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My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Martin Ruhemann
Adrian Finn remembers Martin Ruhemann, a man who overcame extraordinary adversity to shape the fu...
Precision Pays Off: How Nanotechnology Promises to Improve Cancer Tests
Chemical engineer Paula Mendes talks to Adam Duckett about her big ambitions for tiny tech
Salt of the Earth: Part 1
Martin Pitt considers the chemical engineering history of common salt
Building Connections and Developing Careers
Adam Barnes, Sara Penrose, and Abbey Chidz explain how IChemE member groups offer an opportunity ...
What we have Learned from our Mentor/Mentee Journey
Chemical engineering graduates Rory Foster and mentee Fred Barrett share insights into their ment...
Volunteer Spotlight: Rob Peeling
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Chemeng Culture – Issue 1006
The first in a regular feature looking at chemeng-related culture
The Power of Trust: Building Strong Relationships in the Workplace
Faye Litherland explains how personal connections and shared experiences can transform your profe...
The Engineering Mindset Part 6: Complex or Complicated? Measurements and Targets – be careful what you ask for
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how real-time data and dynamic insights can drive sustainable change
Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Oatley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Demystifying Engineering Projects Part 2: Feasibility and Pre-FEED
In the second of this four-part series, Steven King highlights the importance of the stages, what...
PFAS Uncovered: What You Need to Know About These Lingering (Not Forever) Chemicals
Paul Nathanail argues that rather than referring to PFAS as ‘forever chemicals’, the term ‘linger...
Unravelling PFAS: Challenges and Advances in Contaminant Remediation
From industrial applications to environmental concerns, Jim Fenstermacher, Pradeep Shukla, and Pr...
The Engineering Mindset Part 5: Complex or Complicated? Practical principles or prescriptive targets
Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how an approach focused on direction and principles, rather than n...
Breaking Down Barriers: Innovations in PFAS Destruction
A ‘silver bullet’ technology remains elusive, but Jens Blotevogel and Pradeep Shukla say the deve...
PFAS Monitoring: Novel Approaches for Air and Water Detection
As the extent of PFAS contamination becomes clearer, Sarit Kaserzon looks at the application of n...
Engineering a Future Without PFAS: The Path to Sustainable Alternatives
The shift from PFAS is both a regulatory need and an opportunity for industries to lead in sustai...
A Step-by-Step Guide to IChemE Accreditation
Lydia White walks you through the straightforward IChemE accreditation process and outlines the s...
Destroying PFAS… and environmental anxiety
Luke Henderson talks to Adam Duckett about his work scaling up a plasma torch system to destroy PFAS
The Story of PTFE
Martin Pitt looks at the accidental discovery of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a versatile non-...
Rewiring Britain: The Race to Go Green – A Power Struggle with No Clear Winner
David Simmonds reviews Panorama’s report on the UK government’s key projects aimed at achieving i...
Volunteer Spotlight: Vira Jogia
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Why Soft Skills Can (and Should) be Taught
From awkward smiles to cult-avoidance strategies, Faye Litherland’s journey proves that mastering...
A Trump Card against Diversity?
Mark McBride-Wright looks at what the US presidential term of Donald Trump might mean for diversi...
Transforming Support for Chemical Engineers and their Families
The Chemical Engineers’ Benevolent Fund is changing to better serve chemical engineers worldwide,...
Takeovers – How Not to Ruin Your Company!
Not all company takeovers end badly but Nigel Hirst says for them to succeed you need to do due d...
Making a Clean Getaway
With our energy systems going through profound change, Adam Duckett asked chemical engineers who ...
IChemE Accreditation for All
Steven Gasser discusses IChemE accredited company training schemes (ACTS), a flagship initiative ...
Empirisys Launch Memorial Fund to Inspire Future Data Scientists
Grant in memory of Alex White, who died at 29 from meningitis, aims to support students pursuing ...
The Engineering Mindset Part 4: Complex or Complicated? There are no silver bullets
Chris and Penny Hamlin say that in complex systems, the path to success is never a single solutio...
A Galvanising Moment?
Adam Duckett on how materials innovation hinges on much wider collaboration
A Chemical Engineer’s Festive University Challenge
Chemical engineer and science communicator Yasmin Ali sits down with Aniqah Majid to discuss the ...
What is Your Engineering New Year’s Resolution?
As we prepare to step into 2025, we asked readers what New Year’s Resolutions they are setting fo...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Reader Feedback
To finish the series of articles we’ve published this year for the 40th anniversary of the Flixbo...
My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Roger Sargent
David Simmonds celebrates the father of process systems engineering and founding director of the ...
Top Tips for Young Engineers Entering the YEAIS Awards
With IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability (YEAIS) now open for nomin...
Why You Shouldn’t be Afraid of Sales
Nigel Hirst argues that despite their wariness of sales roles, chemical engineers actually make t...
Glass In all its Glory: Part 2
Martin Pitt looks at the Industrial Age, which saw the mechanisation of glass manufacture, but al...
Contributions and Resolutions
Adam Duckett on why the COP failure is an opportunity for engineers
WSP Lifts Top Prize at 2024 IChemE Global Awards
Clean water system picks up Outstanding Achievement award on a night celebrating the best in ch...
Bhopal – my United Nations experience
This article originally appeared in Loss Prevention Bulletin 299, a special issue marking the 40t...
Flixborough 50 Years On: Addressing Process Safety Competence Challenges in Smaller Organisations
Fifty years on from Flixborough, Carolyn Nicholls says key challenges in process safety competenc...
Get involved: nominations sought for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress
IChemE will shortly be asking for nominations to join either the Board of Trustees or Congress. R...
Why Bhopal Remains Toxic 40 Years on
40 years since the tragedy that killed thousands, the Indian government has moved forward plans t...
Dairy Diary
Process and chemical engineer Ramin Razmi charts his journey from research to industry in the dai...
The Engineering Mindset Part 3: Complex or Complicated? Adapting Strategies
Chris and Penny Hamlin on how a complexity-based approach can be helpful in avoiding and mitigati...
Site Inductions: Giving Visitors What They Need
Fed up with being bombarded with irrelevant information, Harvey Dearden says site inductions shou...
Help shape IChemE’s future (and your own)
With elections for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress scheduled for April, Adam Duckett caug...
Youth – and the Benefit of not Knowing what’s Possible
IChemE past-president Nigel Hirst says we need to harness the fearlessness of young engineers in ...
Now That's What I Call Chemical Engineering Music
Paul Okey picks out 13 songs for TCE’s first-ever chemical engineering-related music playlist
What You’ve Been Saying About AI
We asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel, what impacts, positive or negative, has your use of AI ha...
IChemE launches virtual work experience for 14 to 18-year-olds
IChemE’s new virtual work experience programmme helps youngsters experience life as a process des...
The Engineering Mindset Part 2: Complex or Complicated? What Defines A Complex System?
Using the petrochemicals industry, Chris and Penny Hamlin explain how a complexity-based approach...
Glass In all its Glory: Part 1
We look through it and maybe overlook it, but glass is a vital 200m t/y material for the world to...
