Chemical engineers work in a variety of fields, according to the BLS.

For instance, they may work at a

petroleum refinery to turn crude oil into gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, lubricating oil, solvents and
petrochemicals; at a fertilizer plant to produce ammonium nitrate, or at a personal-care product
manufacturer to mix dozens of ingredients to produce shampoo or skin lotion.

Jong-Man Kim, a chemical engineer at Hanyang University in South Korea, developed a new
fingerprinting method using sweat pores. It may be faster and more reliable than traditional methods.

People with undergraduate and graduate chemical engineering degrees go on to work in the industry,
academia, consulting, law, medicine, finance, and other fields. For more information, the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) offers an online database that lists the companies that are the
most prolific hirers of its members.

The History of Science in United States: An Encyclopedia puts the use of the term around 1890.[5]
"Chemical engineering", describing the use of mechanical equipment in the chemical industry, became
common vocabulary in England after 1850. By 1910, the profession, "chemical engineer," was already in
common use in Britain and the United States.

In 1940s, it became clear that unit operations alone were insufficient in developing chemical reactors.
While the predominance of unit operations in chemical engineering courses in Britain and the United
States continued until the 1960s, transport phenomena started to experience greater focus. Along with
other novel concepts, such as process systems engineering (PSE), a "second paradigm" was defined