What Do Engineers Do?
Chemical Engineering
As a chemical engineer, you may ...
- help ease world hunger by designing better ways to produce food, and environmentally-safer pesticides and fertilizers;
- ensure the quality of water and air by developing cleaner manufacturing processes;
- create cleaner fuels to power cars and other vehicles; or
- streamline industrial processes to produce life-saving drugs, antibiotics, and vaccines more efficiently and at less cost.
Chemical engineers process and package many of the foods we eat, help power our cars and heat our homes, and develop new materials from garbage. The continued demand for new products, and for more economical processes to improve older products, can make for an exciting, dynamic future for chemical engineers.
Whether improving chemical processes in a factory, or inventing better uses for recycled plastics, you will find challenges and satisfaction as a chemical engineer.
Salary:
$81,600
Engineers in Action
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Related Links
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
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