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A look at mathematical modelling of how we get our message across.
Type: Feature
Kenneth Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start
2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Army was running short of munitions. The subsequent scaling up of the supply of high explosives and propellants became a major achievement of the embryonic chemical engineering profession under the leadership of Kenneth Bingham Quinan.
Type: Feature
South Africa and Japan cooperate on water management
SOUTH Africa and Japan have signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) in the field of water resource management, which will focus on the development of infrastructure and new technologies.
Type: News
Atkins wins Shell technical safety contract
ATKINS has been awarded a five-year contract to provide technical safety and human factors services to Shell.
Type: News
Fire occurs at Marathon Petroleum refinery in California
A LARGE fire has been reported at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Carson, California, following an explosion.
Type: News
ICHEME has launched its Knowledge Hub, which is a virtual library of thousands of resources for process engineers.
Type: News
EU investing €1bn in AI factories in race for innovation
THE EU is investing €1bn (US$1.1bn) to set up so-called AI Factories that will use the bloc’s supercomputers to help industry, startups, and researchers develop “trustworthy” AI technology.
Type: News
Particle technology has much to offer materials processors, but only if we foster the link between academia and industry
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
When it comes to human factors, there are lessons the process industries can lean from incidents in other sectors.
Type: Feature
Vaccines: The End of the Cold War?
How an award-winning ensilication technology could remove the need to refrigerate life-saving vaccines
Type: Feature
EXXONMOBIL has been awarded IChemE Gold Corporate Partner status for its UK sites in Fawley, Hampshire, and Fife.
Type: News
GHD becomes IChemE Silver Corporate Partner
GHD has been awarded Silver Corporate Partner status by IChemE.
Type: News
BP supports green skills hub to train Teessiders
BP is developing educational programmes with Redcar & Cleveland College that will train people for the greener industries being created in Teesside.
Type: News
Primark launches its first circular clothing range
CLOTHING retailer Primark has launched its first product range designed to be reused or recycled, as the company moves towards a more circular future. It was designed using the company’s new circular product standard (CPS), which was published alongside the product launch.
Type: News
UK government pledges to create high-skilled jobs in support of £17bn semiconductor industry
A “cutting-edge” semiconductor facility – featuring technology previously used only in Japan – has opened at the University of Southampton, with the UK government unveiling a £4.8m (US$6.4m) skills package to support the growing sector.
Type: News
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, Vince Pizzoni explains how he has been supporting careers and jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic
Type: Feature
Continuing the theme of communication, this month we take a look at technical writing.
Type: Feature
Switching to Green Energy in the Food Manufacturing Industry
How Robert Barrack and process engineering staff at Aurecon NZ provided their client with a concept to fully electrify their food manufacturing plant
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
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