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A Wasted Life

Martin Pitt reflects on the history of the waste industry, including his own experiences

Type: Feature

Climate crisis explainer: what is COP26 and why is it important?

In November, the 26th UN Conference of Parties (COP) climate summit will take place in Glasgow, UK. Known as COP26, it will mark five years since the Paris Agreement, and it will be crucial that real progress is made at the summit in order to take immediate action on the climate emergency.

Type: Feature

Visions of Biopharma

David Gemmell looks at possible biopharmaceutical facilities of the future

Type: Feature

A green washout? Critics lambast the UK government’s Powering up Britain strategy as lacking ambition

LABELLED as a strategy that will “scale up affordable, clean, homegrown power” while building “thriving green industries in Britain”, the UK government’s new Powering up Britain plan conversely acknowledges that existing climate policies will not enable the UK to meet its Sixth Carbon Budget.

Type: News

A Life in Lithium

The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, Laurent Petithuguenin, and James Sweeney

Type: Feature

Rules of Thumb: Vapour Pressure and Viscosity Equations

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

Type: Feature

Clean TeQ Water wins top accolade at IChemE Awards

A WASTEWATER treatment process that uses bacteria immobilised in plastic lenses has been awarded the top prize at IChemE’s Global Awards.

Type: News

IChemE Safety Centre holds webinar to mark International Women’s Day

THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) held a webinar on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Safety to mark International Women’s Day.

Type: News

Hans Up! Why we Should Channel our Inner Gruber During a HAZOP

In the fifth article in his series, David Jamieson looks at what we can learn from the movie Die Hard

Type: Feature

IChemE releases ChERD Centenary Special

In a centenary special issue of the journal Chemical Engineering Research and Design, experts offer their views on the future of separations, 3D-printing, CFD and much more besides.

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

Big Bangs - and How to Avoid Them

Highlights from the Loss Prevention Bulletin's special issue on fireworks and explosives.

Type: Feature

CCS: Why bother?

Carbon capture and storage costs money, so why bother? On the CCS Safari, Helen Tunnicliffe found out

Type: Feature

Just Add Water

Hugh Thomas looks at the challenge of ensuring resilient and wholesome water supplies

Type: Feature

Climate Crisis Explainer

Amanda Doyle discusses COP26 and why it is important

Type: Feature

Success for Recipes

Tony Hasting discusses process and equipment design for food safety

Type: Feature

New Nuclear

Ian Scott discusses the development of the waste-burning stable salt reactor (SSR)

Type: Feature

History of Nuclear Engineering Part 1: Radioactivity

For just over 100 years, radioactive elements have proved of industrial and commercial use. Martin Pitt charts their emergence

Type: Feature

Using wood waste to produce biochemicals: green chemistry for a green future

Amanda Doyle speaks to Florence Gschwend, CEO and Co-founder of Lixea, about the company's new process to turn wood waste into biochemicals, bioplastics, and biofuels.

Type: Feature

Safety is my job: Muhammad Naeem Ullah

Robin Turney speaks to Muhammad Naeem Ullah about his work as a process safety specialist at the Health and Safety Executive

Type: Feature