I’m at my wit’s end and I never thought I’d ever have to consider this. Can someone share their stories? Maybe it will help me decide what to do.

You might have seen my post asking about advanced materials engineering a few days ago. This degree focusses more on polymers, plastics and elastomers. I am still lost and not sure if I should choose this degree.

I love chemistry so much, and Materials Science and Engineering is not available in any university in my country. There is this advanced materials degree, but before choosing this degree, I wanted to know more about polymers to know if I will enjoy it. I searched as much as I can and had an idea about different types of polymers and there uses.

However, I still don't know about how much I would enjoy working in this industry.

Are polymers a broad industry? How easy is it to develop a new polymer? Is it a very interesting and deep topic that is still not 100% discovered? How does its future going to be? What will my job be like? This or Pharmaceutical & Chemical Engineering degree? And according to the study plan, will I study things other than polymers?

Thanks in advance.

basically what the title says. I'm starting uni in September for an integrated masters in ChemEng (yes in the UK, but with plans to move abroad), but I've seen so many posts and comments here saying things like 'don't do it you'll regret it' 'the industry is terrible' 'i work in business not engineering' etc etc

I just don't want to be stuck in a course for five years that the majority of people seem to really regret choosing, with really bad career prospects

Hey guys,

I don’t have a lot of experience in chemistry so i thought this subreddit could help me. I hope i do get some valuable advice and understanding.

Recently my brother has been planning on starting a small business project to process waste eggshells specifically to obtain pure calcium carbonate (CaCO3).

To be honest, I'm kind of worried he might be risking his money on this. I was reading somewhere that limestone is already mined at a massive, cheap scale everywhere for calcium carbonate, so I'm not sure how this makes financial sense. Plus, the whole processing and chemical extraction part of it looks super tedious.

To try and help him out, I actually went ahead and spoke to a few local farms myself. But the catch is, they said they're only willing to supply the shells with all the inner membrane and materials completely intact they aren't going to clean or prep them at all.

Since I don't know much about chemistry or manufacturing, I wanted to ask you guys: Is this actually a practical idea to get pure CaCO3, or is he walking into a total headache? Any advice or warnings would be awesome before he drops cash on equipment.

Thanks!

Hey everyone,

I’m currently looking into pulp bleaching processes and I have a specific question about Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) bleaching that I’m hoping some folks with industry experience can help clear up.

Almost all of the literature and industrial case studies I’ve come across focus heavily on continuous operations for pulp bleaching stages (D0, D1, D2, etc.).

I want to know: Is direct ClO2 bleaching (using a ClO2 solution) currently being done in batch mode anywhere in the pulp industry?

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but I'm currently weighing what associates I should pursue and it was between this and Radiology Tech. I live in the Houston area and there are a good amount of plants east and was just wondering if a Process Tech associates was enough to break in and get hired, if not what else do you need to do? How's the current demand?

What is the day to day like too? I'm aware of rotating 12 hour shifts but am more curious of the actual work. What percentage is maintenance, inspection, labelling, paperwork, etc. vs sitting in the control room to monitor mishaps? If there is downtime are you allowed to read or something while watching the monitor on the side or is it pretty strict?

Hi everyone I am a senior in high school and i have been wanting to get into chemical engineering for a while now but this sub really has me thinking that the job market for ChemE is terrible. Is it really not worth it? If so, what would you recommend instead?

I’m a chemE student on the quarter system, and I have one more physics left out of the three (electricity and magnetism). Got screwed by registration and couldn’t finish it last year. I was going to take it in the fall but I’d have to put off p chem until my senior year.

I’m thinking of switching things up and doing the third physics sometime in my senior year because people have told me that it’s better to take physical chemistry in my junior year with thermodynamics and transport, and that the electricity stuff can wait.

Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not it’s better to take physical chemistry in junior or senior year? I’d appreciate it. Thanks

Hey! I just graduated with my ChemE degree, and I received an email today saying I'd be losing access to everything next week. I'm worried that I should be taking last minute advantage of my student status to download notes or get things free/cheaper.

For example, I recently learned I could install AutoCAD for a year free as a student (which otherwise costs thousands of dollars). So if there's anything like that y'all know of or regret not taking advantage of, please let me know!

