>"chemical" "engineering" more like glorified

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More like taking the hard work of chemists and making it practical

>>8493305
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>>8493305
chemical engineers engineer chemicals

>>8493314
Plumbing is, indeed, practical

>>8493305
They engineered the plastic in shopping bags so that one day you could tie one over your head

>>8493332
>this is what process engineers ACTUALLY tell themselves to feel better about their shitty jobs

>>8493334
t. mechanical engineer dedicating his life to perfecting a bolt

>>8493337
t. totally not a plumber

>>8493305
If you aren't an EE or maybe CE then you're nothing. Next.

>>8493332
holy shit OP absolutely
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>>8493845
Software Engineering master race :^)

>>8493314
what is this thing called

>>8493911
what thing?

>>8493911
Amphetamine

>>8493845
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>>8494952
Materials is pretty much the real chemical engineering, not process engineering plumbing shit. It's applied chemistry in every sense.

chem engies are superior to mech and aero, but not to electrical engie. they make more, but don't have as many jobs

civil engies are not engineers. computer engineers are not engineers

chem engies are pretty cool in my book

t. physics grad student

>>8494952
>>8494953

this. materials chemistry + materials engineering are the shit.

>>8495001
how do you get into materials if you're EE?

>>8494953
Except for actual applied chemistry. Chemical Engineering isn't all pipes and tubes, there is a lot more stuff going on in academia.

Chemical engineers love chemist and chemistry, and chemist at least tolerate chemical engineers. Stop spreading the hate.

>>8493334
the majority of engineering jobs are shitty and boring
unless you went to an elite school and land a business job
you will be sitting in a shitty office factory with a bunch of ugly nerd types
and a few ugly females

engineering board is that way
>>>/hm/

>>8495025
Im not sure about American universities, but many UK unis offer materials masters for students with EE MechE AreoE and CE degrees. Of course there's also the option to specialise in electrical materials

reposting from previous thread

Give it to me straight. What I really want to do is specialize in materials, but I want a more general engineering degree so I don't get pigeon-holed into one field in case things go south. Can I accomplish that with a ChemEng or EE route?

And of course, how shittier is ChemEng in job prospects? I've heard and read a lot of bad things about how things are looking for ChemEng grads during this time, from here, other forums, and from actual graduating students. It's just down to these two majors, and I'm confused after seeing so much dicksucking for ChemEng.

>>8495883
Do EE, it's harder and more theory-based than ChemE

pipes and tubes are actually pretty fucking cool

>>8496973
so are dump trucks

>engineering

Medfag here. Can someone gimme a genuine explanation as to why chemE is so highly regarded? Or any chemistry for that matter? It seems to me that any competent physicist would be perfectly able to cope with anything which might come up in a chem subject, and would be able to absorb and apply such information much faster if he's already done pure physics. Chemistry just seems like application of physics in a large but relatively smaller field. In much the same was as biology is just physics, maths, and chemistry application.

>>8499238
Stupid post. A physicist will have no controls training, process control, or chemical plant and process design. Is a physicist just going to design a chemical plant with no training?

No one thinks chemeng is highly regarded, as most jobs are in shitty plants or refineries. The petrochem industry is shit to work in. My friend went to Stanford is normal/white and landed a sweet job at a hedge fund in Manhattan, but he went to an elite school.

>>8499351
I'm obviously talking about a physicist who goes on to do the necessary education (BEng or MEng if feasible). But I'm talking purely about intellectual rigor. The point I was trying to make was that the vast majority of physicists would be able to apply themselves to chemeng with the inclination, by building upon their foundation of physics. But I find it difficult to believe the same number of chemengs could necessarily apply themselves to physics based on their foundation of chem. If you take out the practicality of not wanting to do two undergrads or an undergrad and masters for people who actually want to work in chemeng, would there be any other advantage to choosing chemeng over physics?

>>8499387
That's kind of a stupid argument. You're essentially just saying all fields are stupid cause a physicist could do it.

>>8499421
I can see how it looks that way. But wherever I look and whoever I talk to in academia, there seems to be a level of 'prestige' surrounding Chemical Engineering which differentiates it from other fields. I have a few friends studying various physics discplines at traditionally hardcore physics unis, and even they mention the same thing with regard to chemE. That led me to believe there must be something special about it, perhaps in terms of academic rigor in comparison to physics (which I would probably consider the benchmark). Or is it just a meme subject at the moment?

>>8499433
Makes you sound smart, also highest paying jobs straight out of Uni

Should I take a course on physical chemistry just out of academic curiosity, and because, duh, most of stuff revolves around chem.

t. mech eng student.

>>8499433
It's just a longer degree with a lot of irrelevant shit tagged onto it, which makes it more difficult. Most rigorous IMO are physics, physchem, EE, and ChemE.

t. pchem major at a very good school

>>8500315
pchem is basically just physics, but it's pretty fantastic all the same. If you can handle it, go for it.

>>8500594
Didn't do much of the basics in chem, but if it leans heavily on physics might as well as be up to it.