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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.

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Destroying PFAS… and environmental anxiety

Luke Henderson talks to Adam Duckett about his work scaling up a plasma torch system to destroy PFAS

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Green ammonia project set for launch in UK today

SIEMENS will launch a demonstration project in the UK today to showcase the potential of using ‘green ammonia’ for energy storage.

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Survive and Thrive

Adam Duckett says we need targeted support for chemicals old and new

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Darrell Patterson awarded Bath’s first ever posthumous professorship

DARRELL PATTERSON is the first person to be awarded a posthumous professorship by the UK’s University of Bath.

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Viewpoint: How to Tackle the Skills Shortage in Electrochemical Engineering

David Bogle argues that only greater collaboration and smarter curriculum integration will close the UK’s growing skills gap in this critical sustainability field

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How to Branch Out and Become an Expert Witness

We call to the stand Fiona Rutherford to explain how she became an expert witness and why other mid-career engineers ought to bring their expert skills to the legal profession

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GPTs for Process Control: First Principles Thinking

GenAI seems important, but it’s not always clear how to use it. A good way in is to start with what GPTs can do, then layer on your own expertise. Christopher Honig, Muxina Konarova and John D Hedengren present ideas to get you thinking

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The Design Process: Front End Engineering Design

In the second in a series of articles aimed at giving new graduates a better understanding of the current design process, Tom Baxter takes a look at FEED

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David York 1951-2024

Obituary of IChemE Fellow David York who played a key role in the invention of the unit dose form marketed worldwide as “laundry pods” and made many notable contributions to industrial and academic research.

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Providing Help, Staying Safe

Stephen Richardson on IChemE and the effect of the coronavirus

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Wessex Water and Bath trial algae treatment

WESSEX WATER and the University of Bath, UK, are trialling the use of algae farms to reduce the nutrient loading of treated wastewater discharged into water courses.

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Thinking Outside the Block

Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?

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Time for Change

Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products

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Liquid Metal: a Catalyst for Change?

Requiring temperatures into the hundreds of degrees to work, solid catalysts prove incredibly energy intensive. Kerry Hebden spoke to researchers at the University of Sydney who have developed a liquid metal alternative that could make the chemical industry greener

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Helping Hands in the Health Crisis

Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus

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IChemE: Streamlining Chartered Membership

A new stage towards Chartered Membership for 2021: the Initial Professional Development process

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Bezos funds US$30m sustainable protein lab as Imperial engineers seek to revolutionise food production

A US$30m centre for sustainable protein has been launched at Imperial College London as engineers work to develop the processes and new foods needed to reduce the harmful impacts of food production.

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Solids Flow: Piece by Piece

Everything is interdependent, say Eric Maynard and McKinnon Ray

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Safety is my job: Paul Feltoe

Robin Turney speaks to Paul Feltoe about his role in process safety consulting

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