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Front-end lessons: green megaprojects at risk unless government learns from HS2 blunders
Tom Baxter says the UK government must learn from past engineering project mistakes or expensive CCS, hydrogen and electricity grid megaprojects could fail
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
Jonathan McDonough explains how 3D printing will benefit the chemical engineering discipline over the next 5–10 years
Type: Feature
Engineering Net Zero Part 5: Consuming the Planet's Resources
David Simmonds explores the picnic basket of our energy transition, our increasing dependency on China, and how hydrogen can help us deliver an electrified economy
Type: Feature
Turning the Dial – How Can We Bring More Women into Engineering?
Overturning some common perceptions and creating a more flexible working environment is essential to boosting diversity and tackling the industry’s skills gap. An outline of the key challenges that businesses, industry groups and the Government must tackle.
Type: Feature
Raj P Chhabra and Basavaraj Gurappa; ISBN: 9780081010983 (Paperback); 9780081012208; (eBook; Butterworth-Heinemann; 2019; £84.95
Type: Feature
Nick Starkey of the Royal Academy of Engineering explains why engineering input is so crucial for policymakers
Type: Feature
IChemE opens applications for fellowship to brief UK MPs on science and engineering
ICHEME is accepting applications from final year students and postgraduates for the Ashok Kumar Fellowship, which offers the winner the chance to spend three months at the UK Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) and produce a briefing note for members of parliament (MPs).
Type: News
UK MP and chemical engineer Chris McDonald keen to unite the worlds of engineering and politics
CHRIS MCDONALD, an IChemE Fellow and new member of the UK parliament, has been appointed an assistant in the department for energy security and net zero. He said in his opening speech to lawmakers that he wants to unite the worlds of engineering and politics.
Type: News
DAC partners announce global deployment approach
CCUS platform 1PointFive and technology company Carbon Engineering have announced a deployment approach that could achieve high numbers of direct air capture (DAC) projects around the world.
Type: News
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
Adam Duckett speaks to Tina Düren and Bernardo Castro Dominguez about the University of Bath’s new master’s focusing on the application of AI in engineering
Type: Feature
Lab-to-Table: Why Chemical Engineers are Key to a Meat-Free Future
Marianne Ellis talks about her work on tissue engineering to find ways to improve societal health by developing biotherapies and non-animal technologies
Type: Feature
Engineering ethics has much to do with communication, thought and decision-making
Type: Feature
New report reveals latest chemical engineering salary trends
SALARIES for chemical engineers dropped slightly in 2018, according to IChemE’s UK Salary Survey 2018, published yesterday. 1,585 UK members took part in this year’s survey.
Type: News
Nuclear Waste Disposal: The Defining Chemical Engineering Challenge of Our Time?
Steve Reece of Nuclear Waste Services on the challenges of developing a geological disposal facility
Type: Feature
IChemE publishes biosector career profiles
ICHEME has launched a collection of chemical engineering career profiles to inspire the next generation into a career in the bioeconomy.
Type: News
TODAY is International Women in Engineering Day, and while 16% of engineering students are female, women still only make up 9% of the engineering workforce in the UK, according to the Women’s Engineering Society. So are girls giving up on STEM during education, rather than pursuing a career in industry? How can female engineering students stay motivated?
Type: News
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
Challenger: Home for Christmas
Mark Yates examines the engineering behind Apollo, and highlights the continuing importance of science and R&D teams on the ground
Type: Feature
