Innovators caught in action: How does Chemical Engineering affect the suddenly changing world?

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INNOVATORS CAUGHT IN ACTION:

HOW DOES CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AFFECT THE SUDDENLY CHANGING WORLD?

Ponhneath Nguon

College and Careers Preparation Class

Mr. Barrett

"But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we've been thinking about a problem." -Steve Jobs. It is quite unbelievable how the world has changed so rapidly over the last decades. As we take a look at the world around us, we notice the vast infrastructures, cancer treatments being discovered, toxic hazardous industrial wastes being safely treated, etc. Now, try thinking outside the box. Who exactly has been bringing these incredibly magnificent changes to the world around us? Aren't the processes of turning great ideas that are explored in laboratories into practical devices that ensure us a better lifestyle, higher-quality products, protection to the environment, and the creation of jobs for the community astonishing? No answer is needed to that question.

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