chemical engineering
noun
: engineering dealing with the industrial application of chemistry
chemical engineer
noun
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William Tarpeh, senior author of the study and assistant professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, said the project focuses on turning waste into opportunity.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
The chemicals in these reactions have very high energy densities and are easily transported; however, chemical engineering challenges have prevented this form of storage from being used outside the laboratory.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
After leaving her chemical engineering career in 2014 to travel, Leeth explored various countries in Asia and South America before settling in Quito, Ecuador, as an English teacher.
—Essence, 28 July 2025
The key difference is that these drugs, due to clever chemical engineering, last in the bloodstream for a solid week, rather than just a single day.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 19 Aug. 2025
The chemicals in these reactions have very high energy densities and are easily transported; however, chemical engineering challenges have prevented this form of storage from being used outside the laboratory.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
After leaving her chemical engineering career in 2014 to travel, Leeth explored various countries in Asia and South America before settling in Quito, Ecuador, as an English teacher.
—Essence, 28 July 2025
The key difference is that these drugs, due to clever chemical engineering, last in the bloodstream for a solid week, rather than just a single day.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for chemical engineering
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“Chemical engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chemical%20engineering. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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