Book Review: The Authority Gap
Mary Ann Sieghart; ISBN: 9781784165888; Black Swan (an imprint of Transworld Publishers); 2022; ...
Features
Safety is my job: Mike Rantell
Robin Turney speaks to Mike Rantell about his role in safety at Novartis
What I Wish I knew as an Undergraduate
Laura Grindey, Paul Jenkinson and Sameen Barabhuiya of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee ...
Ethics Series - A Circle of Trust
Joan Cordiner discusses the world of professional ethics
Safety is my job: Muhammad Naeem Ullah
Robin Turney speaks to Muhammad Naeem Ullah about his work as a process safety specialist at the ...
Seven Soft Skills to Help with Tough Engineering Jobs
How to increase your chances of doing well in leadership positions
Building a Sustainable Future
Kathryn Richardson talks about her role as Area Environment Manager at the Environment Agency in ...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Xueqi Wang
Xueqi Wang talks to Yasmin Ali about her career in refining precious metals across the globe
Risk: We've Got it Covered
Mariné Botha and Rachel Ramskill share their experiences of working in risk engineering in the Mi...
Adapting to Change
Parika Ale explains why she believes that – in some ways at least – the global pandemic has been ...
Centenary Themes: Energy
At-a-glance information on what's in the fourth of our centenary theme specials
Question Time: Energy
Experts gather to discuss how the discipline can contribute to the energy transition
Shaping a Better World
Adam Duckett on shaping a better world
Dreaming Big and Changing the World Through Chemical Engineering
Amanda Jasi speaks to pioneering chemical engineer Robert Langer about his successes and offers a...
Safety is my job: Paul Feltoe
Robin Turney speaks to Paul Feltoe about his role in process safety consulting
A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’
Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help h...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Simon Harrall
Yasmin Ali speaks to Simon Harrall, Associate Attorney at Patterson + Sheridan LLP, based in Hous...
Working Hard. Having Fun. Making History
Fiona Ragan talks about her role in process control at Amazon
Safety is my job: Fiona Barclay
Robin Turney speaks to Fiona Barclay about her role in keeping people safe at Clair Ridge
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in p...
Taking on Water
Sofia Georgaki describes her role as Process Lead at engineering major Jacobs.
Palm Oil Possibilities
Ausiera Rosland talks about her role as a Project Engineer at Sime Darby Oils in Malaysia
The Cold Treatment
Todd Cline talks about his role in designing sustainable products
Recycling Needs You
David Hobson talks about his role in recycling and consulting on developing processes for the cir...
Working in Water
Amanda Lake talks about her work in the municipal water sector, in water and wastewater treatment.
Making Medicines: Safely
Naomi Atkinson talks about her role in ensuring safe and compliant manufacture of therapeutics an...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Jansen
Yasmin Ali speaks to Worley's Chris Jansen about his work in robotics strategies development, hel...
We Are the Universal Engineers
Rosey Deverall talks about her roles in nuclear safety and decommissioning
A Trusted Advisor
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to s...
Train for Transition
Could a skilled worker shortage hinder the path to net zero? Not if we act now, says David Nash
Going for Gold…Red, Blue, or Black!
James Colley looks at opportunities available to chemical engineers both in traditional non-fossi...
Lab-to-Table: Why Chemical Engineers are Key to a Meat-Free Future
Marianne Ellis talks about her work on tissue engineering to find ways to improve societal health...
Closing the Plastics Loop
Ivan McCormack discusses his role in the recycling sector, developing a chemical process to clos...
Forging Positive Change
Chris McDonald discusses his career in metals, and why the industry needs more chemical engineers
Future Fit
Liz Hallifax talks about her role at Unilever as Global Process Risk Authority with a focus on di...
Overcoming Inertia
Adam Duckett on the need for action on decarbonisation
The Nuclear Option
Brett Longstaffe talks about his role in engineering novel reactors
Oil and Gas Workers Have Their Say on the Just Transition
Amanda Doyle analyses a survey of oil and gas workers to reveal their thoughts on how the energy ...
