Chemical Engineering Honors Overview Mustafa Akbulut

The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering 205,000 gross ft2 Seven stories 127 offices for students, faculty, and staff 88 research and teaching facilities 6 general classrooms 4 computer labs $38 Million to construct

What do Chemical Engineers do? Laboratory Scale Industrial Scale Chemical Engineers

Core Areas of Chemical Engineering Material and Energy Balances Chemical Reactions Fluid Flow

Core Areas of Chemical Engineering Heat Operations Mass Transfer Process Design

Which Industries Hire Chemical Engineers? Bulk Chemicals Specialty Chemicals Oil and Gas Pharmaceuticals Electronics Food and Beverage Consumer Products Process Design and Operations Paper and Pulp Automotive Finance

How Much do Chemical Engineers Make? Undergraduate Major Average Salary Total Workforce Chemical Engineering $105,524 68,146 Mechanical Engineering $85,633 276,685 Electrical and Electronics Engineering $97,092 204,311 Biomedical Engineering $84,404 18,390 Civil Engineering $90,160 349,547 Computer Science and Engineering $85,018 422,435 Industrial Engineering $82,576 205,590 Chemist $81,870 84,400 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018 Data

Employment of Chemical Engineers by State Texas has the MOST number of chemical engineering jobs in the US Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Why are Chemical Engineers so Highly Sought After? An undergraduate degree in chemical engineering provides: Knowledge of engineering, mathematics, and science (especially chemistry) The capability for analyzing and optimizing complex systems The capacity to work over a wide range of scales, from molecular to industrial An understanding of the importance of safety and sustainability

Unique Features of CHEN at Texas A&M University Close connection with industry Stable job market in Texas Student organizations (AIChE, OXE) Undergraduate research emphasis (CHEN 491) Leadership career path

Where do Texas A&M CHEN Graduates Work?

Where do Texas A&M CHEN Graduates Work?

Where do Texas A&M CHEN Graduates Work (Last 5 Year)? Company Revenue (Billion) Air Liquide $16.4 Air Products $82.6 Albenarle $2.6 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) $5.3 BASF $35.0 Bayer AG $64.5 BP $244.0 Celanese $5.4 Chevron $141.0 Chicago Bridge & Iron Company $6.7 Chevron Phillips $13.4 Conoco Phillips $29.1 Dow $48.2 Eastment Chemicals $9.7 Exxon Mobil $237.1 Fluor $19.5 Frito-Lay $15.8 Formasa Plastics $7.3 Halliburton $20.6 Company Revenue (Billion) Hess Corporation $5.5 Hexion $3.6 HP $52.1 Intel Corp $59.4 L'Oreal $26.0 Lyondell $29.2 Mustang Engineering $5.4 Occidental Petroleum $12.5 Rockwell Collins $6.8 Rohm and Haas $8.9 Schlumberger $27.8 Shell $305.0 Siemens $83.0 Technip $10.7 Texas Instruments $15.0 Toyota North America $10.6 Total Petrochemical $172.0 Valero Energy $94.0 Worley Parsons $4.4

Chemical Engineering Honors Requirements Honors Credit Hours Completion of at least 18 honors credits (undergraduate honors courses with HNR prefix or graduate courses) in courses from any ENGR or science department At least 12 ENGR honor credits ENGR 181H A minimum of 4 credits and a maximum of 6 credits of CHEN 491H  Max 2 hours of 485H (no more than 6 credits of 485H and 491H combined) At most 3 honors credits can come from S/U coursework No more than 6 credits of graduate courses registered for graduate credit (no limit on the number of graduate courses applied to the undergraduate degree) Other Cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 (GPA of at least 3.25 in honors courses) No grade lower than a B in the required honors courses No honor code violation  Non-Academic Requirements EH-Advising: Meet with the EH-CHEN Track Coordinator during each academic year EH-Activity: Participate in at least one EH program approved activity (marked with an * on the calendar) each regular semester EH-Annual Report: Submit an annual EH report in May of each year

Sample Plan for EH Students in the CHEN Track Year Sample CHEN Honors Course Plan Freshman ENGR 102H – Engineering Lab I Computation – 2 credits ENGR 216H – Experimental Physics and Engineering Lab II - 2 credits ENGR 181H – Engineering Honors Seminar - 1 credit Sophomore CHEN 204H – Elementary Chemical Engineering - 3 credits CHEN 205H – Chemical Engineering Thermo I - 3 credits Junior CHEN 304H – Chemical Engineering Fluid Ops - 3 credits   CHEN 320H – Chemical Engineering Analysis - 3 credits CHEN 323H – Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer Operations - 3 credits Senior CHEN 491H – Research (1-3 credits)

EHCC Contact in Chemical Engineering: Mustafa Akbulut makbulut@tamu.edu