INWED 2025: Schoolgirls’ confidence mushrooms after YEAIS recognition
Ahead of International Women in Engineering Day, Aniqah Majid spoke to three inspiring A-level st...
Features
Space Odyssey: From Rocket Engines to Hair Dryers and Back Again
Lolan Naicker explains his unconventional career path to Adam Duckett, from daydreaming in lectur...
Volunteer Spotlight: Clare Dunkerley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Kickstart your Engineering Career with IChemE Accredited Graduate Training
Selecting the right employer can significantly shape the transition from university to the work...
Sustainability in Action: Three Years of the IChemE Sustainability Hub
Programme director Trish Melton explains how, with IChemE’s support, chemical engineers are build...
Helping Students make the most of IChemE Resources
Chemical engineering students Deborah Olowu and Sofiya Hajaludin spent a year with IChemE working...
IChemE Virtual Work Experience Already Having a Positive Impact
Victoria Speed looks back on six months of inspiring young people through IChemE’s virtual Engine...
Built on Strong Foundations
Adam Duckett on the rich opportunities open to those with a chemical engineering education
Master Troubleshooting in Process Operations
ESD’s practical, simulation-based course equips engineers with the real-world skills to diagnose ...
We asked 100 engineers...
Each month, members of the TCE reader feedback panel share their views on stories impacting the w...
Bringing AI to carbon capture: how Imperial College is revolutionising plant operations
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are fast becoming in-demand skills for chemical...
Volunteer Spotlight: Rob Peeling
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Oatley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Vira Jogia
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Knovel Solution
Knovel provides a wide range of resources for chemical engineers, including books, journals, and ...
Risk and Reward: Integrating GenAI into Educational Assessment
As GenAI improves, ideas of authorised or unauthorised use in assessment become harder to discern...
My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Roger Sargent
David Simmonds celebrates the father of process systems engineering and founding director of the ...
Viewpoint: Embracing New GenAI-enabled Teaching
Far from replacing teachers, Christopher Honig says GPTs could blend learning and evaluation into...
The Dangers of Becoming too Remote
Aniqah Majid speaks to the University of Bath’s John Chew about the damaging impact remote and hy...
AI: Part of the Master’s Plan
Adam Duckett speaks to Tina Düren and Bernardo Castro Dominguez about the University of Bath’s ne...
Putting the AI in Feedback TrAIning
Stuart Prescott explores the use of AI tools to support students practicing and developing thei...
Safe AI Innovation Needs Robust Regulation
Aniqah Majid joined industry leaders as they came together for an IChemE roundtable on AI’s use i...
AI Prizes and Warnings
Adam Duckett looks at the increasing adoption of AI, for better or worse
Volunteer Spotlight: Dominic Foo
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Kai Seng Koh
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Milestone Issues
Adam Duckett reflects on TCE’s milestone issue
What You've Been Saying about The Chemical Engineer
Ahead of the 1,000th issue we asked members of the TCE Reader Feedback Panel to share their perso...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Stirring Memories and Sharing Memories
Paul Okey visits the Flixborough 1974 Exhibition with his dad to discover the stories behind the ...
Volunteer Spotlight: Eleni Routoula AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
The Nuclear Option
There are huge opportunities for chemical engineers in the UK nuclear sector, but Luke Crampton s...
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 a...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Remembering Flixborough by Someone Who Wasn’t Alive in 1974
In the engineering industry, it is often asked if major incidents could ever happen again. Early-...
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 ...
Degree Apprenticeships: A Working Pathway for Students and Employers
Deborah Darnell catches up with an employer, university, and recent apprentice to discuss the b...
‘For diverse energy solutions, we need diverse talent’
With Chemeca 2024 in Queensland, Australia just around the corner, Aniqah Majid caught up with th...
Flixborough 50 Years On: How Management of Change Failures Contributed to the Disaster
Richard Mundy reflects on the Court of Inquiry’s findings relating to what we now call management...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Safety is a Team Sport
A massive gap that wasn’t filled, key players in the wrong positions and no one taking overall re...
IChemE Matters: Achieving a Just Transition
Andrew Jamieson explains how the institution can help facilitate a just transition
Remembering Roger Brian Keey, a pioneer in drying technology and Chemeca Award winner
Roger Keey, a pioneer in drying science, died last year aged 89. Shusheng Pang, who went on to fo...
Advice to future Frank Morton committees from Swansea 2024
Frank Morton 2024, Swansea co-chairs Charlotte Todd and James Rees – both event first-timers – sh...
IChemE Matters: Elevating Member Engagement – the Next Level
Andrea Hosey reflects on the achievements of the inaugural Member Engagement Committee and highli...
