relating to natural and living systems

Molecular engineering

Focuses on the manufacturing of molecules.

Process engineering

Focuses on the design, operation, control, and optimization of chemical processes.

• Petroleum refinery engineering, the design of processes related to the manufacture of refined products
• Plastics engineering, the design of the production process of plastics products
• Paper engineering, the design of the production process of paper products
• Textile engineering, Textile engineering courses deal with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fiber, textile, and apparel processes, products, and machinery. These include natural and man-made materials, interaction of materials with machines, safety and health, energy conservation, and waste and pollution control. Additionally, students are given experience in plant design and layout, machine and wet process design and improvement, and designing and creating textile products. Throughout the textile engineering curriculum, students take classes from other engineering and disciplines including: mechanical, chemical, materials and industrial engineering.

Corrosion engineering

Is the specialist engineering discipline of applying scientific knowledge, natural laws and physical resources in order to design and implement materials, structures, devices, systems and procedures to manage the natural phenomenon known as corrosion. Generally related to metallurgy, corrosion engineering also relates to non-metallics including ceramics. Corrosion engineers often manage other not-strictly-corrosion processes including (but not restricted to) cracking, brittle fracture, crazing, fretting, erosion and more.