Chemical Engineering Guy(s)
A podcast sharing stories from chemical engineers around the world. Topics include student life, professional life, industry and companies, products and technologies, and trends. The host and guests discuss their experiences in chemical and process engineering.
Episodes
S3E09 - How Dr. Diesel’s Explosion Birthed Dieselpunk
In our sleek, silent, digital world of glass touchscreens and cloud servers, why are we so captivated by the roaring, soot-belching aesthetic of Dieselpunk? In today's deep dive, we pop the hood on the mechanical reality and dark history that birthed one of sci-fi’s most visceral subcultures.We explore Dr. Rudolf Diesel’s near-fatal 1,500 PSI engine explosion, the brutal thermodynamic physics
S3E08 - The Dirty Chemistry Behind Your Clean Tech - Rare Earth Metals
Your sleek electric vehicle and satisfyingly magnetic wireless earbud case rely on a quantum phenomenon—and an environmental paradox. In today's deep dive, we look past the glossy tech hype to examine the physical, chemical, and geopolitical reality of Rare Earth Elements (REEs).We explore how 4f electron spin alignment creates world-changing magnetic power, why the "identical twin"
S3E07 - The Science of Frostpunk - Steam, Steel & Engines
What happens when you try to run a giant, coal-fired Victorian steam generator at -150°C? In today's deep dive, we break down the survival mechanics of 11 bit studios' hit city-builder Frostpunk and test them against real-world physics, metallurgy, and human biology.We explore how the game replaces true thermal radiation with "Wi-Fi router" heat zones, the historical science behi
S3E06 - How Agentic AI Runs Chemical Plants & Processes - And how to get your AI workflow going
What happens when an AI doesn't just suggest plant adjustments on a screen, but actually turns the physical valves?In this deep dive, we explore how Agentic AI is fundamentally transforming plant operations, research and development, and supply chains—tackling an estimated $50 billion annual productivity drain across the chemical sector. We break down the shift from standard generative AI (the "co
S3E05 - The Deadly History of Glow-in-the-Dark Watches & Luminescence: From Radium to Super-LumiNova
Have you ever wondered what makes your wristwatch dial glow in pitch-black darkness? The journey to give timepieces that subtle glow is one of the most staggering (and tragic) tales in industrial history.In this episode, we dive deep into the 100-year evolution of watch luminescence. We explore how an acute military necessity in World War I led to the widespread use of radioactive Radium, the trag
S3E04 - Understading the Brent, WTI & Other Oil Benchmarks
Why does a barrel of oil in Texas cost less than one in the North Sea? In this episode, we break down the complex world of crude oil benchmarks.From the technical chemistry of API gravity and sulfur content to the massive infrastructure of Cushing, Oklahoma, we explore why "black gold" comes in so many different grades and prices. Whether you are a student or an industry pro, this is your guide to
S3E03 - The $150B Breakup: Why the UAE Left the "Oil Club"
In this episode, we dive deep into the seismic announcement that has rewritten the global oil order: the UAE's exit from OPEC. We break down the $150 billion strategic gamble by ADNOC and how it intersects with the latest technological leaps in process simulation. Whether you're a process engineer or a market trader, the "marginal barrel" just changed forever.
S3E02 - Digital Twins in the Chemical Process Industries
Digital twins are no longer just static blueprints; they are dynamic, living virtual replicas synchronized with physical assets through two-way, real-time data streams. This episode explores how these "crystal balls" are revolutionizing process engineering by shifting workflows from reactive troubleshooting to proactive predictive optimization across equipment, unit, and process scales. We dive in
S3E01 - Emerson's Acquisition of AspenTech for $17B USD
Emerson Electric has officially completed its $265-per-share acquisition of Aspen Technology, moving the industry toward a new era of software-defined automation. In this episode, we break down the March 12, 2025, deal that delisted AZPN and sparked a major showdown with activist investors who argued the company was significantly undervalued. We discuss the leadership transition from Antonio Pietr
S2E14 - Season Break 2021 (Season Finale)
I'm taking a break! I will be preparing more content for the coming future! Stay tuned!Show Notes:https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/season-break-2021
S2E13 - Alec Slungaard a Technical Support Specialist at Honeywell
This is an amazing episode! I really think Alec's Background is great for those looking for hardcore design & operation of industrial processes. He's been everywhere, Food Industry, Oil & Gas, Fine Chemicals and other!He is currently working as a Technical Support Sales Engineer, which is in charge of solving all technical issues given in Honeywell Gas Absorption Area.We talked about movi
S2E12 - Rutvi Sanghavi Student with Professional background working with Unit Operations and EPC
Rutvi shares her story on being a student in the pandemic, how she has been adapting and more importantly, how she avoided procrastination and got her internships in Unit Operation Control for Pharma Industry then in Jacobs Engineering Group.She is currently hunting for a job.Show Notes:https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/rutvi-sanghavi-student-with-professional-background-work
S2E11 - Jared Iland a Chemical Engineer Going for Electrochemistry Master Degree
