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Improving Health Outcomes Across the Scale

Adam Duckett on opportunities to improve health

Type: Feature

Coal-to-nuclear could add US$275m to local communities, US report finds

CONVERTING the US’ ageing coal-powered plants to nuclear could drive economic growth and preserve and create new jobs in addition to benefiting the environment, according to new guidance published by the government.

Type: News

Darrell Patterson awarded Bath’s first ever posthumous professorship

DARRELL PATTERSON is the first person to be awarded a posthumous professorship by the UK’s University of Bath.

Type: News

Bezos funds US$30m sustainable protein lab as Imperial engineers seek to revolutionise food production

A US$30m centre for sustainable protein has been launched at Imperial College London as engineers work to develop the processes and new foods needed to reduce the harmful impacts of food production.

Type: News

New edition of IChemE’s Pink Book

ICHEME has published a new edition of its arbitration rules Pink Book, which offers the latest in arbitration practice and standards for anyone managing an engineering project contract.

Type: News

The Rise of AI

Adam Duckett on the rise of artificial intelligence

Type: Feature

Green investor partners with spinout for novel fluid flow characterisation technology

UNIVERSITY of Birmingham spinout Rheality and investment company Clean Engineering have partnered to commercialise a smart, AI-based system expected to optimise fluid production in chemical, fast-moving consumer goods, food, and oil and gas sectors.

Type: News

Rules of Thumb: Solids Transfer - Bins & Silos

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Partners launch digitally-forward plant project

METHACRYLATE manufacturer Rӧhm has partnered with engineering consultant Wood to launch a significant, “digitally-forward” project to develop a new methyl methacrylate (MMA) production plant incorporating state-of-the-art technology products.

Type: News

RAEng offers £150m in grants for engineers who want to scale up climate tech

ENGINEERS in the UK can bid for fellowships worth up to £3m (US$3.9m) to help scale up climate technologies under a new £150m support scheme launched by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Type: News

UK chemical companies ‘optimistic’ about future growth despite recent decline

CHEMICALS companies have expressed a “high level of optimism” about future growth in the sector, according to the latest survey published by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB).

Type: News

Rolls-Royce pushes ahead with funding for small modular reactor development

ROLLS-ROYCE is moving ahead with plans to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) and has established a new business that has received £400m (US$538m) in funding.

Type: News

Book Review: Synthesis and Operability Strategies for Computer-Aided Modular Process Intensification

Efstratios Pistikopoulos and Yuhe Tian; ISBN: 9780323855877; Elsevier; 2022; US$190

Type: Feature

Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers

David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-life cases

Type: Feature

IChemE Fellow Hapgood made dean at Deakin

ICHEME Fellow Karen Hapgood has been appointed executive dean of the faculty of science, engineering and built environment at Deakin University in Australia.

Type: News

Hot Water

A bright future awaits chemengers in the water industry, say Richard Hill and Chris Short

Type: Feature

Dylan Sherman awarded 2023 Ashok Kumar Fellowship

ICHEME has awarded the 2023 Ashok Kumar Fellowship to Dylan Sherman, a final-year DPhil student in engineering science at the University of Oxford, UK.

Type: News

Policy Perspective

Samson Yosef explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Type: Feature

UK’s landmark trial to heat buildings with hydrogen is fully operational

THE UK’s first project to inject hydrogen into the gas grid is underway at Keele University.

Type: News

Volunteer Spotlight: Adriana Vargas-Colwill CEng MIChemE

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature