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Engineers Showcase Skills in Solar Hackathon

Exciting ideas emergy in a new competition to boost solar power

Type: Feature

Book Review: Recycling of Plastics

Norbert Niessner; ISBN: 9781569908563; Hanser Publications; 2022; US$249.99

Type: Feature

Major US steel producer and the US’ Purdue University consider using SMRs

HAS the time of small modular reactors (SMRs) finally come? With reported benefits such as increased safety margins in comparison to existing reactors, the ability to scale up or down to meet energy demands, and the potential to be carbon-free, both Nucor Corporation, the largest steel producer in the US, and Purdue University in Indiana, US, have each announced that they are considering using SMRs to power their respective facilities.

Type: News

Transformational Technologies

Transformational technologies in oil and gas. Could we learn future direction from past innovations?

Type: Feature

New catalysts can reduce metal needs by 90%

Shell-core designs can be cheaper and more efficient

Type: News

Learned Society Update

Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities

Type: Feature

The Chemical Engineer: A Retrospective

Jamie Cleaver journeys through the life of TCE, exploring its contribution to our technical challenges, our professional identity and our community, amid massive scientific developments, societal changes, and a few changes in style

Type: Feature

A Lot of Bottle

Ella Howells talks about her switch from oil and gas to the drinks industry

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

Hydrogen in Vehicular Transport

A look at the challenges and opportunities of using hydrogen as a transport fuel

Type: Feature

Palm Oil: Better with Enzymes

How enzyme technology could make the industry greener and more efficient

Type: Feature

Turnaround Scope Optimisation

Gordon Lawrence discusses the importance of prescriptive scope criteria in a turnaround premise document

Type: Feature

Chain Delivery: A Role for Big Oil in our Energy Transition?

David Simmonds asks how can Big Oil use its skills and capacity to kick-start the energy transition?

Type: Feature

Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 1

Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, kicking off with mechanical and pneumatic controls

Type: Feature

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

Isuru Udugama, 1990-2023

Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic and engineer, who died in December 2023, aged 33.

Type: News

IChemE opens for entries to its 30th Global Awards

ENTRIES have opened for IChemE’s Global Awards, which feature three new categories for 2024.

Type: News

Beware the Banana

Adam Duckett gets two of his five-a-day while asking for more systems thinking from politicians on net zero

Type: Feature

Volunteer Spotlight: Maria Papathanasiou AMIChemE

Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Type: Feature

IChemE Matters – June 2024

Nigel Hirst looks back on his year as president

Type: News