Broadly, chemical engineers conceive and design processes involved in chemical manufacturing.

The
main role of chemical engineers is to design and troubleshoot processes for the production of chemicals,
fuels, foods, pharmaceuticals, and biologicals, to name just a few. They are most often employed by
large-scale manufacturing plants to maximize productivity and product quality while minimizing costs.

It would take too long to list all the products that are impacted by chemical engineers, but knowing
what industries employ them may help you comprehend the scope of their work. Chemical engineers
work in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, design and construction, pulp and paper,
petrochemicals, food processing, specialty chemicals, microelectronics, electronic and advanced
materials, polymers, business services, biotechnology, and environmental health and safety industries,
among others.

Modern chemical engineering is also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and techniques,
such as nanotechnology, fuel cells and biomedical engineering.

Chemical, process and biochemical engineers are involved in the design, modification and operation of
processes to produce the things we rely on everyday - electricity, petrol, chocolate, cosmetics, cars,
aspirin, the list is endless...