What does a Chemical Engineer do for living?

Imagine you are computer engineer and are dating a girl who is neither an engineer, nor does she know much about the engineering profession in general. (Of course, most nerds won’t like to date such a dumb unless she is a real bomb-shell!) Suddenly she throws in a jerk, “So Mr. Computer Engineer, what do you do? Do you make computers in your office?” First, you would try to swallow the moment, then would think of explaining her about your profession, but then give up admitting that there is no point in giving her a space ride. Well, such occasions come in every engineer’s life. Earlier when most people didn’t know much about engineering profession, they would often call a mechanical engineer friend to ask him what could be wrong with their car; or an electronics engineer to find what went wrong with their radio. Normally people don’t understand other professions as much they do their own; they tend to limit their horizons with time. Or simply, like in many case, they don’t want to ...  more