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Chemical Engineering students gain the skills to transform raw materials into products that improve lives worldwide. Through thermodynamics, transport, reaction engineering and process design, they learn to solve pressing challenges in energy, health and sustainability. Rooted in basic sciences, chemical engineering is mainly concerned with the design, scaling (up or down), operation and control of the transformation and separation of raw materials into valuable products. Chemical engineers are the inventors of nylon fibers, artificial heart valves, nasal drug deliveries and efficient processes to clean our environment, to name a few. Graduates pursue careers across industries or branch into medicine, business, law, and research – making chemical engineering uniquely versatile and impactful.
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