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To mark Earth Day’s focus on slashing plastic production, Amanda Jasi speaks to David Gardner and Andrea Paulillo to find out how they are helping to make the plastic system more sustainable
Type: Feature
US approves Texas offshore oil port despite environmental outcry
THE US has given the greenlight for Enterprise Products Partners to begin construction on a deepwater offshore oil export terminal near the Texas coast, despite fierce opposition from environmentalists and locals.
Type: News
Wizz and poo: airline signs US$1bn deal to buy jet fuel made from human waste
YOUR flight abroad could one day be powered by human waste after a UK company announced plans to build a world-first facility that turns sewage sludge into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
Johnson Matthey and bp license process to make jet fuel from farm waste at US$4bn plant
JOHNSON MATTHEY (JM) and bp have licensed their Fischer-Tropsch process to a huge new US$4bn US plant that will turn agricultural waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Type: News
MIT retains top university ranking for chemical engineering
MIT has retained its position as the best university for studying chemical engineering, according to the latest QS World Rankings.
Type: News
Enginuity calls for UK engineering and manufacturing stakeholders to help close skills gaps
UK ENGINEERING and manufacturing skills charity Enginuity says employers, training providers, and policymakers can help the sector thrive by pledging support to its Manifesto for Change. Calling for upskilling and reskilling, improved recruitment, and funding support, it outlines actions to close skills gaps and empower a workforce that can meet the opportunities and challenges of the evolving sector.
Type: News
IChemE and ITN to make programme showcasing engineering careers
ICHEME is partnering with ITN Business and other engineering institutions on a news-style programme called Engineering: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond to highlight the diverse range of engineering careers available.
Type: News
Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer space to somewhere she finally feels at home, and highlights the much sought after skills employees on the spectrum can bring to the engineering sector
Type: Feature
History of Nuclear Engineering Part 2: Building the Bomb
The story of the Manhattan Project and the race to build nuclear weapons is usually told about physicists but Martin Pitt says their achievements wouldn’t have been possible without chemical engineers and chemical engineering companies
Type: Feature
Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Malhi CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for our circular economy webinar series and readers voice Natech concerns
Type: News
Engineering Net Zero Part 8: Electricity plus Hydrogen, not Electricity or Hydrogen
David Simmonds concludes his online series with a call for greater systems analysis to develop a credible hybrid plan for net zero energy
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett gets two of his five-a-day while asking for more systems thinking from politicians on net zero
Type: Feature
Finding future chemical and process engineers in the primary school classroom
Jo Cox and Stem Education experts on engaging with children as young as four, how changes to the primary curriculum can help, and what makes a good role model
Type: Feature
Internet of Things: A New Era for Biomanufacturing?
Duygu Dikicioglu and Lidia Borgosz explore the opportunities and challenges that will determine the future of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) in bioprocessing
Type: Feature
Practical Process Control Part 12: Filters
Myke King explains filters and the benefit of moving away from the standard technique
Type: Feature
UK ammonia cracking plant takes first steps in push towards hydrogen economy
AN AMMONIA cracking system has started operations at the Tyseley Energy Park in the UK, as developers seek to demonstrate its use as a medium for shipping hydrogen.
Type: News
UK CCUS strategy ‘outdated’ for current industry use
THE UK’s current carbon capture, usage, and storage (CCUS) strategy is overpromising and failing to consider industry alternatives that are cheaper and cleaner, according to a report published by climate change think tank Climate Tracker.
Type: News
UK government’s energy market reforms overshadowed by call to build new gas power stations
ENGINEERS are pushing the UK government to do more to support CCUS and hydrogen following its highly politicised spin about the need to build new gas plants that overshadowed a much wider package of energy market reforms.
Type: News
NatPower plans to deliver £10bn worth of battery storage projects to the UK
RENEWABLES project developer NatPower has promised to invest £10bn (US$12.8bn) to deliver the UK’s largest portfolio of battery storage projects.
Type: News
