William G. Lowrie化学和生物分子工程学系的化学工程计划教育工程师设计，开发和操作化学过程，从而可以经济安全地生产化学药品，石油产品，食品，药品和消费品。产品和工艺必须环保且安全。化学工程过程通常涉及化学反应和分离，以生产出更多有用和有价值的产品。化工专业的学生研究材料的组成，能量含量或聚集状态的变化，并考虑物质本质及其性质（化学）的基本原理，作用在物质上的力（物理学）以及它们之间的关系（数学）。化学工程与化学的不同之处在于化学工程对化学反应和分离的商业应用以及设计，操作和控制工艺的重视。另
The chemical engineering program in the William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering educates engineers to design, develop and operate chemical processes by which chemicals, petroleum products, food, pharmaceuticals and consumer goods can be produced economically and safely. Products and processes must be environmentally friendly and safe. Chemical engineering processes usually involve chemical reactions and separations to produce more useful and valuable products. Chemical engineering students study changes in the composition, energy content or state of aggregation of materials and take into consideration the fundamentals of the nature of matter and its properties (chemistry), the forces that act on matter (physics), and the relationships between them (mathematics). Chemical engineering differs from chemistry in its emphasis on commercial applications of chemical reactions and separations and techniques for designing, operating and controlling processes. Chemistry, on the other hand, emphasizes development of new compounds that may become useful products and the determination of their structures and properties.