A Lot of Bottle
Ella Howells talks about her switch from oil and gas to the drinks industry
A Booster for the Covid Vaccine Rollout
Ranna Eardley-Patel discusses her career path through consumer goods, nanotechnology, biopharmace...
Power Hungry
Amrit Chandan talks about his focus on growing and scaling his company's advanced lithium battery...
Time for Change
Adam Duckett on the UK energy crisis and opportunities for change
A Life in Lithium
The future of energy needs chemical engineers, and lots of them, say Jacob Brown, Titi Oliyide, L...
A Change of Clothes
Tahani Kaldéus talks about her work towards a greener fashion industry
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maria Papathanasiou
Yasmin Ali speaks to Maria Papathanasiou about how she ended up using mathematical modelling to a...
Well Connected
Victoria Darcy announces a new way for students and graduates to network and find out what chemic...
Achieving a Just Transition
Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries
Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett
Time to Transfer?
James Colley offers sound advice on careers transition when you need to switch sectors
A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line
In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute...
Bring Your Whole Self to Work
Solvay CEO Ilham Kadri’s advice for women in STEM
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Measuring Progression
Macsene Isles-Ahite, David Lloyd-Roach and Alana Collis talk about why IChemE needs to better und...
Research Bias
Raffaella Ocone and Nina Baker seek out the stories of chemical engineering’s female forerunners
Men as Allies
Adam Duckett asks what are men doing to help support gender diversity and inclusion?
Solving Problems at Scale
Jane Cutler talks to Adam Duckett about her inspirations and quest for skills
STEM Outreach: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Ioulia Bykova shares the positive experiences of giving back and inspiring the younger generation
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Asabi Goodman
Yasmin Ali speaks to Asabi Goodman, a chemical engineer and professional performer, based in Aust...
Carry on Teaching: Higher Education During a Pandemic
Amanda Jasi surveys students and teachers to understand how Covid-19 has impacted university life...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Doug Hall
Yasmin Ali speaks to US-based Doug Hall – inventor, whiskey maker, and founder of Eureka! Ranch.
Appraisals: Turning a Wince into a Smile
How to get the best out of appraisals, either as an appraiser, or as an appraisee.
IChemE: Streamlining Chartered Membership
A new stage towards Chartered Membership for 2021: the Initial Professional Development process
The Best of You
Manisha Patel highlights topics made available to IChemE members via the Career Solutions webinar...
Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design
Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills
How to Do Remote Mentoring
Jamie Cleaver discusses the benefits of remote mentoring
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Tom Tribone
Yasmin Ali speaks to Tom Tribone, CEO of Franklin Park, a US-based global owner of energy and inf...
Frank Morton: But Not as We Know It
Annual student sports meet calls on students and sponsors to support new virtual format
Feedback Loops
Adam Duckett on the changes being forced upon us by Covid-19.
CPD Requirements are Changing – Are You Ready?
Alan Harper of IChemE’s Professional Formation Forum urges members to prepare for mandated CPD au...
Book Review: A Chemical Engineer in the Palm Oil Milling Industry
Hong Wai Onn; ISBN: 9789671818800; Hong Wai Onn; 2020; £9.37 (Amazon)
Supporting members during these distressing times
How the IChemE Benevolent Fund is supporting members during this extraordinary period, including ...
Skill Up
Adam Duckett on the opportunity to boost your skills
Tackling Hidden Thoughts Within
Our sector must do more to improve unconscious bias in the workplace, says Kelly Paul
Experiences Work
John Wilson explains why undergraduate placements are so important
Opening Up Instrumentation
John de Mello explains how scientific instrumentation is becoming more open, more affordable and ...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Mohammed Khan
Yasmin Ali speaks to Mohammed Khan, Managing Director – Life Science Technologies at Johnson Matthey
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Sara Penrose
Yasmin Ali interviews Sara Penrose, a Chartered Chemical Engineer and a professional artist.
Network, Network, Network
Building a jigsaw puzzle of relationship pieces during the pandemic may be easier than you think,...
Recognising Future Leaders
How the Salters' Institute recognises and supports outstanding young chemists and chemical engine...