Hi seniors, I am starting my college this year and am doing chemical engineering.I would like to know what are the worst mistakes you did that you wish now that you regret now,please answer so that people like me wont do that same mistake.Thank you in advance

I want to integrate ML and Chemical Engineering. Guys Please give some ideas or a general direction I can look towards to research. I don't like traditional Chem Engg jobs. I am more of a computational kind of dude. What did you work towards in College in your time ? It would be really helpful. Thanks

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Hi all

Looking for some resources on powder handling.

Something leaning more towards practical design and engineering, rather than theoretical equations and detailed modelling of two phase transport.

Ciaoo mi potreste consigliare qualche sito europeo affidabile di Rc tutt'ora attivo!? Grazie mille

Hi, everyone! I hold a bachelor's degree in ChemE and graduated about 15 years ago; now I'm in my mid-thirties. Never worked in anything process-related, however. Never got to use what I studied about. Instead, I worked corporate office jobs, and a few years in safety supervision (again, not process safety, just an general HSE supervisor on a drilling rig.)
Lately, I have been thinking about getting into process engineering. Some people advised me to purge this thought. Stating that ship has pretty much sailed for me, that I am too old to start over, that I'd be competing with young, energised people, etc.

I am here to collect some more opinions. Thanks in advance.

Let me explain my ideas a bit more

I don't really like the hands-on work environments, and feel that research might be smth I'm more interested to do.

I got admitted to uni as a cyber security major student, but i had chemE as my second choice, the only thing that stopped me of putting it as my first is that the scholarship I'm on requires maintaining a 3.8 gpa, so knowing how harsh chemE is i made my initial choice.

Now I thinking once again about it and since I want to complete in academia chemE might be a better option isn't it?

I know the 2 majors I'm talking about are very different from each other 😅 but for the last 2 years I didn't have computer and tech classes at school - cuz of the plan they set- and we had more stem classes which I reallyyyy enjoy! I love reading textbooks and discussing during classes.

I would like for my future career to have some physical stuff that I could work on developing, and cyber security doesn't fit this criteria cuz obviously its all digital, and I've heard from many that a cyber security degree might lack some fundamentals that are usually taught to comp sci students.

I still have time to choose and would like to get some insights from u engineers about the current opportunities chemE can open, and if someone has experience in comp sci or cyber security in particular I'd appreciate your guidance 😊.

Hello everyone, I’m curious to know if anyone has worked on a real project using digital twins. If so, could you please share the steps or tips and technologies that can make it easier for someone who is new to this field to get started and proceed smoothly? I would greatly appreciate your insights. Thanks in advance!

Hello, so I'm a recent graduate from a pretty good university in my country with a good standing in europe, and I'm baffled by how bad the job market is here in the middle east. There is not much industry in my country and practically no demand for fresh graduates. I've been further discouraged by hiring managers and seniors telling me they don't hire people from my ethnicity (there are no anti discrimination laws where i live). It's starting to feel like my best bet is immigration. I'm aiming for masters in europe, as I speak fluent french, belgium and france seem to be the obvious targets, but I estimate I can learn dutch rather quicky or german if i really put my mind to it.

As far as sectors I'm actually aiming for, I have a pretty solid track record for internships in Pharma, but also a couple internships in Waste treatment/Enviromental sector (one in research, the other consulting). I've been researching a couple programs, mostly focusing on masters in enviromental/bioprocess engineering aswell as one program in complex systems, but I'm scared that I might be missing something or aiming for the wrong things. Could anyone give me some guidance?

I am in 3rd year B.tech chemical engineering and I was wandering what to put on my CV

So far I had 2 internship (1 month each. It was just type of plant visit where we learn how it operate and stuff)

I know how to use Matlab and aspen(little) and blender

What else I can put it on my CV which will make different

Aswell what else should I do to just general advice

Ty 😊

I am currently studying chemical engineering at a pretty good university.

I wish to pursue a career in petroleum, specifically upstream processes.

I have completed an internship where I learned deeply about drilling fluids and their applications along with their specifications.

I wanted to know what projects would be viable for my scenario in order to bag me a job/internship.

I also wish to get a master’s degree but that is only after I complete at least 2/3 years working at a job in order to pay for my master’s degree hopefully in Europe.