What are some future challenges for chemical engineers


Wobo , Friday, 13th of August 2010 08:07:02 AM

Please put some thought into it if you can.What do you think the future is 
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for chemical engineers?What will be the challenges.
Obviously 
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dependency on oil will be a big topic in the chemical engineering 
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industry.What else?
 
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little miss.crazy , Saturday, 14th of August 2010 05:21:26 PM

future of chemical engineering is secure  
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dont b tense..  
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me also doin chemical engineering  
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actually v d chemical engineer can work in software inudstry but d  
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software guys cannot work in chemical industry..  
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chemical is core branch.  
process engineers have great demand nowadayz..  
so all d bst n score well in ur xamz  
 
 
 
 
 

Precious , Sunday, 15th of August 2010 04:22:24 PM

To start, consider from U.C. Berkeley professor (quoted):  
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''Environmental issues impact us on three levels'' says Chemical  
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Engineering Professor Enrique Iglesia, ''and as scientists, we need to  
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deal with all three. Locally, we must deal with water pollution & air  
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pollution in densely populated areas; regionally, we must address acid  
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rain & the contamination of large aquifers, & globally we need true  
international, scientific, & political collaborations to deal with ozone  
depletion & with anthropogenic greenhouse gases.''  
 
Since much of my work involved environmental issues, these comments are  
offered:  
1- Fresh, healthy drinking water will increasingly rise in value & in  
demand. Many disciplines, including ChEs, & coalititions of doers must  
work together soon & efficiently to not only implement known technologies  
& efficiences here, but also create & perfect new ideas to prevent or much  
better minimize the transport of toxic & unwanted chemicals from man is  
living into our receiving streams & groundwaters. ChEs should & must lead  
technical & social efforts toward smarter & ever more effective treatment &  
usage of waters. The often too tired & stagnant thinking in infrastructure  
jobs, esp. by governmental folks with some civil engineering training &  
adverse to any ''change will need new thinking & people.  
2- For USA, the many changes needed (or maybe *forced upon us in harsh  
ways) to get even close to sustainability for key resources & energy will  
be very *shocking & difficult. ChEs need to be much contributing (with  
other technical pioneers) to the world our grand-children will probably be  
surviving in, with easy to use oil & natural gas being like the ''silver or  
gold'' of metals- very pricey & carefully used. Since so many issues  
remain for ''safe to man/earth'' coal or nuclear usage (another large  
group of challenges), any sustainable environment (with good living  
standards) will only be attainable after many breakthroughs in energy  
systems utilizing sun energy (many solar. wind & tide options; growing of  
algae/ sea weeds/ etc. for biofuels & raw materials; geothermals ideas,  
etc.).  
Just a start; ChEs can & must be addressing many challenges.  
 
 
 
 
 

Love Dove , Monday, 16th of August 2010 03:26:41 PM

The exceedingly exorbitant amount that one needs to learn to  
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