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TCE Frank Morton 2025 live blog
Welcome to the The Chemical Engineer magazine's live blog for the Frank Morton sports day 2025, hosted by last year's winners, The University of Nottingham. Edited by Aniqah Majid and Sam Baker
Type: News
IChemE makes new editions of top chemical engineering books available to members
A RANGE of new titles, including recently updated editions of Coulson & Richardson’s Chemical Engineering – have been added to IChemE’s online library, Knovel.
Type: News
A Virtuous Circle: Chemical Looping has Solid Potential for Optimising Processes
Ben Anthony and Paul Fennell explore the advantages of chemical looping and call on governments to support its scale up in order to bolster green industry
Type: Feature
Imagining What Chemical Engineering Will Look Like in 50 Years
Duncan Barker got in touch to share a prize-winning essay that he discovered his late father Andy had written 50 years ago imagining what life at Stanlow Refinery would look like in 2023. Given he followed his father into chemical engineering, we couldn’t resist seeing if Duncan had inherited the literary gene too. Here’s his take on what life will be like at a plant 50 years from now…
Type: Feature
Replacing oil with wood in chemical making
Potential for renewable source of drugs and plastics
Type: News
UCL chemical engineering department receives Gold Athena Swan award for gender equality efforts
UNIVERSITY College London’s chemical engineering department has been awarded gold status as part of the Athena Swan Charter, in recognition of its commitment to gender equality.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows recognised with 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded 2020 Birthday Honours to chemical engineers and IChemE Fellows Jane Atkinson and Nilay Shah for their outstanding contribution to chemical engineering.
Type: News
Shallcross awarded Chemeca Medal
DAVID SHALLCROSS has been awarded the Chemeca Medal for his contributions to the chemical engineering profession.
Type: News
Chemical Engineering Matters in a time of Global Challenges
Alexandra Meldrum outlines coming updates to IChemE’s technical roadmap
Type: Feature
A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’
Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help humanity survive and thrive
Type: Feature
Virtual Reality: Levelling Up Process Safety Training
Process safety engineer Martin Wardrope looks closely at how virtual reality is being used to develop process safety practice and awareness
Type: Feature
University of Hull gains IChemE accreditation
THE University of Hull has gained IChemE international accreditation for its chemical engineering Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.
Type: News
IChemE Ashok Kumar, Andrews Fellowships open
Support young chemical engineering researchers
Type: News
UK government releases document on chemical regulation in case of no-deal Brexit
THE UK government has outlined a framework for regulating chemicals if a no-deal Brexit occurs, saying that it would preserve the EU’s chemical regulations “as far as possible”.
Type: News
Chemical engineers lead efforts to unblock UK hydrogen use
CHEMICAL engineers are investigating how the UK could increase its use of hydrogen and alternative liquid fuels as part of the nation’s commitment to net zero by 2050.
Type: News
Large fire breaks out at UK chemical storage unit
FIREFIGHTERS have responded to a large fire at a chemical storage unit in Staffordshire, UK after more than 60 emergency calls came in from members of the public.
Type: News
Fire at Scottish Borders chemical plant
A FIRE occurred at Rathburn Chemicals in the Scottish Borders, UK, on 10 January.
Type: News
Lanxess to cut 870 jobs amid German chemical industry downturn
GERMAN speciality chemicals group Lanxess plans to cut 870 jobs worldwide. The firm has blamed a deepening crisis in the country's chemicals sector due to rising energy prices brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Type: News
IChemE takes centre stage at the Process and Chemical Engineering Show this May
The ChemUK 2024 Expo will return on 15 and 16 May at the NEC in Birmingham. Running as part of the trade show, event organiser, UK Industry Events, has announced the launch of the new Process & Chemical Engineering Show Zone.
Type: Feature
