‘We can’t afford to lose the contribution of women’, says WSP technical director in INWED speech
Imperial spinout scales up heat-free crude oil separation
Bottling it at the World Cup
June 2026 Issue 1020
MARIAN Croak, Gladys West and Dame Stephanie Shirley “changed the world” with their inventions in internet telecommunications, GPS and software technology, according to Nike Folayan, a technical director of global engineering firm WSP.
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON spinout Exactmer has developed a pilot-scale membrane that can separate crude oil fractions without heat, a breakthrough that could significantly reduce the energy required for oil refining.
ESSO has been fined £1m (US$1.32m) for an uncontrolled release of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) at its Fawley refinery in the UK – a penalty one leading process safety expert has dismissed as "the thickness of a pencil" for a company the size of ExxonMobil.
TATA Steel is to transfer staff from Port Talbot to a site around 64 km away in Llanwern after fire damaged part of the Port Talbot steelworks’ cold mill earlier this month.
Martin Pitt describes how clay transformed human history
AS IChemE continues to evolve and grow, the TCE team found ourselves reflecting on what the magazine has meant to members over the years and how it has informed, entertained and developed.
Refrigerants are essential for the modern food industry. Aniqah Majid looks at the substances keeping food cool – and their climate impact
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to feature the man who is widely regarded as the founding father of the discipline and the spiritual father of IChemE.
Trevor Kletz, the father of inherent safety, explains his remarkable career
Claudia Flavell-While explores the contribution of separation scientist Csaba Horváth
