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Continuing the theme of communication, this month we take a look at technical writing.
Type: Feature
University of Sheffield to host 2019 Frank Morton Sports Day
CHEMICAL engineering students at the University of Sheffield, UK have successfully won the bid to host the 2019 Frank Morton Sports Day, together with IChemE. Around 2,500 students are expected to attend the event, which will be hosted at the university’s award-winning Student Union on 18 February 2019.
Type: News
IChemE 2018 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened the call for nominations for its 2018 medals and prizes programme.
Type: News
‘Green’ high-tech dye synthesis
RESEARCHERS at TU Wien, Austria, have discovered a novel, highly efficient, ‘green’ method of synthesising organic dyes, that are of great interest to organic electronics.
Type: News
Carbon capture studies to go ahead at Norwegian waste incineration plant
NORWAY’s ministry of petroleum and energy has announced that it will fund FEED studies on CO2 capture at Fortum Oslo Varme’s waste-to-energy facility at Klemetsrud in Oslo.
Type: News
CCS could fuel the fizz in UK lager
CARBON capture and storage (CCS) could fuel the fizz in UK lager and help guard against a future CO2 shortage after industry revealed talks are underway with a trade group for beer.
Type: News
RESEARCHERS at Monash University in Australia, along with academic collaborators in China, France, and the US, and industrial collaborators, have developed a smart drying technology that could be used to improve the quality, and extend the shelf-life of dairy powders, an important Australian export.
Type: News
Circular hydraulic jump not caused by gravity
A FLUID mechanics phenomenon commonly seen when tap water hits a sink, and first observed by Leonardo da Vinci, has finally been explained as being caused by surface tension and viscosity, and not gravity as previously thought.
Type: News
Worn valve may have caused Husky refinery blast
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has said that a deteriorated valve may have caused the explosion at the Superior refinery, Wisconsin in the US on 26 April.
Type: News
As lessons emerge following the Grenfell Tower review, chemical engineers have a duty to share their process safety knowledge across other sectors
Type: Feature
How to Build a Self-Healing Plant
A future where plants will monitor, diagnose potential issues, and even schedule a fix is not far off – if we develop it correctly
Type: Feature
Using Bow Ties to Classify Barriers
Not all parts of a process safety management system are of equal importance
Type: Feature
What is it Like Being a Chemical Engineer in Parliament?
Erin Johnson, Ashok Kumar Fellow, talks to IChemE’s Rachael Fraser
Type: Feature
Onshore fracking given go ahead in UK
CUADRILLA has been granted permission to begin fracking in the UK’s first onshore horizontal shale gas well.
Type: News
Acid in the Sea – or How I Missed My First Million
More tales of chemical engineering, from Jimmy Hunter
Type: Feature
CCUS report urges UK government to act now
THE carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) cost challenge taskforce has released a report setting out recommendations to the UK government and calling for a policy framework to be released early next year.
Type: News
