What is chemical

engineering?
 One day in a job interview...

The
The manager
fres What is your
Chemical h field of study?
Engineering! grad

Then, our
chemistry lab
might be the
Oh no! best place for you ?
Not again...
 Chemical Engineering

..is the field of study

that involves the process
of converting resources
into value-added products
 The engineering process

IDEA .. while interacting with people & environment

study
Mathematics & Sciences experience
practice
+ creativity / judgement / common sense

TECHNOLOGY.. PRODUCT OR SERVICE

Communication
SOCIETY
 What a Chemical Engineer* Does for a Living

1. Process Design
2. Process Development
3. Construction
4. Manufacturing
5. Technical Sales
6. Research

*A person whose job is related to the process of transforming materials

into value-added products
What do chemical engineering
graduates end up doing?
 1. Process Design
OUTPUT
CHEMICAL ENGINEER:
Process Flowsheet
INPUT equipment & streams
P ipe & Instrumentation
Process Parameters: Diagram
production rate Equipment Specifications
process conditions (T, size
P) dimension
type & size of vessels materials of construction
control system, safety min/max capacity
pollution control
system
 2. Process Development

Pilot Plant
Chemical (10 kg/hr) Commercial
Lab Scale
Design
(10g) (100 tonne/hr)
Construction
Operation - testing
- reaction & catalyst
- process conditions
- process control scheme
- materials of construction
 3. Construction - Moment of Truth

Chemical Engineers:
Ascertain that equipment operates correctly?
Are involved in plant commissioning, start up
Identify any problems with process and equipment
Specify redesign requirements (as necessary)
 4. Commercial Production

Troubleshooting
Routine Supervision
Operation Quality Control
Debottlenecking
Chemical
Engineer
Energy Conservation
Process Raw material
Improvement conservation
Pollution control
Process control
 5. Technical Sales

Chemical Engineer

Provide process and product recommendations

Provide advice on development of new process & products
Networking with experts from other fields in solving
process/equipment problems to meet customer needs
 6. Research

Chemical engineers:
Cooperate with chemist, scientists
and engineers from other fields to
produce new products

Develop new processing techniques

Improve & optimise process

operations

Design new equipment or improve

the existing ones
 Modules for (Mainstream) Chemical
Engineering

Process
Design &
Improvement
Chem Reaction
Engineering
Environm
Chem Eng Thermo
ental
Unit Engineeri
Thermodynamics, Operations ng
Process
Organic Chem
Control

Material &
Computing Basic
Energy Eng
Social Balances
Chem, Math & Humanitie
Sciences, Physics s, Co-
Communic Curriculu
 Engineering education

BSc professional practice

BSc MSc professional practice
academic career / researcher
BSc MSc PhD professional
practice
academic career/
researcher

Academic career / professional practice can be

combined
 Future challenges of engineering

Global warming
Sustainable development
Environment
Infrastructure
Human health and welfare
Education and training
Globalization of economy
 For further information, please contact:

Assoc Prof Dr Ramli Mat

Head of Department of Chemical Engineering
Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
81310 UTM Skudai, Johor, Malaysia
Tel: +607-5535512
E-mail: kjkk@fkkksa.utm.my
http://www.fkkksa.utm.my/chemical