Introduction to Chemical Engineering | Lecture 1

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Professor Channing Robertson of the Stanford University Chemical Engineering Department gives an introductory lecture, outline, and background for the course.
Introduction to Chemical Engineering (E20) is an introductory course offered by the Stanford University Engineering Department. It provides a basic overview of the chemical engineering field today and delves into the applications of chemical engineering.
Stanford Chemical Engineering Department:
cheme.stanford.edu/
Stanford University:
www.stanford.edu/
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[@BMR86]

I saw this lecture in my first semester of ChemE in 2007... today I am a product development and process engineer for a flexible packaging company 😉 this lecture convinced me I was in the right engineering specialty.. and somehow youtube recommended this to me today.. warms my heart ❤

[@joeking3688]

Did you get a PhD in Chem Eng, if not why didn't you?

[@alensabu5484]

Do I need to do physics in high school to be a chemical engineer

[@BMR86]

@@alensabu5484 yes, but your getting ahead of yourself, I'd say make sure you are good at math in general, get your algebra in good shape for what you will face in college courses for chemical engineering, if you could have a good understanding of pre calculus that is a big plus, it's the most important foundation and with that you'll get a good grasp of physics, chemistry, thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, etc. again, make sure to have your math and algebra skills in check first

[@BMR86]

@@joeking3688 I just got a bachelor's degree back then, I don't really know if I have what it takes to pursue a PhD really, especially in chemical engineering, a PhD way more in depth than in an undergraduate degree and I don't know that I wanted to undergo that much stress again. currently I'm thinking of pursuing a masters degree, in materials engineering because that is mostly what applies to my job nowadays, that would help me more understand the characteristics of materials and how they behave under different conditions, specially polimers

[@zawadulkarim9425]

I'll be starting my bachelors in chem e this fall. Could you lend me some advice?

[@disneyvang]

Learning starts at 25:40

[@ShadowCaster575]

+kyree vang Bless you sir

[@sophierodgers1202]

My savour !

[@rafaygunner4153]

thank you sir

[@electronpusher604]

Thanks

[@Ferelmakina]

"Learning"... but thank you

[@roardinoson7]

I was 8 when this video was uploaded and now I’m doing a degree in chemical Engineering 😂 Edit: I changed my major to biochemistry! Life is funny sometimes

[@marlon5640]

same

[@woodlandviews5294]

Same

[@kundaimuzvanya389]

Me too

[@niloybarai2496]

me,2

[@user-ig8ry8zg1s]

same haha

[@Ahsan-RN]

I watched this video and opted for Chemical engineering and realized afterwards that not all teachers are as good as him...

[@harrasmansoor4098]

Aoa bro what qualification is needed for chemical engineering? And subjects !?.

[@aoa0687]

Amazing teacher, creating a book for the students and its offered for the students. Now in college rarely this happens :(

[@Zishy]

علي المعمري you forgot to say its 20$. we had 100-200page scripts that acompanied our lectures and it only cost the cost for the paper+ink. 20$ would be 4-5 of these

[@elijah1110]

Zishy $20 is still way cheaper than the usual $300 textbooks we have to buy

[@fmdj]

yeah 20$ sounds like a lot especially when you know how much tuition fees are, you'd think they could cover that... but as others have said, I'm sure buying books is common practice and they can be way more expensive, and it's the US we're talking about...

[@Ochideux]

If only all of my professors were this good. I'd be attending each and every class.

[@vampitrovici6787]

From the book "Bad Blood" by John Carreyrou Channing Robertson “maintained that (Elizabeth ) Holmes was a once-in-a-generation genius, comparing her to Newton, Einstein, Mozart, and Leonardo da Vinci.”

[@maalmubayedh]

I watched this when I was in high school. Now I’m working as a process engineer for like two years now.

[@mm-md1nv]

كفو

[@kv297]

I’m currently in high school and I still don’t know what type of engineering I should do

[@nekhead]

How is life now? Can u give an update please😅😅

[@Squid728]

What do you do (in daily basis) as process engi?

[@Gold-Chip]

This man lived a good life.

[@Zak.f]

LOL

[@salaarmohdkhanvii.abakhtaw7192]

V vvv

[@jessephiri7834]

Is he dead ?? "Lived"

[@ezakgarza8014]

@Ben Derkatz LMAOOO

[@snakecodm7249]

I want a lamborghini

[@SteamfitterLamp]

Had a great professor like this my first semester at University of Florida. Dr Gerald Westermann-Clark. Was a fantastic educator and we were fortunate to have him as our first experience in solving chemical engineering problems.

[@sathasiva1885]

Stanford has done a great thing in bringing a pioneering professor full of wisdom ,humility and fun to listen to introduce with telling facts about what is chemical engineering instead of a young and inexperience TA.