Volunteer Spotlight: Dominic Foo
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
My Chemical Engineering Hero is: Dermot Manning
Roland Clift picks out IChemE fellow Manning, a key figure in the commercialisation of polyethyle...
Design Issues
358 issues since she first helped produce The Chemical Engineer magazine, Alex Revell recounts ju...
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
Ethical Project Management in the Wake of Grenfell
IChemE past-president Nigel Hirst asks whether you really know your suppliers and what their true...
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
Mentoring, Reverse Mentoring and Sponsorship
Mentoring is key to developing a breadth of contacts that help move your career forward. Vince Pi...
The Engineering Mindset Part 1: Complex or Complicated
Are the individual, societal, and global challenges we face complex or complicated, and do you un...
Book Review: The SAFE Leader
Mark McBride-Wright MBE CENG; ISBN: 979-8887970738; Publish Your Purchase; 2024; US$25.40 (Print)
European Young Engineers – Networking, Knowledge and now, IChemE
Laura Grindey explains how European Young Engineers (EYE) is shaping engineering and fostering co...
Calling All Students
Adam Duckett throws it open to readers to shape TCE
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...
Five minutes with… Health Researcher Hannah Leese
Adam Duckett speaks to the Nicklin Medal winner about needles and nominations, and discovers th...
‘For diverse energy solutions, we need diverse talent’
With Chemeca 2024 in Queensland, Australia just around the corner, Aniqah Majid caught up with th...
The Loch Ness Monster and Plant Safety
Martin Pitt recalls his time spotting monsters, and warns that just because they are hard to spot...
Focusing on the Future
Adam Duckett is reassured by the early signals from the new UK government as parliament welcomes ...
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...
Rare Metal Detecting
The conversion of rocks to metals is quintessential chemical engineering which created the techno...
Volunteer Spotlight: Maria Papathanasiou AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
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
Networking to Build Connections and Find a Job
Networking is a word that can strike fear into anyone. Vince Pizzoni aims to banish the dread and...
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...
Go Big, Start Now
Adam Duckett on why solving the world’s grand challenges needs even grander vision – and how you ...
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...
Stop! Impostor Syndrome
Many of us feel impostor syndrome at some point in our careers. To help generate more understandi...
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 ...
Sharing the Burden of Impostor Syndrome
Adam Duckett on why it’s good to talk about impostor syndrome
History of Nuclear Engineering Part 3: Atoms for Peace
In 1953, Dwight D Eisenhower (1890–1969) began his US presidential term with a widely applauded “...
Volunteer Spotlight: Hugh Paterson
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
The Benefits of Neurodiversity Talent in Engineering
To mark World Autism Acceptance Month, James Cusack highlights the many benefits of neurodivergen...
Blyth Decision Means UK’s Industrial Reboot Loses Another Site of National Importance
Northumberland County Council today approved plans to put a data centre on a site previously earm...
Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer...
History of Nuclear Engineering Part 2: Building the Bomb
The story of the Manhattan Project and the race to build nuclear weapons is usually told about ph...
Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Malhi CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Beware the Banana
Adam Duckett gets two of his five-a-day while asking for more systems thinking from politicians o...
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 ...
A Working Definition
Adam Duckett on what actually constitutes a chemical engineer
IChemE Matters: Chemical engineering research – A guide to making a difference
Have you ever stopped to consider the real-world impact you could make as a chemical engineering ...
IChemE Matters: Introducing IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability
IChemE are launching a trio of awards to showcase how young engineers are supporting the Institut...
History of Nuclear Engineering Part 1: Radioactivity
For just over 100 years, radioactive elements have proved of industrial and commercial use. Marti...
Process Safety Leadership Site Visits
Performed well, leadership visits play a vital role in supporting a positive safety culture at a ...
IChemE Matters: Chartered members earn more, survey shows
Chartered members significantly outearn their non-chartered peers according to the findings fro...
Volunteer Spotlight: Jamie Cleaver CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Capturing Science to Capture Attention
MIT photographer Felice Frankel talks to Adam Duckett about her new guide to help engineers bette...
A Taste of Industry before Uni
Susan Ojo tells Adam Duckett about how her industrial placement is benefiting her studies
Book Review: Valued at Work
Lauren Neal; ISBN: 9781788604680; Practical Inspiration Publishing; 2023; £14.99 (paperback)
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
Process Consulting and the Problem with AI-fed ‘Experts’
Grant Wellwood provides tips on how to discern between superficial knowledge and a deep understan...
Scaling Up Experience
Adam Duckett on how we can inspire chemical engineers of the future
Rocket Science: From the Mongols to the Moon and beyond
Rocket science is a famously difficult area, but it’s more than the physics of force and trajecto...
IChemE Matters: A conversation with Congress
Ahead of the official call for nominations in March, representatives from Congress sat down to di...
IChemE Matters: Nominations sought for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress
With the start of the 2024 election cycle nearly upon us, we will soon be seeking nominations for...
Book Review: Navigating the Engineering Organization: A New Engineer’s Guide
Robert M Santer; ISBN: 9781032102511; CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group; £34.39; 2023
Volunteer Spotlight: Cameron Langford AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Mapping Icons
A single to Nigel Hirst, please. Travelling on the Engineering Icons Tube
My Job at Stanlow in 2023
Andy Barker’s award-winning essay on life at the Stanlow refinery in 2023, written 50 years previ...
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...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Health and Safety for Beauty Products
In the latest in her series highlighting the breadth of career opportunities in chemical engineer...
Viewpoint: Heating Homes with Hydrogen – a Hazard that Should be Avoided
Tom Baxter’s TCE article “Home Hydrogen: Is it Safe?” generated a lot of interest from the chemen...
Engineering Net Zero Part 6: Skilling Up
David Simmonds looks at who we need to deliver our energy transition, from the local technician t...
Book Review: The Chemical Code
Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 978086154203; Point Blank, an imprint of Oneworld; £9.99; 2023
Book Review: Engineers Making A Difference
Shini Somara; ISBN: 9781804660270; What on Earth Books; £16.99; 2023
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...
Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 1
Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, kicking off with mecha...
CAPE Crusaders: Exploring Career Opportunities in Computer-Aided Process Engineering
ESCAPE-33 attendee Tom Cowley provides his key takeaways from the IChemE-hosted panel discussion ...
A Valuable Experience
Adam Duckett on the value of graduate placements
Volunteer Spotlight: Clare Sheppard
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Could YOU be a Charity Trustee?
Trusteeship can help chemical engineers advance their careers and give to a cause they love, says...
Book Review: Empathic Entrepreneurial Engineering
David Fernandez Rivas; ISBN: 9783110746624 (paperback); De Gruyter; 29.50 (paperback, PDF, and eP...
Power of Placements
Laura Grindey, Ethan Lynch and Dom Tsang from the IChemE National Early Careers Committee discu...
IChemE Global Awards 2023
Matt Stalker offers some useful tips to anyone planning an awards entry this year
Brum slam dunks it!
