Obtaining a Degree in Chemical Engineering

In this experiment, 4 grams of peeled turnip was used to prepare the enzyme extract opposed to the 1 gram of turnip suggested by Fundamentals of Life Science. Along with the change to the amount of turnip used, the amount of 0.1M phosphate buffer used to prepare the enzyme extract was changed from 50mL to 30mL. The affect of temperature on enzyme activity was not

The purpose of this course is to provide the fundamental knowledge of the effects of environmental chemicals on living systems, and the toxic responses of the human and plant systems. Students will discuss risk, ethics, and social responsibility with regard to environmental toxicology.

These results shown from this experiment led us to conclude that enzymes work best at certain pH rates. For this particular enzyme, pH 7 worked best. When compared to high levels of pH, the lower levels worked better. The wrong level of pH can denature enzymes; therefore finding the right level is essential. The independent variable was the amount of pH, and the dependent being the rate of oxygen. The results are reliable as they are reinforced by the fact that enzymes typically work best at neutral pH

I will build upon the technical writing skills I learned in junior lab to write the assignments in this course. Knowledge from fluids, heat and mass, separations, reactors, and thermodynamics will all be used to design chemical processes. The basic box and arrow diagrams that were first learned in CHE211 will be expanded in this course to develop process flow diagrams. These skills will be used to meet the instructor’s goals of using compositions and flows to determine process equipment size, its corresponding cost, flow diagrams, and how to synthesize the

Enzymes are central to every biochemical process. Due to their high specificity they are capable of catalyzing hundreds of reactions that signifies their vast practical importance.

The motive of this lab is to attain a better understanding of enzyme activity by timing chemical reactions in certain temperatures and pH levels. Enzymes act as catalysts that help speed up reactions. Without these enzymes chemical reactions in metabolism would be backed up. There are two factors that affect an enzyme’s reaction rate: temperature and pH levels. In this label we will be testing different pH levels and temperatures to see which ones cause the most reactions.

At TAMU to become a chemical engineer, you will work in the engineering department. A chemical engineer works with chemicals, materials, and energy combined with physics. If interested in engineering, it is important that you take these high school courses: Biology, Calculus, Computer Science, Electronics, Engineering, and Geometry. Chemical engineers make around $58,830 a year to $154,840 a year. As a chemical engineer, you can work in multiple industries: Design and Construction, Electronics, Energy and fuels. Setting up a career plan with TAMU may entitle you to a good job in the future. For example, a job at Hershey. This Career path is great for making money and is not hard on you in college. In America, we are short thousands of engineers. This means that you will have a great acceptance rate at careers in engineering in the future.

Canadian universities offer programs in chemistry and chemical engineering at undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels, and eight Canadian university rank among the top 200 universities for chemistry.21 Canada has expertise in chemicals and plastics research with a number of specialized

While reflecting on the course I was able to look back and see all of the interesting, unusual, and surprising things I personally learned. Most importantly, this course was very interesting because it was informative and valuable for my future endeavors. I was able to take three general objectives in the course and apply them to any career of choice. These objectives include the distinguishing of pathways and mechanisms of the uptake of toxicants, the analysis of environmental toxicology of organic, inorganic, and metal compounds, and the synthesis of knowledge of toxicological principles to conduct environmental risk assessments. In addition, these principles are included in the many job descriptions for a variety of positions in the environmental science field. Furthermore, this source was interesting because of the articles and journals we researched that allowed us to apply the

The use of multiple test tubes and Parafilm was used for each experiment. Catechol, potato juice, pH 7 phosphate buffer, and stock potato extract 1:1 will be used to conduct the following experiments: temperature effect on enzyme activity, the effect of pH on enzyme action, the effect of enzyme concentration, and the effect of substrate concentration on enzyme activity. For the temperature effect on enzyme activity, three test tube were filled with three ml of pH 7 phosphate buffer and each test tube was labels 1.5 degrees Celsius, 20 °C, and 60 °C. The first test tube was placed in an ice-water bath, the second test tube was left at room temperature, and the third test tube was placed in approximately 60°C of warm water. After filling the test tubes with three ml of the

This process of manufacturing and my eventual love for mathematics and the sciences enthralled me into engineering to better improve the method of production of all products being commercial or military. The concept of discovering new, or refining old techniques have always interested me. The discipline of Chemical Engineering had been sparked in me during the years of high school and the application of physics and chemistry and the new theories that have arisen. The idea to research a better combustion engine or any engine at all, the production of the next big technological based material called graphene that has not yet had a very good production method for large, high quality sheets and other underlying enigmas in chemical engineering have aroused a mighty interest into this

In this lab or experiment, the aim was to determine the following factors of enzymes: (1) the effects of enzymes concentration the catalytic rate or the rate of the reaction, (2) the effects of pH on a particular enzyme, an enzyme known and referred throughout this experiment as ALP (alkaline phosphate enzyme) and lastly (3) the effects of various temperatures on the reaction or catalytic rate. Throughout the experiment 8 separate cuvettes and tubes are mixed with various solutions (labeled as tables 1,3 & 4 in the apparatus/materials sections of the lab) and tested for the effects of the factors mentioned above (concentration, pH and temperature). The tubes labeled 1-4 are tested for pH with pH paper and by spectrophotometer, cuvettes 1a-4a was tested for concentration and cuvettes labeled 1b-4b was tested for temperature in four different atmospheric conditions (4ºC, 23ºC, 32ºC and 60ºC) to see how the enzyme solution was affected by the various conditions. After carrying out the procedures the results showed that the experiment followed the theory for the most part, which is that all the factors work best at its optimum level. So, the optimum pH that the enzymes reacted at was a pH of 7 (neutral), the optimum temperature that the reactions occurs with the enzymes is a temperature of 4ºC or

Out of so many branches of courses in science and engineering, Chemical Engineering has caught my eye. I strongly believe that our world in the future needs more Chemical engineer due to its unsustainable development. Our world today has made many modern inventions which lead to a more comfortable life than what it was before. Skyscrapers, transportation, mobile phones and thousands of sophisticated machines were invented to make life worth living. However, most people neglect the downside which may occur due to those

The idea of seeing a project come to life is what provokes my desire to become an engineer. In the past, engineers have created the greatest historic innovations such as health technology. My passion for chemical engineering is seeing how the fundamental theories of Chemistry, Physics and Math can be applied to create an innovative industry. In very concrete ways, engineers

I particularly love experimenting with the challenges involved in understanding Chemistry. The different aspects of Chemistry, as well as the continually changing requirements of our society, fascinate me. I wish to build up my career as a renowned researcher and participate in the cutting-edge research in the field of Chemistry. I also dream to have hundreds of publications in conferences and Journals with high impact factor. I believe that pursuing higher studies will be the best way for me to start the journey towards my goal. Moreover, the Ph.D. degree would not only extend my understanding of what I have learned until now but also help me to develop my career as an academician in future. A doctoral degree could help me to train up myself in finding; evaluating and documenting a research problem in a methodical way that I need most to become an organized and meticulous researcher in future. In every society, doctorates are widely recognized as exceptional talents and intellectual elites since they can have a significant contribution to the world through their research on analyzing the existing problems and finding feasible solutions.