Chemical Engineering — the First 100 Years

摘要: Publisher Summary The early pioneers of chemical engineering in the last two decades 19th century were concerned to establish a new profession support needs rapidly growing industry. This discipline and developed as industry itself grew demand from society for products Early practitioners engineering, emerging university courses years 20th century, quickly found employment not only those sectors that had originally served define need, but also other parts process industries. conceptual basis based on “unit operations,” enabled burgeoning distinctive industrial or applied chemistry mechanical engineering. chapter discusses future will try ensure realizes its full potential broadest most scientific disciplines. threat “opportunity overload” is engineers lose focus, contact with their roots, they deal an evergrowing range challenges.