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Why Soft Skills Can (and Should) be Taught
From awkward smiles to cult-avoidance strategies, Faye Litherland’s journey proves that mastering soft skills is no different to learning pump calculations – practice makes perfect
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North Sea oil spill may take two months to clear following ship collision – expert
JET FUEL that spilled into the North Sea following Monday’s collision between a tanker and a cargo ship off the coast of Hull, UK could take “up to two months” to clear, an expert has told TCE.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE could one day help us clean up microplastics after researchers at Monash University showed AI can help with rapid identification. The system could eventually sweep the oceans and carry out real-time wastewater analysis.
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Wearables can bridge the gap between industry today and true industry 4.0
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Joan Cordiner, Technical and Change Manager, Syngenta Houston speaks to Helen Tunnicliffe
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How augmented reality is ticking all the boxes for the process sector. Simon Clarke, Director at Orema demonstrates his latest technology to Neil Clark
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Zsuzsanna Gyenes makes the case for the much-maligned energy source
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Mine closure is not just an environmental issue, say Anna Littleboy, Guy Boggs and Glen Corder
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We Only Get Them When We’re Good!
In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to society, Tony Ginsberg shares the joy and shared benefits of volunteering to support science and maths classes at a local primary school
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Gordon Lawrence discusses the importance of prescriptive scope criteria in a turnaround premise document
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A Short History of Unintended Consequences
In his ongoing series looking at the history of chemical engineering, Martin Pitt considers the harm that chemical engineers have contributed to and the lessons we should keep in mind
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Health and Safety: Diverse and Inclusive
Employers should know that robust D&I initiatives will lead to better H&S
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The Right Balance: Women in Engineering
Orla Douds, Anousha Khan, Martyna Cepaite and Jessica Pidgeon share their experiences of gender balance at university and in industry
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Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 2
Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, concluding with electrical and computer systems
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The conversion of rocks to metals is quintessential chemical engineering which created the technological society. Martin Pitt recalls some of the less common metals he has known
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THERE is a recurring number that despite magnificent developments in technical safety doesn’t seem to go away. That number is 80, and it relates to the percentage of incidents that in some way has been contributed to by a human. It is a recurring average across industry and in different settings. Looking on the bright side, it means that there is huge scope to make a significant improvement.
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Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray
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How we can learn important safety lessons from success as well as failure
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