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Shaping Change in Australia

Australia's new Labor government has work to do, and chemical engineers can help, says Alexandra Meldrum

Type: Feature

Air Apparents

Amanda Jasi speaks to the innovators developing direct air capture technologies hoping to be next in line to move us towards a net zero future

Type: Feature

Companies to launch bio-based PET bottles

Danone and Nestlé join with Origin Materials

Type: News

Patrick Vallance is named UK chief scientific adviser

THE UK government has announced that it has appointed Patrick Vallance as its chief scientific adviser.

Type: News

Solid States

You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says Grant Wellwood

Type: Feature

Hydrogen: Making the Case through Life Cycle Analysis

How decisions on hydrogen’s role in energy systems might be made; industry collaboration and long time-horizon life cycle analysis could be the first step.

Type: Feature

The Muon: A Particle that Punches above its Weight

Peter Walmsley explains the role of muon tomography in waste management at the Sellafield site

Type: Feature

Teaching: Educating Chemical Engineers on Digitalisation

Esther Ventura-Medina, Joanne Tanner and Brent Young explain why digital literacy is so important

Type: Feature

Two-Way Safety Training

Informal, interactive mentoring sessions can help to raise safety awareness in all areas of an organisation

Type: Feature

BP commits to net zero by 2050

NEW BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney has pledged that BP will reduce its emissions to net zero by 2050 or sooner, and has announced a new structure for the company.

Type: News

ExxonMobil gambles US$60bn on shale oil buyout

EXXONMOBIL has placed a US$60bn bet on US shale oil with the purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources.

Type: News

Volunteers publish guide to help public understand fill and finish and drug product release

Members of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering UK Affiliate (ISPE UK) and IChemE’s Pharmaceutical Special Interest Group have published the following guide aimed at explaining to the public the process of fill and finish, and drug product release.

Type: News

Energy: Using Hydrogen for Glass

Andrew Keeley and Mike Haden talk about decarbonising the glass manufacturing process using hydrogen as a fuel

Type: Feature

Trump aims to lift offshore drilling bans

Executive order signed despite low oil demand

Type: News

We asked 400 members…

Richard Cousins reviews the key lessons from a member CPD sampling exercise, and what comes next

Type: Feature

Book Review: What Went Wrong? 6th Edition

Trevor Kletz & Paul Amyotte; ISBN: 9780128105399 (Hardcover) 9780128105405 (eBook); Butterworth-Heinemann; 2019; £64.36

Type: Feature

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Amanda Scalza

Yasmin Ali speaks to Amanda Scalza, Production Manager at SC Johnson, a manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and consumer chemicals.

Type: Feature

ExxonMobil stops unplanned flaring at UK plant

EXXONMOBIL has announced that it has ceased unplanned flaring at its Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) at Mossmorran, in Fife, UK. The flaring lasted six days and led to record levels of complaints from those living nearby.

Type: News

‘Artificial leaf’ for carbon neutral syngas production

RESEARCHERS at the University of Cambridge, UK, have demonstrated simple and sustainable syngas production using a carbon neutral “artificial leaf” device, setting a new benchmark in the field of solar fuels.

Type: News

LSC member quits over climate change concerns

TOM BAXTER has resigned from IChemE’s Learned Society Committee (LSC) because he feels the Institution’s position on climate change is too weak. In response, LSC Chair Jarka Glassey has said that IChemE is materially taking action to help members address climate change and that a formal position formed through wider consultation with members will take time to develop.

Type: News