nmike

I'm planning on going into a Chemical Engineering major. I am more interested in the pharmaceutical, environmental, and some of the increasing biological areas of the field. I was considering to supplement my major with a minor in biochemistry or maybe a minor in biomedical engineering. Am I on the right track? Anyone here on a a similar route; what should I expect?

jmilton90

pharmaceutical/biological should pair up well.

if you want to work in the environmental arena, you should take more technical electives in civil classes.

nshah9617

I agree--take CivilE classes if you want to go Environmental.

Otherwise, biochemistry/microbio/biomedical would be a great supplement for a pharm/chemE.

nmike

Biomedical seems to have more to do with prosthetics, artificial organs, and some tissues which seems to put it closer to mechanical engineering is that true?

I've been looking more into it and I've decided to take the Chemical Engineeering Survey this fall to look into it some more! I feel that ChemE major and biochem minor might be the way to go but I'll have to look more into other class choices. We do have to take several technical electives which I might take advantage of to look into some civil engineering. Chemical engineering seems to be a pretty diverse discipline anyway so it shouldn't hurt to take my time and look into my options.

mydegisunacred

people always bring up the prostehtic thing when talking about biomeds...

yes this would be a quintessential biomed job, incorporating many of the skills they learn in college, but its not like theres a ton of careers out there in artificial organs and prosthetics.

Biomeds learn electrical, mechanical, biology, and enough chemistry to pass the MCAT. They can often choose a specialization such as mechanical, electrical, or premed. A lot of their skills involve measurements/instrumentation, imaging/medical physics stuff, and biomechanoics