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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering A. James Clark School of Engineering www.chbe.umd.edu

1. What is Chemical Engineering?2. What do Chemical Engineers do?3. How do I become a Chemical

Engineer?

Introduction

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The design of chemical processes and products

What is Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering?

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Chemical Engineering: manipulating the interplay between transport, thermodynamics, and reaction mechanisms of chemical species.


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A Basic Chemical Process SystemInvolving chemical reactions and separations

Feed

Product


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Includes engineering of biological processes• Genetic modification of host organisms (reactors)• Downstream processing of products (extract and purify)• Products include biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, foods,

chemical intermediates

Bioprocess Scale-Up Facility at the University of Maryland


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Chemical product engineeringEngineer specialized and functional chemical products

Chemical engineering at the micro and nanoscale

drug dissolved inside vesicle

Complex fluids with tunable properties:

Prof. Raghavan


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Semiconductor unit operations= chemical reaction engineering

Image source: www.sematech.org


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ChBE Employment Profile

Source: AIChE

What do Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do?

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Biochemical and Biomedical EngineeringBiopharmaceuticals, enzyme productionArtificial organsTissue engineeringMetabolic engineeringGenomics and proteomicsFermentation technologyWaste remediationBiomedical materials


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Energy and FuelsPetroleum refiningNatural gasFuel cellsAlternative fuel sourcesClean power generation

Food ProcessingNew food productsFood additivesOptimization of flavor, texturePackagingShelf life


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ElectronicsThin film and bulk processingSemiconductor materials developmentWaste treatmentEquipment designFab water supplyNano-scale technology


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Environmental, Safety, Health, GovernmentWaste minimizationTransportation safetyPlant securityCPI intellectual propertyGraduate schoolMedical schoolEducationFinanceGovernment


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Commodity and specialty chemical processingAgricultural chemicalsIndustrial gasesPaints, pigments, and inksPetrochemicalsPlastics, compositePaperSoaps and cosmeticsSynthetic fibers, films, and textiles

Chemical Process Design and ConstructionProcess unit and plant designUpgrades and retrofitsPlant-wide controlInformation technologyProject management

What HAVE Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers done?

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Big picture problems, grand challenges In the news…

Fuel supply - alternative fuels, escalating demand, rapid fluctuations in availability due to natural/political disasters

Pandemics - lack of vaccine production capabilities

Terrorism - chem/bio sensing capabilities and lack of remediation methods for major events

What WILL Chemical & Biomolecular Engineers do?

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ChBE Courses and Options

• Sciences• Math, chemistry, physics,

(biology)• Core Engineering (2 courses)• Core ENCH

• Thermo, process systems, transport phenomena, reaction engineering

• Electives• Specialization options

• Biological Engineering• Nano and Macromolecular

Science

How do I become a Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer?

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For more information

Professor F. Joseph SchorkDepartment Chair

Kathy LoprestiAcademic [email protected]

www.chbe.umd.edu

How do I become a Chemical & Biomolecular Engineer?

what is chemical engineering? what do chemical engineers do? how do i become a chemical engineer?

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