Penn State’s BS in Chemical Engineering equips students to tackle challenges in energy, pharmaceuticals, food production, and materials manufacturing. The curriculum emphasizes thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, process control, and separation technologies. Students engage in lab simulations, real-world chemical plant modeling, and capstone design projects. With a focus on safety and sustainability, graduates are prepared for roles in product development, petrochemical design, biofuels, or advanced materials engineering.
Designing a membrane reactor for hydrogen fuel production
Modeling chemical reactor efficiency under variable loads
Simulating distillation column optimization for ethanol production
Creating biodegradable polymer alternatives to plastics
Developing a heat exchanger for waste energy recovery
Designing a continuous-flow pharmaceutical synthesis process
Building a CO₂ capture and reuse prototype for industry
Creating an app to simulate industrial chemical processes
Analyzing catalytic conversion efficiency for green fuels
Developing nano-filtration membranes for water purification
Designing an ammonia production unit using renewable energy
Microfluidic device for lab-on-a-chip chemical testing
Waste-to-energy plant design using chemical digestion
Evaluating safety protocols for high-temperature reactors
Optimizing chemical plant layout for resource efficiency
Developing bio-based surfactants for consumer goods
Machine learning prediction of corrosion in chemical pipelines
Modeling air pollutant emissions from chemical production
Process control systems for smart chemical manufacturing
Simulation of batch reactor failures under abnormal conditions
Solve real-world problems with scalable chemical solutions in a future-focused engineering program.
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