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Protein sources are gaining increasing attention due to concerns about the sustainability of traditionally-sourced meat. Amanda Jasi looks at the novel emerging alternatives
Type: Feature
John McGagh talks about his new role as Chair of the IChemE100 Steering Committee
Type: Feature
Andrew Perry looks at the challenges of tackling global carbon emissions, and asks when the world will start to take them on seriously
Type: Feature
Book Review: Petroleum Refining, Design and Applications Handbook
A Kayode Coker; ISBN: 9781118233696; Wiley-Scrivener; 2018; eBook £200.99; Hardcover, £223.00
Type: Feature
Adam Duckett says Australia's bushfires should be a wake-up call for change
Type: Feature
Chemicals businesses must not delay on digitalisation if they want to transform their operations, says Paige Marie Morse
Type: Feature
Wendy Wilson reports on the actions from the IChemE Member Engagement survey
Type: Feature
Amanda Jasi speaks to Albert Cabrejo and Leonnardo Probst about their company’s radar-based technology, which is used to manage potentially tragic mining failures
Type: Feature
IChemE Fellow awarded Australia Day honours
ICHEME Fellow Geoffrey Stevens, a chemical engineering professor at the University of Melbourne, has been awarded Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day 2020 Honours list.
Type: News
Obituary of John Davidson, often referred to as a “founding father of fluidisation” in chemical engineering and former IChemE president
Type: News
16 charged with homicide over fatal Brazil dam collapse
BRAZILIAN prosecutors have charged 16 people – including former Vale CEO Fabio Schvartsman – with homicide and environmental crimes relating to the fatal collapse of a Vale tailings dam last year, which killed at least 259 people.
Type: News
World Engineering Day set for 4 March
WORLD Engineering Day for Sustainable Development will be celebrated on 4 March every year as a UNESCO international day of celebration.
Type: News
CPI partners with ImmunoBiology to produce pneumococcal vaccines that don’t require cold chain
CPI is partnering with ImmunoBiology (ImmBio) to develop a vaccine that protects against illnesses such as pneumonia but is stable when stored at higher temperatures.
Type: News
IChemE Fellows feature as experts in TV documentary about engineering safety
THREE IChemE Fellows will feature as experts in a new ten-part television documentary series about engineering safety incidents, to be aired on the UK Discovery Channel.
Type: News
LSC member quits over climate change concerns
TOM BAXTER has resigned from IChemE’s Learned Society Committee (LSC) because he feels the Institution’s position on climate change is too weak. In response, LSC Chair Jarka Glassey has said that IChemE is materially taking action to help members address climate change and that a formal position formed through wider consultation with members will take time to develop.
Type: News
Several factors led to fatal Brazil dam collapse, reports expert panel
AN expert panel commissioned by Brazilian mining giant Vale has concluded that a number of factors, including a steep slope design and high water level, combined to create the conditions for failure that led to the fatal collapse of a Vale tailings dam last year.
Type: News
The Imperfections of Accident Analysis
Four key ideas that help us understand the real world of work.
Type: Feature
Three chemical engineers recognised in New Year’s Honours
THREE Fellows of IChemE have been awarded in the Queen’s 2020 New Year’s Honours list. Lynn Gladden has been recognised with a Damehood, and Mark Apsey and Adisa Azapagic have been awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Type: News
NZ PM visits milk processing plant to see novel boiler and launch tree-planting scheme
NEW ZEALAND Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has visited milk processing company Synlait for a tour of the country’s first large-scale electrode boiler and to help launch the company’s new tree planting initiative.
Type: News
