THE University of Huddersfield has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) to build a China-UK metrology centre in China.

18th June 2018

Risk & Safety

Militia causes catastrophic damage at Libyan oil port

AN ARMED assault has caused catastrophic damage to two oil storage tanks at the Ras Lanuf terminal in Libya.

18th June 2018

Environment

Cutting the cost of carbon capture

CANADIAN company Carbon Engineering has announced that it can capture carbon from the air for less than US$100/t, significantly lowering the previous cost estimate of US$600/t.

15th June 2018

Energy

20% power boost for NuScale’s small nuclear reactor

NuScale Power has announced that its small modular reactor (SMR) can generate 20% more power than originally planned.

13th June 2018

Lessons in Safety

Effective communication a key theme as experts gather to discuss safety

Risk & Safety

To Shrug or Not to Shrug

How turning a blind eye can have serious cumulative effects on process safety

The Profession

Modelling Communication

A look at mathematical modelling of how we get our message across.

Education

Under One Roof

The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for business

Chemical Engineers Who Changed the World

People

Keith Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start

2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Army was running short of munitions. The subsequent scaling up of the supply of high explosives and propellants became a major achievement of the embryonic chemical engineering profession under the leadership of Kenneth Bingham Quinan.

People

George E Davis – Meet the Daddy

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.