The Davidson Symposium 2022
Celebrating a pioneer and looking to the future
Features
Share your Knowledge with Students Beyond the Lecture Hall
Make STEM materials accessible to a wider student population
Mind the Gap
Mo Zandi, Jarka Glassey and Brent Young discuss the emergence of Chemical Engineering Education 4.0
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
State of the Nations
David Bogle looks at trends for developing chemical engineers in Europe
Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers
David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-...
Diversity: Where has it Gone?
Reflections from Uchenna Onwuamaegbu, Jamie Hoar, Heather Williams and IChemE’s National Early Ca...
The Forgotten Founder of IChemE
Martin Pitt celebrates the life of John W Hinchley
Digitalisation: Integrating it in Education
Jarka Glassey talks to Amanda Doyle about the vital work of CHARMING
Remote tools: Undergraduate labs, under control
Joanne Tanner speaks to Amanda Doyle about lockdown labs and their future
Centenary Themes: Education
At-a-glance information on what's in the second of our centenary theme specials
Question Time: Education
Experts from academia and industry discuss the challenges in chemical engineering education and w...
Empathy: Enabling students to be entrepreneurs
David Fernandez Rivas talks to Adam Duckett about interacting and taking risks to innovate
Teaching: Educating Chemical Engineers on Digitalisation
Esther Ventura-Medina, Joanne Tanner and Brent Young explain why digital literacy is so important
The Nature of Nurture
Grant Campbell and Jamie Cleaver report on a workshop that addressed the challenges of leading ch...
A Trusted Advisor
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to s...
Taking the Biscuit
Beverly Coulter explains how she introduces process engineering concepts to new undergrads via ...
A Fair Slice of the Pie
Mo Zandi explains a proven model to manage academic workloads
John Bridgwater, 1938–2021
Obituary of John Bridgwater, former IChemE president
We Only Get Them When We’re Good!
In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to soc...
Achieving a Just Transition
Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries
The Middlewich Job (the Pump Preservation Society)
In the fourth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to so...
A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line
In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute...
The ABC (to Z) of Chemical Engineering
Famous last words, first words and all the words in between from Carl Schaschke on his experience...
STEM Outreach: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Ioulia Bykova shares the positive experiences of giving back and inspiring the younger generation
Call and Response
Adam Duckett on member feedback
Carry on Teaching: Higher Education During a Pandemic
Amanda Jasi surveys students and teachers to understand how Covid-19 has impacted university life...
Bath Triumphs at Virtual Frank Morton 2021
Amanda Jasi speaks to event organiser Benjamin Fadele
Table of Contents
Alisha Nadeem shares the periodic table she created to chart developments within chemical enginee...
ChemEng: 100 Years at Cape Town
Jim Petrie and Jenni Case celebrate a centenary of chemical engineering
Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design
Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills
Frank Morton: But Not as We Know It
Annual student sports meet calls on students and sponsors to support new virtual format
Accentuate the Positive
How we can learn important safety lessons from success as well as failure
Money Matters
Why process industry economics should be taught in undergrad chemical engineering
Gainful Employment, by Design
Zainuddin Manan describes routes to increasing graduates’ employability
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 ...
Chemical Engineering Education in the Age of Disruption
Esther Ventura-Medina wonders what will the future look like after Covid-19?
Book Review: Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer – Inexpensive Demonstrations and Laboratory Exercises
Edited by William Roy Penney & Edgar C Clausen; ISBN: 9780815374312; CRC Press; 2018; £55.99 (pap...
Bulk Solids Handling: Perspective on a Professional Blind Spot
A topic often overlooked and misunderstood, Grant Wellwood looks at the prevalence of bulk solids...
Spiralling Up
IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE
Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center: So Much Achieved and Much More to Do
On the 30th anniversary of the industrial disaster that killed his wife, Mike O’Connor looks at t...
Strategy 2024
IChemE President Ken Rivers explains the purpose of Strategy 2024 and why it is fundamental to t...
A periodic exhibition: RSC celebrates 150 years of Mendeleev’s periodic table
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) opened a special exhibition, curated by the University of Ca...
Two become one
ON 25–26 June the University of Cambridge’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology ...
UN report calls for urgent action to tackle chemical pollution
INDUSTRY will not achieve environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste by 2020 without...
