<p>Regarding the whole accreditation gambit.</p>
<p>First off, Caltech ChemE is clearly accreditated, as evidenced by the ABET website.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.abet.org/accredit.asp#C[/url]”>http://www.abet.org/accredit.asp#C</a></p>
<p>But secondly, even if it wasn’t, it wouldn’t matter much. The truth is, few organizations outside of the government demand accreditation, and accreditation really doesn’t do a whole lot for you, especially in a field like ChemE. Accreditation is somewhat important in civil engineering and to a lesser extent ME, mostly because accreditation is one of the ways to satisfy the pre-req requirements to attain Professional Engineer (PE) status. Relatively few ChemE’s, however, find value in becoming a PE. The vast majority of ChemE’s do fine without ever becoming PE’s.</p>