Hosts Birmingham win this year’s Frank Morton sports day
Using Ethics to Power the Profession
Amanda Jasi reports from this year’s Presidential Address
Dreaming Big and Changing the World Through Chemical Engineering
Amanda Jasi speaks to pioneering chemical engineer Robert Langer about his successes and offers a...
The Forgotten Founder of IChemE
Martin Pitt celebrates the life of John W Hinchley
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...
Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund: Supporting members
Keith Batchelor explains the fund, and shares some personal accounts from members that have ben...
Signs and Symbols
Martin Pitt explores the 19th century inventors of the symbols and calculations upon which modern...
The Explosive Foundation of IChemE
With IChemE’s Centenary celebrations under way, Martin Pitt explores the chemical engineers who i...
An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in p...
Optimising Safety for the Renewable Energy Sector
A culture of care is the foundation, says Mark Walker
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maria Papathanasiou
Yasmin Ali speaks to Maria Papathanasiou about how she ended up using mathematical modelling to a...
Re-staking the boundaries
Adam Duckett on setting boundaries
Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett
Volunteer Spotlight: Zaid Rawi
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jason Ballengee
Yasmin Ali talks to Jason Ballengee about his journey from hydrogen-powered cars to food innovation
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Doug Hall
Yasmin Ali speaks to US-based Doug Hall – inventor, whiskey maker, and founder of Eureka! Ranch.
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
The Power of Assertiveness
How might we use the power of assertive behaviour to good effect?
Volunteer Spotlight: Johan Alimin Samad
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Book Review: A Chemical Engineer in the Palm Oil Milling Industry
Hong Wai Onn; ISBN: 9789671818800; Hong Wai Onn; 2020; £9.37 (Amazon)
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Mohammed Khan
Yasmin Ali speaks to Mohammed Khan, Managing Director – Life Science Technologies at Johnson Matthey
Volunteer Spotlight: Tan Geok Chai
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Witness to the Beirut blast
Safety expert Wassim Naddi on Lebanon’s disregard for safety and the need for change.
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Sara Penrose
Yasmin Ali interviews Sara Penrose, a Chartered Chemical Engineer and a professional artist.
Giving Back to the Profession
Jane Cutler, IChemE’s newly-elected Deputy President, talks to Adam Duckett
Volunteer Spotlight: Qua Kiat Seng
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
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
Volunteer Spotlight: Azzam Younes
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: John Campbell
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Roberto Moreno-Atanasio
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Talhat
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maryam Farhanah
Yasmin Ali interviews Maryam Farhanah, Senior Process Engineer at Mott MacDonald.
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
Volunteer Spotlight: Denis Ring
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Volunteer Spotlight: Christina Phang
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jaega Wise
Yasmin Ali interviews Jaega Wise, Head Brewer at Wild Card Brewery in London.
Volunteer Spotlight: Fenella Nordquist
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Christopher Julian Hewitt, 1969–2019
Obituary of Chris Hewitt, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the School of Life and Health...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Woodroofe
Yasmin Ali interviews Chris Woodroofe about his journey from manufacturing to airport operations
Michael Streat, 1937–2019
Obituary of Professor Michael Streat, an eminent chemical engineer and a leading expert in separa...
IChemE Members recognised with RAEng Major Project Award 2019
TWO IChemE members, as part of an engineering team, have been awarded the Royal Academy of Engine...
INWED: ‘At the end of the day, we are all engineers’
HELD on 23 June, International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) is a global awareness campaign wh...
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
Snapshot – Birmingham takes the fifth
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Bob Langer
Yasmin Ali interviews Bob Langer about his journey from playing with chemistry sets to pioneerin...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Marc-Olivier Coppens
How UCL chemical engineering professor Marc-Olivier Coppens finds inspiration in nature
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’...
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...
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process ...
Step Up and Share
As lessons emerge following the Grenfell Tower review, chemical engineers have a duty to share th...
Dame Judith Hackitt and Erin Johnson talk fire safety
Chemical engineers are well suited to assessing fire safety by applying systems thinking and a ri...
What is it Like Being a Chemical Engineer in Parliament?
Erin Johnson, Ashok Kumar Fellow, talks to IChemE’s Rachael Fraser
Process pioneer: Rodney Allam discusses the development of his CCS technology
As testing begins in Texas, Allam shares his thoughts on building emissions-free natural gas plan...
Supporting the chemical engineers of the future
The Salters' Institute is offering awards of £2,500 to recognise and support outstanding young ch...
Strathclyde to Uganda
A Strathclyde students' project to help supply clean water to rural areas in Uganda
Millennials Teach Baby Boomers a Lesson
How reverse mentoring is bridging the generational skills gap while encouraging fresh thinking
Governance Reform
The future of IChemE is in your hands
Nathaniel Wyeth – Got a lot of bottle
Richard Jansen-Parkes looks into the life and times of Nathaniel Wyeth, inventor of the PET bottle
Who will lead IChemE in 2018?
Introducing your nominees for IChemE’s 2018 trustee vacancies
Yoshio Nishi – Power Player
Claudia Flavell-While speaks with Yoshio Nishi, the Sony engineer who led the development of the ...
Jack Welch – No Engineers in the Boardroom
Claudia Flavell-While charts the rise of business giant (and chemical engineer) Jack Welch
How Creative is Your Organisation?
A look at organisational culture and creativity.
Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry – In Search Of An Application
Spencer Silver and Arthur Fry: the chemist and the tinkerer who created the Post-it Note
Fresh Faces
In the first of a series looking at the work of IChemE’s volunteers, we profile the Young Members...
Birmingham steams to fourth title
Photos from the UK’s annual Frank Morton Sports Day, where The University of Birmingham took top ...
Jay Bailey – Blazing a Trail for Biology
Jay Bailey helped to bring chemical engineering to cell level. Claudia Flavell-While investigates
Bob Gore – One Sudden Yank...
… for Bob Gore, one giant leap for outdoor lovers. Claudia Flavell-While looks at the history of ...
Slide Rules at Dawn
IChemE members Sanjoy Sen and Mick Lee go head-to-head in a fight for survival on UK television
Tomio Wada – My Grandad the Pocket Calculator
Claudia Flavell-While explores the surprising ancestry of modern electronic gadgets, and how a ch...
Csaba Horváth – Degrees of Separation
Claudia Flavell-While explores the contribution of separation scientist Csaba Horváth
Lewis Urry – A Powerful Man
Richard Jansen-Parkes looks at the life of Lewis Urry, inventor of the alkaline battery and fathe...
Victor Mills – A 'Pampered' Career
Claudia Flavell-While charts the contribution of P&G’s Victor Mills
Trevor Kletz – A lifetime spent saving lives
Trevor Kletz, the father of inherent safety, explains his remarkable career
Solar-Powered Water Purification Wins Top Prize
Helen Tunnicliffe reviews the winners of IChemE’s annual awards programme
George Rosenkranz and colleagues – Engineering the Sexual Revolution
Chemical engineers have a lot to answer for – including the Summer of Love. Claudia Flavell-Whi...
Andrew Grove – The Processor Engineer
Richard Jansen looks at the life and work of Andrew Grove, a founding father of the silicon age
Vladimir Haensel – Breath of Fresh Air
Vladimir Haensel’s brainchild, the platforming process, underpins transport and plastics producti...
Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen
Pfizer's Penicillin Pioneers – Jasper Kane and John McKeen
Magnus von Braun – Rocket man
Overshadowed by his brother Wernher, Magnus von Braun still had a fateful role to play. Claudia F...
Dudley Maurice Newitt – Chemical engineering meets James Bond
Claudia Flavell-While goes on the trail of Dudley Maurice Newitt – a developer of spy gadgetry an...
Making Feedback Powerful
Tips on giving and receiving feedback
A Sneak Peak at Air Products’ Graduate Recruitment Process
Insights on how a major employer of engineers handles its graduate recruitment process.
Equipped to Innovate
Rethinking the PhD – and your perceptions
Kenneth Bingham Quinan and colleagues – An explosive start
2015 marks the centenary of the Great Shell Crisis of World War I (WWI), in which the British Arm...
Johann Glauber – Alchemy to Modern Chemistry
Alchemy. It’s a word that conjures up images of charlatans and quackery, of quasi-mythical men po...
George E Davis – Meet the Daddy
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland, the inventor of Bakelite, whose work ushered in the age of polymers
Dermot Manning and colleagues at ICI – Plastic Fantastic
The commercial success of PE starts with Reginald Gibson, Eric Fawcett, Michael Perrin and Dermot...
Edward Charles Howard and Norbert Rillieux – Sugar plantation slavery and the birth of chemical engineering
The prospects at birth for Edward Charles Howard and Norbert Rillieux could scarcely have been mo...
Arthur D Little – Dedicated to industrial progress
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Nicolas Leblanc – Revolutionary discoveries
One of the first chemicals to be produced at industrial scale, a product that laid the foundation...
Henry Bessemer – Man of Steel
If the industrial revolution was built on steel, then the father of the industrial revolution was...
Carl von Linde and William Hampson – Cool inventions
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Thomas Midgley – A troubled legacy
From fuel hero to climate zero: Claudia Flavell-While on the turbulent life of Thomas Midgley
Waldo Semon – Rubber, PVC and... bubblegum?
Waldo Semon has a lot to answer for, finds Claudia Flavell-While
Donald Campbell and colleagues – Fuelling a way of life
Fluid catalytic cracking has been called ‘the most revolutionary chemical engineering achievement...
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch – Feed the World
No chemical engineering feat better illustrates the double-edged nature of many inventions than t...
News
IChemE Matters – April 2025
Duncan Lugton explains the planning behind a roundtable
IChemE Matters – March 2025
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and we catch up with Dylan Sherman to ask about his expe...
TCE Frank Morton 2025 live blog
Welcome to the The Chemical Engineer magazine's live blog for the Frank Morton sports day 2025, h...
IChemE Matters – February 2025
Mark Apsey on making a difference and Duncan Lugton on policy
Stewart keen to use ANZFChE role to enhance regional STEM growth and collaboration
EWAN STEWART, the new chair of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers (A...
Beale’s Andrew Lecture focuses on CO2 hydrogenation catalysts
ANDY BEALE, professor of chemistry at University College London (UCL), has been awarded IChemE’s ...
UK launches Steel Council to rebuild ‘vital’ steel industry
UK STEEL leaders have come together with the government to develop a Steel Council to revitalise ...
Two IChemE Fellows awarded new year honours
TWO Fellows of IChemE have been awarded orders of the British Empire in the new year honours list.
Wanted: Danckwerts lecturer for 2025
NOMINATIONS are open to find a speaker for the prestigious Danckwerts Lecture.
IChemE Matters – December 2024/January 2025
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and IChemE 2024 in numbers
Kanga awarded Engineers Australia’s highest honour
MARLENE KANGA has been awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, the highest honour given b...
Statue of engineer Alice Kan unveiled to celebrate National Engineering Day
THE FIRST statue of a living engineer has been unveiled in London to mark National Engineering Da...
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...
Shallcross awarded Chemeca Medal
DAVID SHALLCROSS has been awarded the Chemeca Medal for his contributions to the chemical enginee...
IChemE sets up new SIG to support members of the oil and gas industry
ICHEME has launched a new special interest group (SIG) to support members in the oil and gas sect...
IChemE launches Student Ambassador programme to ‘develop future leaders’
ICHEME is offering students the chance to represent their community, network with engineers in in...
IChemE launches new online mentor matching initiative
MENTOR MATCH is now live on IChemE Connect, making it easier than ever for IChemE members to supp...
‘Poignant day for the British Steel industry’ as Port Talbot’s last blast furnace closes
TATA Steel’s last blast furnace at Port Talbot will cease operations this afternoon, marking the ...
Sorensen and Pelzel among IChemE members elected to Royal Academy of Engineering
EVA SORENSEN and Rodney Pelzel are among five IChemE members elected fellows of the UK’s Royal Ac...
IChemE Matters – October 2024
Why IChemE’s Member Engagement Committee offers a world of opportunities
Applications open for IChemE’s revamped catalysis fellowship
ICHEME is inviting applications for the Andrew Fellowship which has switched its focus to very ea...
Shell to cut 20% of exploration jobs as it transitions away from fossil fuels
SHELL is slashing around 20% of jobs in its integrated gas and upstream business as part of restr...
IChemE Matters – September 2024
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and what to expect from Hazards 34
BHP workers at world’s largest copper mine claim pay dispute ‘victory’
UNION workers at BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile, the largest copper mine in the world, have...
Meng Wai Woo keen to use ANZFChE role to boost the profession and regional ties
MENG WAI WOO, the new chair of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers (A...
Government release ‘emergency’ £13.5m to tackle Tata Steel Port Talbot job losses
WORKERS and local businesses effected by energy transition of Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steel plan...
UK MP and chemical engineer Chris McDonald keen to unite the worlds of engineering and politics
CHRIS MCDONALD, an IChemE Fellow and new member of the UK parliament, has been appointed an assis...
BHP suspends Western Australia Nickel operations, affecting 3,000 jobs
AUSTRALIAN mining group BHP is suspending its Western Australia nickel operations, putting 3,300 ...
AI and sustainable materials dominate Royal Academy of Engineering awards
BIOTECHNOLOGY, energy, and sustainable materials took centre stage at the Royal Academy of Engine...
Frances Arnold awarded ACS ‘highest honour’
NOBEL prize-winning chemical engineer Frances Arnold has been handed the American Chemistry Socie...
Jonathan Vincent awarded Young Ambassador award by CIA
JONATHAN VINCENT has been awarded the Young Ambassador of the Year Award by the UK’s Chemical Ind...
David York 1951-2024
Obituary of IChemE Fellow David York who played a key role in the invention of the unit dose form...
Dame Judith Hackitt awarded 2024 President’s Medal by Royal Academy of Engineering
DAME JUDITH HACKITT, safety expert and a former president of IChemE, is the 2024 recipient of the...
AI-guided evolution, lower-carbon carpets and plastic recycling win out at IChemE’s inaugural Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability
“I WANT the stuff I work on to make an impact. That’s everything I think engineering should be.”
