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chemical engineering

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the activity of applying chemistry to the solution of practical problems

the branch of engineering that is concerned with the design and construction and operation of the plants and machinery used in industrial chemical processes

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Only when I began studying chemical engineering at Oregon Agricultural College did I realize that I myself might discover something new about the nature of the world. Linus Pauling

I studied chemical engineering. I was a good student, but these were the hard times of the depression, my scholarship came to an end, and it was necessary to work to supplement the family income. Jack Steinberger

When we started work on setting up a polyester filament yarn project, my chemical engineering and business school background helped me in organizing the work, creating reporting structures, motivating people... in all this, my father and Rasikbhai were two steps ahead of me. Mukesh Ambani

There is no one area of chemical engineering that specifically helped me in my career as an astronaut, it was more the general education in engineering. Also, it was a very difficult and rigorous course. So, it made me strong and resourceful. Leroy Chiao

The history of utopias is no less fascinating than the history of metallurgy or of chemical engineering. Leszek Kołakowski

I wanted to pursue chemical engineering because I thought it was the future. Mukesh Ambani

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