Engineering Inclusivity: Bridging the Gap with DEI
Mark McBride-Wright says diversity, equity and inclusion requires the perfect integration of uniq...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Legislation has been Transformed, Organisations not so much
Trish Kerin speaks to safety consultant Andrew Hopkins to find out how the safety culture at Flix...
IChemE Matters: 'The Profession's View of the Profession'
Alexandra Meldrum introduces IChemE’s member-consulted report, “Engineering a Sustainable World –...
Getting More Women and Girls into Engineering
As International Women in Engineering Day approaches and with women still significantly underrepr...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Lessons for Managers and Engineers Today
Robin Turney says the lessons learned from the disaster are still as relevant now as they were in...
Who Will Win Your Vote in the Trustee Elections?
With voting set to close at 09:30 BST on 16 May, you are running out of time to help decide IChem...
Embedding ‘An Awareness of Sustainability’ into Chemical Engineering Curricula
Madoc Sheehan says it is vital that future chemical engineers understand and build knowledge of t...
Stop! Impostor Syndrome
Many of us feel impostor syndrome at some point in our careers. To help generate more understandi...
Contributing to a Brighter Future for Engineering
EngineeringUK’s Hilary Leevers on how IChemE members’ professional registration fees help secure ...
Successful Placements
Industrial placements offer huge opportunities for both students and employers. Student George W...
Why we Need to Engage with Primary School Children – and How to do it Effectively
Joy Parvin has 32 years of working in primary schools’ outreach under her belt. She reflects on w...
The Novelist Looking for a Chemical Engineering Reaction
Aniqah Majid finds out how a workshop promoting literacy to chemistry students is aiming to fuel ...
Integrating Cybersecurity into the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
With cybersecurity now a core subject for many higher education institutions, the National Univer...
Finding future chemical and process engineers in the primary school classroom
Jo Cox and Stem Education experts on engaging with children as young as four, how changes to the ...
Interactive Graph Resource for Chemical Engineering Design
Interactive graphs have the potential to provide students with a more dynamic and engaging learni...
A Taste of Industry before Uni
Susan Ojo tells Adam Duckett about how her industrial placement is benefiting her studies
Toolkit launched to promote DiscoverChemEng message at school careers fairs
The new Young People’s and Student Engagement Team at IChemE, led by Jo Cox, are developing res...
Volunteer Spotlight: Adriana Vargas-Colwill CEng MIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Scaling Up Experience
Adam Duckett on how we can inspire chemical engineers of the future
Christmas Presents: Give them the Gift of ChemEng Knowledge
Paul Okey looks at present ideas to inspire budding chemical engineers (and maybe one or two to h...
Life as an Early Career Engineer
The National Early Careers Committee (UK & Ireland and Malaysia) sheds some light on the challeng...
Getting Your First Job as a Chemical Engineer: A Step by Step Guide
Vince Pizzoni has cast his eye over more than 40,000 CVs, conducted 10,000 interviews and recruit...
Unlocking the Power of Learning: Top Tips for Chemical Engineering Students and Teachers
Professor of chemical engineering education Mo Zandi and PhD student Ya He offer tips for student...
Making the Grade: Assessing the Assessment Capabilities of ChatGPT-3
Peter Neal and Sarah Grundy put ChatGPT to the test to understand how it can reshape education
Students, educators, and generative AI in peaceful coexistence
Stuart Prescott addresses the strengths and weaknesses of generative AI in an education setting
Using AI: What You've Been Saying
We asked members of TCE’s reader feedback panel to share their experiences of generative AI
Inspiring the Next Generation of Chemical Engineers Through STEM Outreach
You’re passionate about chemical engineering, but can you help convey that passion to inspire oth...
A Valuable Experience
Adam Duckett on the value of graduate placements
A Digital-Twin Approach to Distillation Control Education
Isuru Udugama, Michael Taube, and Brent Young discuss the educational benefits of real-time indus...
Power of Placements
Laura Grindey, Ethan Lynch and Dom Tsang from the IChemE National Early Careers Committee discu...
Public Engagement for a Sustainable World
Alexandra Meldrum and Amit Verma share how IChemE members have been working to shape policy and p...
Managing Cybersecurity Risks
Tristan Hunter and Deaglan Gahan share some of the strategies to prevent and mitigate cybersecuri...
INWED 2023: Alexandra Meldrum on Being Curious and Building a Portfolio Career
For INWED 2023, Alexandra Meldrum offers insights on building an engineering career that makes a ...
The Right Balance: Women in Engineering
Orla Douds, Anousha Khan, Martyna Cepaite and Jessica Pidgeon share their experiences of gender b...
A Tool for Learning: Classroom Use-cases for Generative AI
Christopher Honig, Shannon Rios and Eduardo Oliveira offer three exercises that teachers can use ...
Calling All Students: Help us Revive Frank Morton Sports Day!
Martyna Cepaite and Paul Jenkinson call on students to help ensure a great sporting tradition thr...
