Welcome to ChE Links from Dr.
Bernhard Spang. Dr. Spang has brought this extensive collection of chemical
engineering links from his site at About.com. We're happy to have this collection
now available on The Chemical Engineers' Resource Page.
A Chemical Engineering Timeline
History of chemical engineering from the opening of America's first chemical plant in 1635 to the Oklahoma City bomb in 1995.
http://www.pafko.com/history//h_time.html
Engineering Case Studies
Collection of information on real engineering projects for use in engineering education.
http://www.civeng.carleton.ca/ECL/
Engineering, Invention & Technology
Article by John E. Shepler, what do engineers really do?
http://www.johnshepler.com/articles/engineering.html
EngineeringK12 Center
A guide for high school students from the American Society for Engineering Education.
http://www.engineeringk12.org/
FAQ on What Engineers Are and Do
A summary about what engineering is and the difference between engineering and science, by Ron Graham.
http://www.tcnj.edu/~rgraham/whatare.html
GetTech.org - Chemical Engineer
Short introduction to the work and education of chemical engineers.
http://www.gettech.org/txt/career_desc_txt.asp?job_id=29&cat_id=5
Greatest Engineering Achievements
From the National Academy of Engineering, the top 20 achievements of the 20th century and their history.
http://www.greatachievements.org/
How Batteries Work
Introduction to battery chemistry and construction on a basic level. One of the many
articles from the How Stuff Works series by
Marshall Brain that explains technical topics.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm
What is a Chemical Engineer?
A very good introduction for those who do not yet know what a chemical engineer is and what he does.
http://www.pafko.com/history//h_whatis.html
What is Chemical Engineering?
Introduction to Chemical Engineering, the skills and training of chemical engineers and description of how chemists and chemical engineers work together to put
chemistry into practice.
http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/2002/MartinPeck/index.html
whynotchemeng
IChemE's careers website giving an introduction to chemical engineering and what chemical engineers do.
http://www.whynotchemeng.com/