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Chemical Engineering

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Industry Areas for Chemical Engineering
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Chemical

Private & national research laboratories companies including:

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • industrial bulk and fine chemicals
  • plastics
  • biotechnology
  • pharmaceutical
  • cosmetics
  • food processing
  • consumer products
  • Materials
  • Process Design Engineer
  • Bulk and Fine Chemicals
  • Consumer Products
  • Flexibility
  • Cross functional teamwork
  • Analytical ability
  • Communication skills
  • Time and project management
  • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
  • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • BP
  • AbbVie
  • ExxonMobil
  • Pfizer

Medical

Private & national research laboratories companies including:

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • industrial bulk and fine chemicals
  • plastics
  • biotechnology
  • pharmaceutical
  • cosmetics
  • food processing
  • consumer products
  • Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals Materials
  • Process Design Engineer
  • Bulk and Fine Chemicals
  • Consumer Products
  • Flexibility
  • Cross functional teamwork
  • Analytical ability
  • Communication skills
  • Time and project management
  • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
  • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • UI health
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • BD

Environmental

Federal government:

  • Department of Energy
  • Environmental Protection Agency
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • Department of Agriculture

Private & national research laboratories companies including:

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • industrial bulk and fine chemicals
  • plastics
  • biotechnology
  • pharmaceutical
  • cosmetics
  • food processing
  • consumer products
  • Environmental Safety and Health
  • Fuels and Energy Conversion
  • Materials
  • Process Design
  • Bulk and Fine Chemicals
  • Consumer Products
  • Flexibility
  • Cross functional teamwork
  • Analytical ability
  • Communication skills
  • Time and project management
  • Technical and design (for research and manufacturing roles)
  • Engineering coursework (for manufacturing based positions)
  • Argonne National Lab
  • US EPA

Research

Private & national research laboratories Industries including:

  • Agricultural chemicals
  • industrial bulk and fine chemicals
  • plastics
  • biotechnology
  • pharmaceutical
  • cosmetics
  • textiles
  • petroleum
  • food processing
  • energy
  • environmental
  • automotive
  • pulp and paper
  • rubber and rubber products
  • electronics
  • consumer products
Research:
  • Applied
  • Professor
  • organizational
  • analytical thinking/problem solving
  • communication
  • teamwork
  • knowledge in math, science and engineering principles
  • Northwestern University
  • Argonne National Lab
  • UCLA
  • USC

Popular Industries (According to LinkedIn)

  • Chemicals
  • Biotechnology
  • Oil & Energy
  • Research

Professional Associations

AIChE

American Chemical Society

Institution of Chemical Engineers