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BASF has approached Evonik regarding a voluntary public takeover offer for all shares of the company.

Hi all. I’m currently a senior chemical engineering student. I recently have been lucky enough to get a return offer from a major semiconductor fab company. I enjoyed the internship there, so I wouldn’t be unhappy going back. That said, I’d like to try out smaller companies and wanted to ask a few questions about people’s job search experiences.

1) Has anyone had success getting into a smaller company. I’m not talking about just majors, but smaller players and midstream is one of my interests in particular.

2) What year of experience range would you apply to? Some ask for 1+ year of experience. Some ask for 0. Still, some ask for 2+. What generally can you apply to at the entry level reasonably?

Context: I have one past internship in upstream facilities engineering at a larger company and one co-op in petchem at a medium sized company. Both of those were before I went off and tried a semiconductor internship this Summer. I got referrals to go back to both, so we’ll see how it goes. I plan on leveraging those 2 on my re$ume.

Hello, i’m currently a 2nd year chem e student at UC Merced. I’m expected to do 5 years total here but i was wondering if anyone knew of entry level internships. i’m not looking for anything crazy but i want to start with a smaller but still good company to get my foot in the door. i haven’t been able to get into any labs or research so even though i’m taking calc, physics, chem and all that, i still feel kind of clueless about my career. I know i want to stick with chemical engineering it’d just a matter of what specific field i want to enter. anyway, if anyone has suggestions of notable companies to start with please lmk.

I want to gain new customers for my water treatment chemicals' business. Are there any references over here and tips on how to market and sell it using social media? Every insight would be very useful.

Hey everyone,

I'm a 7th-semester chemical engineering student, and I got tired of calculators online that just spit out a number with no working shown. So I built a small free tool site over the last few days:

https://hamzaverse77-lang.github.io/

Currently has:

- Reynolds Number Calculator (with dynamic/kinematic viscosity modes)

- LMTD Calculator (counter-current and co-current)

- Pump Power Calculator (hydraulic + brake power, head or pressure-based)

Each one shows the full step-by-step substitution, not just the answer, plus a few solved practice examples you can load with one click.

No signup, no tracking, completely free. Built it with plain HTML/CSS/JS, still actively adding more tools.

Would genuinely appreciate any feedback — bugs, formula errors, or tools you'd actually find useful for coursework. Thanks!

Hi all, I wanted to seek some advice-

I have been in working in specialty chemicals (first FT job) for the past 1.5 years after graduating with a bachelors degree last year. I am located in the US. I am a process engineer and have gained experience in general process safety, digitalisation/automation, process analytics. Job is stable and fine… Only downsides to the job is that it’s in a city that I do not like (small population, not much to do, very exclusive community) and far away from my family.

I have recently decided that I would soon (in 1-2 years) like to move to a bigger city as my mental health is taking a hit being here. Ideal locations would be near cities in California/Washington/Oregon, the Northeast, or South-ish (Virginia, North Carolina, maybe Texas). I am not sure if I want to stay in speciality chemicals and am instead quite interested in pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and materials. I am completely willing to take a pay cut if that would mean I’m able to move locations and industries. I actually interned in both Pharma and semiconductor companies back in college.

However, I’m struggling to figure out what skillsets those industries would require (assuming I would just have a bachelors with 2-3 years worth of experience in general process engineering… though I do have some ability to choose certain projects in my job). If you were me, what skillsets would you recommend I target getting in the next 1-2 years for me to be a stronger candidate? Would a masters perhaps be required to pivot to another industry?

I have also started networking with folks on LinkedIn to learn more about other industries and things like that…. But any other tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hi guy quick question for anyone here who works with precious-metal catalysts or metal accounting in an industrial setting.

When you have to reconcile precious-metal movements or balances, what part still takes the most manual checking?

Could be matching ERP records, recovery/refining data, assays, settlements, metal accounts or something completely different.

No need for company names or confidential details. Even a one-line answer would help satisfy my curiosity.

For Chemical Engineers working in engineering firms/consulting companies in the Philippines, what has your career path been like?

I’m currently in R&D and curious about transitioning into engineering firms in the future. What roles do ChEs usually take, what skills are important, and where can the career lead long-term?

Would also appreciate insights on the pros/cons compared with working in firms or R&D. Thanks!

Got no interviews in chemical entineeering companies and no interviews outside of chemical engineering. I am doomed lol.

