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What is causing AstraZeneca’s vaccine production woes?

WITH Covid-19 vaccine manufacture making headlines for all the wrong reasons, I spoke with experts from the pharmaceutical engineering sector to try and shed some light on the production challenges facing AstraZeneca.

Type: News

Speaking Out, Staying Well

Jon Walton reflects on the changes in approach to mental health and wellbeing across the engineering sector over the last 20 years, and how slowly, but surely, men are learning to speak out.

Type: Feature

Prime Minister tours Imperial's carbon capture pilot plant

The UK Prime Minister Theresa May visited Imperial College London’s carbon capture pilot plant along with Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry. Chemical engineering academics and students recount the success of the visit.

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Pneumatic Conveying

Stephen Hall provides practical insights into on-the-job problems

Type: Feature

Managing Ageing Assets as Part of the Clean Energy Transition

As the UK reduces its reliance on coal and oil, Aniqah Majid speaks to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) about risk factors to look out for as assets age and operators look to repurpose them

Type: Feature

Consultants & Contractors Guide 2023: How to Source Expertise

Grant Wellwood offers up a method for selecting how you source subject matter experts

Type: Feature

BASF to build two plastics plants at proposed site in China

BASF is to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) plant at a proposed integrated chemical production site in Zhanjiang, China. The plants will be the first to begin production at the site, which is to become BASF’s third-largest site worldwide.

Type: News

Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer

To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer space to somewhere she finally feels at home, and highlights the much sought after skills employees on the spectrum can bring to the engineering sector

Type: Feature

Under Pressure: Digital Twins

How structural digital twins can transform the maintenance and inspection of pressure vessels.

Type: Feature

Viewpoint: Embracing New GenAI-enabled Teaching

Far from replacing teachers, Christopher Honig says GPTs could blend learning and evaluation into seamless, dynamic experiences

Type: Feature

Fluor pilot plant opens at the University of Surrey

THE Fluor Pilot Plant at the University of Surrey UK, designed to give chemical engineering students manufacturing experience, is now open and being used by undergraduates.

Type: News

We asked 100 engineers...

Each month, members of the TCE reader feedback panel share their views on stories impacting the world of engineering. This month we sent members a quick-fire poll

Type: Feature

Petronas dominates 2023 IChemE Global Awards as full list of finalists revealed

MALAYSIAN energy group Petronas is in the running for more than ten IChemE Global Awards, accolades that celebrate professional excellence, positive environmental impact, process safety, societal benefit, and other key qualities.

Type: News

Integrating Capital Projects into a Turnaround Event

Early, timely input and support is key, says Gordon Lawrence

Type: Feature

The Cold Treatment

Todd Cline talks about his role in designing sustainable products

Type: Feature

Pure Processing for Battery Tech

William Hawker discusses his role in commercialising low cost, low emissions processes for production of lithium-ion battery cathode material

Type: Feature

Palm Oil Possibilities

Ausiera Rosland talks about her role as a Project Engineer at Sime Darby Oils in Malaysia

Type: Feature

Working Hard. Having Fun. Making History

Fiona Ragan talks about her role in process control at Amazon

Type: Feature

Flixborough 50 Years On: Addressing Process Safety Competence Challenges in Smaller Organisations

Fifty years on from Flixborough, Carolyn Nicholls says key challenges in process safety competence, including multidisciplinary knowledge, clear roles, and managing pressure, remain just as critical

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters – March 2025

Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and we catch up with Dylan Sherman to ask about his experiences as the latest Ashok Kumar Fellow

Type: News