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Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focuses on the interesting developments in biotechnology
Type: Feature
Demystifying and Debunking ML Part 2: Data and Feature Engineering
Hugh Stitt, Joe Emerson, Carl Jackson and Robert Gallen focus on understanding input data and why quality, pre-processing and feature engineering drive 80% of ML modelling effort
Type: Feature
Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance
A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regional prize for academic performance.
Type: News
Expansions to lithium plants in Australia on hold due to market downturn
CHINA-based Tianqi Lithium has halted work on the expansion of its lithium hydroxide refinery in the Kwinana Industrial Area in Australia, as well as an expansion on its Talison Lithium joint venture at the Greenbushes lithium mine.
Type: News
New evacuation a week after Texas chemical plant explosion
A WEEK after the explosion at the Texas Petroleum Chemical (TPC) facility in Port Neches, Texas, a voluntary evacuation order has been issued due to elevated levels of 1,3-Butadiene.
Type: News
BASF starts up new MDI unit in push to double Geismar production
BASF has completed the first phase of its push to double production of MDI at its integrated chemicals complex in Geismar, Louisiana, US.
Type: News
CSI: Dispersion – Solving the Mysteries of Mixing Failures
Join ystral’s Hans-Joachim Jacob for a free online seminar uncovering the hidden causes of process breakdowns.
Type: Feature
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus
Type: Feature
Towards a Circular Chemical Economy: Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Bing Xu, Umit Bititci, Melissa Marques, Mengfei Jiang, and Jin Xuan discuss challenges and motivations
Type: Feature
Nyssa Nair, Steven Pratt, Paul Lant and Bronwyn Laycock explain the use of bacteria to produce biodegradable plastics
Type: Feature
Materials: Switch on/Switch off
Pablo Brito-Parada and colleagues discuss how SOSO technology could provide the paradigm shift needed to make small-scale mining viable
Type: Feature
Rules of Thumb: Bulk Material Sampling
In the latest instalment of this practical series, Eric Maynard highlights five considerations for effective bulk material sampling
Type: Feature
Chemical Looping Diversity: Biofuels, Power, CCS and Chemicals
Adam Duckett and Amanda Jasi speak to engineers who are developing a variety of chemical looping processes
Type: Feature
Our Research Focus: Spinning out, going green
Jason Hallett on why forming spin-out companies became routine, and how he hopes to help others cross the infamous investment Valley of Death
Type: Feature
Entering the Metaverse to Make Giant Leaps in Engineering
Industry needs to take risks on supercomputing, Rob Akers tells Adam Duckett
Type: Feature
ExxonMobil starts up new ethane cracker
EXXONMOBIL has announced that its new 1.5m t/y ethane cracker has commenced operations at its integrated chemical and refining complex in Baytown, Texas.
Type: News
Xodus to design Petronas’ first CCS facility
PETRONAS has awarded energy consultancy Xodus the conceptual engineering design contract for the state-energy firm’s first complete CCS project.
Type: News
NIGEL HIRST has become the 82nd President of IChemE. He delivered an Address on 14 June on the “unique and priceless” contribution that chemical engineering can make to the grand challenges and plans for IChemE in the coming year.
Type: News
IRELAND has passed a private member’s bill that bans onshore hydraulic fracturing, making it the fourth European country to do so.
Type: News
FRANCE plans to pass a law later this year to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration at home and in its overseas territories.
Type: News
