Go to the American Society of mechanical engineers (asme) and the society of chemical engineers I’m sure they have research and data. It’s just as easy to find for you as it is for the rest of us
A more updated link(2013-2014):
http://www.asee.org/papers-and-publications/publications/14_11-47.pdf
new figures are balanced too. i think the information that there are 3k job oportunities for mech and electrical and 1k for chemical are true. prospects should be in that way.
You could fret over getting the right numbers. But a more useful predictor would probably be the job placement rates for the schools/programs that you are considering.
I took a quick look and the unemployment rate of life sciences is about 7 percent, compsci and math, around 4, mech engineer around 3 and chemical engineer is around 2. The sources may not be reliable as it was just taken from the blurb on google, but I don’t think there’s a paucity of opportunity for chemical engineer, even compared to other engineers
ChemE is strongly geographically concentrated since work in the field is centered around large infrastructure that processes chemicals. A lot of these industries happen to be declining - manufacturing, pulp and paper, industrial chemical production, etc., as electronic components and software tend to make them obsolete (because let’s face it, chemicals are dirty). Oil and gas are still profitable and unlikely to vanish soon, but we all know how the price of oil can fall from $150 to $50 a barrel in an instant and render many O&G projects unviable.
ChemEs do have a decent chance in other industries as well, and they used to be called “universal engineers” by many. That concept has long since faded because there are more than enough engineers within a given field to recruit from - employers aren’t hurting for engineers save for perhaps due to their own ineptitude at recruiting. That said, it’s very possible to use your general physics, process design, and math knowledge to work in related fields. Though if you go that route, you might as well just pick a different major anyways.
So in short, BLS predictions of solid salaries, stagnant growth are more or less on point.
Chem E’s do air quality as well, and there is a great need for that.
Please, posters, state what part of the world you are in/will be working in in your first post, or even better, thread title. You will get non-relevant comments otherwise.
Out of curiosity, Noobdotaci, if you are not going to be working in the US, why are you very interested in the (United States) Bureau of Labor Statistics data about the state of affairs in the US?
And food, and plastics, and a lot of material science work, and many niche industries as well. Could be worse, could certainly be a lot better. Personally, I found my math education (CS-focused) to be a lot more useful than my ChemE one, and it led to far more interesting prospects.
Chem E’s also work in manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, design and construction, pulp and paper, petrochemicals, food processing, specialty chemicals, microelectronics, electronic and advanced materials, polymers, business services, biotechnology, and environmental health and safety industries. Lots of opportunities out there.
Because I am attending the best university in Turkey and i want to work in U.S. %25 of students of my university go to U.S and find jobs at there.
Can we just return to our topic please guys ? What is the broadness proportion ? like i said i think it is
3x mech
3x elect
1x chem.
Are there any useful information or documentary that can help us to solve the problem ?
Solve what problem? Your question had been addressed.
Why are you always so aggresive ?
I think we have pretty well covered that there is no surefire way to know the answer to your question.