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Chemical engineers devise innovative solutions to today's most pressing challenges—addressing our needs for clean, sustainable energy, maintaining and remediating the environment, and maintaining and improving the health of people everywhere. Chemical engineers develop new products, design new chemical plants, and keep existing plants running better, safer, and more environmentally sound. At WSU, we provide an education that prepares you to help meet these challenges, preparing you to become a leader.

Strengths of the program

WSU has a strong reputation for producing hands-on, industry-ready engineers who lead their companies and find solutions to problems small and large.
The chemical engineering program provides opportunities for students to partner with industry and government and participate in hands-on research.
You can join a math, science, and engineering community residence hall at WSU Pullman—share classes with your neighbors, study together, get free tutoring, and use the hall’s computer lab.
An active student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Among the activities of this group is the Chemically Powered Car Competition.
Companies like to hire WSU chemical engineering graduates because of their sound and practical education and for their leadership experiences outside the classroom.
The College of Engineering and Architecture offers a nationally accredited bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.

Areas of focus

Chemical Engineering provides a broad education designed to prepare students to address society’s most challenging problems: Development of energy systems that allow us to enjoy a high quality, environmentally friendly lifestyle, development and application of new technologies to remove pollutants and/or transform them to environmentally benign chemicals, and understanding the molecular and cellular processes that promote health in an increasingly aging population. Our research foci include:

Catalysis for environmental and energy systems Molecular and Cellular Engineering, including: Biofilm engineering Muscle systems, from proteins to fibers Engineering Education

Signature courses

Some of the core courses and chemical engineering electives that you could take:

Chemical Process Principles
Process Simulation
Technical Seminars
Thermodynamics
Transport Processes
Nuclear Engineering
Kinetics and Reactor Design
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
Chemical Engineering Separations
Process Control/Process Analysis and Design
Classical Physical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Biomedical Engineering Principles
Integrated Envirochemical Engineering

Careers in chemical engineering

Chemical engineers often work in the processing industries, where 70,000 consumer products—such as computer chips, foods, paper products, plastics, fuels, dyes, synthetic fibers, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, and many others—are produced by 7,000 companies in 12,000 plants in the United States. Industries and government agencies employ chemical engineers for energy production, transportation, environmental protection, electronics, computing, and medicine.

They also work for companies around the world in offices, plants, in the field, or at other locations. Chemical engineering can be a springboard to other careers, such as consulting, law, medicine, business, policymaking or government, technical marketing and sales, plant management, research, and teaching.