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ScottishPower plans £5.4bn investment in green UK energy infrastructure

SCOTTISHPOWER has unveiled £5.4bn (US$6.8bn) worth of contract opportunities covering the next ten years that will support electricity network ambitions and a net zero future.

Type: News

IChemE 2023 medals nominations open

IChemE has opened nominations for its 2023 medals and prizes programme, which aims to recognise the most outstanding work in the chemical engineering profession.

Type: News

Dairy Diary

Process and chemical engineer Ramin Razmi charts his journey from research to industry in the dairy sector

Type: Feature

Caltech chemical engineer Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize

CHEMICAL engineer Frances Arnold has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pioneering work that mimics evolution to engineer enzymes.

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

GHD becomes IChemE Silver Corporate Partner

GHD has been awarded Silver Corporate Partner status by IChemE.

Type: News

IChemE members now have access to new titles via Knovel and the associated app

ICHEME members can now access new books using IChemE’s online resource Knovel, as well as to the associated app now available to members. The new titles include those on sustainable energy development, and scaleup and commercialisation.

Type: News

Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot

A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids handling and asks how can we get it right

Type: Feature

IChemE Fellows awarded New Year’s Honours

ICHEME Fellows and chemical engineering professors, Geoffrey Maitland and Raffaella Ocone, have been awarded honours in Her Majesty The Queen’s 2019 New Year’s Honours list.

Type: News

IChemE Fellow recognised for efforts against Covid

ICHEME Fellow Zhanfeng Cui and his team at the University of Oxford, UK have received an award from the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) for their development of a rapid viral RNA test for Covid-19 detection.

Type: News

Marlene Kanga awarded Queen’s Birthday Honours

MARLENE Kanga, a chartered chemical engineer who successfully campaigned for a global engineering day, has been awarded an Officer of the Order of Australia (OA) in the 2022 Queen’s Birthday Honours List in Australia.

Type: News

Raffaella Ocone set to be 84th president of IChemE

RAFFAELLA OCONE, professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University, will take up the presidency of IChemE next year after being nominated to serve as deputy from June.

Type: News

EFCE honours individuals and team that developed 3D-printed reactor

THE European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) has today announced the winners of a series of awards, including granting former IChemE president Richard Darton its highest distinction.

Type: News

TechnipFMC set to divide in two

OIL services company TechnipFMC will spin off its engineering and construction operations into a separate company.

Type: News

UK gas networks join forces for net zero

THE engineering expertise of the UK’s gas network operators have joined forces to outline how to achieve net zero emissions.

Type: News

Christmas Future: What Will Christmas be Like in 2073

Members of our reader panel envision how chemical engineering will shape the festive period in 50 years’ time

Type: Feature

Engineers warn next UK government must commit to industrial strategy to secure UK economy

ENGINEERS have warned that the UK economy is at risk unless the next government commits to a long-term industrial strategy and equips workers for future green and tech jobs. As part of a systems approach to ensuring sustainable economic growth, 42 organisations including IChemE also recommended intensifying commitment to net zero and futureproofing infrastructure.

Type: News

IChemE presents awards to ten chemical engineers

ON 23 May IChemE presented ten chemical engineers with medals for their outstanding contributions to the profession. The awards were presented by IChemE President Ken Rivers, at a special ceremony in front of friends, family, and colleagues at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham, UK.

Type: News

John O’Shea, 1947-2023

Obituary of John O'Shea, a devoted volunteer, mentor and teacher, whose dedication to the profession significantly contributed to shaping chemical engineering in Ireland and throughout IChemE’s global community

Type: News

UK offers £40m for manufacturers to plan and deploy greener technologies

THE UK Government is offering £40m (US$56m) in funding for energy-intensive companies to conduct feasibility and engineering studies, and deploy greener technologies.

Type: News