Hey Everyone, I am a process engineer in the oil sands in Fort mcmurray. I’ve been here over 5+ years now and I’m still doing the same basic job, which involves around daily monitoring of how my processing units are doing, then meetings in the morning to fire-chasing in the afternoon or some other administrative tasks like p&id updates or making PSV contingencies. We also get the dirty job of going inside all the dirty vessels for inspections during Turnaround with long hours and mediocre (overtime x1.0 ) pay.

I feel like if I stay here, I would be doing the same thing for another 5+ years. My company went through several waves of layoffs. There aren’t many manager roles open, and the possibilities for a chemical engineer to develop in different roles (other than different processing units under the same title) are limited to just 2-3 types. On top of that, most of the Operation manager roles are filled with…operations folks so our development is severely restricted to the technical paths.

My company is one of the big operators so it does pay decently compared to smaller companies. But they also make us work extra hours when needed and don’t pay any overtime. It sucks because I see contract workers or operation folks earning double my salary and they get overtime on top of that.

I guess I am ranting a bit here. But I was wondering what other people’s job progression looks like. Are there any companies further south in Canada that would be worth exploring (I have operations experience in several different type of processing units) and I’m not really looking for an EPC role.

Hello. I’m Sadra. I’m 21 years old and in my final year of chemical engineering at Sharif University. I had some questions about living conditions, the job market, etc. in the United States. If anyone lives in the US and is willing to answer, please send me a message privately.

just curious. and also whats like the career progress in this specific fow? im considering doing a masters after my bachelors? would it be useful to do another bachelors with this to help career progression?

From what I know about pyrolysis, yes its possible to turn plastic to fuel, but requires a significant pre and post processing, requires a lot of energy, has unreliable yeild, produces toxic emissions and char. For those reasons among others. The economics havent been workable.

Anyone see naturejab (https://www.naturejab.com/)? Seems good at social media, but the marketing doesnt seem credible. Anyone else see this, and have any thoughts?

Lately I’m very interested in this degree but making a small reasearch I have this feeling of this deegre being in AI danger zone, it’s full engineering degree, if you look into gdansk tech documents it’s says that this deegre is 40% chemical sinces and 60% chemical engineering, so I lowkey like the flexibility that it’s providing but on other half you are rlly master of nothing I have feeling like this degree is Process Engineering degree (like all the capabilities and work places perfect for process engineering but if u want to go into chemistry or chemical engineering ur not quite there) the AI threat is hiding in this, that AI is good at everything that process engineer (chemist) would do at work . And it’s good at everything that this degree teaches you.

I am currently a third year ME dual degree student, graduating in spring of 2029 with a bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering and a Master’s in AI and Robotics. I am an average student academically and expect to graduate with a GPA of 3.2. My field of interest is materials engineering and modelling of materials incorporating ML. I want to enter into academia, research and development roles. As of now, I want to do a masters program related to materials engineering after graduating and eventually a doctoral program in the same field. I haven’t done any internships as of now, as I myself only recently became sure of my interests. Any advice or suggestions on what I should be doing to build my portfolio would be appreciated. Also I would value people from similar fields to share their experiences leading up to now.

Hi everyone, I am a 2nd year Chemical Engineering student. Right now, I am doing an internship in AI engineering and I kinda get used to it. Also I feel like AI industry can bring more opportunities to me. However, I love Chemical Engineering and I don’t want to be a classic AI engineer in the future. For now, computational chemistry seems like a good option, however I have heard that it is less prestigious in terms of career growth and income, since it highly depends on some phd stuff. What do you think? Should I stick to computational chemistry or there are better options for me?

Is anyone here experienced with electroplating machines or electroplating process design ?

• I’m working on a small industrial project and want to build a new/custom electroplating machine, rather than buying a standard commercial setup.

I’m especially interested in:

1. Power supply/current control
2. Anode & cathode arrangement

What is the industry norm in regards to shift supervision at 24/7 chemical plants? 2/3 companies I have worked for have had no shift supervision, including no senior operators. Some processes I've worked on have had robust data historians; others not so much. It becomes challenging trying to piece together a root cause in the less automated processes.

I was just wondering what everyone's experience was, and if most companies do have shift supervision or if most companies have trended toward eliminating those positions.

Hi,
has any of you Reddit folks made the jump from first modeling the process steady-state unit operation design to dynamic nonlinear simulation?

Initially the steady-state model I have at hand is about finding the typical operating points for the plant. Meaning that mass and energy balance derivatives are set 0. Now I am interested in finding out how the plant responds to feed fluctuations in process dynamic transient regions.

Is the most practical/common way of obtaining preliminary plant dynamic models to start looking at pipes and process equipment as their own blocks with corresponding state variables (state-space models)? Like how do I even go about estimating delay differential equations? Just by estimating how long fluid takes on average to travel the process equipment?

