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Linde to build 24 MW electrolyser for green hydrogen
LINDE has announced that it will build a new 24 MW electrolyser for the production of green hydrogen at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany.
Type: News
Nouryon acquires Chinese triethyl aluminium business
NOURYON has acquired Zhejiang Friend Chemical (Friend), the largest Chinese producer of triethyl aluminium (TEAL).
Type: News
Six dead after ‘worst industrial fire in Slovenia’s recent history’
SIX people are dead following an explosion and fire yesterday at the Melamin chemical plant in Kočevje, Slovenia, reports Reuters.
Type: News
Could YOU be a Charity Trustee?
Trusteeship can help chemical engineers advance their careers and give to a cause they love, says Fiona McAuslan
Type: Feature
James Damore (@SkepticalTechie) was fired from his role as a software engineer at Google for his now-viral memo “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber”. In it he presents his issues with Google’s diversity programmes and presents his controversial views on why there is a gender gap in the tech industry, suggesting it ultimately boils down to some innate differences between men and women, some of which are biological.
Type: Feature
Company develops nuclear countermeasure drug
Project receives US$3m grant for regulatory approval
Type: News
We must take action to boost skills diversity so students are better prepared for the greater variety of roles requiring chemical engineers
Type: Feature
New graphene oxide membrane filters organics
GRAPHENE OXIDE membranes were once thought to be permeable only to aqueous solutions, but researchers in Manchester, UK, have developed a new form of graphene oxide membrane that can filter organic solvents.
Type: News
IChemE members now have access to new titles via Knovel and the associated app
ICHEME members can now access new books using IChemE’s online resource Knovel, as well as to the associated app now available to members. The new titles include those on sustainable energy development, and scaleup and commercialisation.
Type: News
Obituary of Jennifer Aitken, process safety advocate and popular member of IChemE's Pharma Special Interest Group, who died unexpectedly in October, aged 50.
Type: News
Three killed in chemicals blast at Indian industrial site
AT least three people are dead after an explosion in a chemical factory in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area in Tarapur town, India.
Type: News
Flixborough 50 Years On: Lessons for Managers and Engineers Today
Robin Turney says the lessons learned from the disaster are still as relevant now as they were in 1974
Type: Feature
Student placements key to employment
WHEN looking for work, experience could be more influential than socio-economic background for chemical engineering students – according to an IChemE study.
Type: News
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
Partnership to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology
JOHNSON Matthey has teamed up with waste-to-chemical technologies company MyRechemical to commercially develop waste-to-methanol technology, with the aim of contributing to sustainability.
Type: News
ISC report sets out safety roadmap
PROCESS safety incidents are not decreasing over time, and steps must be taken to reduce the repetition of previous failures – according to the IChemE Safety Centre (ISC).
Type: News
Richardson set to become IChemE Deputy President
ICHEME has announced that Stephen Richardson will be presented to the AGM for election as Deputy President of the Institution in May, to become President in November 2019. Iain Martin will be presented for re-election as Honorary Treasurer.
Type: News
Adam Duckett is reassured by the early signals from the new UK government as parliament welcomes an IChemE Fellow into its midst
Type: Feature
Calls for UK to maintain EU research links as Government publishes ‘Horizon Plan B’
CHEMICAL engineers have joined calls for the UK to maintain its links with the EU’s €95.5bn (US$97bn) Horizon research funding programme, after the UK Government released plans for how it would replace the scheme if an agreement can’t be reached.
Type: News
Engineering employers must support neurodivergent people to make sector more inclusive, report says
A REPORT published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) says that there is an urgent need to make engineering and technology more inclusive for neurodivergent people.
Type: News
