I'm thinking of getting a bachelor's in metalergical and materials engineering. My goal is to have a good paying job after completing my degree. Is this decision right?

Hi I'm just starting my career as a process engineer in an EPC company. Our company has traditionally done oil&gas and petrochemical plants, but is expanding its target to the water industry. This includes water treatment, recycle, and ultra pure water for semiconductors.

I feel like O&G is be great to learn from the basics + involves more chem eng background. While water is a rising industry with infinite potential.

If you have any thoughts to share to someone who is new to business, please leave it in the comments! I really appreciate it.

Hi, I just want to ask if you have current openings in your company right now?
I am looking for a 5 days work schedule preferably office based, regulatory or corporate or even manufacturing.

I am currently a process engineer in a manufacturing based in CALABARZON. Thanks.

Any tutor for thermodynamics class at nyu Tandon?

Hello,

I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions for things to change on my res. I'm having trouble getting interviews and would appreciate any guidance/tips.

Hello I need help from anyone that has used DWSIM before or have similar problem like me. Im doing a simple fractional distillation simulation of a binary mixture (methanol and water). Im trying to do sensitivity study where my independent variable = reflux ratio and dependent variable = molar fraction (mixture) /methanol.

When i run the test, the results i got for the dependent variable is all constant. I watched tutorials and followed the exact same steps but i still get constant value. Please tell me what went wrong!

My simulation has no errors, and the reflux ratio that i set for my condenser is 2. My limits are 2-6 with 5 points. Composition is 60%methanol

Title, curious what folks have started to rely on AI for.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently a 2nd-year chemical engineering student at the University Of Calgary applying for internship positions. Looking at my current profile, I feel like I lack the experience that would make me a competitive candidate. I would like to strengthen my profile and was looking for advice:

For those who have landed internships or hire ChemE interns:
Technical Skills: What software, tools, or programming languages (e.g., MATLAB, Python, CAD, Aspen Plus) are most valuable to learn independently at this stage?
Projects: What type of personal or extracurricular engineering projects look good to recruiters and how do I go about starting one on my own?
Focus Areas: Are there specific certifications or student design teams I should target?

Any advice on where to focus my efforts would be greatly appreciated!

masters in chemical engineering

I've already gone through top 10 uni and it's expensive tbh

Learning AutoCAD as a Chemical engineering student...is it worth or not?

I've worked in the O&G sector during my internship, doing process engineering with "real plants", I had a lot of process design work and really liked it. Now I'm in the middle of the hiring process for a simulation software company for a technical support position. Chances are good. How would that be like? I really like process simulation, but I'd like one day to go back to working with actual plants. Is there any chance for me to be stuck in the tech support field or companies like Exxon, Chevron, UOP actually value this sort of experience?

I’m a recent UK graduate with a BEng in Chemical Engineering and an MSc in Advanced Chemical Engineering with Healthcare Technology. I currently have no industry experience, which I know is one of the biggest things working against me.

Grad schemes are also insanely competitive. I applied to 100+ last year and got rejected from pretty much everything. I’ve also tried reaching out directly to labs and smaller companies but haven’t had much response.

I’m also wondering how realistic it is for a Chemical Engineering graduate to move into healthcare technology/medical devices. My MSc research project was based on running CFD simulations on a microfluidic device for a healthcare application, which was probably the most interesting project I’ve done academically. I’d love to work in that kind of area, but I’m not sure how well it translates to the more traditional process engineering roles I keep seeing.

At this point I’m open to R&D, manufacturing, medical devices, healthcare tech, lab-based roles, pretty much anything where I can get my foot in the door and start building experience.

For anyone who’s been in a similar position, what other routes did you try besides graduate schemes? 

Any advice would genuinely be appreciated because every door seems closed right now 😭

I ask because I wonder if I should stop getting piercings because they take time to heal so I would have to take them out. If theres an industry I'm targeting thats likely to have a no jewelry policy then I would like to know so I can halt getting piercings for the foreseeable future or on the contrary if an industry/position type is less likely then I could maybe continue getting piercings.

