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Solid States

You may not be able to control the world, but you can control the flow of your bulk solids, says Grant Wellwood

Type: Feature

George Rosenkranz and colleagues – Engineering the Sexual Revolution

Chemical engineers have a lot to answer for – including the Summer of Love. Claudia Flavell-While explains

Type: Feature

Internet of Things and its Implications for the Process Industries

Deaglan Gahan explains the basics of the internet of things (IoT) and puts the technology in context for chemical engineers

Type: Feature

A Life in Lithium

The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, Laurent Petithuguenin, and James Sweeney

Type: Feature

INEOS to acquire US titanium dioxide business

INEOS has signed an agreement to acquire titanium dioxide (TiO2) business Cristal from Tronox for US$700m.

Type: News

ExxonMobil will invest US$1bn expanding UK refinery

EXXONMOBIL has made a final investment decision to spend more than US$1bn expanding its Fawley refinery in the UK.

Type: News

Our Hard Work Starts Now

Chemical engineers are ideally placed to turn the words in the Paris Agreement into actions on climate change

Type: Feature

Imagine Chemistry: a New Kind of Innovation Challenge for an Industry that Needs Shaking Up

AkzoNobel is calling on chemical engineers to enter its R&D challenge and help provide the missing ingredient needed to boost company innovation

Type: Feature

Birmingham Uni and Innospec join forces to develop safe and responsible chemicals

THE University of Birmingham has teamed up with chemical company Innospec to accelerate research into the development of surface-active chemicals that could be used in agrochemicals, construction, fuel, home and personal care products.

Type: News

Is your membership about to lapse? Don’t miss out on the new member benefits we will launch during my presidency

Nigel Hirst reminds IChemE members to safeguard their membership and their access to IChemE’s resources for professional development

Type: Feature

Volunteer Spotlight: Cameron Langford AMIChemE

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

100+ partners commit to the Circular Plastics Alliance

MORE than 100 public and private partners, including from the chemical sector, have signed the Declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance, thereby joining the EU-wide movement to increase recycling and the EU’s uptake of recycled plastics by 2025.

Type: News

Alvin Nienow, 1937-2022

ALVIN NIENOW, a pioneer of biochemical engineering, has died aged 85.

Type: News

Goodbye Centenary year, and what to read while we’re away

AS our editorial team power down their computers until 3 January, here are some features you may have missed from 2022 and can catch up on while we’re away.

Type: News

Meng Wai Woo keen to use ANZFChE role to boost the profession and regional ties

MENG WAI WOO, the new chair of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers (ANZFChE), has committed to shining a light on the profession and strengthening ties in the Asia-Pacific region.

Type: News

Volunteer Spotlight: Adriana Vargas-Colwill CEng MIChemE

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

Covestro turns to nature to divert aniline production away from fossil feedstocks

A PROCESS that uses genetically modified microorganisms to make a chemical used in insulating foam has started operating in Germany, opening the door to fossil-free production.

Type: News

Practical Process Control Part 11: Controlling Steam Drum Level

Myke King continues his detailed series on process control, seeking to inspire chemical engineers to exploit untapped opportunities for improvement

Type: Feature

The Spirit World

Can chemical engineering help spirits distillers close the loop between historic roots and modern modelling methods?

Type: Feature

Gold from Gadgets

The Royal Mint’s Tony Baker and Julian Cox explain to Adam Duckett how a solution in a beaker was transformed into a world-first chemical plant

Type: Feature