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Sellafield digital twin project clinches top IChemE award
SELLAFIELD and the National Nuclear Laboratory were awarded IChemE’s Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award for developing a digital twin of a crucial nuclear waste processing plant which has enabled them to radically improve its performance and extend the life of the facility.
Type: News
What Employers Who Hire Graduate Engineers Really Want
Recruiters reveal how chemical engineering graduates can stand out in applications, interviews and beyond
Type: Feature
Why we Need to Engage with Primary School Children – and How to do it Effectively
Joy Parvin has 32 years of working in primary schools’ outreach under her belt. She reflects on why it is so important for chemical engineers to engage with the youngest in our society, and shares tips from three Children Challenging Industry ambassadors who are out there doing it
Type: Feature
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch – Feed the World
No chemical engineering feat better illustrates the double-edged nature of many inventions than the Haber-Bosch process.
Type: Feature
Chemical engineers have a significant role to play helping to overcome the challenges of transporting large volumes of captured carbon dioxide.
Type: Feature
Toolkit launched to promote DiscoverChemEng message at school careers fairs
The new Young People’s and Student Engagement Team at IChemE, led by Jo Cox, are developing resources and initiatives to attract and develop an extensive talent pool of future chemical engineers, kicking off with a careers fair toolkit to support members working with schools
Type: Feature
Demystifying and Debunking ML Part 1: Foundations of Machine Learning in ChemEng
Hugh Stitt, Joe Emerson, Carl Jackson and Robert Gallen introduce the first in a four-part series exploring how chemical engineers can critically assess, apply and benefit from machine learning
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
Stuart Prescott provides some background to the emergence of AI as we kick off our look at how generative AI can shape the future of chemical engineering
Type: Feature
Bringing AI to carbon capture: how Imperial College is revolutionising plant operations
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are fast becoming in-demand skills for chemical engineers. Aniqah Majid visits Imperial College London to see how these technologies are being utilised for plant maintenance and operations
Type: Feature
WE ALL know that chemical engineering is the “boundaryless profession”. Our industry improves processes in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical, food and drink, energy, consumer goods, petrochemical, inorganic chemical and plastics industries, and so enhances the lives of billions of people all over the world.
Type: Feature
With our energy systems going through profound change, Adam Duckett asked chemical engineers who have transitioned from oil and gas to greener pursuits for insights that could help others make the switch
Type: Feature
The Middlewich Job (the Pump Preservation Society)
In the fourth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, David Nellist explains how Europe’s last-surviving brine pump in a hand-dug shaft was saved from dereliction
Type: Feature
US CSB calls for review to improve HF safety
THE US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), has released a letter calling on the US Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) to review and update its 1993 study of hydrofluoric acid (HF) to improve safety.
Type: News
PERRY’S – the handbook known within the discipline as the bible of chemical engineering – will be published in a new 9th edition later this year. We caught up with the book’s editors to find out more.
Type: Feature
Long-term solutions and strategic thinking promoted at Shell’s NXplorers Pro event at IChemE HQ
SHELL hosted its two-day NXplorers Pro programme for chemical engineering students at IChemE’s headquarters in Rugby, UK this week, delivering workshops and team challenges designed to build systems-thinking skills and long-term strategic awareness.
Type: News
The next big breakthrough in chemical process technology will only be achieved by adopting a rigorous, multi-disciplinary, holistic approach.
Type: Feature
Many of us feel impostor syndrome at some point in our careers. To help generate more understanding around the phenomenon, Laura Grindey and Martyna Cepaite from IChemE’s National Early Careers Group surveyed chemical engineers about their experiences
Type: Feature