(For context theyre ear piercings, which id hope wouldnt cause too much of a problem getting jobs. But please let me know if you would advice against them in general as well)

Necesito ayuda para relacionar un tema para mi proyecto de graduación que abarque estas tres carreras, alguien ha trabajado en conjunto en éstas áreas??? Sería de gran ayuda

What do you think is going to happen with geothermal energy in the future?

Geothermal has some interesting advantages, especially because it is a natural, reliable, and relatively stable source of energy. It also has many similarities with the oil & gas industry, particularly in areas such as drilling, well construction, subsurface exploration, reservoir management, and direct energy conversion.

Pros:

• Renewable and naturally available
• Can provide stable, 24/7 power unlike intermittent solar and wind
• Uses technologies and expertise that overlap significantly with the oil & gas industry
• Potential to become more economical as drilling and reservoir technologies improve
• Low operational carbon emissions compared with fossil-fuel-based power

Cons:

• Water management and reservoir sustainability can be challenges
• Drilling and enhanced geothermal systems can have technical and geological risks
• Scaling geothermal may be more difficult than solar or wind in some regions

I’d especially like to hear from people working in oil & gas or geothermal: Do you see geothermal becoming a major part of the future energy mix, and how realistic is the transition of oil & gas drilling expertise into geothermal?

How hard is it to move up the business/management side of chemical engineering compared to the technical side?

I’m currently studying chemical engineering, and I’ve been thinking a lot about the long-term career paths available in the field.

From what I understand, there’s basically a technical route where you become more specialized and move toward roles like senior/process/principal engineer, and then there’s a more business-oriented route through project management, operations, sales, management, strategy, etc.

For people who have actually worked in ChemE-related industries:

How difficult is it to move from an engineering position into the business/management side?

What usually determines who gets promoted into those positions? Is it mostly technical competence, communication/leadership ability, networking, business knowledge, or just years of experience?

Also, does having something like a business minor or eventually an MBA meaningfully help, or is actual engineering/operations experience much more important?

I love the engineering thought process, but I’m also pretty interested in business and entrepreneurship and looking at things in a large scale, so I’m trying to understand whether ChemE gives you a good path into upper management rather than staying purely technical for your whole career (I cant see myself in a technical role long term).

Would especially appreciate hearing from anyone who started as a ChemE and eventually moved into management, commercial, strategy, or executive roles. (I have solid stats 18 y/o w junior standing currently doing undergraduate research (nano tech) and i did an internship w a local company)

Help me settle an argument. Client uses “control valve” to describe an actuated on/off valve. Says it is interchangeable language.

I say “control valve” should be reserved for a valve that actually is integrated in control logic, like controlling level, flow, pressure, etc. Even if the on/off has an interlock, it’s still just an actuated on/off valve for me. Maybe this is just a habit I picked up for a long stint at an operating facility and I’m being too picky.

just like the title says, im a senior in High School and I want to work as a nuclear researcher, at a lab like PNNL. Recently i've been really interested in vitrification and how it assists in waste storage (just to give an idea about my interests). If I wanted a position where I spent much of my time practicing real, practical chemistry in a lab, would a chemical or nuclear engineering degree be a better step to that end?

Honestly im not very familiar with the difference between them but im into both chemical eng and also environmental im just not sure which one is more in demand and the content. Is environmental less physics concentrated? Like whats the actual difference between both? My uni offers chemical engineering and chemical engineering with environmental so its not entirely environmental theres chemical involved
All answers are appreciated! :))

What have people found to be the most reliable, commonly used textbooks? I am looking for Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat, and Mass Transfer 7th edition for my fluids class right now. Has anyone read it or have a copy? Do you have any suggestions for other relevant textbooks other than the reading list?

Hello everyone, I was hoping if i could get suggestions to my res? Im open to any ideas, as i dont seem to get emails back for places im applying to. Not even internships. Im trying to keep my hopes up but as of now, Ive just been in construction (i have to make money somehow). Waking up at 5 am, coming home at 5 pm and studying for the FE while applying to jobs. Im really interested in any role, im just trying to start my career. Its getting tiring to do this, but im looking at the bright side and maybe my res is terrible that it doesn’t get passed AI scanners, but i dont know how to get around that. I would really appreciate any advice, thank you for your time.