Chemical Engineering

Mission

The chemical engineering program educates technological leaders by preparing them for the conception, synthesis, design, testing, scale-up, operation, control and optimization of industrial chemical processes that impact our well being.  

Objectives

The chemical engineers who complete the Stevens cirriculum:

• Offer approaches to solutions of engineering problems that cut across traditional professional and scientific boundaries;
• Use modern tools of information technology on a wide range of problems;
• Contribute in a professional and ethical manner to chemical engineering projects in process or product development and design;
• Perform as effective team members, team leaders and communicators;
  
• Participate in lifelong learning in a global economy;
  
• Demonstrate awareness of  health, safety and environmental issues and the role of technology in society.

Our students are employed in commodity chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food and consumer products, fuels and electronics industries, as well as, in government  laboratories.  Also, our students attend graduate schools with international reputations in chemical engineering.