<p>Wow, sorry guys. I really thought that I had nailed down my engineering field that I would like, but I have gotten another idea. Sorry about this. But anyways, I was wondering if chem E is really just this (from wikipedia):</p>
<pre><code>"The difference between chemical engineering and chemistry can be illustrated by considering the example of producing orange juice. A chemist working in the laboratory investigates and discovers a multitude of pathways to extract the juices of an orange. The simplest mechanism found is to cut the orange in half and squeeze the orange using a manual juicer. A more complicated approach that is found is to peel and then crush the orange and collect the juice.
“A company then commissions a chemical engineer to design a plant to manufacture several thousand tons of orange juice per year. The chemical engineer investigates all the available methods for making orange juice and evaluates them according to their economic viability. Even though the manual juicing method is simple, it is not economical to employ thousands of people to manually juice oranges. Thus, another – cheaper – method is used (possibly the ‘peel and crush’ technique). The easiest method of manufacture on a laboratory bench will not necessarily be the most economical method for a manufacturing plant.”
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<p>I’ve heard that chemical engineering also includes nanotech/pharmaceutical goods, so I was wondering what they do in these fields, and also if Chemical engineering is a growing field given that I will enter either pharmacy or nanotech if I choose to do it.</p>
<p>thanks</p>