<p>"What’s the point of a degree that “creates optimal conditions in a chemical plant to maximize yield/profit”.</p>
<p>Well the fun I’m guessing is setting up the info-structure for an idea/product using applied physics, chemistry & biology.
So you’re;</p>
<p>1) experimenting</p>
<p>2) manipulating the environment</p>
<p>3) manipulating how the product response to the environment</p>
<p>4) 2&3</p>
<p>ChemE has a broad spectrum of applications, which use rigid experimentation/repetitive processes in return for a high paycheck. What I think makes ChemE so hot in bio-med is because organism’s info-structure adapt to the environment and that probably makes work easy. Of course I wouldn’t necessarily want be a microbiologist unless that info-structure permits me to get across obstacles to getting work done.</p>