WHAT IS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING?

            Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering widely and versatile  that is concerned with  application and developing of  processes  in the changing of chemical structure, energy containing or physical  situation  of materials. Chemical engineering  is based on chemical, physic, mathematics and biology and directed by economic rules.

            Education of Chemical Engineering can be defined not  only the branch of engineering  concerning to production of chemical compounds but also “synergetic” processes or “Process”  engineering. The ‘process’ of this engineering branch contains design of  all service processes at the interface of Social sciences –technology  of modern technology, production of electronic material , the endproduct and raw material of advanced technology, space tool – device. This  science which has been called as the engineering of synergic events presents various advantages  for a successful technological innovation  in  the most end of the environment- human-technology triangle  giving foremost place  to countries  in the field of information age living .

 

            The postgraduate education and research subjects of the chemical engineering results from main headings such as   Unit Operation, Thermodynamic, Mass Transfer,   Kinetics and Catalysis, Rector Plant , Process Control, Chemical Technologies, Fuel, Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering , Environment etc, and lower cap such as  separation science, multi phase mass transfer , homogenous and heterogeneous reaction kinetics, high temperature kinetics,  plant design supported computer, process system engineering(simulation, optimization and control), particle technology, fissile fuel technology , super critical fluid reaction and separation, product / bioproduct and process/ bioprocess developing, genetic engineering , unit operation and environmental applications and technological waste recycle. All these aim at new industrial production, software development and process design as well as international contribution to engineering science.

 

 

            WHAT IS CHEMICAL ENGINEERING IDENTITY?

 

            A chemical engineering generally designs indispensable  processes and plants in order to conversion to  beneficial and  economic product of laboratory working. Also, he continues in the researching and developing activities  with respect to developing of new technologies in the chemical industries.

 

            For this purpose, a chemical engineering is a trade branch which is  able to  convert to application from these designs, able to process design with using of these information in various applications field, have a necessary and adequate  information about various subjects such as  from raw material to processed material or reactions formed  during production of product , the necessary physicochemical conditions for able to obtain of these reactions, necessary energy, intermediate product formed and its characteristics, “Unit Operation “ and “Basic Processes”  during the production, and economies.

 

            The chemical engineering working  in specific industrial operation  is responsible technical personal from general and  individually operating  of unit processes  such as  raw material-product, production - quality control, plant - operating, chemical waste – treatment relations and environmental production.  The units which can be responsible from operation and control and met of a chemical engineering in industrial organization is listed below:

            -General operation and management of industrial organization,

            -Production process,

            -Contributing units,

                        *Water, air, and steam production and  distribution

                        *Energy production and distribution

                        *Deposing, carrying and supplying of raw material

                        *Control and measurement  of process variables

                        *Regular control and research - development laboratories

                        *Quality control units  and ISO standards workings

                        *Carrying and depositing of products

                        *Water treatment  for process and waste treatment for environment

                        *Safety and productive measures against fire

            -Economic analysis.

 

 

            WHICH AREAS DO CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGS WORK?

 

            The working area of chemical engineering is very extensive. The organization giving the employees opportunity for a chemical engineering can be listed as  chemical process industrial organization ( plant and operations), public and state organization and institution, private sectors, universities, laboratories, import-export offices etc. The main chemical process industries giving  the most employees opportunity for a chemical engineering can be listed as textile, pigment, cement, brick, glass, ceramic,  refractor, paper, plastic, rubber, synthetic fiber, petroleum refinery, petrochemicals, fertilizer, water, sugar, oil, medicine, detergent, soap, and the others  cleanness materials, cosmetic, metal and alloy. 

 

 

            GENEL INFORMATION ABOUT DEPARTMENT

 

            Cumhuriyet University -Department of Chemical Engineering was founded by senatorial resolution with dating of  09.03.1993 and no of 93/5 and by Faculty Decision with dating of  20.03.1993 and no of  93/11 and had begun formal education with 30 students  in 1994-1995 training- teaching  and then begun second education with 40 students in 2002-2003 training- teaching.

 

            In the department there are 16 lecturer containing 2 professors, 1 associated professors, 5 assistance professors as well as 1 Azerbaijan assistance professor, 8 research    assistances, 2 chemist experts,  1 electronic- electric technician. In department there are still 354 students. The first graduates in department were given  in 1997-1998 training- teaching.            

 

            As a stated above, 4 Research assistances were commissioned to  Ph.D working with 35. items of no : 25247 in accordance with YOK decision at Ankara University(1), at Hacettepe University(2) and at METU(1). In addition, The our department has 6 Ms. D students. But, Ph.D program has  yet not begun in our department.

 

             With supplied extra allowance in 1997 financial year all student laboratories containing all experimental setups and research laboratories (KÝMAL) were founded. At the moment, the department of chemical engineering has been continued four-years training- teaching definitely with lectures, classrooms, and laboratories. 

 

            The more  lessons and laboratories for  initial 2 years of license program have been continued by lectures of  Scientific Faculty- Department of Chemistry. The all engineering lessons have been continued by lectures of Chemical,  Civil and Mechanic engineering in Engineering Faculty. However, Department of chemical engineering have now enough lectures for all engineering lessons.

 

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