Birmingham students win Davidson Inventors Challenge for ‘forever chemical’ removal process
TEAM Breaking Bonds, a group of Year 11 students from King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, ...
IChemE members Amiaka and Lake named among Top 50 Women in Engineering
TWO ICHEME members – Nike Amiaka and Amanda Lake – have been recognised in the Women’s Engineerin...
IChemE’s 83rd president Mark Apsey MBE calls on chemical engineers to ‘transform our industries’
The climate took centre stage as Mark Apsey MBE used his presidential address as a rallying call ...
King Charles to become Patron of the Royal Academy of Engineering
King Charles has agreed to become patron of the Royal Academy of Engineering, strengthening the l...
AI could impact almost half of chemical engineering jobs, report says
CHEMICAL engineers’ workloads will be transformed by generative AI, allowing workers more time fo...
UK workers set to benefit from ‘energy skills passport’ backed by oil, gas, and wind industries
EMPLOYERS in the oil, gas, and wind sectors have partnered with energy initiatives to develop a s...
IChemE Matters – June 2024
Nigel Hirst looks back on his year as president
Raffaella Ocone set to be 84th president of IChemE
RAFFAELLA OCONE, professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University, will take up the pr...
Fight for Port Talbot steel jobs ‘is not over’ say unions despite Tata Steel final decision
UNIONS have promised strike action after Tata Steel rejected their plan to keep one blast furnace...
IChemE Matters – May 2024
Nigel Hirst on IChemE partnerships, including the latest link-up with ITN Business plus what insp...
ExxonMobil to shut down French steam cracker and cut 677 jobs
ENERGY costs continue to pummel the European oil and gas market, with ExxonMobil announcing plans...
Coal-to-nuclear could add US$275m to local communities, US report finds
CONVERTING the US’ ageing coal-powered plants to nuclear could drive economic growth and preserve...
US approves Texas offshore oil port despite environmental outcry
THE US has given the greenlight for Enterprise Products Partners to begin construction on a deepw...
East Palestine train derailment: Norfolk Southern agrees to $600m payout
FREIGHT train operator Norfolk Southern (NS) has agreed to pay a settlement of US$600m to residen...
IChemE and ITN to make programme showcasing engineering careers
ICHEME is partnering with ITN Business and other engineering institutions on a news-style program...
UK and US join forces to strengthen global AI safety
THE UK and US have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on research and poli...
David White, 1935–2024
Obituary of David White, who was awarded IChemE’s Hebden Medal in 2015 for his work on gasificati...
IChemE Matters – April 2024
Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for ...
Unilever cutting 7,500 jobs and splitting off ice cream division
BEN & JERRY’S and Marmite owner Unilever is set to split off its ice cream division and axe 7,500...
Tata Steel to close Port Talbot coke ovens over ‘worsened’ condition
TATA STEEL’S beleaguered Port Talbot steelworks in Wales has suffered a further operational blow ...
Aitken awarded Ambassador Prize as IChemE unveils 2024 medals winners
JENNIFER AITKEN has posthumously been awarded IChemE’s Ambassador Prize in recognition of her lea...
IChemE Matters – March 2024
Nigel Hirst on launching initiatives; Tracey Donaldson calls for book ideas and Dianne Watson int...
Nottingham Uni stroll to Frank Morton victory
Students from the University of Nottingham have overturned a near 40-year winless streak to retur...
Wind turbine pioneers Stiesdal and Garrad win 2024 QEPrize
HENRIK STIESDAL and Andrew Garrad have been awarded the 2024 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineerin...
Isuru Udugama, 1990-2023
Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic ...
Engineers among the most trusted profession
THE ENGINEERING profession is among the most trusted in Britain according to the latest Ipsos Ver...
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.
Dame Judith Hackitt named interim chair of UK’s nuclear regulator
FORMER IChemE president Dame Judith Hackitt has been named the interim chair of the Office for Nu...
IChemE Matters – December 2023/January 2024
Nigel Hirst, Trish Kerin and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
Jennifer Aitken, 1973–2023
Obituary of Jennifer Aitken, process safety advocate and popular member of IChemE's Pharma Specia...
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...
IChemE Fellow Andrew Livingston awarded Honorary Professor title
ICHEME Fellow Andrew Livingston has been awarded an Honorary Professor title for his contribution...
Oxford’s rapid Covid test wins top prize at IChemE Awards
THE University of Oxford has been given IChemE’s outstanding achievement in chemical and process ...
Engineers plotted onto iconic London Underground map for National Engineering Day
You can now travel from Dame Julia Higgins to Nigel Hirst via Dame Judith Hackitt thanks to a rei...
IChemE Matters – November 2023
Nigel Hirst on the merits of mentoring; Allyson Woodford previews Chemeca 2023 and readers respon...
Clive Davies awarded prestigious Chemeca Medal
ICHEME Fellow Clive Davies has received the Chemeca Medal, most prestigious chemical engineering ...
Biotech pioneer appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
STEVE BAGSHAW has been appointed chair of the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult. Bagshaw, a...
Pennsylvania researchers win Nobel Prize in Medicine for mRNA work critical to Covid-19 vaccine development
NEARLY three years after the rollout of mRNA vaccines across the world, research pioneers Katalin...
John Griffiths, 1939-2023
Obituary of John Griffiths, who was awarded IChemE's Hebden Medal for his work in the field of ga...
IChemE Matters – October 2023
Nigel Hirst and Keith Plumb have their say on the issues affecting IChemE members
Dylan Sherman awarded 2023 Ashok Kumar Fellowship
ICHEME has awarded the 2023 Ashok Kumar Fellowship to Dylan Sherman, a final-year DPhil student i...
IChemE Fellows Hutchings and Sherlock elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering
GRAHAM HUTCHINGS and Jon-Paul Sherlock, both IChemE Fellows, have been elected as Fellows of the ...
Adisa Azapagic awarded IChemE’s Davis Medal
ADISA AZAPAGIC, the world’s first professor of sustainable chemical engineering, has been awarded...
Petronas dominates 2023 IChemE Global Awards as full list of finalists revealed
MALAYSIAN energy group Petronas is in the running for more than ten IChemE Global Awards, accolad...
IChemE Matters – September 2023
Nigel Hirst, Anousha Khan and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE mem...
Year 11 students’ sustainable flavonoid soap wins the Davidson Inventors Challenge 2023
FABNOIDS, a team of year 11 students from the Benenden School in Cranbrook, UK has won this year’...
David Bogle wins prestigious EFCE Jacques Villermaux Medal
DAVID BOGLE, IChemE’s past president, has been awarded the Jacques Villermaux Medal in recognitio...
Zheng congratulated by IChemE for insights into Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
ICHEME has congratulated Qingyuan Zheng for publishing a paper in Nature Catalysis based on resea...
McGagh, Sorensen and McBride-Wright honoured by the King
CHEMICAL engineers John McGagh, Eva Sorensen and Mark McBride-Wright have been recognised and cel...
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...
