化学和生化工程师将工程原理与数学，化学，生物科学和物理学知识相结合，以开发和操作将原材料转化为对国际社会有益的产品的过程。化学工程依靠化学反应和物理化学转化来生产各种各样的重要材料和产品。例如，生化工程师可能会开发和操作大量生产抗生素的过程，或者生产从软饮料中的高果糖玉米糖浆到重组人胰岛素的产品。化学和生化工程师学会了道德设计并尊重任何设计中的较大问题，例如社区健康，员工安全以及设计的全球意义。爱荷华州的课程侧重于化学过程安全性和环保意识的化学工程设计。
Chemical Engineering involves the industrial application of chemicals to new inventions or to improve the world. Chemical engineers use microbes to produce pharmaceuticals and chemicals, develop new sources of energy, create artificial organs, and design the next generation of polymers. Chemical and biochemical engineers combine engineering principles with knowledge of mathematics, chemistry, biological sciences, and physics to develop and operate processes that convert raw materials into products that benefit the global community.<br><br>Chemical Engineering relies on chemical reactions and physicochemical transformations to produce a wide variety of important materials and products. For example, biochemical engineers might develop and operate processes to mass-produce an antibiotic or generate products ranging from high fructose corn syrup in soft drinks to recombinant human insulin.