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The Chemical Engineer visits the cinema to see how Hollywood tackles the subject of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy
Type: Feature
How research can help tackle engineering challenges
A NEW report lays out the key challenges facing engineers in the next 10–15 years, and makes recommendations as to how the community can address them.
Type: News
History of Nuclear Engineering Part 3: Atoms for Peace
In 1953, Dwight D Eisenhower (1890–1969) began his US presidential term with a widely applauded “Atoms for Peace” address. Martin Pitt reflects on how that worked out
Type: Feature
IChemE’s annual Hazards conference was held from 22–24 May in Birmingham, UK. More than 350 people attended Hazards29 to discuss everything from risk analysis to case studies. A key point of this year’s event was the importance of those discussions and why people should share their stories.
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
Quality by design must be viewed as an opportunity, not as a regulatory burden
Type: Feature
New guidelines to boost UKCS production
OIL & GAS UK has launched new guidelines aimed at increasing oil and gas production efficiency on the UK continental shelf (UKCS).
Type: News
Warwickshire to host £80m UK battery research centre
UK BUSINESS secretary Greg Clark has announced that Coventry and Warwickshire will host the UK’s new state-of-the-art National Battery Manufacturing Development Facility (NMDF).
Type: News
IChemE announces annual medal winners
TWENTY-SIX chemical engineers have been recognised by the IChemE Medals and Prizes Committee for their contributions to the profession.
Type: News
Report finds gender bias in chemical sciences publishing
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has released a report showing that a number of subtle biases against women exist throughout each stage of the publishing process.
Type: News
IChemE SIG calls on members for supply support in response to coronavirus
ICHEME’s Pharma Special Interest Group (SIG) has called for members to come forward and help supply ventilators and ventilator components following a request from the UK Government.
Type: News
Partners move closer to first-of-its-kind CO2-to-methanol plant
CIVIL engineering is now underway for a first-of-its-kind 110,000 t/y carbon dioxide (CO2)-to-methanol plant that will recycle industrial waste gases. This follows project partner Carbon Recycling International (CRI) achieving a major milestone by completing and delivering the process design package.
Type: News
Introducing the IChemE Sustainability Hub programme
Trish Melton previews a new IChemE initiative launching in January 2022.
Type: Feature
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
Mark McBride-Wright wins Rooke Award
Campaigning chemical engineer Mark McBride-Wright is to receive one of the Royal Academy of Engineering's most prestigious awards in recognition of his dedication to promoting diversity and inclusion and rapid cultural change in engineering and technology.
Type: News
IChemE Safety Centre Director wins Leader of the Year Award
TRISH Kerin, Director of the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC), has won the Women In Safety Leader of the Year Award.
Type: News
Jacobs set to split in two by cleaving off government services
ENGINEERING and consulting firm Jacobs is splitting into two firms by spinning off its government services business.
Type: News
New novel use of glycerol helps make renewable hydrogen and propane fuel gases
GLYCEROL, a naturally occurring alcohol made from the hydrolysis of fats and oils, is being used as a raw material by researchers at Aston University to make hydrogen gas and biopropane
Type: News
Government release ‘emergency’ £13.5m to tackle Tata Steel Port Talbot job losses
WORKERS and local businesses effected by energy transition of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steel plant are set to benefit from an “emergency” cash injection of £13.5m (US$17.6m) from the UK government.
Type: News
HSE fines Scottish solvents manufacturer for Walkerburn explosion
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined solvents manufacturer Rathburn Chemicals £40,000 (US$53,000) following an investigation into an explosion at its site in the Scottish Borders.
Type: News
