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Old 05-06-2008, 11:33 PM   #1
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Chemical Engineering specialties

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?
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Old 05-06-2008, 11:42 PM   #2
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pharmaceutical/biological should pair up well.

if you want to work in the environmental arena, you should take more technical electives in civil classes.
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Old 05-08-2008, 12:20 AM   #3
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I agree--take CivilE classes if you want to go Environmental.

Otherwise, biochemistry/microbio/biomedical would be a great supplement for a pharm/chemE.
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Old Today, 10:09 PM   #4
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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.
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