16 Essential Mobile Apps for Chemical Engineers and Professionals

16 Essential Apps for Chemical Engineers and Professionals

One of our greatest productivity tools can be our smartphones. No longer are our phones just for talking, but, with the right apps, they can become a mobile office. They are also great for keeping us organized at home, too. Here are 19 web apps we think chemical engineers and professionals will really use. We’ve found some for the iPhone and some for the Android.

For Your Android

1. Chemical Engineering Formulator: This application contains 100 important formulas needed by Chemical Engineers, with plans to grow to more than 200. Formulas include Air Quality
   corrected particulate, electrostatic precipitator, spacing between, emission calculation, and pollutants emitted.
2. Chez Lite: A great application for chemical engineering students. This application is free and contains several equations that you’ll use over and over. There is a full featured version you can pay for, too.
3. Talking Calendar: Keep up with your appointments with a calendar that talks to you!
4. AK Notepad: This notepad for Android provides a great way to make, store and track notes. This little app makes it much easier to stay organized and keep track of your notes.
5. Scan to PDF: Scan a paper document and convert it to a PDF file instantly on your phone. This application is great for eliminating paper and keeping all your documents secure.
6. Upvise: This Android app lets you access and share business information back at the office when you’re away.
7. Periodic Table of the Elements: This is an Android app with the periodic table of the elements.

For Your iPhone

8. Chemical Engineering Formulator: This is the iPhone version of the app listed above.
9. Engineering Handbook: Keep a copy of the engineering handbook right on your iPhone.
10. Interactive Periodic Table: This is an interactive periodic table of the elements application. Perfect for the chemical engineer, or any chemistry student.
11. Evernote: You’ll never take notes on paper again. It’s so easy to take notes on your phone and save them or file them.
12. Wikipanion: This is a great reference app for your iPad. It displays Wikipedia information in an easy to view format.
13. Remember the Milk: This is a great app for making electronic lists and keeping track of the things you have to do.
14. TED: TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design: This app is great for finding out plenty of interesting information. You’ll get access to lots of great speakers and speeches here.
15. Equivalence: This handy conversion calculator can convert between over 260 units in 31 categories.
16. Compcalc: This is a great engineering calculator. It has a hex calculator, a scientific calculator, an engineering calculator, a trigonometric calculator and a tape roll adding machine.

New applications for both iPhone and Android are being added daily, so keep abreast of the changes so that you can ensure that you have the best and most up to date applications for your phone. Many are free, and most are low cost.Industry specific applications are really hot right now, so it’s certainly likely that there will be many more apps to come that are designed just for chemical engineers.
When cell phones first came out, we certainly had no idea that they would one day become so essential to our lives, or that they would do so many things for us besides helping us talk to each other. Our Smartphones are truly one of our most important tools, both in the office and at home. So, be certain that you’re taking advantage of everything your smartphone can do for you.