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AI could impact almost half of chemical engineering jobs, report says
CHEMICAL engineers’ workloads will be transformed by generative AI, allowing workers more time for “complex judgemental tasks”, according to a report published by Accenture.
Type: News
CSB releases final report on fatal bp-Husky Toledo refinery explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report identifying the “critical” safety issues leading to an explosion that caused the death of two brothers at a former bp-owned refinery in Oregon, Ohio.
Type: News
Adam Duckett is reassured by the early signals from the new UK government as parliament welcomes an IChemE Fellow into its midst
Type: Feature
UK RNA sector risks major skills gap, report says
UK INNOVATION in RNA therapeutics, crucial in the development of Covid vaccines, could be stalled due to significant skills and workforce gaps.
Type: News
Creating a Winning Final Year Design Project
Glen McClea and Campbell Tiffin were part of the team that won the 2023 IChemE Australia and New Zealand Student Design Prize. Here, they provide a comprehensive guide to undergraduates on how to create a successful final year project
Type: Feature
Flixborough 50 Years On: Application of Inherent Safety Principles to Plant Design
Steven Murphy and Graham Ackroyd look at how applying Trevor Kletz’s concept of inherent safety avoids rather than controls hazards
Type: Feature
How Your Magazine is Made: Printing
To capture the key stages of how your copy of TCE is manufactured, Adam Duckett hot-footed it to Precision Colour Printing armed with a camera and a whole host of questions
Type: Feature
Help shape IChemE’s future (and your own)
With elections for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress scheduled for April, Adam Duckett caught up with three current members to discuss their experiences and why they’d encourage others to stand
Type: Feature
Safe AI Innovation Needs Robust Regulation
Aniqah Majid joined industry leaders as they came together for an IChemE roundtable on AI’s use in plant operation and the role of policymakers in its future
Type: Feature
£4bn of contracts awarded for construction of UK CCS projects
ENGINEERING firms, including Costain and Wood, have been awarded contracts worth £4bn (US$5bn) to construct two CCS projects in Teesside. The projects involve building a world-first gas-powered power plant with the systems needed to capture its emissions and transport them offshore for burial beneath the North Sea.
Type: News
Ultra-potent greenhouse gases still ‘major problem’ – despite global agreement to phase out
EMISSIONS of ultra-potent greenhouse gases are much higher than official reported figures suggest, according to a recent study.
Type: News
Ineos chairman says UK chemicals sector headed for ‘extinction’ following Grangemouth plant closure
BILLIONAIRE chairman of Ineos Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said the UK’s chemicals industry faces “extinction”, following the company’s closure of its ethanol plant in Grangemouth last week.
Type: News
Transforming Support for Chemical Engineers and their Families
The Chemical Engineers’ Benevolent Fund is changing to better serve chemical engineers worldwide, tackling modern challenges with tailored assistance and outreach. Sam Baker finds out more
Type: Feature
UK chemicals sector on path of ‘steady decline’ according to new report
THE UK chemicals sector is on a trajectory of “steady decline” according to a new report published by the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) earlier this week.
Type: News
AstraZeneca scraps £450m Liverpool plant upgrade after UK government reneges on funding pledge
PHARMACEUTICAL giant AstraZeneca has scrapped plans for a £450m (US$559m) upgrade to its vaccine manufacturing facility in Speke, Liverpool following discussions with the UK government. The news has been met with disappointment from industry and political figures.
Type: News
Safe AI innovation needs robust regulation, warns IChemE roundtable
Industry leaders come together for a roundtable discussion on AI’s use in plant operation and the role of policymakers in its future
Type: News
Transitioning Away from PFAS is a Profound Opportunity for Chemical Engineers
Pradeep Shukla, guest editor of a special series on PFAS, brings together a team of experts to explore how scientists and engineers are tackling this ongoing global challenge
Type: Feature
Surrey students’ clean water system wins Davidson Inventors Challenge 2025
YEAR 12 students from Surrey have scooped the top prize at the Davidson Investors Challenge 2025, for their “impressive” water filtration system.
Type: News
Former bp boss: UK must ‘step up’ on climate action as US cuts back renewables funding
FORMER bp boss Lord John Browne of Madingley has urged the UK to become a global leader in climate action in the face of “regrettable” low-carbon cutbacks happening in the US.
Type: News
LevertonHelm opens £35m lithium chloride plant
LEVERTONHELM has opened a new £30m (US$40m) lithium chloride production plant in Basingstoke, UK which it says will help improve supplies of a key precursor for electric vehicle batteries.
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