[@RcRABS]

Down to earth Professor! Not even my major but had my full attention.

[@user-yu8fn5ic3u]

Great

[@nancynguyen3419]

Agree!

[@KnowledgeAmplifier1]

Soo down to earth professor...His first lesson -->"Morning shows the day"🙂

[@Nam3Iess]

Oh God, this guys is great! I have chemical engineering in Slovak, but it's so boring with the teacher. This guy kept my attention and he's even funny.

[@SammyPsk]

Uz si dostudoval? :D

[@bimboblacky]

It sounds like Professor Robertson is very serious about chemical engineering being a "rough course," as I know it was for even some of THE most capable people in the College of Engineering at my own state school alma mater. But here is the thing that impressed me: he said that probably at least SOME of the TA's did NOT pass his course the first time around, so they just dug right in and took it again and DID pass it! I really admire such persistence. We NEED that in the fields Stanford has!

[@dankiptoo9309]

This is a very outstanding lecturer. He makes learning fun

[@Jujuga123]

knowledge and many years of experince in human form... Dear professor you cleared my doubts in CE and today am officially CE student... what a guy !!!!! what a professor !!!!!!!!!

[@yoegyone]

His stories are AMAZING!!!! Video starts at 20:40

[@PetraKann]

a fine lecturer - probably only had ONE lecturer such as Prof Robertson when I studied Chemical Engineering

[@cooljokebro]

This guy is awesome his sense of humour... A++

[@TheFirstBK]

Almost done with my junior year in cheme. You'll be fine as long as you can put in work. The concepts aren't very difficult and the math usually will never go beyond basic differential equations, but they require time and practice.

[@victorflores429]

Where are you now? How’s it been

[@realassnigga1040]

How it’d go?

[@Andrew-mm5qn]

Only at Stanford. Such a humbled man.

[@lilwaynejr7879]

9:50 I'm watching this, from Saudi Arabia :) best lectures on ChemE i've ever seen!

[@kozmo7]

This is great that these are online and available for free. Fantastic.

[@samferrer]

I don't get why just few people has the privilege in this vast world, of receiving such a wonderful lectures ...

[@jenthemaker]

Good thing we have the internet!

[@nickdiana31]

We need more professors like this

[@pete6705]

Really? He had a major role in a huge medical scam

[@Adventure_fuel]

I don’t respect that he didn’t go to war

[@johanolsson1349]

This is one of my favorite YT videos all categories. I never became a chemical engineer, but I love it😋

[@frankengrant]

Same age and about to start the major classes as well. Good luck!

[@facundogloria1376]

i am in the first year of chemical ingenieering and i super expectate ths will be the best course!

[@edwardarakelyan9807]

I like this man, and I really liked what he said in minute 4:53. and yes this is all about the money :)

[@WAoftheWA2K]

Thanks for the video!!! I pan on having a career in engineering so this is really useful. Thanks again!

[@andreanikolaev2751]

I wish every professor is like him!

[@zubairmaxfun]

man he is a great lecturer :D

[@JamaaleAli]

I am, for so many years back, an industrial chemistry graduate, that is quite similar or even more profound in chemical processing than the chemicalE course. I found this introductory lecture very good and informative. I also found the courses very similar to each other. I may conclude that ChE will be an IndCh course plus some design courses. what would u say?

[@serencaner5701]

I was 4 when this lecture uploaded and now i'll start learning chemical engineering next year

[@pablomorarojas9290]

I wish I had a teacher like him. In fact, I wish I'd taken a proper introductory course to chemical engineering.

[@Nani-Afinarte13]

This professor is the best one I ever took.

[@LilBlacJac510]

This video made me want to switch to Chemical Engineering from Civil Engineering because the things that Chem E majors do seems pretty fun

[@yungariesx]

I'll be back in 5 years when I finish my Chemical Engineering undergrad degree :) Update 1 [17/5/2023] : In exam season currently at the end of my 2nd year. Secured a placement this summer!

[@johnnysins1342]

How is it going?

[@yungariesx]

@@johnnysins1342 currently in exam season and i’ve been super confident w the exams so far :) ty for asking !

[@victorflores429]

Same same, great lecture

[@johnnysins1342]

@@yungariesx good stuff

[@Aa11qq]

I was 12 when this video was uploaded now I'm doing a major in computer engineering eyyyy

[@pia2904]

Edi how is it going so far?

[@megs8602]

Well done very inspiring

[@kv297]

How’s it going?

[@tanvirbains0001]

this was fun with great info. THanks professor and stanford

[@kaditulagala2915]

I was 4 years old when this video uploaded, not even knowing what chemE is, now I majored in chemE still having zero clue what I'm doing

[@BRianG1017]

I hope my intro to chm eng prof. is like this man.