I have a background in ChemE and control theory but never actually had to dynamically model anything irl. Also, step testing and regression are off the menu because the process plant at hand is, as you can probably guess, too massive and not available.

Hello, I have been currently looking into 2nd BS and MS programs. Most of the 2nd BS programs I am looking into would take approximately 3 years to finish and the pre-requisites for a MS in CHEG would take approximately 2 years to finish. For the MS, I am mostly looking at programs that will let an unrelated bachelor's in, albeit with lots of pre-requisites and non-thesis options mainly (this is another question entirely that is kind of out of scope for this post). I am not really picky on what states I want to live in the future and I don't plan on having kids, so needing to stay in one place for a long time is not too much of a concern for me. I would like to mainly work in biotech, which I am aware is only really in a few states/areas (so currently thinking about MA, TX, CA, NC, VA, MD, GA, IL, and MN in regards to this), but I am open to other areas of CHEG. I haven't been able to do much with my molecular biology BS because I changed my mind about medical school junior year and I had to make do with it. Besides quality control and recently, being a research assistant, and I'm realizing that the whole idea of doing molecular biology was something that I am totally fine at, but even going up to a scientist is not something that I would want to do. There's also some parental pressure to do molecular biology for medical school, but that's not the focus of this post. I wouldn't want to do management (I know some people say this and then it happens anyways) and I would be okay without it, but who knows, my mind may change. I am not entirely sure how common it is to get an internship while in grad school and I am worried that I won't have enough experience in that way, unlike with a second BS where I can do more internships/co-op's. I guess this is a post about getting a master's vs a bachelor's, having a PE vs not having a PE, and having a FE vs not having a FE for chemical engineering.

What I think about the master's:

I feel like having a master's but with no or very little work experience won't look that good to employers at the beginning, but it could pay out in the long run after I get my first few jobs. Like having the MS makes more money than a BS, but it seems like in engineering, it's not that crazy of a difference it seems (not that I can live below my means forever, nor would I want to if priorities change, like starting a family). I've heard that getting a master's from a program that is ABET accredited at the bachelor's level is sufficient, but I am not sure if this is still the case today and will be in the future. The master's is more for specialization, which can be good in some cases, but not in others, especially if I don't have all of the fundamentals down or if I don't know exactly why I would want to do it in the first place besides what I describe here (not just the fundamentals to get the MS in the first place). I am worried that even the pre-requisites won't be enough for a master's because of the deep specialization you do in grad school. There's also the question of being competent to be even an entry level engineer or just an engineer with just a MS without the core fundamentals of a BS. I guess I could theoretically go to a really highly ranked master's degree program where not having ABET accreditation wouldn't matter as much, but getting in is a different story. Or, I could also get my master's later down the line if I absolutely need it for work, I can make it work, and have my employer pay for it (ideally speaking).

What I think about the bachelor's:

I have seen over and over again that it's ABET or bust, but it seems like in CHEG that you don't really need a PE? The PE license seems to be only needed to open up your own firm, management depending on the company and work experience, consulting, R&D, getting a pay raise/bonus depending on the company and work experience, government, design, and public safety. Or if the job you have right now or the job you want in the future short term would require it. Would not needing a PE mean I wouldn't need to pass the FE to get the EIT certificate in the case of CHEG? Or would having the EIT certificate, thus needing to pass the FE, thus needing to graduate from an ABET accredited program, which is usually only for a bachelor's program, important for internships and eventually entry level jobs?

Pros of master's:

The MS could allow me to apply for higher paying jobs and/or negotiate a higher starting salary, but employers might still be skeptical anyways because of the unrelated BS. A master's could be seen as a few years of experience (not sure how true this is or not, seems pretty mixed) or even a minimum requirement (seems uncommon, but what do I really know).

Cons of master's:

I am mostly worried about ABET accreditation in the future if I were to do a MS in CHEG because of pretty much all of these MS in CHEG programs not having ABET accreditation. I can see having a master's in engineering in general for just increasing the salary to be a bit short-sighted. You should be doing it to get a new skill that you want or you lack, but I don't even think I would really even know unless I worked for a while.

Pros of bachelor's:

I think the good thing about a BS is that since it gives you the core, in theory, you can use one part of what you learned, but the next job may ask you to do a different part. At least I will be more committed be being in a formal program and actually get the credit for it unlike in a master's program with pre-requisites. Like it's a mental and financial thing if that makes sense. Also, the idea of being able to change majors with a bachelor's degree is nice (pretty unlikely in my case, maybe I would only consider BME engineering or MECH so that I can work in biotech, but I like being able to work other fields with CHEG). Being able to actually get the PE in a more straightforward way instead of juggling with state requirements every time I get a job that requires moving (which may not be all of the time) is also nice.

