Major Change

I am currently a Chemistry Major. I will soon be a Chemical Engineer Major with a Computer Engineer Minor. Did you know that UIC has a Chemical Engineering Building? I didn't either. It's at the corner of Polk and Clinton and is a good ten minute walk off campus since polk does not run through the Interstate. The staff at the building were very nice, and they are helping me make this transition much easier.
     A chemical engineer is a person who can be brought into almost any line of industry. They can possibly make pharmaceuticals, new paint mixtures, designs for new packaging, or even the food and snack industry. The main goal of any chemical engineer is to take the particular product at hand and redesign it to make it be the highest possible quality for the lowest possible cost.
     This efficiency, which may save as little as one cent per item, makes a big difference. This would essentially mean that for every one million items of said product sold, the company will save around ten thousand dollars. For example, look at a blue M&M. The color of it is slightly lighter in color than the cartoon counterpart. They used to be the same color until the candy was recently made less dark. Whether a new type of dye is being used or there is simply a higher dilution of the same dye, I do not know. What I do know is that a small change of paying ever so slightly less for dye makes a huge difference in the company's bottom line. Of course, this slight loss of color does not cause a loss in quality for the consumer. It is the best of both world's. It's what a chemical engineer does.