[@takyikobbie3679]

Brian Gonzalez did you enjoy ur program

[@selin-gz7rj]

yoooo how’s chem eng????

[@snakecodm7249]

Hell yeah

[@kunalmiyani5451]

Great video, he seems like a great professor.

[@adilaitbaev5456]

Thank you. So many new words. Must rewatch!

[@asbudiman353]

I hope can study abroad and have a lecturer like him.

[@JDMJACOB1]

thanks for uploading this lecture, Stanford!!

[@jhordyandreetafurparedes6478]

This is a good video to get inspire with the career most beautiful ever.

[@ezio2altair]

Haha..This guy is so entertaining. My dad is a Chemical Engineer and I always wondered what ChemE was about.

[@rohitdwivedibiet]

it's gift to all chemi students. i'm enjoing engineering.

[@squishyfroggie]

he looks like a great teacher. using this video to see if chem e is something i'd like to pursue. (hopefully at stanford).

[@mental_health1998]

Hi how is going did you make it

[@jabulanijama7569]

Wow. I wish I had a mentor like him.

[@lucasmatteis]

Maybe nobody is watching in lower slovakia, but I am here in Brasil! Thanks for he knowledge!

[@LuisaIslas]

I just finished my junior year of chem'e and argh! For my transport phenomena class: open book tests, 5 hours to finish them... and still nobody would get a grade higher than a 90 I mean, there's a reason why they have such high salaries, it's a lot of work as a student

[@teukurhazes3254]

you probably will never read this but if by any chance you do, was all of it worth it? Is the salary as good as u expected and do you enjoy the job? I'm gonna start uni later on this year and decided to take chem eng so I'd like to know as much about it before i start

[@LuisaIslas]

@@teukurhazes3254 If you're solely doing it for the salary, then I'd suggest you switch majors, as the courses can be quite challenging. If you do well, I had friends who went straight into industry with starting salaries between 50,000 to 80,000 and they are all doing very well. No one from my class struggled to get employment after graduation. Chem'E can also open doors to pursue a PhD, med school, or law school; and the courses overlap with other science majors, so you can easily do a double major in chemistry or physics, or completely switch to those majors early on. Hope that helps! I went on to pursue a PhD in materials science and now work as a research scientist for a chemicals company.

[@teukurhazes3254]

@@LuisaIslas thats actually very helpful thank you! I took chemE cuz i enjoy chemistry a lot in highschool, but I do hear from a lot of people that chemE is mostly physics with some chemistry in it which kinda worries me a little, but i still prefer physics and chem heavy over bio so ill take it. And if I falter mid semester or sth I just gotta remind myself that its all gonna be worth it haha. Thanks again!

[@cocosete1660]

Thank you very much for share this treasure with us

[@Assassinscreed0925]

This guy is awesome I would love to go to Stanford but I probably can't afford it :(

[@RyanReddell]

Wow, I didn't realize Joe Biden had a twin brother. Is there a link for the syllabus?

[@screwyou3890]

He looks like a combo of Joe Biden and Ed Markey...

[@smackdashitoutchu7755]

This comment aged well.

[@audiokickback]

This guy is great I wish my professors were more like this

[@ChemEICast]

Agreed, we need those who are wisdom and remind us that it is okay to be human

[@cjr241]

This video was uploaded on my birthday 😭 and its even better because I want to take this

[@AbnerG787]

i recently graduated from ChE, i wish we had TA's for the ChE classes man, you had to eat those books man, and solve problems by intuition, which is not bad, but u where never sure if you did them correctly o well....

[@KamsTbhatt]

Love and respect to you sir ❤

[@hg2.]

Where can I get a copy of the syllabus he wrote? "Introduction to Chemical Engineering" Channing Robertson (Is not on Amazon, ebay, or Google books)

[@Robin-re7vf]

i want this also

[@aidimensionai]

Makes all this easy!

[@cowpacino]

I'm 28 and just starting this program, I heard it was the hardest major. Good.

[@lonetlhomamo1913]

I hope you made it.

[@cowpacino]

@@lonetlhomamo1913 Lol Nope, I washed out and became an electrical engineer instead 😅

[@lonetlhomamo1913]

I was genuinely hope you became one.. But hey life still Kinda worked out 😅

[@LuisaIslas]

yup, some of my friends are still juniors and they already get paid pretty well... I mean, $20/hour as an intern for the summer is awesome

[@user-tt7eh4rw5n]

Where can i get the courseware or the handout of this lesson？

[@shalomyo]

is there any mass balance/energy/mechanical on this lectures?

[@faithbiongcog135]

this is great!! thank you for posting!!!

