An undergraduate degree in chemical engineering provides a solid background for practice or graduate study in the diverse areas of chemical engineering found in industry.
Chemical engineers are creative problem-solvers whose work touches all of our lives.
They create new products such as the wonder drugs that improve our well-being, materials that enhance our life on earth, and systems that make space exploration possible. Petrochemicals, biomedicines, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, plastics, fibers, and synthetic fuels are among the materials of the modern world that are the results of chemical engineering. Chemical engineers explore ways to reduce acid rain and smog, to recycle and reduce wastes, to develop new sources of environmentally clean energy, and to use existing resources safely and efficiently. Chemical engineers develop new products while seeking ways to reduce costs, increase production, and improve the quality and safety of new products. The faculty of the chemical engineering program are committed to providing a practice-oriented education by sharing responsibility with the students for learning and by providing an academic environment that encourages active learning.