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Josh Fearns awarded Ashok Kumar Fellowship

JOSH Fearns, a chemical engineering graduate of the University of Surrey, UK has been awarded IChemE’s 2022 Ashok Kumar Fellowship and will work alongside UK Parliamentary advisers to brief lawmakers.

Type: News

IChemE’s partnership with SAIChE ends

THE South African Institution of Chemical Engineers (SAIChE) has advised IChemE it no longer wishes to become an IChemE Branch and so will cease to offer dual membership to its members.

Type: News

Pollution Protection for the People

In the second of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute to society, Clare Sheppard shares her work on urban air quality in Australia

Type: Feature

Costain wins contract to upgrade Capenhurst uranium enrichment site

COSTAIN has won a contract from Urenco to engineer new and upgraded infrastructure at its Capenhurst site in Cheshire, UK.

Type: News

Practical Process Control Part 7: Parameters for Designing Liquid Level Controllers

Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement

Type: Feature

Evonik plans €100m digital investment

EVONIK has earmarked €100m (US$114m) for investment in digitalisation by 2020 and formed strategic partnerships including with IBM as it seeks to forge ahead with digital change in the chemicals industry.

Type: News

US rejoins Paris Agreement

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order for the country to rejoin the Paris Agreement, along with other orders intended to confront the climate crisis and attempt to “undo the damage” of the last four years.

Type: News

2021 QEPrize nominations now open

NOMINATIONS for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize), the world’s most prestigious engineering accolade, opened around the world today. Winners of the £1m (US$1.2m) cash prize will be announced in February 2021.

Type: News

HAZZZZOP?

Believe it or not, the role of HAZOP scribe has much to offer up-and-coming chemical engineers

Type: Feature

University of Melbourne wins US$100,000 grant

RESEARCHERS at the University of Melbourne, Australia have won a US$100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant. The grant will be used to fund a research project aimed at relieving malnutrition among mothers and infants in developing countries.

Type: News

Death of judge sees Dow settle price-fix case

Uncertainties lead chemical major to pay US$835m

Type: News

We Only Get Them When We’re Good!

In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, Tony Ginsberg shares the joy and shared benefits of volunteering to support science and maths classes at a local primary school

Type: Feature

Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson talk fire safety

Chemical engineers are well suited to assessing fire safety by applying systems thinking and a risk-based approach. Chemical engineers Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson, have applied those skills to buildings safety by compiling reports for the UK parliament, and met in Westminster to discuss their experiences of writing the reports, how they applied their chemical engineering backgrounds, and their surprise at the current disorder of the construction industry.

Type: Feature

Safety Talk

Adam Duckett discusses his shock at the chemical accidents figures coming out of China

Type: Feature

Woodside agrees US$2.35bn deal for OCI clean ammonia plant

WOODSIDE is buying a low-carbon ammonia plant in the US for US$2.35bn as it looks to expand into a growing market for cleaner energy and chemical feedstocks.

Type: News

IChemE to publish guide on natural hazard infrastructure threats

AN ENGINEER-focussed guide to help better understand the threats presented by UK natural hazards to energy infrastructure assets will be released in 2018.

Type: News

US CSB safety warning after Hurricane Harvey

A SAFETY alert has been issued by the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), urging for diligent safety management when restarting facilities affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Type: News

ExxonMobil plans US$650m upgrade to Fawley refinery

EXXONMOBIL is planning on upgrading its Fawley refinery, in the company’s biggest investment in the UK for nearly 30 years.

Type: News

Green Biologics closes biochemicals plant in US

GREEN Biologics (GBL), a biobased chemical firm headquartered in the UK, has announced that it will close its plant in Minnesota, US, due to financial difficulties.

Type: News