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School of Engineering Blog

School of Engineering Blog

A blog for students, staff, alumni and friends of the School of Engineering.

Category: Chemical Engineering

People working as a group around a table with paper and pens

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Mozamel, third year BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering  As part of my third year degree programme in chemical engineering, we were tasked with making a short report and video about a process plant accident case study as a group of five, with two weeks to complete the assignment.   In this project we investigated in […]

Freya in the Catalysis Laboratory

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Freya, fourth year, MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering Every year, the School of Engineering advertises many different internship opportunities. These opportunities span all engineering disciplines, with some even open to people from multiple degree programmes. Last summer, I was lucky enough to secure one of these internships and here I will talk briefly about my […]

Claire outside Technip FMC in Aberdeen

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Claire, fourth year, BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering As I entered my third year, one goal that I had in mind was to secure an internship with an engineering company for the summer. The motivation behind this was to gain work experience before graduating, to prepare myself before entering the workforce and have a feel […]

Liquid chromatography

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ewa, fourth year, BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering The summer is fast approaching, and you may be wondering how to spend this time. There are many possibilities to use these months, including doing a placement or internship. But you may be wondering: is it worth the effort? Let me share my experience of a summer internship […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Ewa, fourth year, BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering “What is chemical engineering?” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this question. It is probably the second most common reaction when I tell someone what I’m studying. The only thing that I hear more often is “Oh, so basically chemistry!” Being honest, I also […]

Aerial view of the King's Buildings campus

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Freya, fourth year, MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering Before starting university, I had no idea what engineering students did all day! Or even that their day-to-day activities might vary throughout the years. So now, as a fourth year, I have decided to write a short post outlining the typical activities of a chemical engineering student […]

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