Skip to main content

Understanding the Educational and Career Pathways of Engineers (2018) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

Appendix B: Glossary of Engineering Fields
Pages 149-150

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 149...
... Chemical engineers design nearly all of the equipment and processes needed for various types of manufacturing plants. Chemical engineers are also involved in developing pollution control processes and equipment, and construction and operations of manufacturing facilities.
Read the entire page →
From page 150...
... Petroleum engineers also are involved in developing and using increasingly sophisticated recovery methods to obtain economical supplies of oil and natural gas. Plastics engineering and polymer science is concerned with the production of non-metallic synthetic polymers, with the goal of optimizing the process and achieving desired properties of the manufactured material.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • polymer science
  • chemical engineers
  • information science
  • computer information
  • science programs

  • care instruments
  • fuel processing
  • nuclear engineering
  • civil engineer
  • obtain economical

  • create techniques
  • protection facilities
  • engineering techniques
  • plastics engineering
  • facilities relating

  • control processes
  • using increasingly
  • energy sources
  • agricultural engineers
  • design nearly

  • biomedical engineering
  • constructed facilities
  • synthetic polymers
  • emphasize arrangement
  • pollution control

  • civil engineering
  • engineering merge
  • built environment
  • engineering deals
  • electrical energy


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.