You love math, physics, and chemistry. You used to love building with blocks and Legos. You also enjoy working with others. You should study chemical engineering at Michigan Tech. As a chemical engineer, you use theory learned in the classroom to effectively do research in the lab. You’ll participate in research projects dealing with carbon materials applications, data assistance in areas of process design, bioprocessing for production of alternative fuels or recovery of high value proteins. Or you can take a closer look at iron and steel making.
Before you get ready to plunge into your chemical engineering career, here are a few things you should know about the program…
- Our unit operations lab is the best in nation – it provides a real “hands-on”, industrial atmosphere through the use of industrial process control hardware, instrumentation and software; you’ll also use the chemical plant operations laboratory, the integrated bioprocess experiments and laboratory, and the fundamentals of chemical engineering laboratory.
- Undergraduate research is strongly encouraged; most students participate in either undergraduate research or co-op experience with a company (or both).
- One of the nation’s only technical communication course is specially designed for chemical engineering at Michigan Tech.
- Strong internship and cooperative education programs exist along with study abroad opportunities all around the world, including Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America.
- You’ll enjoy a new Process Control Laboratory along with building renovations.
- You’ll use multiple state-of-the-art process simulators throughout the curriculum.
As a chemical engineer, you can get involved with the two student enterprise teams that the chemical engineering department hosts — the Alternative Fuels Group (AFG) and Consumer Product Manufacturing (CPM). AFG is a team investigating the use of fuel cells and alternative fuels for auxiliary power and propulsion of ground based vehicles. CPM is a team which designs and develops pre- and post-filling canning machine modules, keeping an eye on quality, manufacturing, cost, and environmental issues.
Our chemical engineers are recruited by regional, national, and global corporations with a placement rate over 90 percent! Chemical engineers also earn the highest average starting salaries compared to all other engineering disciplines.
Learn more about chemical enginering at Michigan Tech!
