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From page 12...
... 12 New Directions for Chemical Engineering areas of energy; water, food, and air; health and medicine; manufacturing; materials research; tools development; and beyond, with the goal of connecting U.S. research to points of strength in other countries.
From page 13...
... These changes have affected views on research priorities, education, and the practice of chemical engineering and will continue to do so. PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT At a 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
From page 14...
... Shortly after that meeting, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a major adjustment to the committee's informationgathering plans. In its early deliberative sessions, the committee identified the societal and environmental areas in which chemical engineers have, or are likely to have in the future, the largest impact.
From page 15...
... To provide a framework for the discussion in this report, the committee examined the role of chemical engineering in addressing the key challenges facing society. Several organizations have outlined grand challenges, but the committee chose to organize this report around the areas noted above: energy and the energy transition; water, food, and air; health and medicine; manufacturing and the circular economy; and materials.
From page 16...
... Chapter 6 explores opportunities for chemical engineers to improve the sustainability of manufacturing by advancing the use of flexible feedstocks, process intensification and distributed manufacturing, and the transition from a linear to a circular economy. Specific materials applications are discussed throughout the report, but Chapter 7 describes the role of chemical engineers in discovery science and the development of new materials and materials processes, from the molecular to the macroscopic scale.


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