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US Department of Energy commits US$213m for construction of organic acids facility

THE US Department of Energy (DOE) has made a conditional commitment of US$213.6m to sustainable chemicals manufacturer Solugen to support the construction of a production facility for organic acids in Minnesota, US.

Type: News

Engineering Inclusivity: Bridging the Gap with DEI

Mark McBride-Wright says diversity, equity and inclusion requires the perfect integration of unique components – a concept engineers should already be familiar with

Type: Feature

Petronas triumphs at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards 2019

OIL and gas company Petronas scooped four out of the eight trophies given at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards for outstanding achievements in the profession in Malaysia.

Type: News

IChemE Matters – May 2025

IChemE president Mark Apsey looks back on a momentous year; and Duncan Lugton on the contribution of chemical engineering to public policy; applications open for policy fellowship

Type: News

‘Critical deficiencies’ led to near-fatal ammonia release at Virginia food processing plant, CSB finds

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report into a near-fatal ammonia release at a food processing plant last year, finding “critical deficiencies” in the facility’s safety systems.

Type: News

Measuring Up

Thomas Machin talks about his pride in developing and delivering novel process measurement technology

Type: Feature

MP praises IChemE’s DiscoverChemEng initiative after visit to their UK HQ

ICHEME hosted parliamentarian Mark Pawsey at its Rugby headquarters in the UK where the MP saw first-hand the institution’s new schools outreach scheme thanks to a visit to a local primary school.

Type: News

CSB releases safety video on paper mill incident

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video about the 2020 fatal incident at the Evergreen Packaging paper mill in Canton, North Carolina, US.

Type: News

Working in Water

Amanda Lake talks about her work in the municipal water sector, in water and wastewater treatment.

Type: Feature

Novartis to close Singapore research facility

Will relocate to US as part of wider ‘realignment’

Type: News

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

CSB calls for new onshore drilling rules after blowout kills five

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has urged regulators to develop safety standards for onshore oil and gas drillers, and address shortcomings in alarm management after a blowout killed five workers last year.

Type: News

Process developers awarded £44m to advance UK hydrogen economy

MEMBRANE reactors, chemical looping processes and thermochemical splitting of water by advanced nuclear reactor are among dozens of hydrogen projects that have received a share of £44m (US$55m) in development funding by the UK Government.

Type: News

Explosion at US paper mill

AT around noon local time, on 15 April, an explosion occurred at a paper mill in Jay, Maine, US. According to reports there were no fatalities and no serious injuries, however a small number of employees were treated for respiratory irritation.

Type: News

Making polycarbonate from sugar and CO2

CHEMISTS at the University of Bath, UK, have developed a process to create polycarbonate plastic from sugars and CO2, which is more sustainable and safer than conventional methods.

Type: News

Sorensen and Pelzel among IChemE members elected to Royal Academy of Engineering

EVA SORENSEN and Rodney Pelzel are among five IChemE members elected fellows of the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng).

Type: News

Feedback from Council

The final Council meeting for 2016/17 was hosted in Birmingham on 10 May, alongside the successful Hazards 27 conference.

Type: News

Johann Glauber – Alchemy to Modern Chemistry

Alchemy. It’s a word that conjures up images of charlatans and quackery, of quasi-mythical men poring over steaming cauldrons trying to turn lead into gold. It’s an image that is worlds apart from modern chemical engineering, carried out in a sleek contractor’s office, in a modern laboratory or on a heavy industrial site – factual, precise, auditable.

Type: Feature

Engineers will suck CO2 from the ocean

CHEMICAL engineers at Brunel University London are developing a pilot plant to strip CO2 from seawater that will then suck emissions out of the atmosphere.

Type: News

CSB releases final report on fatal bp-Husky Toledo refinery explosion

THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report identifying the “critical” safety issues leading to an explosion that caused the death of two brothers at a former bp-owned refinery in Oregon, Ohio.

Type: News