Chemical+Engineering


 * Chemical engineering** is the branch of endineering that deals with physical science (e.g., chemistry and physics), and life sciences (e.g., biology, microbiology and biochemistry) with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition, modern chemical cngineers are also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and related techniques – which are often essential to related fields such as nanotschnology, fuel cells and biomedical engineering. [|[1]] Within chemical engineering, two broad subgroups include 1) design, manufacture, and operation of plants and machinery in industrial chemical and related processes ("chemical **process** engineers"); and 2) development of new or adapted substances for products ranging from foods and beverages to cosmetics to cleaners to pharmaceutical ingredients, among many other products ("chemical **product** engineers").

Advancements in [|computer science] found __applications__ designing and managing plants, simplifying calculations and drawings that previously had to be done manually. The completion of the [|Human Genome Project] is also seen as a major development, not only advancing chemical engineering but [|genetic engineering] and [|genomics] as well.[27] Chemical engineering principles were used to produce [|DNA sequences] in large quantities.[28] While the __application__ of chemical engineering principles to these fields only began in the 1990s, [|Rice University] researchers see this as a trend towards [|biotechnology] .[29]
 * Recent progress **