Opportunities Knock
Adam Duckett on opportunities for communication and digitalisation
Boosting Student Engagement
IChemE surveyed students as it seeks to bolster engagement and improve member services. Andrea Ho...
Learning How to Learn: The Skill Which Underpins Performance Throughout One’s Career
Kate O’Brien, Tony Howes and Greg Birkett discuss the dangers of poor learning strategies, with t...
Digi-Bridging Biochemical Engineering Education
Preparing students for the digitally-enabled workplace, Duygu Dikicioglu and Gary Lye discuss the...
The Benefits of a PhD: An Alternative Perspective
In the last part of this series, members of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee talk to Ele...
Brum slam dunks it!
Hosts Birmingham win this year’s Frank Morton sports day
The Benefits of a PhD: An Academic's Perspective
In the second part of this series, members of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee talk to V...
Southampton University: “We’re shaping the future”
Amanda Jasi reports from the official opening of the chemical engineering programme at Southampto...
The Benefits of a PhD: An Industry Perspective
In the first of a series, members of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee talk to Claire Nna...
Chemical Engineering Matters in a time of Global Challenges
Alexandra Meldrum outlines coming updates to IChemE’s technical roadmap
The Davidson Symposium 2022
Celebrating a pioneer and looking to the future
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
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
Vaccine refrigeration and sewage treatment among winning projects in IChemE YEAIS
A SOLAR-POWERED refrigerator to make vaccines more accessible and a process to reduce the environ...
Pioneering UK engineering university celebrates first graduates
AN ENGINEERING university in Hereford which teaches without the need for lectures or exams has ce...
LIVE Reporting from ChemEngDayUK 2025
Welcome to The Chemical Engineer magazine's live blog for ChemEngDayUK 2025 in Sheffield. Edited ...
ChemEng student numbers rise again in the UK
THE number of students starting UK chemical engineering courses is up 11% after applications leap...
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,...
UK universities launch doctoral training centre for fusion engineers
A NEW training centre is being launched by UK universities to train the next generation of fusion...
IChemE Matters – March 2025
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and we catch up with Dylan Sherman to ask about his expe...
Hundreds of schoolchildren visit IChemE to be inspired by chemical engineers
ICHEME has hosted more than 300 schoolchildren at its UK headquarters where they met with real-li...
NTU Singapore launching hybrid chemeng-chemistry course to fill skills gap
IN AN EFFORT to produce graduates with chemical engineering and chemistry skillsets, Nanyang Tech...
UK government to fund almost 5,000 STEM postgraduates
THE NEXT generation of UK scientists and engineers will receive a £500m (US$637m) funding boost f...
IChemE Matters - November 2024
Mark Apsey, Duncan Lugton, M Iqbal Essa, and members of the TCE Reader Feedback Panel update read...
Engineers call for smaller electric car batteries and ban on vapes
USING smaller electric car batteries and stripping materials out of old wind turbines for use in ...
IChemE Matters – October 2024
Why IChemE’s Member Engagement Committee offers a world of opportunities
Cambridge University tops The Guardian chemical engineering league table
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY has topped The Guardian’s 2025 league table for chemical engineering for the...
ExxonMobil, bp, and Chevron among oil and gas giants investing in University of Aberdeen energy initiative
ENERGY giants have invested £600,000 (US$786,000) in the University of Aberdeen’s energy initiati...
IChemE Matters – September 2024
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and what to expect from Hazards 34
UNSW Sydney launches decarbonisation institute to support industry and government net zero plans
AUSTRALIA’s University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) has launched a new institute dedicated to...
Essar to buy Thornton Science Park from Chester Uni
ESSAR is buying Thornton Science Park from the University of Chester as part of plans to create a...
UK RNA sector risks major skills gap, report says
UK INNOVATION in RNA therapeutics, crucial in the development of Covid vaccines, could be stalled...
US$1m Google partnership offers AI placements for disadvantaged UK undergrads
UK UNDERGRADUATE engineering students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be offered summer place...
David York 1951-2024
Obituary of IChemE Fellow David York who played a key role in the invention of the unit dose form...
UK’s Teesside University launches scholarships to support female engineers ahead of INWED
TEESSIDE University in the UK has today launched three £8,000 (US$10,108) scholarships to support...
UK seeks to attract 40,000 nuclear recruits with skills plan
THE UK’s National Nuclear Strategic Plan for Skills has launched, outlining how government, indus...
NXplorers: Equipping young chemical engineers to build a sustainable world
YOUNG chemical engineers were given the chance to solve real-world problems with systems thinking...
MIT retains top university ranking for chemical engineering
MIT has retained its position as the best university for studying chemical engineering, according...
Enginuity calls for UK engineering and manufacturing stakeholders to help close skills gaps
UK ENGINEERING and manufacturing skills charity Enginuity says employers, training providers, and...