IChemE Launches BioFutures Report
Daniel Firth reports on the findings and recommendations of the BioFutures programme
Snapshot – Birmingham takes the fifth
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
Growing and Surviving
Amanda Jasi visits the University of Greenwich, where a new lab has opened to support chemeng stu...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Bob Langer
Yasmin Ali interviews Bob Langer about his journey from playing with chemistry sets to pioneerin...
Little Wonder
Adam Duckett speaks to chemical engineer Bill Grieco, CEO of the RAPID Manufacturing Institute, a...
Waste-to-BioSNG innovation wins big at IChemE Awards
Amanda Jasi reviews the winners of IChemE's annual awards programme
2018 – The Year of Engineering
Adam Duckett speaks to engineers, schoolchildren and teachers who took part in the UK government’...
Mixing Music and Science
IChemE members on location, explaining chemical engineering to a unicorn, trainee Jedi knights an...
Joining Forces
Starting a learned society chain reaction
Screen Test
Are today’s methods of grading and selecting our graduate chemengers lacking?
Where Are They Now?
Class of ’82: a chemical engineering cohort study
Roads Less Travelled
Improving the employability of chemical engineers
Supporting the chemical engineers of the future
The Salters' Institute is offering awards of £2,500 to recognise and support outstanding young ch...
Get more from your data, increase yields and reduce costs
Ahead of our coming webinar on 19 June, Stan Higgins says we are not getting the value from our d...
Under One Roof
The University of Cambridge’s new chemical engineering and biotechnology building is open for b...
Hands On
Adam Duckett reports from the launch of the University of Sheffield’s new continuous powder proce...
Millennials Teach Baby Boomers a Lesson
How reverse mentoring is bridging the generational skills gap while encouraging fresh thinking
Has Carbon Utilisation Captured its Audience?
A look into public awareness and acceptance of carbon capture and utilisation
Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?
An overview of the scientific and technical challenges that have surfaced because of shale gas
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 S...
Knowledge Transfer
Now is the time to invest in skills
Applying Chemistry
How chemical engineering developed in Nigeria
Birmingham steams to fourth title
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
A Greener Future for IChemE
The BioFutures Programme will address the opportunities and challenges faced by the chemical engi...
Solar-Powered Water Purification Wins Top Prize
Helen Tunnicliffe reviews the winners of IChemE’s annual awards programme
Chemeng Centenarians
Celebrating 100 years of chemical engineering at the University of Queensland
A Beacon for Biotech
Neil Clark ventures inside University of Nottingham’s new green chemicals hub
Who is Running Your Plant at 3 AM?
Safety experts John Bresland and Ian Travers review the recruitment and training of process staff...
News
The RSC commits to 100% open access within five years
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has announced that it plans to make all of its fully RSC-own...
Thomas Michael O’Connor, 1953–2022
THOMAS Michael O’Connor, who dedicated his life to educating chemical engineers about the importa...
Imperial College and BASF strengthen partnership that seeks innovative chemicals development
IMPERIAL College London and BASF have strengthened their partnership to advance chemicals develop...
IChemE’s SPC journal sees big jump in rankings
IChemE’s Sustainable Production and Consumption (SPC) journal has jumped up the rankings in two d...
Mark McBride-Wright wins Rooke Award
Campaigning chemical engineer Mark McBride-Wright is to receive one of the Royal Academy of Engin...
Student team’s water sterilisation system wins sustainability competition
A TEAM of school students who designed a solar water sterilisation system has won this year’s Dav...
Australian universities join forces to commercialise clean tech
AUSTRALIA’S University of New South Wales Sydney (UNSW) and University of Newcastle have received...
Clive (Alan) Millington, 1943–2022
Obituary of Clive Millington, former Deputy Head of Department at the University of Surrey
RAEng awards £1m to boost diversity success at engineering departments
UK university engineering departments have been awarded £1m (US$1.3m) from the Royal Academy of E...
BP supports green skills hub to train Teessiders
BP is developing educational programmes with Redcar & Cleveland College that will train people fo...
IChemE calls on UK Government to support engineering green skills
ICHEME has called on the UK Government to support the education and reskilling of engineers to he...
IChemE bursary to fund postgrad catalysis summer school attendance
ICHEME has launched a new bursary to fund 20 postgraduate students to attend a summer school prog...
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...
IChemE publishes accreditation guidance
ICHEME has updated its accreditation guidance for chemical engineering degree programmes and publ...
David Wood AO, 1937-2021
Obituary of David Wood, international statesman of the chemical engineering profession and first ...
