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Careers in Chemical Engineering: Amanda Scalza
Yasmin Ali speaks to Amanda Scalza, Production Manager at SC Johnson, a manufacturer of household cleaning supplies and consumer chemicals.
Type: Feature
Piper Alpha conference: Chrysaor CEO issues list of challenges to oil industry
PHIL KIRK, CEO of Chrysaor, has issued challenges to the oil industry community at a UK conference seeking to secure a safer future for offshore oil and gas as the 30th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy approaches.
Type: News
Employees re-arrested after fatal Brazil dam collapse
ACCORDING to Reuters, last week a Brazilian court ordered the arrest of 11 Vale employees and two contractors from safety inspector TÜV SÜD. These workers had assessed the safety of a dam which collapsed in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil on 25 January.
Type: News
UK sets target to cut emissions by 78% by 2035
THE UK has set a new legally-binding target of cutting emissions by 78% from 1990 levels by 2035, building on its previous target of cutting emissions by 68% by 2030.
Type: News
Researchers receive £1.3m to develop low-carbon energy storage for buildings
THE University of Nottingham, UK has received £1.3m (US$1.8m) for a project to develop a novel, low-carbon energy storage system to supply cheap, on-demand heat for houses and buildings in UK neighbourhoods. The technology could help decarbonise the building sector, while also addressing issues of fuel poverty and pollution.
Type: News
Chemical engineers collaborate for ‘cookie-cutter’ oxygen units
THREE chemical engineers at different universities around the world are collaborating to develop “cookie-cutter” portable oxygen conversion units that can be easily assembled from locally-sourced equipment, to prevent “thousands” of Covid fatalities in India.
Type: News
Australia releases ‘technology-driven’ plan for net zero
THE Australian Government has announced a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 via “technology not taxes”. However, the long-awaited plan does not include any legislation or targets for reducing fossil fuel use, and partially relies on future technologies.
Type: News
BASF outlines plans to continue net zero progress
ONE year after announcing its 2050 net zero target, BASF has outlined plans to continue its progress, as it reaffirmed its climate commitment.
Type: News
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Safely Delivering Industrial Gases
With INWED focused on 'Make Safety Seen', Caroline Smither tells Yasmin Ali about her work helping industry make a safe shift to net zero
Type: Feature
MANUFACTURERS on both sides of the Channel are urging the EU to adopt a proposal from the European Commission which would delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicle (EV) and battery exports, set to start in 2024.
Type: News
Hundreds of schoolchildren visit IChemE to be inspired by chemical engineers
ICHEME has hosted more than 300 schoolchildren at its UK headquarters where they met with real-life engineers and took on engineering challenges, to inspire them about the prospects of a career in chemical engineering.
Type: News
Drax to expand US business with deal to supply wood pellets to Texas SAF startup
BRITISH-based power generator Drax has agreed the terms of a deal to supply wood pellets to a US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) startup.
Type: News
Helping Hands in the Health Crisis
Amanda Jasi speaks to companies that have begun producing hand sanitiser, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus
Type: Feature
Digitalisation in the Process Industries
Zaid Rawi reviews the process engineering applications set to be reshaped by digitalisation technologies
Type: Feature
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
Type: Feature
Patents and The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Ed Round discusses what the patent landscape reveals about the future of manufacturing
Type: Feature
