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ChemEngDayUK: Preparing to deliver sustainability
HELD for the first time in Northern Ireland, and hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, this year’s ChemEngDayUK saw around 145 delegates gather to experience a rich programme focussed on sustainability, featuring more than 100 contributions of posters, presentations, and workshops.
Type: News
Viewpoint: Heating Homes with Hydrogen – a Hazard that Should be Avoided
Tom Baxter’s TCE article “Home Hydrogen: Is it Safe?” generated a lot of interest from the chemeng community. Little did he suspect it would see him on stage at Ellesmere Port Civic Hall taking part in a heated public debate on the subject, a result of nearby Whitby being selected for a domestic hydrogen trial
Type: Feature
Sharing the Secrets of Greener Palm Oil
Adam Duckett interviews researchers working to optimise the palm oil sector
Type: Feature
Empathy: Enabling students to be entrepreneurs
David Fernandez Rivas talks to Adam Duckett about interacting and taking risks to innovate
Type: Feature
Let’s Go Round Again: Closing the Loop on Problem Plastics
With today’s Earth Day campaign calling for action on plastic production, Adam Duckett talks to Jess Gregson, a chemical engineer building a plant in the UK that will allow tricky to recycle plastics to be used over and over again
Type: Feature
Bringing Biomass to the Masses
A flagbearer for biotech companies looking to replace petroleum-based chemicals with plant-based alternatives, Geno is researching alternatives to traditional methods of producing nylon, personal care products, and palm oil – it even wants to get its hands on flags, too, as Adam Duckett finds out
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett speaks to Tina Düren and Bernardo Castro Dominguez about the University of Bath’s new master’s focusing on the application of AI in engineering
Type: Feature
Putting the AI in Feedback TrAIning
Stuart Prescott explores the use of AI tools to support students practicing and developing their skills in both self-assessment and providing feedback within a project team
Type: Feature
CPD Requirements are Changing - Are You Ready?
GETTING CHARTERED was a significant development in my professional career but not the end of the process. On the contrary, I now had an obligation to demonstrate a continuing commitment to my profession.
Type: Feature
"When people talk, listen completely"
Jon Prichard discusses the eagerness of members to engage
Type: Feature
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
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
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Doug Hall
Yasmin Ali speaks to US-based Doug Hall – inventor, whiskey maker, and founder of Eureka! Ranch.
Type: Feature
IChemE Fellows feature as experts in TV documentary about engineering safety
THREE IChemE Fellows will feature as experts in a new ten-part television documentary series about engineering safety incidents, to be aired on the UK Discovery Channel.
Type: News
Water experts issue call to action on climate
AN alliance of experts from across the water sector, including from IChemE, has issued a call to action that commits water professionals to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Safely Delivering Industrial Gases
With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Caroline Smither tells Yasmin Ali about her work helping industry make a safe shift to net zero
Type: Feature
To mark Earth Day’s focus on slashing plastic production, Amanda Jasi speaks to David Gardner and Andrea Paulillo to find out how they are helping to make the plastic system more sustainable
Type: Feature
Governments urged to do more as ambitious timeline for fusion set at FUSION24 conference
FUSION has garnered something of a reputation in the energy industry for always being 30 years away. However, scientists and engineers from around the world gathered at The Science Museum in London yesterday to be told of ambitious plans to get “fusion electrons on the grid by the 2030s”.
Type: News