[@jngf100]

Highly informative!

[@mohamedelgazar7592]

God, I just love this man.

[@rs-uv1ro]

Wowwwwww I hope all of the professors are like him

[@pete6705]

He was involved with a huge medical scam though

[@nancynguyen3419]

Seems like an awesome professor

[@aimsetengineering2608]

Yes in real he is . .

[@kleopet]

this is great! our classes are boring.. :( i like this guy! cool way to explain chem.eng. :)

[@ChemEICast]

Sadly, I agree with you

[@princeof1on1]

no wonder this is some top tier school. it makes u wanna pay attention. unlike the ones that i have experienced, my Chem E teacher put u into sleep fast

[@Joe-yr1em]

Is there a link where I can purchase the syllabus?

[@mohamedbenbelgacem4896]

GREAT A VIDEO am happy that i started chem E

[@SIRA063]

Does anyone know where i can get that first chart of the "Interests"

[@jackmorgan9445]

good video, would watch again

[@dudeB15]

I believe that you can actually major in any engineering, watching these lecture, MIT, Stanford, Yale (yey for youtube major)

[@arranmg]

Is it possible to get hold of the syllabus for this course, and where can we find it?

[@muhammadm241]

My God, Professor's smile at 30:15 True joy!

[@aravindbasmi1068]

Loved the lecture very nice. :)

[@ChRIs23696]

Great lecturer!

[@abstractfvlogs7389]

I'm applying for chemical engineering.... Wish me luck. I should start next September... I'll try and keep y'all updated!!!!

[@pearldeva613]

Me too do u know where to get his lecture notes

[@Sonia-jm1ey]

Hey, How is it going so far?

[@Altoclarinets]

Does anyone know where to get a copy of that flowchart at the beginning?

[@chemeng-industrialacademy]

Chemical Engineering is simply to industrialize the chemical processes maintaining the various constraints of economics, safety, environment, sustainability etc.More importantly Chemical Engineering discipline is more vocational rather than academics.

[@levibeam100]

The actual job itself, sure. But to say the curriculum of an Engineer isn’t academic isn’t true

[@Swimspeedo45]

Yep I hear you. I just finished my third year and was ready to die.. I also had unit operations lab, one lab report took about 70 hours was 85 pages and I got an 85, 1 point per page! other didnt fare so well, lots of low 60s!! Its not only hard but discouraging

[@uuitgaurav]

I was seven when this was uploaded, now I am thinking of choosing between engineering branches I love organic chemistry , computer science, thermal physics and modern physics and I love stereochemistry and 3d geometry.

[@rightwerk]

Do computer science as your major, minor in physics or chemistry

[@ChemEICast]

My advice as someone that was having million doubts at choosing a suitable major, choose with what you see yourself using and needing in the future

[@annonybro6908]

Hey Stanford, great video.

[@abdoalslamalwakwak7458]

Good lecturer

[@alkameno8920]

how i can get this textbook

[@Edelweiss16678]

Haha I watched this video in 2014 and decided I wanted to study ChemE. I graduated last year and now work as a ChemE. Memories loll

[@AndT101]

Are you enjoying your job?

[@Edelweiss16678]

@@AndT101 So far so good

[@zawadulkarim9425]

@@Edelweiss16678 congrats! I will be starting my bachelors in chem E this fall. Could you give me some advice?

[@Edelweiss16678]

@@zawadulkarim9425 keep a 4.0. your first few years you can do it. Your GPA will drop as you go further because the classes are more intense so you need that initial buffer. Get internships early

[@zawadulkarim9425]

@@Edelweiss16678 Thanks a lot❤

[@SplitYoWigBack]

this guy's good. wish i went to stanford, maybe i wouldn't be working at a refinery

[@MateenK]

Quick Question im planning to go into Chemical Engineer Technology, now is the technology refers to the different types of technology i use in the field (ie factory)? And is there a high employment?

[@jessicamo9624]

Do lots of professor's start off the year like this? (Confused high school student here) I hope they do; I expect to be completely confused in university...

[@mas5708]

5 years later, how's uni?

[@selin-gz7rj]

Moe AS LMAOOO 😂

[@selin-gz7rj]

so how’s college? High school student here too

[@mas5708]

@@selin-gz7rj I'm acc rlly curious on what she has to say

[@green_razor8569]

Moe AS she’s not responding people who comment years ago never reply

[@salh.1988]

Could someone provide us with the pdf for this course

[@salehal-hadad8113]

Great! So Can I get a hard copy for this course..please help me

[@KrunalShah7]

hey i like that block dia. of selection of engineering branch can any one tell me where i can find it to download????

[@warmaxxx]

thanks

[@jeremythompson8833]

Can you post the syllabus from this class?