Editing Chemical engineering (section)

{{Short description|Engineering discipline focused on the operation and design of chemical plants}}
[[Image:Colonne distillazione.jpg|thumb|Chemical engineers design, construct, and operate process plants, such as these  [[fractionating column]]s.]]
'''Chemical engineering''' is an [[engineering]] field which deals with the study of the operation and design of [[chemical plant]]s as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials into useful products. Chemical engineering uses principles of [[chemistry]], [[physics]], [[mathematics]], [[biology]], and [[economics]] to efficiently use, produce, design, transport and transform energy and materials. The work of chemical engineers can range from the utilization of [[nanotechnology]] and [[nanomaterials]] in the laboratory to large-scale industrial processes that convert chemicals, raw materials, living cells, microorganisms, and energy into useful forms and products. Chemical engineers are involved in many aspects of plant design and operation, including safety and hazard assessments, [[process engineering|process design]] and analysis, [[modeling and simulation|modeling]], [[control engineering]], [[chemical reaction engineering]], [[nuclear engineering]], [[biological engineering]],  construction specification, and operating instructions.

Chemical engineers typically hold a degree in Chemical Engineering or [[Process engineering|Process Engineering]]. Practicing engineers may have professional certification and be accredited members of a professional body. Such bodies include the [[Institution of Chemical Engineers]] (IChemE) or the [[American Institute of Chemical Engineers]] (AIChE). A degree in chemical engineering is directly linked with all of the other engineering disciplines, to various extents.