NEW technology has been developed that will convert palm oil waste into building materials and biofuels.

24th May 2018

IChemE

IChemE governance reforms pass at AGM

MEMBERS have voted in support of a package of reforms that will modernise IChemE’s governance and enable members to more actively manage the Institution’s affairs.

22nd May 2018

Industry

BASF and ExxonMobil form gas-treating alliance

BASF and ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing will work together to develop new gas-treating solvents and process technologies for use in natural gas processing and refining.

18th May 2018

IChemE

IChemE awards engineers for their work on process safety

SEVEN chemical engineers have been awarded medals for their outstanding contributions to process safety.

18th May 2018

Modelling Communication

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

Policy

Brexit: The Impact on Energy and Climate Change

Since Brexit negotiations have entered full force, concerns are growing about the future of the UK’s climate change policy, a lot of which is underpinned by EU regulations.

Research & Development

The Internet of Brewing

Developing a low-cost smartphone app to help craft beer breweries and homebrewers monitor and control key process variables

Process

The Privilege of Being First

An insider’s view of the technical challenges overcome at the pioneering Boundary Dam CCS project. David Jobe, director of Carbon Capture and Chemical Services at Saskpower speaks to Adam Duckett

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.