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Reverend Richard Coles to host IChemE Global Awards 2022
Radio presenter, and Strictly Come Dancing TV show presenter Reverend Richard Coles has been signed up to host the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) Global Awards 2022 that will be held in Manchester, UK, on 17 November.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Rhodri Hawkins
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
AstraZeneca to acquire Belgian cell therapy biotech for up to US$1bn
BRITISH pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has struck a deal of up to US$1bn to acquire a biotech company specialising in cell therapy for cancer treatment.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Maria Papathanasiou AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Book Review: Process Plant Design
Robin Smith; ISBN: 9781119689980; Wiley; 2023; US$72.00 (eBook); US$89.95 (print)
Type: Feature
UK Space Agency announces £3.5m funding to make satellites more sustainable
THE UK Space Agency has announced millions in funding for work aimed at prolonging the life of satellites as it strives to make space more sustainable. This includes a £2m (US$2.5m) upgrade to the Satellite Applications Catapult’s In-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing (IOSM) facility at the Westcott Space Cluster in Aylesbury, UK.
Type: News
INEOS donates £100m to antimicrobial research
CHEMICAL company INEOS has donated £100m (US$136.8m) to the University of Oxford, UK for a new, state-of-the-art institute that will conduct antimicrobial research to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial drug resistance.
Type: News
University of Canterbury student wins New Zealand Postgraduate Researcher of the Year 2019
ICHEME has awarded Leatham Landon-Lane, chemical engineering post-graduate student at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, the 2019 New Zealand Postgraduate Researcher of the Year prize.
Type: News
IChemE produces programme with ITN Productions Industry News
ICHEME has partnered with ITN Productions Industry News to produce a programme called Serving Society that looks at how chemical engineering is addressing societal challenges.
Type: News
CSB’s Sutherland to give fourth Kletz Lecture
VANESSA SUTHERLAND, chair and CEO of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board (CSB), is to present the fourth Trevor Kletz Memorial Lecture at IChemE’s Hazards 28 conference in 2018.
Type: News
Royal Mint plant will recover gold from electronics waste
THE UK’s Royal Mint is building a chemical plant that uses a room temperature process to recover gold from electronics waste.
Type: News
An Introduction to the Biopharmaceutical Industry
David Gemmell looks at key unit operations, and why chemical engineers are heavily involved in their design, troubleshooting or optimisation
Type: Feature
Bechtel wins US$3.5bn contract from Alba
Company will provide EPCM on new expansion project
Type: News
Shift at the top signals mega-merger between Chinese chemicals giants
THE head of Sinochem will also take over at ChemChina in a move expected to signal the long-rumoured merger of the two chemicals firms. Such a tie-up would create the world’s largest chemical company, with annual revenue exceeding US$100bn.
Type: News
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: An Evolving Industry
David Gemmell discusses how chemical engineers play their part in modern-day biopharma
Type: Feature
New MOF turns CO2 into methane
A NEW metal-organic framework developed at the University of Adelaide, Australia, can convert CO2 and hydrogen into synthetic natural gas.
Type: News
Volunteer Spotlight: Rob Peeling
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Type: Feature
Amrit Chandan talks about his focus on growing and scaling his company's advanced lithium battery tech
Type: Feature
Jonathan McDonough explains how 3D printing will benefit the chemical engineering discipline over the next 5–10 years
Type: Feature
