chemical engineering

noun

1. the science or profession of applying chemistry to industrial processes.

chemical engineering

noun

1. the branch of engineering concerned with the design, operation, maintenance, and manufacture of the plant and machinery used in industrial chemical processes

chemical engineering

1. The branch of engineering that deals with the manufacture of products through chemical processes. These products include, among others, pharmaceuticals, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, microelectronic devices, polymers, and products used in food processing and in biotechnology.

Derived Forms

• chemical engineer, noun

Other Words From

• chemical engineer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of chemical engineering¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

She had to change her major from chemical engineering to chemistry because she was not allowed to participate in the required chemical engineering summer camp.

From MIT Technology Review

Using a bit of chemical engineering, we can change where those hydroxyls are located in the polymer structure, making it more like the compounds that fish produce.

From Popular-Science

After graduating from William & Mary, Harrison earned a degree in chemical engineering at the University of Virginia.

From Washington Post

He earned a chemical engineering degree at Cornell and then, after corporate jobs at Kraft and Goodyear, got an MBA from Columbia.

From Washington Post

After graduating from Northwestern with a chemical engineering degree, Boler Davis joined GM in 1994, taking a manufacturing job at the massive Detroit-Hamtramck facility.

From Fortune

The newest big shot in the New York financial world is a guy from Atlanta who studied chemical engineering and loves go-carts.

From The Daily Beast

She earned a chemical engineering degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and spent 20 years working in Silicon Valley.

From The Daily Beast

This may be attained by the two processes usual in such a problem of chemical engineering, viz.

From Project Gutenberg

There is also considerable room for improvement in the methods of chemical engineering usually employed.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus, in 1888 a new course was established in chemical engineering.

From Project Gutenberg

At graduation, he may say, “I'm going into chemical engineering construction.”

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My task of impersonation so far looked feasible--I could talk chemical engineering.

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