Ray Sinnott, 1931–2021
RAY SINNOTT, who had a profound impact on chemical engineers through the book Chemical Engineerin...
Scotland launches green jobs advice service
THE Scottish Government has launched a workforce academy with the aim of offering advice to worke...
Engineering X outlines strategy for the profession to lead on safety in complex systems
FACED with an increasingly complex and interconnected world, the Royal Academy of Engineering (RA...
IChemE’s ECE journal awarded first Impact Factor
ICHEME’s journal Education for Chemical Engineers (ECE) has been awarded its first ever Impact Fa...
Student team’s potato mask wins inaugural John Davidson competition
A TEAM of school students who developed a biodegradable face mask made from potato starch have wo...
UNESCO report highlights importance of engineering for sustainability goals
THE second UNESCO Engineering Report, Engineering for Sustainable Development: Delivering on the ...
Richardson: Make systems thinking education mandatory
ICHEME President Stephen Richardson has recommended to a House of Lords select committee that sys...
New hydrogen hub in Australia gets funding
SWINBURNE University of Technology in Australia has received A$10m (US$7.8m) from the Victorian G...
Survey finds UK engineering companies lack skills to meet net zero target
A SURVEY by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has found that 93% of engineering...
New council to upskill Shell employees in Singapore
SHELL has partnered with the Singapore Shell Employees’ Union (SSEU) to set up a council focussed...
IChemE awards Arup Gold Corporate Partner status
ICHEME has awarded Gold Corporate Partner status to Arup, an international company comprised of d...
IChemE gives approval to level 3 diploma
ICHEME has approved the Bulk Storage Operator Technician level 3 diploma of high hazards training...
Heriot-Watt receives IChemE accreditation at three campuses
HERIOT-WATT University has had its chemical engineering programmes at its campuses in Dubai and M...
Covestro funds professorship to advance electrochemistry research
RWTH Aachen University, Germany is expanding research into electrochemistry – an area that could ...
RAEng launches competition for schoolchildren
THE Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a new competition, Engineers in the Making,...
IChemE publishes biosector career profiles
ICHEME has launched a collection of chemical engineering career profiles to inspire the next gene...
New view of chemical engineering to help serve society
RESEARCHERS have presented a new view of chemical and biochemical (C&B) engineering, which sees t...
Engineering capability review raises safety concerns
FATALITIES and accidents at work are likely to increase, and a better understanding of engineerin...
Lancaster to make major investment in engineering
LANCASTER University, UK is to make a major investment as part of plans to expand Engineering at ...
New chemical engineering department at Brunel University London
BRUNEL University London’s new Department of Chemical Engineering was officially launched on 29 J...
BP Skills Refinery goes global
BP, a leading graduate recruiter, announced today the 2019 global launch of its Skills Refinery, ...
Engineers gather to discuss global grand challenges
The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 took place in London on 16-18 September, with satellite e...
UK gives international students two years to stay following graduation
INTERNATIONAL students at UK universities will now be able to extend their stay up to two years a...
IChemE’s new interactive case study to improve student laboratory safety
THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) has produced a new free interactive case study to help chemical en...
UK students to tackle engineering challenges
FIVE UK student teams are to compete against counterparts from the US and China as part of a spec...
A periodic exhibition: RSC celebrates 150 years of Mendeleev’s periodic table
ON Tuesday the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) opened a special exhibition, curated by the Unive...
Student chemical engineering projects recognised by IChemE awards
ICHEME has presented awards to school students in Singapore for projects that used chemical engin...
Wolverhampton chemical engineering course accredited by IChemE
THE University of Wolverhampton has had its chemical engineering degree accredited by IChemE.
GSK made Gold Corporate Partner
ICHEME has announced that healthcare company GSK is its newest Gold Corporate Partner.
Perkins report finds scant progress on engineering skills
FIVE years on from the publication of his engineering skills review for the UK Government, former...
IChemE, Chester Uni and industry join forces on first chemeng apprenticeship
ICHEME, the University of Chester, and major employers in the region are working together to offe...
IChemE releases report on the role of chemical engineering in the biosector
ICHEME’s BioFutures Steering Group has released a report with recommendations on how the Institut...
Merck announces prize for Cork chemical engineering students
SCIENCE and technology company Merck celebrated 30 years at its site in Cork, Ireland, in 2018 an...
Chemical engineering student recognised for academic performance
A CHEMICAL engineering Master’s student at the University of Chester, UK, has been awarded a regi...
