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Salt of the Earth: Part 1

Martin Pitt considers the chemical engineering history of common salt

Type: Feature

Time running out to nominate exceptional engineers for Covid-19 response

THE Royal Academy of Engineering will make a special series of awards to engineers who are have been using their skills to tackle the Covid-19 crisis, with nominations closing on 3 June.

Type: News

Inquiry launched into apprenticeship decline

WITH the UK battling an acute skills shortage, Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knight and Lord Willetts supported by EngineeringUK, have launched an inquiry to understand the decline in engineering-related apprenticeships.

Type: News

Jennifer Aitken, 1973–2023

Obituary of Jennifer Aitken, process safety advocate and popular member of IChemE's Pharma Special Interest Group, who died unexpectedly in October, aged 50.

Type: News

Costain claims world-first as it completes FEED for Teesside elements of the East Coast CCUS Cluster

COSTAIN has created the first digital record of all the above and below ground assets in the Teesside industrial cluster, which forms part of the UK’s wider East Coast CCUS Cluster. The digital record aims to offer a “single source of truth” to guide development of future projects in the densely populated industrial area.

Type: News

IChemE Fellow awarded 2021 Chemeca Medal

ROSE Amal, a Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded this year’s prestigious Chemeca Medal, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to chemical engineering.

Type: News

Closing the Plastics Loop

Ivan McCormack discusses his role in the recycling sector, developing a chemical process to close the loop on single-use plastics.

Type: Feature

Solids Flow: Piece by Piece

Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray

Type: Feature

Spirited Away

From studying undergraduate biochemical engineering at UCL, to distilling gin in Finland

Type: Feature

Under One Roof

The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for business

Type: Feature

Food and Drink: Learning from Others

Contractors are borrowing techniques from the petchem, pharma and auto in-dustries to help food and drink re-establish itself in manufacturing

Type: Feature

Safety is my job: Muhammad Naeem Ullah

Robin Turney speaks to Muhammad Naeem Ullah about his work as a process safety specialist at the Health and Safety Executive

Type: Feature

Well Connected

Victoria Darcy announces a new way for students and graduates to network and find out what chemical engineering roles are out there

Type: Feature

Engineers among the most trusted profession

THE ENGINEERING profession is among the most trusted in Britain according to the latest Ipsos Veracity Index.

Type: News

A Greener Future for IChemE

The BioFutures Programme will address the opportunities and challenges faced by the chemical engineering profession and the biosector

Type: Feature

Solids Flow: Prevent the Problem

Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray explain how to identify and mitigate bulk solids flow risks

Type: Feature

Amec Foster Wheeler wins gold EPC

AMEC FOSTER WHEELER has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Australia.

Type: News

Plastic Energy and Axens join forces to license circular plastics processes

PLASTIC ENERGY has partnered with engineering services firm Axens to license its plastics recycling technology.

Type: News

UK’s Teesside University launches scholarships to support female engineers ahead of INWED

TEESSIDE University in the UK has today launched three £8,000 (US$10,108) scholarships to support first-year female engineers. Aimed at encouraging more women to study an engineering-related degree, they are expected to help increase the diversity of those seeking to work in current and future industries in Tees Valley.

Type: News

IChemE President makes first overseas visit since pandemic

FOLLOWING a two-year break in overseas travel brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, IChemE President David Bogle has visited conferences, universities and community groups outside the UK to demonstrate the Institution’s continued commitment to members.

Type: News