New IChemE President Nigel Hirst on the ‘unique and priceless’ contribution chemical engineering can make to grand challenges
NIGEL HIRST has become the 82nd President of IChemE. He delivered an Address on 14 June on the “u...
Apsey wins election to be future president as IChemE announces new members of Board of Trustees and Congress
MARK APSEY has been elected to IChemE’s Board of Trustees as deputy president and will become pre...
Alvin Nienow, 1937-2022
ALVIN NIENOW, a pioneer of biochemical engineering, has died aged 85.
IChemE opens applications for fellowship to brief UK MPs on science and engineering
ICHEME is accepting applications from final year students and postgraduates for the Ashok Kumar F...
IChemE Safety Centre Director appointed chair of Major Hazards Advisory Committee
TRISH KERIN, director of the IChemE Safety Centre, has been appointed chair of the Major Hazards ...
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...
Iain Conn appointed next chair of EngineeringUK
IAIN CONN, a chemical engineer and IChemE Fellow, is set to become the new chair of EngineeringUK...
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...
Azapagic awarded Davis medal as IChemE announces 2023 prize winners
ADISA Azapagic has been awarded the Davis Medal for her work on sustainable production and consum...
Engineers awarded QEPrize for advancing solar PV technology
IN ITS 10th year, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering has been awarded to four engineers wh...
Roger Kilburn appointed chair of NEPIC
ROGER KILBURN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been appointed the chair of the UK’s...
John O’Shea, 1947-2023
Obituary of John O'Shea, a devoted volunteer, mentor and teacher, whose dedication to the profess...
Yvonne Baker appointed IChemE CEO
YVONNE BAKER has been appointed the new CEO of IChemE and will join the institution in April.
Folayan awarded MBE in New Year Honours
ICHEME Fellow Oluwole Olawale Folayan has been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Emp...
IChemE member is Australia’s first Chief Circular Engineer
ICHEME member Ali Abbas, one of Australia’s leading chemical engineers, has been announced as Aus...
Lindsay Mallen, 1931–2022
ARTHUR Lindsay Mallen, a keen mentor to both young and not-so-young professionals and a longstand...
New RAEng Fellows includes three IChemE members
THE ROYAL Academy of Engineering has elected 72 leading UK and international figures in the field...
IChemE pays tribute to Her Majesty The Queen
ICheme has issued a statement paying tribute to Her Majesty the Queen, who sadly passed away on 8...
Shell's CEO to step down next year
SHELL’S CEO, Ben van Beurden, is preparing to step down next year after nearly a decade as head o...
Marlene Kanga to present at joint Chemeca and Hazards Australasia event
CHARTERED chemical engineer Marlene Kanga, who successfully campaigned for World Engineering Day,...
Thomas Michael O’Connor, 1953–2022
THOMAS Michael O’Connor, who dedicated his life to educating chemical engineers about the importa...
Josh Fearns awarded Ashok Kumar Fellowship
JOSH Fearns, a chemical engineering graduate of the University of Surrey, UK has been awarded ICh...
Colin Ramshaw, 1936–2022
Considered by many to be the “Father of Process Intensification”, Colin Ramshaw leaves behind a l...
IChemE announces shortlisted finalists for Malaysia Awards
ICHEME has announced the shortlisted finalists for its annual Malaysia awards. They include Sime ...
Reverend Richard Coles to host IChemE Global Awards 2022
Radio presenter, and Strictly Come Dancing TV show presenter Reverend Richard Coles has been sign...
Dame Judith Hackitt to speak at Hazards 32
Former IChemE President Dame Judith Hackitt will reflect on the importance of cross-sector hazard...
INWED: Navya Thomas recognised as an innovator
COINCIDING with the celebration of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2022, Research ...
New IChemE President David Bogle on using ethics to power the profession
DAVID Bogle has become the 81st President of IChemE. Yesterday, he delivered an Address focussed ...
Marlene Kanga awarded Queen’s Birthday Honours
MARLENE Kanga, a chartered chemical engineer who successfully campaigned for a global engineering...
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...
Ocone elected to IChemE Board on social responsibility pledge
RAFFAELLA OCONE has been elected to IChemE’s Board of Trustees.
Andrew Livingston elected to the Royal Society
ANDREW LIVINGSTON, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Queen Mary University of London, has been...
Nigel Hirst announced as next Deputy President as IChemE voting opens
NIGEL Hirst will be IChemE’s next Deputy President, while David Edwards will join the Board of Tr...
Clive (Alan) Millington, 1943–2022
Obituary of Clive Millington, former Deputy Head of Department at the University of Surrey
Students invited to apply for Fellowship to brief UK Members of Parliament
STUDENTS who are interested in science and technology policy are invited to apply for the Ashok K...
Boukouvala awarded IChemE’s first Junior Sargent Medal, as Institution announces annual prize winners
ICHEME’S inaugural Junior Sargent Medal has been awarded to Fani Boukouvala for her development o...
Japanese inventor awarded 2022 QEPrize
MASATO Sagawa has won the 2022 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) for his work on th...
‘Biotech pioneer’ Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud
ELIZABETH HOLMES, a former chemical engineering student who garnered praise as a Silicon Valley b...
Uğur Tüzün 1956–2021
Obituary of Uğur Tüzün, FIChemE, author, teacher and researcher in the field of particle technology
Yvonne Baker awarded OBE
ICHEME Chartered member Yvonne Baker has been recognised for services to STEM education, receivin...
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...
Peter Ashman helms Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers
PETER ASHMAN is the new Chair of the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers ...
Clean TeQ Water wins top accolade at IChemE Awards
A WASTEWATER treatment process that uses bacteria immobilised in plastic lenses has been awarded ...
Chemical engineers join Biden advisory panel
TWO chemical engineers – Frances Arnold and Paula Hammond – will advise US President Joe Biden as...
IChemE Fellow awarded 2021 Chemeca Medal
ROSE Amal, a Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded this year’s prestigious Chemeca Medal, in recog...
UK HSE cybersecurity expert to present at Hazards 31
HAZARDS 31 will feature a talk by cybersecurity expert Sarabjit Purewal – from the UK’s Health an...
IChemE member’s donation to support RAEng SME programme
IAN Shott, Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) and IChemE Fellow, has gifted the academy’s Enter...
John Bridgwater, 1938–2021
Obituary of John Bridgwater, former IChemE president
John Ross Grace, 1943–2021
Obituary of John Grace, one of the leading chemical engineers in Canada, known worldwide for his ...
IChemE Fellow joins international carbon emissions panel
DATUK Sazali Hamzah, IChemE Fellow and CEO of Petronas Chemical Group, has been appointed to the ...
Jane Cutler becomes 80th IChemE President
JANE Cutler has become the 80th President of IChemE. She delivered an expansive Presidential addr...
Dairy pioneer Kevin Marshall honoured by the Queen
KEVIN Marshall has been made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the Queen, for his ...
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...
David Bogle elected as IChemE’s 81st President
DAVID Bogle has been elected as IChemE’s President for 2022/3. The news comes as IChemE announced...
John Botterill, 1929–2021
JOHN BOTTERILL, a pioneer of heat transfer research, died in Birmingham, UK, on 9 February at the...