Westminster Abbey hosts engineering celebration
ENGINEERING was the focus of celebration today at a first-of-a-kind national service held at Lond...
Inauguration of new UK engineering university
THE New Model in Technology & Engineering (NMiTE), a future engineering university, has been inau...
Hackitt and Daniels honoured by Imperial College
FORMER IChemE Council members Dame Judith Hackitt and Ed Daniels have been awarded honorary degre...
Queen of Perak presents IChemE Awards to outstanding young engineers
Her Royal Highness Zara Salim, Queen of Perak, presented two promising chemical engineers with tr...
BP helps to ‘future proof’ students’ skills
BP has launched the Skills Refinery, an online global portal developed to help improve student em...
Chemical engineering professors recognised with Royal Academy fellowship
CHEMICAL engineering professors and IChemE members, Chris Hewitt, Zhibing Zhang, and Barry Lennox...
Alliance seeks partner to boost lab safety
PISTOIA ALLIANCE, a global-not-for-profit life sciences organisation, is seeking a strategic part...
University of Sheffield to host 2019 Frank Morton Sports Day
CHEMICAL engineering students at the University of Sheffield, UK have successfully won the bid to...
Fire at chemical plant on Stanlow refinery site
A fire broke out yesterday at a chemical plant on the same site as the Stanlow oil refinery in Ch...
Update: Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its science and engineering fac...
Queen honours Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham Hutchings and Jim Ratcliffe
THE QUEEN has awarded birthday honours to four members of IChemE: Rose Amal, David Hind, Graham H...
Chester engineering faculty faces relocation due to proximity to oil refinery
THE University of Chester is facing the possibility of relocating its £120m (US$160m) science and...
STEM outreach group warns about UK skills shortage
A SHORTAGE of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills is costing UK businesses £...
200 gather to celebrate engineering excellence in the Northwest of England
MORE than 200 engineers gathered in Manchester, UK, earlier this month to celebrate excellence in...
Liveris donates A$13.5m to build new engineering building at University of Queensland
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris has donated A$13.5m to his alma matar the University of Queensla...
Engineering network group launched in Oman
A NEW collaborative engineering network has been launched in Oman with the support of IChemE and ...
Rhyme time for research students
DOCTORAL students were challenged by the University of Bath, UK, to summarise their research in a...
Edinburgh launches world-first free online course on CCS
THE University of Edinburgh has launched the world’s first open online course about CCS and is of...
UNSW signs deal to become world’s first solar university
THE University of New South Wales (UNSW) has signed an agreement to become the world’s first whol...
Elsevier launches early stage research network
ELSEVIER, the publisher of IChemE’s journals, has launched a new early stage research network ded...
Fluor pilot plant opens at the University of Surrey
THE Fluor Pilot Plant at the University of Surrey UK, designed to give chemical engineering stude...
IChemE Fellow Hapgood made dean at Deakin
ICHEME Fellow Karen Hapgood has been appointed executive dean of the faculty of science, engineer...
Sheffield plans continuous powder processing plant
THE UNIVERSITY of Sheffield plans to launch the UK’s first continuous powder processing plant, wh...
Government outlines plan to make UK world’s most innovative nation
THE UK government has published its long-awaited Industrial Strategy as it seeks to boost industr...
Call for engineering in schools
IMECHE has released a report calling for the UK government to integrate engineering into the scho...
Biggs appointed senior deputy vice-chancellor of UWA
SIMON BIGGS, currently the executive dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Informa...
NUS, NTU and ExxonMobil set up Singapore Energy Centre
THE National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have signed...
Starter for ten…
AN ICHEME student member is representing the profession on the BBC’s University Challenge – and h...
2018 Year of Engineering to boost STEM uptake in UK
THE UK government has launched a new initiative to boost the uptake of science, technology, engin...
Shott: UK chemical industry should focus on strengths
FORMER IChemE president Ian Shott says that the huge UK chemical industry must focus on its stren...
University of Hull gains IChemE accreditation
THE University of Hull has gained IChemE international accreditation for its chemical engineering...
New project to tackle surface corrosion
A NEW £5m (US$6.5m) project led by BP and the University of Manchester, UK, will seek to better u...
Science sans frontières
PRICE often limits training and research opportunities in developing countries – but researchers ...
Student placements key to employment
WHEN looking for work, experience could be more influential than socio-economic background for ch...
