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1859: Sulfuric acid production

1873: Ernest Solvay invented a process that helped solve the problem caused

to the environment by the by-gaseous products from Nicolas Leblanc’s

process for alkali production.

1880: George Davis, regarded as the founding father of chemical engineering,

acted upon ideas of a discipline of chemical engineering and proposed the

formation of a “Society of Chemical Engineers”. The attempt was

unsuccessful.

1884: George Davis published in 1887 a series of 12 lectures on chemical

engineering, at Manchester Technical School (which became University of

Manchester Institute of Science and Technology).

1888: Lewis Norton, a chemistry professor at the Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT) initiated the first four-year bachelor program in chemical

engineering entitled “Course X” (ten); just a few months after the lectures of

George Davis.

1908: American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) was formed.

1908-1911: Haber-Bosch process for ammonia production.

1916: In America, Arthur Little propounded the concept of “unit operations”

to explain industrial chemistry processes.

1922: Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE, Britain) was formed.

1924: William H. Walker, Warren K. Lewis and William H. McAdams wrote

the book, The Principles of Chemical Engineering.

1940s: It became obvious that unit operations alone are not sufficient to

develop chemical reactors, hence transport phenomena, process system

engineering and other novel concepts started to gain much focus.