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A vision for chemical engineering
C
hemical engineering is a discipline with far-reaching and diverse
applications. The list of industries that employ its professionals
is extensive: petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals,
biomedical, basic and specialty chemicals, mining, agriculture,
energy and food-and-beverage, to name a few.
While the basic principles of chemical engineering remain steadfast,
rapid advances in technology and the evolving needs of society create
new directions and areas of focus for chemical engineers. Recently,
leaders from the chemical engineering community concluded a threeyear
study to outline a vision for the direction of the profession for
the next 30 years. This culminated in the report " New Directions for
Chemical Engineering " by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering
and Medicine (Washington, D.C.; www.nationalacademies.
org). The chair of the committee that wrote the report, Eric Kaler, president
of Case Western Reserve University, said: " Chemical engineering
is often at the heart of solutions to many of the problems we face, but
for our field to stay in a position of global leadership and continue our
pace of innovation, we need to reaffirm strong investment in this field. "
Opportunities for chemical engineering
A brief summary from the over 300-page report on areas where chemical
engineers can have the most impact in the coming years follows:
Decarbonization. Chemical engineers are making important contributions
to address climate-change-driven efforts to lower carbon
emissions through technologies that support low-carbon energy
sources, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage, " green "
chemistry, energy storage to support electrification and more. The
report recommends that federal research funding be directed to further
develop technologies that enable lower-carbon energy sources,
cost-effective carbon capture and storage, as well as to develop new
technologies that use little or no carbon.
Water, food and air quality. The report suggests that chemical engineers
can bring both a " molecular- and systems-level " approach
to addressing global needs around water, food and air quality. Collaboration
with other disciplines, such as with civil engineers for water
use and purification, and with atmospheric scientists for air quality,
will be particularly valuable. Chemical engineers can help address the
changing needs in the world's food sources through collaboration on
advanced agricultural practices, and with researchers who are developing
new food sources in the laboratory.
Targeted and accessible medicine. Rapid advances are being
made in biology and biochemistry to treat human illness. Chemical
engineers can contribute to reactor design and scale-up, separations
techniques and non-invasive drug delivery methods. Quantitative engineering
skills can also be applied to immunology, such as cancer
immunotherapies and vaccine design.
Circular economy. Chemical engineers are working toward sustainability
by advancing renewable feedstocks,
reducing waste and developing advanced recycling
technologies.
Materials. Chemical engineers play a critical role in
developing novel materials, such as polymers, biomaterials
and electronic materials.
For all of these areas, cross-disciplinary collaboration
as well as international cooperation are key to
making the highest impact in meeting the evolving
needs of the world's population.
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Dorothy Lozowski, Editorial Director
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