CHEMISTRY APPLIED TO "THE ENGINE DISCIPLINE"

Process engineers design, construct and operate plants

“The technology in chemistry towards the big industries”

Almost all the products we use every day are the result of the development of a very prominent discipline called Chemical Engineering. Professionals engaged in this career are known as chemical engineers.

The main reason for exists this discipline is because human beings need to get new materials and products that meet their needs. The current chemical industry moves quickly and progress is steady. However, none of this would be possible today without the great contribution made by Professor Davis of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Davis was the first to introduce the concept of "chemical engineering" based on the role of an engineer, as the engine was operating an entire system.

In this case, the system would be an industrial plant, which will apply all the knowledge in chemistry, physics, mathematics, biology, environment and engineering, to generate innovative products from raw materials. This means that whenever we talk about chemical industry, we are talking about the most important workers are there: the chemical engineers. It is also important to note that a process executing a chemical engineer must contain certain stages called "Unit Operations".

On the other hand, this career is associated with other disciplines, mainly with other engineering and science. We can find a chemical engineer at a food factory, in a vehicle oil industry, a cleaning products company, in aircraft spare parts, at an university (like professor), research projects, and even CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), where experiments with antimatter and the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) to learn more about the origin of the universe.

All this indicates that this discipline is very complete and very important for the development of mankind in many ways. The modern world needs a lot of chemical engineers and fortunately, Colombia is growing as a country on the issue of products that reduce costs, high quality and do not affect the environment, such as biofuels.

References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_engineering