1. Chemical Engineering Honors Overview
Mustafa Akbulut

2. 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

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

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

5. Core Areas of Chemical Engineering
Heat Operations
Mass Transfer
Process Design

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. Where do Texas A&M CHEN Graduates Work?

12. Where do Texas A&M CHEN Graduates Work?

13. 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

20. 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

21. 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)

23. EHCC Contact in Chemical Engineering:
Mustafa Akbulut