Environmental engineering student learning

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For example, chemical engineering students studying corrosion to learn how various materials of construction may be affected by acids, alkalis, or process conditions in order to select the most economic materials for a particular use would be impacting the safety and loss prevention performance of that equipment because a vessel or pipeline leaking due to corrosion is a hazard to workers in the area. The spilled material may create an environmental hazard as well as a hazardous waste problem requiring special precautions for cleanup and disposal. 

To introduce the chemical engineering profession. Students learn about chemical engineering by designing and analyzing chemical processes and process units to assess product quality, economics, safety, and environmental impact. 

Loss prevention represents an interdisciplinary area of teaching and research activities. The integral term itself emphasizes this characteristic as it combines substance related process and equipment related plant safety. The comprehensive approach of loss prevention led to its development into an independent discipline. Taking courses to learn about the fundamentals should be mandatory to all students in chemical engineering. Today process safety is regarded to be equally important as ensuring quality, environmental sustainability and economic feasibility for all manufacturing processes in the chemical industry. 

The importance of education in driving the future of our profession cannot be understated. The future generations of scientists and engineers, our students of today, who learn chemistry from a green chemistry point of view, wiU be able to make connections between real-world issues and the challenges that chemistry presents to the environment, and to understand environmentally preferable solutions that overcome these challenges. 

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