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Chemeng Matters in Parliament

MORE than 100 specially-invited guests gathered at the UK’s Houses of Parliament in December to share the positive impact that chemical engineering has on the modern world.

Type: News

All You Can Eat

What contribution do chemical engineers make in ensuring our food is safe?

Type: Feature

Volunteer Spotlight: Jamie Cleaver CEng FIChemE

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

Catalyst turns nitrate pollution into water and N2

RESEARCHERS at Rice University, US, have developed a nanoparticle catalyst that converts hazardous nitrate contamination in water into more water and nitrogen gas.

Type: News

Sadara JV commissions last plant

SAUDI-based Sadara Chemical Company has commissioned the last of 26 plants at its US$20bn petrochemicals complex in Jubail, the largest ever built in a single phase.

Type: News

BES appointed to fit out UK’s VMIC

SERVICES company BES has been appointed to fit out the UK’s new Vaccine Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC), which is being fast tracked for early completion in 2021 due to Covid-19.

Type: News

Carl von Linde and William Hampson – Cool inventions

Beer has a lot to answer for, and not just beer bellies. Beer is also to blame for some key technologies that underpin modern industry, and the chemical engineering processes that made them possible.

Type: Feature

Climate-related incidents need to be accounted for in process safety

ENVIRONMENTAL and scientific advisory groups have called on the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take stronger action to protect workers and the public from chemical disasters exacerbated by climate change.

Type: News

RAEng funds engineering department initiatives to bolster student diversity

EIGHT UK university engineering departments have been awarded more than £700,000 (US$850,000) by the Royal Academy of Engineering to boost diversity and inclusion, and address unequal outcomes experienced by students from underrepresented groups.

Type: News

Record-breaking column erected by PETRONAS

PETRONAS has released photos showing the installation of a record-breaking crude distillation column at the US$27bn refinery and petrochemical complex it is building in Johor, Malaysia.

Type: News

INEOS picks Antwerp for €3bn cracker and PDH unit

INEOS has selected Antwerp in Belgium as the site for its €3bn (US$3.4bn) investment in the first cracker built in Europe for 20 years.

Type: News

Where Beauty Meets Safety

Thiago Ramos talks about his role at L’Oréal, coordinating and implementing the company’s health and safety management system

Type: Feature

IChemE showcases climate change research

ICHEME has published a collection of journal articles to showcase research published by chemical engineers on the topic of climate change.

Type: News

Aitken awarded Ambassador Prize as IChemE unveils 2024 medals winners

JENNIFER AITKEN has posthumously been awarded IChemE’s Ambassador Prize in recognition of her leadership and mentoring commitment, technical acumen, and outstanding work in pharmaceutical process design and safety. She is among eight individuals and five groups recognised today with medals and prizes from the Institution.

Type: News

Andrew Livingston elected to the Royal Society

ANDREW LIVINGSTON, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Type: News

Petronas to cut US$11.4bn in expenses

Capital, operating expenses cut due to low oil price

Type: News

Volunteer Spotlight: Azzam Younes

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

CSB releases final report on explosions at Midland Resource Recovery facility

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has found that a lack of hazard identification processes contributed to the tank explosions that killed three people at the Midland Resource Recovery (MRR) facility in West Virginia in 2017.

Type: News

IChemE 100

John McGagh talks about his new role as Chair of the IChemE100 Steering Committee

Type: Feature

BP partners with Abu Dhabi energy firms to develop Teesside hydrogen plants

BP has joined forces with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the country’s renewable energy company, Masdar, to engineer its hydrogen projects in Teesside, UK.

Type: News