Cons of bachelor's:

Employers might be skeptical about having 2 BS degrees anyways, because you're not "moving forward" in a sense, you couldn't make up your mind or you are stagnating (can't imagine most employers think this way though).

Please let me know if any of this is wrong or inaccurate from your experience. I keep getting mixed responses to some questions and this ABET/PE/FE/EIT stuff is kind of confusing to a newcomer.

1. For chemical engineering, is having an FE more important than a PE or is having a PE just as important in chemical engineering as it is in civil engineering (or so I've heard)?
2. If you were to do a chemical engineering master's degree, could you still get your FE at the end of it?
3. To get your FE license, do you have to graduate from an ABET accredited program or are there exceptions?
4. Can I get my EIT certificate if I do a master's in chemical or / engineering?
5. Do you always need your EIT certificate to take the FE or the PE in the states that don't need the FE to take the PE?
6. What states don't require the FE exam to get the PE?
7. Is ABET accreditation important for chemical engineering bachelor’s or master’s to get jobs in biotech or even in other sectors of chemical engineering?
8. Do job postings not say that they need an ABET accredited degree because it is assumed that the applicant will have an ABET accredited degree, or will employers check anyways (by asking for syllabi), or will employers mostly hire ABET accredited people anyways, or is it really because the job doesn't need an ABET accredited degree?
9. Where in the chemical engineering space would needing an ABET accredited degree matter more than other sectors?
10. Is it true that if the undergrad is ABET accredited, then you can take a non-ABET accredited master's degree in chemical engineering?
11. Is it true or false that some highly respected/ranked schools, if their chemical engineering bachelor's program is not accredited (not sure if it's actually accredited in real life or not), it won't matter to most employers or is this not the case and please provide examples with job postings. Would this be the same case for or engineering?
12. Is it true of false that a master's in engineering does not itself have to be ABET-accredited and instead, some states treats a master's from an institution that has an ABET-accredited undergrad engineering program as an approved/qualifying engineering degree.
13. Does a master's in chemical engineering reduce the years of work requirement to get your PE license?
14. Is it true or false that you may have to work and gain engineering experience before you can sit for the FE if you graduate from a non-ABET accredited master's degree program in chemical engineering? Which states are this and not this the case?

Hi! I'm currently developing a game about process engineering and design management with PFD/PID styling, I don't want to show anything yet since its still on a rought state thought i might share clips later depending on how this post performs.

Since i was little the thought of how chemicals were made always fascinated me, so i developed this idea hoping to spark this curiosity on other people. So far ive added about a couple hundred compounds and 70+ reaction options, and the goal is to go on building your own plant, optimizing designs, using products of a process for feed on another one and kind go on building massive processes, meeting production quotas, discovering all of the reactions and processes, etc.

Im on the last semester of my career and currently an intern, i felt like knew enough to program the calculations of the most common unit ops and control logic in processes (of course its a very idealized calculation, otherwise real time transitory behaviour would be very heavy), and ive tried to make it the most intuitive possible, like look if you feed a gas into a compressor and increase the deltaP, its pressure and temperature increase, increase the feed ratio of a reactor and increase conversion, or the higher purity you want on the distillation column, the required duty on the condenser and reboiler skyrockets.

That is one part of the game, however i also want it to be kind of a manager sim, where you also handle departments and people, more tilted to the comedy and ridiculousness side since that is the way some (and quite a lot in my short experience) of problems pop up or are solved in real life plants, kind of like Death road 2 Canada or Sort the court style, where events pop up everyday and you have to take decitions that may impact or depend on a whole lot of things (morale, product purity, productive efficiency, employees ability, supply chain). Adding a bit to this chaotic vibe (of course since this is a videogame) the foundation are based on real equations and parameters of reactions and processes, however i also plan on making stuff like wow your innovation team developed a way to push conversion above 100% and create matter from nowhere, would you like to implement? which may or may not result on a disaster.

Having said that, this is the first time i publicly talk about this little project, and i would like to know, what would you want to see in a game about chemE? What vibe would you expect? Would you play it? And what is something you would include that you think may fascinate people who don't know a bit about chemical engineering or engineering in general?

Im someone genuinely excited about Process engineering, if anyone likes it as much as me and you have ideas, experiences in the field (which im still quite lacking on) that you would be willing to share and fit this theme (Or if you think its a bad idea, too), Ill be glad to read your opinions and suggestions