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Projects for Chemical Engineering Undergraduates -

For an Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Students, Projects are of three types
  1. Theoretical
  2. Practical
  3. Simulation
Theoretical Projects are something like you have experimental data already with you from someone's published paper or project or industrial data and you try to optimize, analyze or improve the yield through manual calculations, standard assumptions and manipulations.
Experimental Projects involve you do an experiment by yourself, take the data and compare your result with the available literature surveys.
Simulation Projects are theoretical projects that involve using a Simulation Software like Aspen PLUS, HYSYS, PRO II, etc. to optimize, analyze or improve the yield or economize the process.
Personally I would suggest Simulation Project if you do not have a proper laboratory. That way you can learn a simulation software and also optimize easily. If you have a proper laboratory go for experiments.

I will make this simple- "Sitting in a class is not going to make you industry ready". Go out for Industrial Visits. Do internships, mini-projects.
But remember, visiting an industry doesn't necessarily mean visiting huge industries. Go around and find local small scale chemical plants. Get to know the equipment. Take a notes with you and write down their process and equipment, come home and compare it with the process you learned in your class, go back again next day and see how much you understood and clarify your doubts with the personnel there.
Mini-projects are best way of learning about industries. While you get a winter break, go to an industry and start with a small section and know about it completely. You will be surprised to find that you will learn more about your subject while watching the process than reading it in a book.
Make your core subjects your strength. Properly learn the chemical processes in chemical technology books. There's a subject called Transport Phenomenon - Understand it and learn it properly. Learn about Process Controlling about how each and every equipment is connected and controlled.
Read journals, subscribe for prominent publishers in chemical engineering, write interesting articles of recent advances in chemical engineering and stick them on them in your class notice boards. Conduct small group discussions and elocutions on topics that are of general interest in chemical engineering.
Books and College can only give you feed for imagination. So go to field. Visit industries. Study their manuals. Ask the personnel to explain in their own words how those plant units work.
But before you visit any industry, learn your theory. Start your industrial visits only when you have completed at least 2 years of your undergraduate course. Meanwhile, watch youtube tutorials, follow journals, try some simple experiments in lab (under supervision of course) and read your subject textbooks.
Follow your local chemical engineering reference books for better understanding since they will be in simplified language. Approach your professors if you have any doubts. Ask your seniors at college to suggest you some books.
Interest to understand itself will pave you ways to understand it.

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