MPs meet with IChemE to discuss how to avoid green skills crisis
ENGINEERS called on UK lawmakers to help fix a looming skills crisis that threatens to derail net...
Nottingham Uni stroll to Frank Morton victory
Students from the University of Nottingham have overturned a near 40-year winless streak to retur...
Isuru Udugama, 1990-2023
Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic ...
Edinburgh and Glasgow universities unite for climate research
UNIVERSITIES in Scotland have formed a new collaborative research partnership to address the clim...
ChemEng intake rises for first time since 2015
THE NUMBER of students starting a UK undergraduate degree in chemical, process, and energy engine...
Winston Mellowes, 1941-2023
Obituary of Winston Mellowes, an expert in the technology of sugar cane processing, Professor Eme...
IChemE opens bursary applications for catalysis summer school
ICHEME is inviting bursary applications for the ‘Catalysis fundamentals and practice’ summer school.
IChemE Matters – December 2023/January 2024
Nigel Hirst, Trish Kerin and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
IChemE and ITN launch “Engineering a Sustainable World” programme
ICHEME has produced a programme with ITN showing the roles that chemical and process engineers pl...
MP praises IChemE’s DiscoverChemEng initiative after visit to their UK HQ
ICHEME hosted parliamentarian Mark Pawsey at its Rugby headquarters in the UK where the MP saw fi...
‘Ambitious’ plan seeks to address worrying decline in engineering-related apprenticeships
LORD KNIGHT and Lord Willetts, supported by EngineeringUK, have launched an “ambitious” five-poin...
IChemE Matters – November 2023
Nigel Hirst on the merits of mentoring; Allyson Woodford previews Chemeca 2023 and readers respon...
John Griffiths, 1939-2023
Obituary of John Griffiths, who was awarded IChemE's Hebden Medal for his work in the field of ga...
Royal Society launches fellowship to support underrepresented black researchers
THE Royal Society is piloting a Career Development Fellowship (CDF) aimed at kickstarting the res...
IChemE Matters – October 2023
Nigel Hirst and Keith Plumb have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
IChemE Matters – September 2023
Nigel Hirst, Anousha Khan and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE mem...
Low-carbon industries must inspire young recruits and support worker transitions to fill the UK green skills gap
LOW-CARBON industries such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and nuclear, need to promote careers outr...
A new gallery celebrating engineers opens at the Science Museum
AN exhibition called Engineers opened today at the Science Museum in London dedicated to world-ch...
UCL chemical engineering department receives Gold Athena Swan award for gender equality efforts
UNIVERSITY College London’s chemical engineering department has been awarded gold status as part ...
The importance of engineers and not strangling AI
SIR PATRICK VALLANCE reflects on five years as the UK’s chief scientific advisor.
Alvin Nienow, 1937-2022
ALVIN NIENOW, a pioneer of biochemical engineering, has died aged 85.
ChemEngDayUK: Preparing to deliver sustainability
HELD for the first time in Northern Ireland, and hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, this year’...
Earth Day: EngineeringUK publishes webinar to encourage young people into engineering through sustainability
ENGINEERINGUK has published a webinar exploring how environmental sustainability can inspire youn...
UK government unveils £14.6bn alternative to Horizon Europe funding programme
THE UK government has published its “Pioneer” programme, a long-term strategy to support research...
Sir David Harrison, 1930-2023
Sir David Harrison, an educationalist who co-published leading literature on fluidisation, died o...
Claire Adjiman elected to the US National Academy of Engineering
CLAIRE ADJIMAN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been elected to the US National Aca...
A century of chemical engineering at UCL
ICHEME president David Bogle has given a speech to UCL students in which he traced the history of...
Darrell Patterson awarded Bath’s first ever posthumous professorship
DARRELL PATTERSON is the first person to be awarded a posthumous professorship by the UK’s Univer...
Birmingham Uni and Innospec join forces to develop safe and responsible chemicals
THE University of Birmingham has teamed up with chemical company Innospec to accelerate research ...
The University of Newcastle wins two Cygnet Awards
THE University of Newcastle has become the first university in Australia to be awarded two Scienc...
RAEng funds engineering department initiatives to bolster student diversity
EIGHT UK university engineering departments have been awarded more than £700,000 (US$850,000) by ...
EngineeringUK launches booklet to encourage the next generation into STEM
ENGINEERINGUK has launched a new careers resource designed to attract young people into STEM care...
John O’Shea, 1947-2023
Obituary of John O'Shea, a devoted volunteer, mentor and teacher, whose dedication to the profess...
Inquiry launched into apprenticeship decline
WITH the UK battling an acute skills shortage, Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knig...
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...
John Bridgwater, 1938–2021
Obituary of John Bridgwater, former IChemE president
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...
