Engineering is probably the most sought after and most persuaded career in the present time. Regardless to mention, the wide range of job opportunities and career scopes makes it so much preferred by students.
Even the students are way more focussed and they choose their line of future studies from a very young age. If you too are planning a career in this field, you need to know the industries and areas of your work.
- Petrochemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Manufacturing
- Specialty chemicals
- Polymers
- Healthcare
- Food processing
- Design and construction
- Pulp and paper
- Biotechnology
- Microelectronics
- Environmental health
- Electronic and advanced materials
- Safety industries
- Business services
What is the job of a chemical engineer?
When you become a chemical engineer, there are different kinds of jobs that you might have to perform. The jobs differ from industry to industry, depending on the kind of work that the industry does. Some of them are –
- Advance the procedure of producing better fertilizers
- Advance drug production methods for mass production and reduced value
- Construct more comfortable synthetic fabric fibres
- Improve techniques of food processing
- Process more useful chemicals
- Make cost effective and productive elements from chemical and energy
- Make refined petroleum products with more advanced processes
- Make solutions that are useful for the environment to control pollution
Though these are the job roles that a student of chemical engineering would have to perform, it is important that you complete your degree with flying colours. And good result depends on how you handle your coursework.
Here are a few factors that will help you in doing well in your degree course.
- Take the most useful subjects:
This is something that not too many people know about. Even I wasn’t very much confident about these subjects and also didn’t bother much about these. But, later I understood that the subjects that you take during your degree course have a lot to do with your results, what you learn and to impress your employers once you seek a job.
The most common subjects that most students take and that are useful are –
- Maths including Calculus, Geometry, Algebra and others
- Mechanics
- Statistics
- Economics
- Physics, Reactor Design and Kinetics
- Computer Science
- Environmental Science
- Thermodynamics
But of course, which subjects are available or you can take, depends largely on the college that you choose. However, with useful subjects, it will be easier to learn and also interesting.
- Take project works seriously:
To be frank, this was the most interesting part of the entire coursework, when I was doing my engineering. I didn’t have to go through the theory classes and also didn’t have to attend classes for those subjects that I didn’t like at all.
Projects are always focussed on the wing of chemical engineering that you want to pursue further. Identifying, discussing, justifying, improving and refining various techniques, tools and projects are what you have to do. Do them carefully as these bear a good deal of marks and the report that you write, will fetch great work opportunities later.
- Don’t miss classes:
Missing out classes can be a serious problem for you to handle this subject and its entire degree course. There are quite a number of internal subjects and papers that you have to prepare yourself for. These carry scores that can affect your overall results. Hence, do not miss out your classes, be it theoretical or practical.
- Do homework with much attention:
No matter what course you take, what the degree is, once you get into the field of education, you have to do homework. Even in case of chemical engineering, there is no change.
And as I always say, homework is very important. Learning a lesson, memorizing its basics and growing a comprehensive, problem-solving capability are some of the advantages of doing your homework regularly. And when you want to become a successful chemical engineer, these are some of the qualities that you must possess.
Besides, doing your chemical engineering homework will also help you to identify the areas that you need to work more on. Clearing doubts becomes easier with this as you will be able to approach your professors regarding those issues.
- Take professional help:
But, like many other degree courses, Chemical Engineering too comes with the issue for students, where they fail to complete their projects, assignments and homework; as they have a burden of preparing for an examination. What to do in such a case?
Relax; there is nothing to freak out. Simply get in touch with the professionals. There are academic help services available in the internet that you can take the help of, regardless of what time of the day it is. When I was in my graduation school, I often took their help – not just to complete my assignments, but also to get help from them in solving a problem or in understanding a chapter. Trust me, it is really helpful!
So, now that you have understood how you need to handle your Chemical engineering course, it is a must that you follow these tips and ideas. They will help you to become a good professional in this field. Ask yourself, do you want to ‘just pass’ the course or you want to be a great engineer? If the second one is your answer, start taking your course seriously. It is not that difficult!