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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
IChemE Fellows Hutchings and Sherlock elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering
GRAHAM HUTCHINGS and Jon-Paul Sherlock, both IChemE Fellows, have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for their outstanding contributions to engineering. Meanwhile, Marlene Kanga, IChemE Honorary Fellow and chair of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been elected as an International Fellow of the Academy.
Type: News
Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic and engineer, who died in December 2023, aged 33.
Type: News
Mobile plant produces fuel from waste wood
TWELVE research groups from seven countries have developed a sustainable method for producing biofuel from wood waste. The process takes place in a mobile unit which has the potential to decentralise fuel production.
Type: News
Shell lays out net-zero strategy
OIL and gas major Shell has set out a strategy for achieving net zero energy transformation by 2050, which it says will be powered by growth in its customer-facing businesses.
Type: News
CCS: Carbon Capture and Strategy
Helen Tunnicliffe goes on safari in Norway to learn about a government-backed scheme to set up a full-chain, full-scale CCS project
Type: Feature
Celebrating 100 years of chemical engineering at the University of Queensland
Type: Feature
IChemE, Chester Uni and industry join forces on first chemeng apprenticeship
ICHEME, the University of Chester, and major employers in the region are working together to offer the first chemical engineering degree apprenticeship in the UK.
Type: News
Engineers must take action to reverse damage to planet, says IChemE climate briefing
ICHEME has urged its members to use their unique expertise to arrest and reverse the “damage to the life support systems of our planet” in its updated climate change briefing, released ahead of COP29.
Type: News
RSC opens Emerging Technologies Competition 2020
THE UK’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is now open for entries into its 2020 Emerging Technologies Competition. Winners receive a share of £160,000 (US$200,896) no-strings-attached funding and support to accelerate tech innovators, startups, and spinouts.
Type: News
Nexen charged after oil sands explosion deaths
CANADA’s Alberta province has brought eight charges against Nexen Energy after an on-site explosion killed two oil sands workers in 2016.
Type: News
Chemical engineers are starting to think about wastewater treatment in an entirely new way
Type: Feature
Research is underway to enhance cloud seeding - in a bid to boost freshwater supplies
Type: Feature
Australian partnership for battery storage system
ENGIE, Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG), and Fluence have partnered to deliver a large-scale battery for renewable energy storage at the site of Engie’s decommissioned Hazelwood coal power station in Latrobe Valley, Victoria, Australia.
Type: News
Sasol cuts production to mitigate coronavirus impacts
SOUTH African integrated energy and chemicals company Sasol has announced production cuts to help mitigate impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and oil price volatility.
Type: News
Calculating a Path to Net Zero
A chemical engineer working for the UK Government introduces two online net zero calculators that have been launched to aid public understanding and engagement
Type: Feature
What to do About Creeping Change
A new hazard identification methodology can identify creeping changes, potentially averting catastrophic consequences
Type: Feature
Membrane filters out antibiotic-resistant bacteria in wastewater
A TECHNIQUE has been developed combining a photocatalytic membrane and UV light to remove most antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes from wastewater.
Type: News
Coca-Cola Company to extend loan for novel PET recycling technology
THE Coca-Cola Company has announced an agreement extending a loan to Ioniqa Technologies, a startup company based in the Netherlands. The agreement is expected to accelerate the scaleup of Ioniqa’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling technology.
Type: News
