SChemE BUE

SChemE BUE SChemE is a society that aims to further improve chemical engineering students professionally and so

It aims to achieve the following academic and entertainment goals:

Academic:
- Gain confidence and trust about the specialty of Chemical Engineering.
- Widen our knowledge and put it into practice
- Develop the BUEian Chemical Engineers
- Gain new skills: software, communication/social, leadership, and academic skills
- Review state-of-the-art Chemical Engineering with up-to-date knowledge
- Expo

sure of the undergraduates to international organizations (Institutional membership/student exchange)
- Arranging courses (professional and summer courses)
- Upgrading senior students’ qualifications (submitting a CV and acing an interview)
- Search for employment opportunities
- Open IChemE student chapter
- Attend international competitions and conferences
- Induction for prep. students (Social Chemistry of Chemical Engineering)
- Chemical Engineering magazine

Did you Know: #14
01/04/2019

Did you Know: #14

Fun Fact: #13
21/03/2019

Fun Fact: #13

History: #12The term engineering itself has a much more recent etymology, deriving from the word engineer, dating back ...
19/03/2019

History: #12

The term engineering itself has a much more recent etymology, deriving from the word engineer, dating back to 1325.
An Engineer (literally operates an engine) was originally referred to as “a constructor of military engines.”
The term engineering is derived from the Latin ingenium, meaning “cleverness” and ingeniare, meaning “to contrive, devise.”

Did you Know: #11Chemical engineers have different duties, some of which are: - Ensure compliance with health, safety, ...
15/03/2019

Did you Know: #11

Chemical engineers have different duties, some of which are:

- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental regulations
- Conduct research to develop new and improved manufacturing processes
- Design and plan the layout of equipment
- Monitor and optimize the performance of production processes
- Estimate production costs for management

Did you Know: #10Some of the most notable inventions of chemical engineers are:- Long lasting alkaline batteries invent...
14/03/2019

Did you Know: #10

Some of the most notable inventions of chemical engineers are:
- Long lasting alkaline batteries invented by Lewis Urry.
- Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), the world's third-most widely produced synthetic plastic polymer invented by Waldo L. Semon.
- The first commercial penicillin production plant designed by Margaret Hutchinson Rousseau.
- Invention of the "Platforming" (Platinum Reforming) process, which led to the production of low cost high octane gasoline, and contributed to development of catalytic converters for automobiles Vladimir Haensel.

Facts: #9Chemical engineering is considered to be a somewhat new discipline, it has existed for less than 150 years but...
12/03/2019

Facts: #9

Chemical engineering is considered to be a somewhat new discipline, it has existed for less than 150 years but chemical engineers have achieved so much during a short time and affected the world in various ways. By making consumer products more available for everyone, chemical engineers have helped improve the quality of our everyday lives.

Did you Know: #8The word "petroleum” meaning “rock oil" originated from Medieval Latin petroleum, which comes from Lati...
09/03/2019

Did you Know: #8

The word "petroleum” meaning “rock oil" originated from Medieval Latin petroleum, which comes from Latin petra for "rock"and oleum for "oil"

Did you Know: #7The word “chemical” originated from chemic "of alchemy" (a worn-down derivative of Medieval Latin alchy...
05/03/2019

Did you Know: #7

The word “chemical” originated from chemic "of alchemy" (a worn-down derivative of Medieval Latin alchymicus).

Did you Know: #6Petroleum engineers usually work in the upstream sector and mainly do the exploration and production of...
28/02/2019

Did you Know: #6
Petroleum engineers usually work in the upstream sector and mainly do the exploration and production of the raw materials while chemical engineers usually work in the downstream sector where they are responsible for refining the crude oil and processing and purifying natural gas to produce useful products from these raw materials.

Did you Know: #5The oil and gas industry is divided into three sectors: Upstream operations which include conducting ge...
26/02/2019

Did you Know: #5
The oil and gas industry is divided into three sectors:

Upstream operations which include conducting geological & geophysical surveys, locating potential oil fields, obtaining permission for drilling, drilling wells and operating them, recovering raw materials.

Midstream operations such as transportation, storage and wholesale marketing.

Downstream operations which include processing raw materials, marketing and distributing products.

Did you Know: #4Petrochemicals are products derived from crude oil and natural gas. Take a look around you, almost ever...
23/02/2019

Did you Know: #4

Petrochemicals are products derived from crude oil and natural gas. Take a look around you, almost everything in the room is made out of petrochemicals as they can be converted into a variety of industrial and consumer products like plastics, fibers, fertilizers, adhesives, paint, rubber, dyes, textiles, medicines, solvents, appliances, solar panels and automobile parts.

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