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Book Review: The Chemical Code

Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 978086154203; Point Blank, an imprint of Oneworld; £9.99; 2023

Type: Feature

UK workers set to benefit from ‘energy skills passport’ backed by oil, gas, and wind industries

EMPLOYERS in the oil, gas, and wind sectors have partnered with energy initiatives to develop a skills passport to help UK workers through the energy transition.

Type: News

Taking the P out of pee

ENGINEERS at the University of Surrey are investigating how phosphorous can be filtered from human urine in a bid to avoid shortages of a critical element for food production and to protect the environment.

Type: News

European Young Engineers – Networking, Knowledge and now, IChemE

Laura Grindey explains how European Young Engineers (EYE) is shaping engineering and fostering connections, and why IChemE finds itself at the heart of it

Type: Feature

The Implications of Generative AI

Adam Duckett sees a bright future for chemical engineering and generative AI, but there are caveats

Type: Feature

My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Dermot Manning

Roland Clift picks out IChemE fellow Manning, a key figure in the commercialisation of polyethylene (PE), a vital cog in the Manhattan Project, and on a much more personal level, the father of Clift’s wife Diana

Type: Feature

Precision Pays Off: How Nanotechnology Promises to Improve Cancer Tests

Chemical engineer Paula Mendes talks to Adam Duckett about her big ambitions for tiny tech

Type: Feature

Master Troubleshooting in Process Operations

ESD’s practical, simulation-based course equips engineers with the real-world skills to diagnose faults, fix failures fast, and keep process plants running safely and efficiently

Type: Feature

How to Think About Ethics

Engineering ethics has much to do with communication, thought and decision-making

Type: Feature

Top of the Tree

Adam Duckett asks whether or not your company has a digitalisation strategy

Type: Feature

Usher in a New Age

Adam Duckett on ushering in a new era

Type: Feature

Communication: the Rate-limiting Step

The first of a regular series of pieces focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, this time looking at communication

Type: Feature

No Operation is an Island

Adam Duckett discusses siloed operations

Type: Feature

Keep the Doors Open

Adam Duckett calls for schools outreach to continue apace into 2019

Type: Feature

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Lina Aglén

Yasmin Ali interviews Lina Aglén, Lead Engineer at FairHeat

Type: Feature

How Chemicals Companies Can Drive Operational Resilience with the Digital Twin

Paige Marie Morse explains how companies have been using digital technologies to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic

Type: Feature

The Art of Facilitation

It's not about you and your ideas: how to be effective at facilitation

Type: Feature

French bill banning fossil fuel exploration passes in parliament

A BILL banning new fossil fuel exploration licences in France immediately and all fossil fuel extraction in the country by 2040 has cleared its final hurdle, after being approved by the French parliament.

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

Update: Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery

THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its science and engineering faculty at Thornton Science Park after the local council refused to grant retrospective planning permission due to the proximity of Stanlow oil refinery.

Type: News