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Frances Arnold awarded ACS ‘highest honour’
NOBEL prize-winning chemical engineer Frances Arnold has been handed the American Chemistry Society’s (ACS) “highest honour” for her contributions to chemistry.
Type: News
US to expand toxic chemical regulations
Negotiators reach agreement for final vote next week
Type: News
Firefighter injured at US chemical plant explosion
ONE firefighter was injured while responding to a large fire at a chemical plant in Affton, St Louis County, Missouri.
Type: News
Roger Kilburn appointed chair of NEPIC
ROGER KILBURN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been appointed the chair of the UK’s Northeast of England Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC).
Type: News
Iain Conn appointed next chair of EngineeringUK
IAIN CONN, a chemical engineer and IChemE Fellow, is set to become the new chair of EngineeringUK, a charity that works to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Type: News
Webinar: how Tata Steel is speeding up development with data analytics
ON 25 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how Tata Steel has used experiment design to optimise the development cycle of new products.
Type: Feature
Webinar: discover how BASF is analysing data to improve yield
ON 18 June, The Chemical Engineer will host a webinar looking at how chemicals major BASF has used data to improve operations and increase yield.
Type: Feature
Sumitomo Chemical cutting 10% of workforce to stem bleeding from record US$2bn losses
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL will slash 4,000 jobs and restructure its business to “stop the bleeding” of its record loss of 312bn yen (US$2bn).
Type: News
Honey, I Shrunk the Antimicrobial Resistance
An engineer’s role in rejuvenating a naturally-inspired antimicrobial
Type: Feature
EPA limiting evaluation of chemical risks
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has revised how it determines risks associated with chemicals and will now only consider the risks of direct exposure, and not any potential exposure due to a substance being in the air, ground, or water.
Type: News
Chemical Decommissioning: Safety Challenges
What are the most significant safety hurdles in chemical decommissioning?
Type: Feature
Obituary of Professor Michael Streat, an eminent chemical engineer and a leading expert in separation processes
Type: Feature
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most cost-effective emissions abatement system.
Type: News
Webinar: Designing effective emission abatement systems
ON 28 April, The Chemical Engineer hosted a webinar about using data analytics to design the most cost-effective emissions abatement system.
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers develop ‘smart bandages’
RESEARCHERS at the University of Rhode Island (URI), US have embedded nanosensors into microfibres to create “smart bandages”, which offer the chance to detect and monitor wound infections in a continuous, non-invasive manner.
Type: News
Fire at Louisiana chemical plant following damage from Hurricane Laura
A CHEMICAL plant in Louisiana, US, caught fire after damage from Hurricane Laura caused a chlorine leak.
Type: News
Dudley Maurice Newitt – Chemical engineering meets James Bond
Claudia Flavell-While goes on the trail of Dudley Maurice Newitt – a developer of spy gadgetry and the real-life inspiration for James Bond's Q
Type: Feature
New cohort welcomed with industry insights, leadership lessons and a call to shape the future
Type: Feature
Leaf it out! Chemical engineers develop bioplastic that breaks down in soil
US CHEMICAL engineers inspired by leaves have created a form of bioplastic packaging that degrades in the environment in ambient conditions.
Type: News
IChemE Pharma SIG honours Jennifer Aitken’s legacy at London memorial seminar
ICHEME’s Pharma Special Interest Group (SIG) paid tribute to “dedicated” chemical engineer Jennifer Aitken at a seminar in London last week. Aitken died suddenly from Covid complications in 2023.
Type: News
