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Chemical spill injures five at Western Australian alumina refinery
TWO PEOPLE were hospitalised, and three others also injured, after a spill of caustic solution at aluminium major Alcoa’s Pinjarra refinery in Western Australia.
Type: News
Robots found to perform chemical research ‘faster’ than humans
AI-DRIVEN robots can carry out complex chemistry experiments “faster” than humans, according to a University of Liverpool study.
Type: News
SABIC and BP join forces on circular plastics
SABIC and BP are working together to produce recycled plastics at the Gelsenkirchen chemical complex in Germany.
Type: News
Why You Shouldn’t be Afraid of Sales
Nigel Hirst argues that despite their wariness of sales roles, chemical engineers actually make the best technical salespeople
Type: Feature
Distillation Improvement Opportunities Part 1: Introduction - Your Greener Prospects
Daniel Summers introduces a new series calling on chemical engineers to take advantage of opportunities to improve the efficiency of distillation operations
Type: Feature
Going for Gold…Red, Blue, or Black!
James Colley looks at opportunities available to chemical engineers both in traditional non-fossil fuel sectors and emerging sectors
Type: Feature
Knovel provides a wide range of resources for chemical engineers, including books, journals, and case studies and is a key benefit of IChemE membership, writes Luke Williams
Type: Feature
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 1
In this contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt turns his focus onto the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
IChemE and ITN launch “Engineering a Sustainable World” programme
ICHEME has produced a programme with ITN showing the roles that chemical and process engineers play in addressing climate change, the importance of collaboration between industry and academia, and why it’s important to inspire the next generation of engineers.
Type: News
IChemE medals committee chair encourages nominations to recognise professional excellence
MEMBERS of the chemical engineering profession are being urged to celebrate the outstanding work of their colleagues bywith nominating themons for an IChemE medal. by the incoming chair of the Institution’s Medals and Prizes Committee, Mark Simmons.
Type: News
Increased impact factors for IChemE journals
IChemE has announced an increase in impact factor for three of its journals; Food and Bioproducts Processing (FBP), Process Safety and Environmental Protection (PSEP), and Chemical Engineering Research and Design (ChERD).
Type: News
ICHEME is celebrating its centenary with a programme of activities throughout 2022 to honour the work of past and present chemical engineers, as well as present innovations in development that will meet challenges of the future.
Type: News
Adam Duckett speaks to the University of Warwick researchers who are recoding microbes into competitive chemical factories
Type: Feature
There are huge opportunities for chemical engineers in the UK nuclear sector, but Luke Crampton says more must be done to raise awareness and create the apprenticeships and case studies needed to attract new blood
Type: Feature
Thomas Michael O’Connor, 1953–2022
THOMAS Michael O’Connor, who dedicated his life to educating chemical engineers about the importance of process safety following the tragic death of his wife, has died aged 68.
Type: News
Video: CSB releases detailed animation of Arkema incident
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a detailed animation of the events leading to the fires that broke out at the Arkema plant flooded by Hurricane Harvey. CSB chair Vanessa Allen Sutherland has called on industry to update its existing emergency plans, warning they may no longer be adequate.
Type: News
UK chemical companies ‘optimistic’ about future growth despite recent decline
CHEMICALS companies have expressed a “high level of optimism” about future growth in the sector, according to the latest survey published by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).
Type: News
