Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Approaches, Observations, and Outlooks

Soumya Mekalwar*, Kailas L. Wasewar**, Asha Upwanshi W***
*Officer Trainee, HPCL Visakh Refinery, Visakapatnam, India.
**Associate Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India.
***Assistant Director,Department of Horticulture and Food Processing, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, India.
Periodicity:November - January'2016
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.11.2.4818

Abstract

Chemical Engineering is the distinct branch of the Engineering profession. Chemical engineering activity is mainly concerned with the exploitation of chemical reactions on commercial scales. Chemistry is one of the basic and important subjects to build the best chemical engineers. The basic aim of the present work is to understand the 3rd year chemical engineering students’ approaches, observations and outlooks towards chemistry and chemical engineering subjects they learnt. They learn 3-4 chemistry subjects in 1st year and 2nd year of chemical engineering and almost all major chemical engineering subjects. Certain questionnaire was formulated to collect the respective data. The data of 64 students of chemical engineering have been collected and analyzed with respect to their experience of chemistry learnt in the first and second year of chemical engineering and its concerns for chemical engineering. The results are presented in terms of bar charts and exhuastively interpreted. Overall, the results suggest that, the students’ experience for urban students is better than the rural student in all aspects. Further, more specific teaching – learning system should be developed to create the interest of the students in chemistry and so on chemical engineering.

Keywords

Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Approaches, Observations, Outlooks

How to Cite this Article?

Mekalwar, S., Wasewar, K.L., and Upwanshi, W. A. (2016). Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: Approaches, Observations, and Outlooks. i-manager’s Journal on Future Engineering and Technology, 11(2), 10-19. https://doi.org/10.26634/jfet.11.2.4818

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