Are you into Research? Or are you just curious of what is going to happen with our car and it's internal combustion engine? Well, you are in the right place!Jared shares his story on how he wants to help the environment via his studies in Electrochemistry... Did you know that most of the future cars are going to be Battery Energized? No more fossil fuels!There is a big role to improve electrochemi
S2E10 - Gaby Van Horn and the Importance of English Speaking Skills in the Workplace
In this episode, we talk about ENGLISH language... Yeah, It sounds kinda boring, but it is NOT, especially if you are not a native English speaker.We shared tips to improve the english skills of fellow students and young professionals in the workplace as well as landing scholarships & research degrees with the help of English itself.Gaby van Horn is a English Coach which helps her clients boos
S2E09 - Mohamed Sorour a Chemical Engineer from the EAEAT Academy Affiliated to the Ministry of Military Production in Egypt
In this episode, I talked with Mohamed Sorour, a student from the EAEAT, the Egyptian Academy For Engineering And Advanced Technology which is affiliated to the Ministry of Military Production of Egypt.We chatted about Geopolitics, the importance of the Oil & Gas Industry in Egypt and the Middle East, the discovery of the Zohr Field and its relevance in the new Natural Gas trend as well as ho
S2E08 - Gianni Esposito a Chemical Engineer Goes Full Time Chef With His Italian Restaurant
This one is GOLD, an unique. I sat down with Gianni Esposito, a Chemical Engineer which has not only dropped Chemical Engineering for good... But has started his own way on the family restaurant in Mazatlan.He talks to us how he felt frustrated and with lack of passion in all those jobs until he got to the cuisine! Cooking for the Restaurant is what made his heart tick!As a fellow entrepreneur or
S2E07 - Gerardo Moreno a Key Account Manager for PepsiCo Products at Walmart
Gerardo Moreno has one of the best performance as a Chemicals Engineer in the Retail Industry.This chat is pure gold! We talked more than an hour and a half! It was intense! We talked about lots of things such as moving from city to city, enrolling in trainees, becoming manager, networking in PepsiCo to improve your standing in the company and tips for climbing the corporate ladder.Delivery is Kin
S2E06 - Ammar Mamajiwala Oil & Gas Engineer Going Into Membrane Technologies & Finance
I got the opportunity to talk with Ammar Mamajiwala, a Chemical Engineer which started his career in the Oil & Gas Industry, mostly in Production and Process Engineering.He was born in India, but moved many times in his life, to Middle East and then to Canada.He started in Oil&Gas because... yeah, he wanted a successful career in a promising industry!Ammar worked there for 3-4 years and he
S2E05 - Daniel Bermudez a Business Consultant Manager for the Energy Sector
This time I'm with Daniel Bermudez, a great friend of mine from University.We suffered lots of courses such as Heat Transfer and Momentum Transport.He is one of th ebrightest minds I have ever met!We had a chat about his life, essentially his background and profile.He has been working in Business Consulting, mostly in the Energy Sector i.e. Oil&Gas, Green Energies, etc...He shares also tips to
S2E04 - Online Conference on Chemical Engineering with SPACE at UET – Tips for Recent Graduates & Young Engineers
I was invited by some students from the Society of Pakistan for Advance Chemical Engineering (SPACE) from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in Lahore, Pakistan. We had a great chat related to recent graduates, tricks, tips and how to succeed taking tips from other fellow chemical engineers.Full Blog Post:https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/online-conference-on-
S2E03 - Dr. Asim Rizvi a Ph. Doctor in Chemical Engineering Professor at Punjab University
I chatted with Dr. Asim Rizvi about many things! It's great to be able to share our love for education of engineering fields, specifically Chemical Engineering.Asim shares his story from humble beginnings as a Ph. Doctor Student in the UK, making his thesis on Oxy Fuels Combustion. He talks about how he went with his family (wife and son) to the UK and how he had to go through rough times in order
S2E02 - Jeferson Costa The Chemical Process Engineer From INPROCESS
Jeferson Costa is one of my idols to follow in the "Online" Chemical Engineering World. He has awesome content and he has been doing a great job lately with all his content and marketing with his INPROCESS group.I know him since the moment that he got in contact back in 2017.We have been chatting and sending e-mails back and forth ever since. He is a great friend to have as well!Jeferson has a lot
S2E01 - Raul Jimenez Goes From PepsiCo to Making Business in the Gastronomic Industry
This Episode is very special to me as it was the very first episode I recorded with help of one of my best friends from university: Luis Raul Jimenez.We chat about Chemical Engineering overall, going from recent graduate to a big company such as PepsiCo, climbing the corporate ladder, being a project engineer vs a field engineer and much more!More importantly, we talked about Chemical Engineering,
S1E10 - Annual Review 2020 and Goals for 2021 (Season Finale)
I love the idea of setting NEW GOALS in the beginning of the YEAR.I got inspired from Chris Guillebeau’s Post on How to Conduct an Annual Review. I’m linking to the 2020 version, but I have been doing this since 2014. It really helps to know what you have achieved and more importantly, where are you “standing”.Also, it helps to get more realistic with your future goals and bring you to places you
S1E09 - Christmas Special Episode - Lessons Learnt, Future Plans and More...
