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LSBU encourages black and minority women to consider engineering
LONDON South Bank University (LSBU), UK, is today hosting an event which aims to inspire the next generation of black and minority ethnic women to consider a career in engineering.
Type: News
Partners plan membrane-free electrolyser production in Northern Ireland
CLEAN Power Hydrogen (CPH2) has formed a joint venture to manufacture its membrane-free electrolyser technology from a base in Northern Ireland.
Type: News
Engineers successfully trial single process to produce zero emissions steel and cement
ENGINEERS working on a process to produce zero-emission cement as a byproduct of recycling steel say the first trial has shown encouraging results.
Type: News
Nigel Hirst on launching initiatives; Tracey Donaldson calls for book ideas and Dianne Watson introduces IChemE Connect
Type: News
‘Biotech pioneer’ Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud
ELIZABETH HOLMES, a former chemical engineering student who garnered praise as a Silicon Valley biotech pioneer, has been found guilty of fraud in a high-profile case in the US which raises serious questions about the ethics of entrepreneurship.
Type: News
Oxford’s rapid Covid test wins top prize at IChemE Awards
THE University of Oxford has been given IChemE’s outstanding achievement in chemical and process engineering award for a rapid Covid-19 test developed in the early stages of the pandemic that enabled freedom of travel.
Type: News
JV will proceed with world-scale anhydrous ammonia plant
GULF Coast Ammonia (GCA), owned by a joint venture (JV) of Starwood Energy and Mabanaft, has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the world’s largest single train ammonia synthesis loop with a production capacity of approximately 1.3m t/y. The facility is to be located within an industrial chemical site in Texas City, Texas, US.
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
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
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
The Hydrogen Economy Needs You
Emma Houchell talks about her role at Air Products, helping develop technology for the burgeoning hydrogen economy.
Type: Feature
Starting Out: A New Age of Nuclear and Fusion
The first in a series from the IChemE National Early Careers Group profiling early career opportunities in different sectors
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
