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ChemEng Culture – Issue 1007

Sam Baker speaks to former process safety engineer Tony Cox, the expert witness portrayed in the hit Netflix series Toxic Town, plus this months chemeng cultural highlights

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UK’s largest bioethanol plant to wind up operations next week if no state support confirmed

THE LARGEST producer of bioethanol in the UK could “begin the process of closure” next week if it does not receive any state support, the plant’s operator has warned.

Type: News

Young engineers call for more industry support at the 2025 YEAIS

From hydrogen production to vaccine cooling systems, attendees of the YEAIS explored cutting-edge solutions to global challenges and celebrated the power of fresh thinking in engineering.

Type: News

Given Agency

With hands-on placements and a new graduate scheme, the Environment Agency is giving chemical engineering students real-world experience – and a clearer sense of how their degrees make a difference, writes Sam Baker

Type: Feature

Engineers create conference to advance industrial digitalisation

Ruth Powell talks to the co-chairs of the Advances in the Digitalisation of the Process Industries conference about moving beyond the hype and sharing lessons that engineers can put into action

Type: News

Engineers called to lead as PFAS and climate dominate IChemE water talks

AT ITS first in-person conference since the Covid-19 pandemic, IChemE’s Water Special Interest Group convened leading experts to confront urgent challenges in water treatment – including PFAS pollution, climate resilience and infrastructure innovation.

Type: News

Australian coal giant to cut 750 Queensland jobs amid row over mining charges

MINING giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has announced plans to cut 750 jobs across Queensland and suspend operations at one of its coal mines.

Type: News

ChemEng Culture: Boeing, the 737 MAX Crisis and Aviation Safety

David Bogle reviews Andrew Hopkins’ book exploring how the pursuit of profit compromised safety principles, neglected human factors and led to critical design failures that culminated in two fatal crashes

Type: Feature

IChemE’s Oil, Gas and Energy Transition SIG tackles hydrogen and affordability in first meeting

LOW-CARBON power and how the UK can afford it were among the key topics discussed at IChemE’s Oil, Gas, and Energy Transition (OGET) special interest group’s (SIG) first-ever in-person meeting.

Type: News

UK Budget: Government to permit more North Sea drilling while rejecting calls to end windfall tax

OIL AND GAS drilling will continue in the North Sea under a new plan announced in the UK government’s budget, though the industry’s calls to scrap the windfall tax have been rejected.

Type: News

Particle Progress

Particle technology has much to offer materials processors, but only if we foster the link between academia and industry

Type: Feature

Back to School

Part 1: Reflections on how one university department has changed

Type: Feature

Pick a Mix

We must take action to boost skills diversity so students are better prepared for the greater variety of roles requiring chemical engineers

Type: Feature

The Big Vision

Next-generation batch technologies drive productivity and profitability

Type: Feature

Lewis Urry – A Powerful Man

Richard Jansen-Parkes looks at the life of Lewis Urry, inventor of the alkaline battery and father to the Energizer Bunny

Type: Feature

Csaba Horváth – Degrees of Separation

Claudia Flavell-While explores the contribution of separation scientist Csaba Horváth

Type: Feature

STEM Outreach: Why it Pays to Give Back

Why businesses, individuals and new graduates should be ready to step up and play their part in STEM outreach

Type: Feature

Old-school Chemical Engineering

A look at chemical engineering in the 1950s, when chemical engineering was done at a more basic level.

Type: Feature

Thinking Outside the Block

Can novel uses of blockchain technology in the chemical and process industries justify its cost?

Type: Feature

Careers in Chemical Engineering: Vince Pizzoni

Yasmin Ali speaks to Vince Pizzoni, associate professor at Nottingham University, executive search consultant for the energy industry, and career coach.

Type: Feature