This is just a small break for the holidays!I talk about what I have learnt in the process of podcasting with fellow Chemical and Process Engineers!I also talk about the future plans of the Podcast!Merry Christmas!Check it out!Episode Notes:https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/christmas-special-episode-lessons-learnt-future-plans-and-more/
S1E08 - Fernando Tello – From Business Consulting Engineering to Real State & Finance
Fernando Tello is one of my best friends, he is currently opening his way as an entrepreneur in the Real State & Financing Services Industry. He has a pretty interesting profile, starting as a young hard working engineer for a Consulting Engineering Firms. Fernando rapidly learnt that this type of job was not matching with what he wanted the most: Economic Freedom.Fernando shares how he switch
S1E07 - Jose Luis Farias a Group Project Engineer at Puratos
A Group Project Engineer is someone who is in charge of giving service to other engineering branches as well as other crucial departments such as logistics, marketing, distribution, production, packings, research and development as well as reporting directly to the Managers and Directors. This is Jose Luis Farias main task. He has been working mostly in Consulting Engineering, Environmental Engine
S1E06 - Chuku Oje an Environmental Engineer in Air Quality Control for the State of Michigan
Chuku Oje is currently working as a Environmental Permit Engineer for the State of Michigan, mostly in Air Quality Control for emissions and particulates.He travelled all the way from the West Coast (San Francisco) in order to start his Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering with a particular focus in Biomolecular Engineering... All of this in the University of Pennsylvania.He had a rough time in
S1E05 - Daniel Vosburg a Process Automation Engineer for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Daniel Vosburg is a young Chemical Engineer which has been focusing towards automation, control, programming and much more into the "techie" side of ChemE.He studied in Northeastern University and got right away into programming in his Co-Ops. Working as a Process Engineer in New England Controls, a company into Biotech. Then, continued with his second co-op at Continuus Pharmaceutical, exploring
S1E04 - Ivana Lukec a Process Design, Optimization and Simulation Consultant Entrepreneur
Ivana is a Ph. Doctor in Chemical Engineering. She has been working in the industry since almost 15 years already. She specializes in operation control, optimization, process design and simulation. Ivana is currently working in many projects, one of which is SimulateLive which is one portal or blog for Chemical Engineers. It has plenty of resources. Besides that, she works in an European Comissi
S1E03 - Victor Awad a Consultant Engineer for the Food and Beverage Industry
Victor Awad has maybe the "dream job" of many! He is currently working in process design for a Consulting Engineering Firm. He gets to see most of the Engineering Design & Operation Steps!He gets to interact with the client, with the operatos, with the current "status quo" for existing processes but in the other hand, he gets to design and commission new plants.Victor has been aiming to work i
S1E02 - Bruno Ferreira a BASF Trainee Working as Process Engineer
I really enjoyed this one! I sat with Bruno Ferreira which is a young engineer working currently as a Process Engineer at BASF in Brazil. He is currently in a rotation Trainee, meaning that he gets to go and work in multiple plants such as acrylic acid plant, the monomer plant and finally the polymerization plant as well as the final manufacturing of the Diaper Materials.His first contact with the
S1E01- Daniel Garza an Industrial & Craft Beer Brewer
This time we sat with Chemical Engineer Daniel Garza, currently working in one of the largest brewing groups in the world. He is currently working as a Process, Production and Planning Engineer.We talked about lots of thing since we both graduated from an IBO High School in Monterrey, Mexico. Actually, we both selected Chemical Engineering as our Bachelor but in different universities.He is a UANL
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