Chemical engineering opportunities

National Research Council, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering. Kesearch Needs and Opportunities, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1988, Chapt. 3. 

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Redman, T. and Roliani, S., 1992. Control of crystal purity in a continuous KCl crystallizer. In First separations division topical conference on separations technologies New developments and opportunities, 2-6 November 1992, Miami Beach FI. (New York American Institute of Chemical Engineers), p. 685. 

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Research Needs and Opportunities... 

Chemical engineering builds on research results from other disciplines, as well as those from its own practitioners. Not surprisingly, the most important of these other disciplines is chemistry. A vital base of chemical science is needed to stimulate future progress in chemical engineering, just as a vital base in chemical engineering is needed to capitalize on advances in chemistry. The committee endorses the recommendations contained in the NRC s 1985 report Opportunities in Chemistry, and urges their implementation in addition to the recommendations contained in this volume. 

Frontiers in Chemical Engineering Research Needs and Opportunities http //www.nap.edu/catalog/1095.html... 

A major force behind this evolntion will be the explosion of new products and materials that will enter the market dnring the next two decades. Whether from the biotechnology industry, the electronics industry, or the high-performance materials indnstry, these products will be critically dependent on structure and design at the molecular level for their usefulness. They will require manufacturing processes that can precisely control their chemical composition and stracture. These demands will create new opportunities for chemical engineers, both in product design and in process irmovation. 

Major opportunities exist for chemical engineers to help develop agricultural biochemicals. 

The toughest challenge and the greatest opportunity in chemical engineering for high-performance materials lie in the development of wholly new designs for composite solids. Such materials are typified by composites reinforced by three-dimensional networks and trass-works—microstractures that are multiply cormected and that interpenetrate the multiply cormected matrix in which they are embedded. In such materials, both reinforcement and matrix are continuous in three dimensions the composite is bicontinuous. Geometric prototypes of... 

When one takes the cost of industrial compliance with RCRA to handle currently generated wastes and adds the cost of Superfund to clean up the wastes of the past, it becomes obvious that there are strong incentives for technology development in the area of waste minimization and treatment, and many opportunities for research and employment for chemical engineers. 

There are significant research opportunities for chemical engineers in the design and optimization... 

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