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Safety: My Five Lessons from Five Decades of Engineering

Tom Baxter shares safety lessons learned from across his career

Type: Feature

Training for emerging technology and new managers

ICHEME has launched training courses for engineers improving safety in emerging industries, as well as those looking to improve their skills as new managers and project managers.

Type: News

Diamond battery made from nuclear waste

Team seeks to scale up method to harness carbon-14

Type: News

What Matters to You?

Wendy Wilson, Joseph Agnew and Tom White report on the 2019 IChemE Member Engagement survey results

Type: Feature

One seriously injured in Wisconsin refinery blast

AN explosion at a Husky Energy-owned oil refinery in the US has reportedly injured at least 15 people, with one seriously hurt.

Type: News

Evonik sells methacrylates business for €3bn

EVONIK is selling its methacrylates business to private equity firm Advent International for €3bn (US$3.39bn).

Type: News

Merck scraps £1bn R&D hub amid fears UK is ‘uninvestable’

US PHARMACEUTICAL giant Merck has axed plans to launch a £1bn (US$1.35bn) research & development (R&D) centre in London.

Type: News

Researchers to develop carbon-negative power plant

RESEARCHERS at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US have received just over US$800,000 in funding to develop a carbon-negative power plant that produces reduced amounts of carbon emissions and captures carbon from the atmosphere during idle periods.

Type: News

Explosion at Illinois silicones plant

AN explosion and fire at a US silicones manufacturing plant has killed three people with one other still missing.

Type: News

Ineos steps into Asia phenol with purchase of Mitsui’s Singapore plants

INEOS has bought Mitsui Chemicals’ phenol production plants in Singapore for US$330m.

Type: News

Engineers treat printed graphene with lasers

Method could enable paper electronics

Type: News

IChemE Medals nominations open with launch of new Clean Energy Medal

ICHEME has announced a new Clean Energy Medal will be given as part of its annual medals and prizes programme, which is now open for nominations.

Type: News

QEPrize launches podcast to explore engineering and its impact

THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) has launched a new podcast series, Create the Future, which explores the “skill, creativity, and innovation that comprises engineering”, and highlights how engineers impact everyday lives.

Type: News

Air Products abandons Yingde Gases bid

Bid not in shareholders’ interests

Type: News

Penspen awarded bronze partnership by IChemE

Company recognised for services to oil industry

Type: News

Pushing Forward

Adam Duckett on making progress

Type: Feature

Deep Impact

Adam Duckett, on life-changing moments, regrets, and the red thread of safety

Type: Feature

Hydrogen: Informing a Safe Decision to Achieve Net Zero

A review of the safety implications of a wider use of hydrogen, and the efforts under way to address them

Type: Feature