Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical sciences and life sciences with the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms. In addition, modern chemical engineers are also concerned with pioneering valuable new materials and related techniques – which are often essential to related fields such as nanotechnology and biomedical engineering. Advancements in biochemical engineering found application in the pharmaceutical industry, and allowed for the mass production of various antibiotics, including penicillin and streptomycin