IChemE pays tribute to Royal Patron Prince Philip
ICHEME has paid tribute to Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, and his time as Royal Patron of ...
Obituary Giovanni (Jan) Guidoboni CEng FIChemE, 1940–2021
Obituary of Jan Guidoboni, a long-time Fellow of IChemE, winner of the Donald Medal 1996 for “out...
Energy and medical research experts to share Covid-19 safety lessons at IChemE Hazards conference
ICHEME has announced that process safety experts from the energy and medical research sectors wil...
New Kletz book compiles safety pioneer’s lessons for a new generation
ICHEME has published a new book showcasing the works of process safety pioneer Trevor Kletz.
IChemE Fellows awarded 2021 Australia Day Honours
LAST week, chemical engineers and Fellows of IChemE Chris Fell and the late Graeme Paul were reco...
Bagshaw awarded CBE in New Year Honours
STEVE Bagshaw, a Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours List for his se...
IChemE Fellows recognised with 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded 2020 Birthday Honours to chemical engineers and IChemE Fellows ...
IChemE Fellows Ding, Edwards and Matar elected to RAEng
THREE ICHEME Fellows – Yulong Ding, David Edwards and Omar Matar – have been elected as Fellows o...
Robert Gore, inventor of Gore-Tex, has died aged 83
ROBERT “Bob” Gore, chemical engineer and renowned inventor of Gore-Tex has died at the age of 83.
IChemE Fellow recognised for efforts against Covid
ICHEME Fellow Zhanfeng Cui and his team at the University of Oxford, UK have received an award fr...
RAEng working to deliver more representative Fellowship
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a campaign aiming to deliver a Fellows...
Obituary Owen Edward Potter AM, 1925–2020
Obituary of Owen Edward Potter AM, a seminal figure in chemical engineering in Australia.
Covestro funds professorship to advance electrochemistry research
RWTH Aachen University, Germany is expanding research into electrochemistry – an area that could ...
New UKRI CEO appointed
BRITISH plant biologist Dame Ottoline Leyser has been appointed as new CEO of UK Research and Inn...
Jane Cutler wins election to become IChemE Deputy President
JANE Cutler has been elected to take up the position of IChemE Deputy President from June.
John Morelly Solbett 1919–2020
Obituary of John Solbett, former IChemE President
Anim-Somuah recognised by Forbes
THADDEUS Anim-Somuah has been recognised by media outlet Forbes as one of its 30 people under the...
New IChemE Malaysia Board visits Royal Patron
EARLIER this month, members of the new IChemE Malaysia Board paid a courtesy visit to Her Royal H...
Canada awards Lister for his contributions to nuclear and safety
DEREK LISTER has been appointed a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to nuclear ...
Manchester Uni students win IChemE prize for designing greener process
A TEAM of students from University of Manchester, UK, has won IChemE’s Macnab-Lacey Prize for the...
Ronald Hughes, 1928–2020
Obituary of Ronald Hughes, an influential catalysis researcher
Steve Rae to give Trevor Kletz lecture
PIPER Alpha survivor Steve Rae will share the story of how his survival has led to a lifelong dri...
IChemE medal winners announced
ENERGY experts and dedicated volunteers are among 26 chemical engineers being recognised by IChem...
IChemE Fellow appointed as champion to help address industrial decarbonisation challenges
UK Research and Innovation has appointed Mercedes Maroto-Valer, IChemE Fellow and Professor at He...
Derby exhibition showcases women in engineering
THE University of Derby, UK is currently hosting a photography exhibit entitled Women Engineers –...
John Davidson, 1926–2019
Obituary of John Davidson, often referred to as a “founding father of fluidisation” in chemical e...
Poliakoff receives China’s highest honour for foreign scientists
BRITISH chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff has received the 2019 International Science and Technology C...
Foo granted Fellowship by Academy of Sciences Malaysia
ICHEME Fellow Dominic Foo has been made a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM).
Jones awarded RACI Distinguished Fellowship
ICHEME Fellow Clifford Jones has been awarded a Distinguished Fellowship by the Royal Australian ...
IChemE Member Mandy Lester wins 2019 Karen Burt Award
MANDY LESTER, Chartered Member of IChemE, has won the 2019 Karen Burt Award for her commitment to...
Petronas triumphs at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards 2019
OIL and gas company Petronas scooped four out of the eight trophies given at IChemE’s Malaysia Aw...
Periodic Videos on the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry win
YOUTUBE star and chemist Martyn Poliakoff has published a video looking at lithium-ion batteries,...
Scientists win Nobel prize for developing Li-ion batteries
THE 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham, and A...
Malaysian students awarded new IChemE SIESO Medal
ICHEME has awarded the new SIESO Medal, a student process safety award, to four chemical engineer...
IChemE Member attends palace ceremony for Queens Award
ICHEME Member Irteza Piracha has attended a ceremony at Buckingham Palace after the company he le...
University of Canterbury student wins New Zealand Postgraduate Researcher of the Year 2019
ICHEME has awarded Leatham Landon-Lane, chemical engineering post-graduate student at the Univers...
IChemE Fellows receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded birthday honours to IChemE Fellow Katherine Hirschfeld and Hono...
IChemE presents awards to ten chemical engineers
ON 23 May IChemE presented ten chemical engineers with medals for their outstanding contributions...
Warwick Davis to host the IChemE Global Awards 2019
ACTOR Warwick Davis will host IChemE’s Global Awards on 7 November in Hull, UK.
Higman awarded IChemE Hebden Medal
CHRIS Higman has been awarded IChemE’s Hebden Medal for his contributions to gasification.
Henricus Michels (1934-2019)
HENRICUS ‘Hans’ Michels passed away peacefully on 8 March at the age of 85.
Kevin Dixon-Jackson (1947-2019)
KEVIN Dixon-Jackson, a longstanding member of IChemE’s Hazards conference organising committee, p...
Chemical engineer briefs UK politicians on chemical weapons
CHEMICAL engineering postgraduate Jeni Spragg has produced a report to help UK parliamentarians m...
Richardson set to become IChemE Deputy President
ICHEME has announced that Stephen Richardson will be presented to the AGM for election as Deputy ...
Vale CEO resigns after Brazil dam collapse
FABIO Schvartsman has resigned as the CEO of Vale, following the fatal collapse of a Vale mine ta...
IChemE names safety prize in Sam Mannan’s honour
SAM Mannan, a safety expert who died last year, will have a prize named in his honour at IChemE’s...
GPS pioneers win prestigious QEPrize
FOUR engineers responsible for creating the first global, satellite-based positioning system – GP...
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...
Geoffrey Hewitt: 1934–2019
GEOFFREY (“Geoff”) Hewitt, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London,...
Alvin Nienow wins Peter Dunnill Award
ICHEME Fellow Alvin Nienow has received the Peter Dunnill Award in recognition of his outstanding...
Pioneering professor awarded IChemE medal
ICHEME has awarded the Andrew Medal to Freek Kapteijn, Professor and Section Head of Catalysis En...
