<p>This might be a stupid question because I know ChemE is so diverse, but...</p>
<p>1) How relevent to ChemE is taking a upper-division chemistry class about nanotechnology and intro to material science?</p>
<p>2) Or doing research assistance with DNA prep, gene cloning, PCR?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Hey there, I’m a junior in chemical engineering.</p>
<p>1) Those kinds of classes can usually count for ChE elective requirements, depending on the program. For instance, I’ve been taking upper-division biochemistry and bioengineering courses as electives for ChE.</p>
<p>2) Very relevant. I’m currently taking a class, ChE 130: Biomolecular Engineering, where we do just that. I also do research in a ChE lab where I’m basically engineering proteins to incorporate non-natural amino acids into cellular proteins using the methods you just described above.</p>
<p>I’d be happy to answer any more “stupid” questions.</p>
<p>To add my 2 cents to point 2), that’s just amazing that ChemE can be applied to Bio’s genetic engineering too!</p>
<p>Bump because I have more questions :)</p>
<p>How are followings topics relevant to chemical engineering?</p>
<p>1) Condensed matter physics (solids, liquids, gels and plasma), semiconductors, insulators and superconductors</p>
<p>2) Three laws of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, Canonical ensemble, partition function, equipartition theorem and Maxwell velocity distribution. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>