r/ChemicalEngineering is a subreddit with 136k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses chemical engineering, engineering, struggling, job, and looking, and they frequently recommend/review simulation software, pdf editor, and books.
All things Chemical Engineering!
Popular Themes in r/ChemicalEngineering
#1
Advice Requests
: "New manufacturing engineer here—am I expected to learn everything on my own?"
22 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Brutally honest… what is wrong with this? Zero responses or interest 😭"
5 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Concept of Google Maps for P&IDs"
2 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "SDS authoring software or service for a startup selling cleaning products on Amazon, genuinely need advice"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "Salary question for UK process engineers working in Engineering Consultancies (E.g PM group, Arup, WSP etc.)"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ChemicalEngineering
#1
Chemical Engineering
: "We redesigned our Chemical Engineering curriculum to include Data Engineering. Thoughts?"
123 posts
#2
Engineering
: "We redesigned our Chemical Engineering curriculum to include Data Engineering. Thoughts?"
59 posts
#3
Struggling
53 posts
#4
Job
: "SDS authoring as a chemical engineer is apparently now part of my Job description and I have no idea where to start"
39 posts
#5
Looking
34 posts
#6
Job Search
: "Looking for advice on what to study while Job Searching"
32 posts
#7
Internship
: "Got an Internship after months of no hope and hardship"
30 posts
#8
Chemical
: "what do you learn in Chemical engineering?"
30 posts
#9
Looking For A Job
29 posts
#10
Career Advice
: "Career Advice: Would you leave a new job for a once-in-a-lifetime chance in Japan?"
27 posts
Products Discussed in r/ChemicalEngineering
Simulation Software
14 reviews
#1
Aspen Plus
2.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
GROMACS
3.5★ from 2 reviews
#3
SuperPro
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Pdf Editor
5 reviews
#1
Bluebeam
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#2
Foxit
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Inkscape
4.0★ from 1 review
Books
4 reviews
#1
Mcmillan
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Lessons In Industrial Instrumentation
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Emerson
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/ChemicalEngineering
#1
Career Advice
: "4th Year ChemE"
86 posts
#2
Student
: "I’m going to become an electrician"
53 posts
#3
Design
: ""We do it this way because dead people told us to and engineering was finished when they died, in 1870""
15 posts
#4
Job Search
: "If you cant find a job, just remember that you can still apply mass transfer and reactor design in a Mcdonalds ice cream machine"
9 posts
#5
Safety
: "Any Safety Suggestions?"
7 posts
#6
Software
: "Update on chemical process simulation project pt.3 (TAICE)"
6 posts
#7
Article/Video
: "Multiple people killed and others missing after chemical explosion at US paper mill"
5 posts
#8
Chemistry
: "Anti-gravity freezer?"
5 posts
#9
O&G
: "Reasonable maintenance expectations"
4 posts
#10
Literature & Resources
: "For those in R&D/start ups where you are building a process up from scratch, often by hand, what are your recommended references to be the jack of all trades on top of technically sound engineer?"
2 posts
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Yearly
+18k members(15.3%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026