ABSTRACT
Many high school and lower-division college students have limited knowledge of chemical and biomolecular engineering (ChBE). We wrote this book to tell students, parents, teachers, mentors, librarians, and guidance counselors interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields about the many diverse career options that are enabled by an education in ChBE.
The disciplines of chemical and biomolecular engineering play important roles in the chemical process industries (CPI) and many related sectors of the economy. One primary application of ChBE principles is the transformation of resources such as agricultural products, biomass, minerals, and fossil fuels (such as coal, natural gas, and petroleum) into such essential products such as chemicals, food, fuels, plastics, pharmaceuticals, medical products, and many more. Many of these products are produced by creating a process that converts raw materials into intermediate biochemicals or chemicals, and then converts these intermediates into useful final products.
This book describes the many crucial roles chemical and biomolecular engineers play in creating and managing industrial-scale manufacturing process plants to carry out these essential chemical transformations.
