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Chemical Engineering Education in the Age of Disruption

Esther Ventura-Medina wonders what will the future look like after Covid-19?

Type: Feature

Chemical engineers feature in second season of engineering safety programme

SIX chemical engineers have featured as experts in the second series of Disasters Engineered.

Type: News

New view of chemical engineering to help serve society

RESEARCHERS have presented a new view of chemical and biochemical (C&B) engineering, which sees the discipline as three interconnected layers of activity. They say the view helps to show how well equipped the field is to tackle current and future challenges, to serve society.

Type: News

ExxonMobil to revamp refining and chemical operations

EXXONMOBIL will reorganise its refining and chemical operations in an attempt to boost profits amid volatile oil and natural gas prices, according to Reuters.

Type: News

Interactive Graph Resource for Chemical Engineering Design

Interactive graphs have the potential to provide students with a more dynamic and engaging learning experience. With that in mind, The University of Manchester’s Department of Chemical Engineering has produced an interactive set of graphs that can be easily embedded into any virtual learning environment

Type: Feature

Biotech pioneer appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult

STEVE BAGSHAW has been appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Bagshaw, a chemical engineer, was an expert industry advisor to the UK government’s vaccine taskforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Type: News

IChemE appoints Mangkusasono as Oman ambassador

ICHEME has appointed Henry Mangkusasono, technical safety engineer at Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) as its senior ambassador in Oman.

Type: News

TfS white paper explores new approaches to counting carbon in chemical sector

A WHITE paper released by global chemical initiative Together for Sustainability (TfS) has identified several improvements in corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting that they say if implemented will help encourage decarbonisation across the chemical sector.

Type: News

Virtual Reality and Working Environment

In May last year, on the pages of The Chemical Engineer, I started sharing my thoughts on teaching safety, as I embarked on a new post as visiting professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the UK’s Loughborough University.

Type: Feature

Palm Oil Possibilities

Ausiera Rosland talks about her role as a Project Engineer at Sime Darby Oils in Malaysia

Type: Feature

New chemical engineering department at Brunel University London

BRUNEL University London’s new Department of Chemical Engineering was officially launched on 29 January 2020.

Type: News

Plastic Energy commissions new chemical recycling pilot plant at Loughborough University

CHEMICAL recycling firm Plastic Energy has commissioned a new pilot plant to further develop and optimise its unique chemical recycling technology at its research and development labs in Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park (LUSEP) in the UK.

Type: News

The chemical sector and its digital journey

THERE has been a lot of media attention regarding the term Industry 4.0, what it means, and how it will revolutionise manufacturing in terms of flexibility, productivity, efficiency and customer interaction.

Type: Feature

Green Brexit: The problem with chemical rules

Why the Great Repeal Bill won't work for REACH

Type: News

The chemical sector and its digital journey

Looking at the technology focus behind Industry 4.0

Type: News

News reports fatal chemical blasts in India

NEWS sites have reported fatal chemical incidents in India’s Hapur district, in the state of Uttar Pradesh.

Type: News

Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance

A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regional prize for academic performance.

Type: News

Keeping Safety in Mind

THE paramount importance of good safety performance is a message we need to continue to hammer home to our chemical engineering students, and since my last article (The Chemical Engineer 899), I have been involved in a number of discussions on how we teach safety at Loughborough University.

Type: Feature

Chemical Engineers: RedR Needs You

What RedR is doing to help in disaster zones, and how you can help

Type: Feature

AI could impact almost half of chemical engineering jobs, report says

CHEMICAL engineers’ workloads will be transformed by generative AI, allowing workers more time for “complex judgemental tasks”, according to a report published by Accenture.

Type: News