IChemE members honoured by Malaysia science academy
SIX IChemE members have been recognised for their research excellence by the Academy of Sciences ...
IChemE Fellows awarded New Year’s Honours
ICHEME Fellows and chemical engineering professors, Geoffrey Maitland and Raffaella Ocone, have b...
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...
BP launches Kathleen Lonsdale fellowships at the University of Manchester
BP-FUNDED fellowships have been awarded to two scientists at the UK’s University of Manchester. T...
Bloomberg hosts second London sustainability summit
THROUGHOUT history, industries have either fought change or embraced it. Now, with the global thr...
Waste to BioSNG innovation wins big at IChemE Awards
A NEW technology that converts solid household waste into sustainable bio-energy has won the top ...
Hackitt and Daniels honoured by Imperial College
FORMER IChemE Council members Dame Judith Hackitt and Ed Daniels have been awarded honorary degre...
Science illustrated: Quentin Blake artwork opens at Science Museum
LAST night London’s Science Museum unveiled a series of drawings by renowned illustrator Quentin ...
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...
Caltech chemical engineer Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize
CHEMICAL engineer Frances Arnold has been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her pione...
Chemical engineering professors recognised with Royal Academy fellowship
CHEMICAL engineering professors and IChemE members, Chris Hewitt, Zhibing Zhang, and Barry Lennox...
Chemical engineer to brief parliamentarians on chemical weapons
JENNIFER Spragg, a postgraduate student in bioenergy at the University of Leeds, UK, will advise ...
Roger Sargent 1926-2018
ROGER Sargent, the founding father of process systems engineering, passed away on 11 September fo...
IChemE chair meets Malaysian minster to promote expert input
THE chair of IChemE’s Malaysia board, Christina Phang, has met with the country’s new energy mini...
M Sam Mannan 1954–2018
M SAM MANNAN, a chemical engineer and pioneer of process safety, passed away on 11 September 2018.
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...
Nuclear energy and sustainability experts heading to Manchester
LEADING engineering experts in nuclear energy and sustainability will deliver keynote speeches at...
Wine-making and pharmaceuticals will be topics at Chemeca 2018 conference
PLENARY speeches on topics of wine-making and pharmaceuticals have been announced for Australasia...
Chemical engineers talk fire safety
FIRE safety is important to all of us, both in residential buildings and on industrial sites, and...
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...
IChemE member honoured by World Economic Forum
IChemE member Rona Chandrawati has been named in the World Economic Forum’s 2018 Young Scientists...
IChemE awards engineers for their work on process safety
SEVEN chemical engineers have been awarded medals for their outstanding contributions to process ...
Philip Aldridge shares his plans as new NEPIC CEO
PHILIP ALDRIDGE, an IChemE member who has taken over as CEO of England’s Northeast Process Indust...
Gladden to lead EPSRC
CHEMICAL engineer Lynn Gladden will be the next executive chair of the Engineering and Physical S...
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...
Distinguished chemical engineers join QE Prize panel
TWO chemical engineers - Jinghai Li and Raghunath Anant Mashelkar – have joined the judging panel...
Chemical companies review lessons learned from Hurricane Harvey
AN INDUSTRY forum held in Texas has discussed the response of chemical companies to Hurricane Har...
Liveris to step down as chair of DowDuPont in April
CHEMICAL engineer Andrew Liveris will step down in April as executive chair of DowDuPont, the hol...
Fire safety will be discussed at Hazards Australasia 2018
FIRE safety will be a key topic at IChemE’s process safety conference Hazards Australasia 2018, w...
Members announced for new trustee candidate review committee
ICHEME has announced the six members of a new committee that has been formed to ensure that trust...
Wan Zulkiflee will head Petronas for another three years
ICHEME Fellow Tan Sri Wan Zulkiflee Wan Arrifin has had his contract as CEO of Petronas extended ...
Chemical engineers to do battle in UK television quiz
TWO Chartered Members of IChemE, Sanjoy Sen and Mick Lee, will clash on Monday night on UK televi...
Australia honours IChemE Fellows
CHEMICAL engineers Russell Scott and David Wood have been awarded Member in the General Division ...
Noël wins DECHEMA prize for his leaf-inspired microreactors
CHEMICAL engineer Timothy Noël has been awarded the 2017 DECHEMA Prize for his pioneering work on...
EGM delivers vote of confidence in IChemE Council
ICHEME’s membership has delivered a strong vote of confidence in the current leadership at an ext...
New Year’s OBE for Higgins
STAN HIGGINS, an Associate Fellow of IChemE, has been awarded an OBE in the UK’s New Year’s Honou...
Nanogirl and Transpower CEO top Chemeca 2018 bill
MICHELLE “NANOGIRL” DICKINSON from the University of Auckland and Transpower CEO Alison Andrew wi...
IChemE Fellow Hapgood made dean at Deakin
ICHEME Fellow Karen Hapgood has been appointed executive dean of the faculty of science, engineer...
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...
Patrick Vallance is named UK chief scientific adviser
THE UK government has announced that it has appointed Patrick Vallance as its chief scientific ad...
Winners announced at eighth IChemE Singapore Awards
THE National University of Singapore (NUS), Shell and Croda were amongst the winners at the eight...
IChemE appoints Mangkusasono as Oman ambassador
ICHEME has appointed Henry Mangkusasono, technical safety engineer at Petroleum Development Oman ...
Industrial fellowship for ‘living medicine’ cancer treatment
AN ICHEME Associate Member has won a prestigious funding award for her work on a cancer treatment...
Liveris to leave Dow for battery firm Novonix
ANDREW Liveris will take a board position at an Australian battery company when he steps down fro...
IChemE Member Madeleine Jones wins Karen Burt Award
MADELEINE JONES, a Chartered Member of IChemE, has won the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) Ka...
IChemE member an ASEAN-US Science Prize for Women finalist
ICHEME associate member Chong Mei Fong will represent Malaysia as a finalist in the ASEAN-US Scie...
Bright ideas: Rakesh Agrawal on developing a solar economy
RAKESH AGRAWAL, chemical engineering professor at Purdue University, speaks on camera to The Chem...
EFCE honours individuals and team that developed 3D-printed reactor
THE European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) has today announced the winners of a serie...
Starter for ten…
AN ICHEME student member is representing the profession on the BBC’s University Challenge – and h...
IChemE member wins Malaysian award
A PRESTIGIOUS award that honours outstanding young Malaysians has been won by IChemE Member Denny...
Finalists announced for IChemE Awards 2017
ICHEME has announced a total of almost 200 finalists for its 2017 Global, Singapore and Malaysia ...
IChemE Fellow on UK Council for Science and Technology
CHEMICAL engineer Max Lu has been appointed to the UK Council for Science and Technology (CST), a...
RAEng: Culture change needed for inclusion
THE engineering profession needs a widespread culture change to improve inclusion in the workplac...
Three IChemE Fellows elected RAEng Fellows
THREE IChemE Fellows, Joan Cordiner, Sir Martyn Poliakoff and Dame Angela Strank have been electe...
Girls: stick with it
TODAY is International Women in Engineering Day, and while 16% of engineering students are female...
