HOW DOES CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AFFECT THE SUDDENLY CHANGING WORLD?
Ponhneath Nguon
College and Careers Preparation Class
Mr. Barrett
“But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we’ve been thinking about a problem.” -Steve Jobs. It is quite unbelievable how the world has changed so rapidly over the last decades. As we take a look at the world around us, we notice the vast infrastructures, cancer treatments being discovered, toxic hazardous industrial wastes being safely treated, etc. Now, try thinking outside the box. Who exactly has been bringing these incredibly magnificent changes to the world around us? Aren’t the processes of turning great ideas that are explored in laboratories into practical devices that ensure us a better lifestyle, higher-quality products, protection to the environment, and the creation of jobs for the community astonishing? No answer is needed to that question. For decades, chemical engineers have been creating innovations by dealing with technological problems that impact the life of common man in so many surprising ways. Their principles are widely applied to a diverse range of everyday things that people do, and in almost every services and products we use. By creating, designing and running processes, Chemical Engineers have been delivering innovations in various different ways to the world.
Chemical Engineering is a link between manufacturing realities and scientific processes. This field involves the use of Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry, Math and a vital Economics and Finance skills. Why is it considered a link between manufacturing realities and scientific processes? In order to undoubtedly understand this, one must know the complete definition of the terms ‘manufacturing realities’ and