Chemical engineers analyze and design ways to transform and transfer material and energy. They are involved in research, development, manufacturing, and management activities associated with everything from heavy metals, alloys, and chemicals to food products, fuels, pharmaceuticals, artificial fibers, and plastics. They have a major role in solving problems related to energy, food, pollution, and industrial processes. Job outlook and earnings Click here to visit the National Bureau of Labor Statistics page on chemical engineering. Chemistry includes three basic divisions.
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of drugs, plastics, foods, and clothing.
Inorganic chemistry is the systematic study of all the other chemical elements. Analytical chemistry is the separation and analysis of substances. Physical chemistry is concerned with the measuring and understanding of physical properties. Job outlook and earnings Click here to visit the National Bureau of Labor Statistics page on chemistry. Civil engineers plan, design, inspect, and direct the construction of tunnels, bridges, dams, roads, airports, transit systems, facilities for treatment and distribution of drinking water, solid-waste management systems, wastewater collection and treatment facilities, and hazardous waste remediation projects.