INWED: Female chemical engineers recognised for green leadership
AS celebrations get underway for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we caught up wit...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: David Young
Yasmin Ali speaks to David Young, a Research Engineer at the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Judy Raper
Yasmin Ali speaks to Judy Raper, Dean and CEO of TEDI-London, a startup providing engineering hig...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Lina Aglén
Yasmin Ali interviews Lina Aglén, Lead Engineer at FairHeat
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Fiona Macleod
Yasmin Ali interviews Fiona Macleod about her life in chemicals and crime fiction
A Visible Career on the Spectrum
An engineer with autism explains how she has succeeded in the workplace, and what employers can d...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maryam Farhanah
Yasmin Ali interviews Maryam Farhanah, Senior Process Engineer at Mott MacDonald.
Do You Have a Moment?
Ewan Stewart shares the hard-earned lessons of retrenchment
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Michael Wise
Yasmin Ali speaks to Michael Wise, Chemical Process Engineer at Worn Again Technologies.
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Matt Longley
From working in water treatment to paving the way for film productions including Harry Potter
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jaega Wise
Yasmin Ali interviews Jaega Wise, Head Brewer at Wild Card Brewery in London.
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Woodroofe
Yasmin Ali interviews Chris Woodroofe about his journey from manufacturing to airport operations
Careers in Chemical Engineering: David Adam
Yasmin Ali interviews chemical-engineer-turned-journalist David Adam
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Olivia Sweeney
Yasmin Ali interviews Olivia Sweeney about how chemical engineering led her to a career with cosm...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jonathan Cable
Yasmin Ali interviews Jonathan Cable to find out more about his path to archiving
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Caroline Metcalf
Yasmin Ali interviews Caroline Metcalf about her journey from aluminium smelters to railway stations
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Bob Langer
Yasmin Ali interviews Bob Langer about his journey from playing with chemistry sets to pioneerin...
Body Language Dynamics
Becoming fluent in body language will help you communicate more effectively
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Marc-Olivier Coppens
How UCL chemical engineering professor Marc-Olivier Coppens finds inspiration in nature
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Cooke
A profile of Rachel Cooke, central programs engineering manager for Amazon in Europe, based in Lu...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Vince Pizzoni
Yasmin Ali speaks to Vince Pizzoni, associate professor at Nottingham University, executive searc...
The Power of Listening
Listening is probably the most important skill we use in our professional and personal lives.
Brainstorming: Maximise the Quantity and Quality of Your Ideas
Focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, we push further into the realms of creat...
Manufacturing Documents
Continuing the theme of communication, this month we take a look at technical writing.
Style Guide: Tune Your Communication for Better Results
Professional skills for chemical engineers. This month, we look at communication.
Modelling Communication
A look at mathematical modelling of how we get our message across.
Culture Shift, Values and Vision
How might we encourage culture shift in our organisations?
How Creative is Your Organisation?
A look at organisational culture and creativity.
Making Feedback Powerful
Tips on giving and receiving feedback
Empathy – the Key
Empathy is the fundamental key to all good communication
How To Be a Good Mentee
Getting the best out of your mentor-mentee relationship
Communication: the Rate-limiting Step
The first of a regular series of pieces focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, ...
News
Policy progress – Australia’s Skills Supply
Alexandra Meldrum reports back from a national engineering skills meeting where calls were made f...
BP supports green skills hub to train Teessiders
BP is developing educational programmes with Redcar & Cleveland College that will train people fo...
Farewell to 2021, and what to read while we’re away
WHETHER it’s serious engineering lessons and insights on career opportunities, or irreverent quer...
MPs launch STEM diversity investigation
THE UK’s House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry, Diversity in ...
UK’s green jobs skills gap needs to be addressed, says report
A REPORT from the cross-party Environmental Audit Committee has expressed disappointment at the U...
IChemE releases career insights video series
ICHEME has released a series of videos that feature members sharing their career journeys and pro...
Scotland launches green jobs advice service
THE Scottish Government has launched a workforce academy with the aim of offering advice to worke...
New council to upskill Shell employees in Singapore
SHELL has partnered with the Singapore Shell Employees’ Union (SSEU) to set up a council focussed...
