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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...
Trump's New World Orders
TCE looks at how the US president’s newest policies affect global and domestic supply chains, R&D...
We asked the TCE Reader Feedback Panel...
You have your say on Trump
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
Upstream Unseen
Adam Duckett on life-changing innovation and a call for readers to share what inspires them
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...
Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Oatley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Engineering an End to PFAS
Adam Duckett talks about engineering an end to PFAS
A Step-by-Step Guide to IChemE Accreditation
Lydia White walks you through the straightforward IChemE accreditation process and outlines the s...
Front-end lessons: green megaprojects at risk unless government learns from HS2 blunders
Tom Baxter says the UK government must learn from past engineering project mistakes or expensive ...
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 ...
Knovel Solution
Knovel provides a wide range of resources for chemical engineers, including books, journals, and ...
Charting a Safe Course
Leanne Potter and Ashley Hynds take to the high seas to underline the importance of an effectiv...
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 ...
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...
Viewpoint: Embracing New GenAI-enabled Teaching
Far from replacing teachers, Christopher Honig says GPTs could blend learning and evaluation into...
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...
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...
Dairy Diary
Process and chemical engineer Ramin Razmi charts his journey from research to industry in the dai...
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 ...
AI: Part of the Master’s Plan
Adam Duckett speaks to Tina Düren and Bernardo Castro Dominguez about the University of Bath’s ne...
Heat Vision
Pippa Corbett takes a closer look at the potential of heat networks, recent market transformation...
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...
AI Prizes and Warnings
Adam Duckett looks at the increasing adoption of AI, for better or worse
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
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
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...
Book Review: 50 Essentials on Science Communication
An excellent introduction to a topic that is quickly becoming a field of its own, says Yasmin Ali
Distillation Distilled: Is Industry Adapting Fast Enough?
David Martyn looks back at TCE’s recent series of distillation articles and asks whether chemical...
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 ...
The Chemical Engineer: A Retrospective
Jamie Cleaver journeys through the life of TCE, exploring its contribution to our technical chall...
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...
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
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-...
Why we are Wrong to Overlook the Cinderella of Hazard Studies
Britest’s Rob Peeling argues that despite its reputation as a dowdy workhorse, Hazard Study One i...
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...
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
Making Innovation Pay in a Sustainable Way
CPI is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Graeme Cruickshank looks at how the technology innovatio...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
The Science Behind Sustainability: Chemical Engineers Equipping Decision-Makers to Improve the Plastics Economy
To mark Earth Day’s focus on slashing plastic production, Amanda Jasi speaks to David Gardner and...
Working for Acceptance: How I’m Thriving as an Autistic Engineer
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, engineer Charlotte Wessels charts her journey from outer...
Our Research Focus: Going with the Flow Chemistry
Christian Holtze and Klaus Hellgardt on how the newly established IConIC consortium is aiming to ...
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
Book Review: Process Plant Design
Robin Smith; ISBN: 9781119689980; Wiley; 2023; US$72.00 (eBook); US$89.95 (print)
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
Become Natech Savvy
Aimee Russell highlights the issues you probably haven’t thought about when it comes to extreme w...
Better Safe Than Sorry (Whatever Safe Is)
Trevor J Hughes on why reducing risk will only come from engineers challenging cringeworthy ‘ma...
Adapting Hazard Studies for Extreme Weather
The original HAZOP methodology developed by ICI has been expanded over time. Mike McKay and Georg...
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
Customer Viewpoint: IChemE Forms of Contract
IChemE’s The Blue Book provides a standard reference point for the engineering, procurement, and ...
Rules of Thumb: Distillation
Henry Kister, senior Fellow and director of fractionation technology at Fluor USA, presents 13 ru...
Interactive Graph Resource for Chemical Engineering Design
Interactive graphs have the potential to provide students with a more dynamic and engaging learni...
Navigating IR35 in the Engineering Sector
Matt Tyler, IR35 consultancy manager at Kingsbridge, sheds light on the evolving attitudes toward...
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
Scaling Up Experience
Adam Duckett on how we can inspire chemical engineers of the future
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: Chemical Engineering Process Simulation, 2nd Edition
Dominic Foo; ISBN: 9780323901680; Elsevier; €122.08; 2022
Volunteer Spotlight: Cameron Langford AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
Imagining What Chemical Engineering Will Look Like in 50 Years
Duncan Barker got in touch to share a prize-winning essay that he discovered his late father Andy...
Christmas Past: A Historical Christmas Stocking
Martin Pitt reminisces on Christmases past, and brings with him a sackful of facts and figures
Mapping Icons
A single to Nigel Hirst, please. Travelling on the Engineering Icons Tube
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...
IChemE Congress: Giving IChemE Members a Voice on the Issues that Matter
Lisa Julian is a regional representative for New Zealand in IChemE Congress. Here, she explains t...
Book Review: The Chemical Code
Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 978086154203; Point Blank, an imprint of Oneworld; £9.99; 2023
The Challenges of Developing a Fusion Power Plant: and How Chemical Engineers are Helping Make STEP a Reality
In part two of our series on fusion energy, Jack Acres highlights the core challenges of developi...
Life as an Early Career Engineer
The National Early Careers Committee (UK & Ireland and Malaysia) sheds some light on the challeng...
Volunteer Spotlight: Steve Flynn CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
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...
Taking a Look Back at Control: Part 2
Martin Pitt considers the history of process control in a two-part series, concluding with electr...
Volunteer Spotlight: Ashfaq Palejwala CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers
The Implications of Generative AI
Adam Duckett sees a bright future for chemical engineering and generative AI, but there are caveats
The Future of Chemical Engineering in the Era of Generative AI
Jin Xuan and Thorin Daniel imagine a future when HAZOP sessions take hours not months, P&IDs are ...
Navigating the AI Frontier: Bias, Ethics, and the Vital Collaboration Between Engineers and Policymakers
Graham Herries on the guardrails that must be established to ensure the fair and responsible inte...
AI’s Journey to Becoming the Best Process Safety Engineer in the Room
David Jamieson believes AI can revolutionise process safety, but says there is still some way to ...
Unpacking the Hype Around AI
Stuart Prescott provides some background to the emergence of AI as we kick off our look at how ge...
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...
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...
Ethics and AI: Concepts and Relevance for Chemical Engineers
John McDermid considers the ethical implications of using AI in a chemical engineering setting
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...
Power of Placements
Laura Grindey, Ethan Lynch and Dom Tsang from the IChemE National Early Careers Committee discu...
Is your membership about to lapse? Don’t miss out on the new member benefits we will launch during my presidency
Nigel Hirst reminds IChemE members to safeguard their membership and their access to IChemE’s res...
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...
Engineering Net Zero Part 1: Communicating a Plan
David Simmonds opens a new series on net zero asking: what can engineers do to help secure public...
IChemE Global Awards 2023
Matt Stalker offers some useful tips to anyone planning an awards entry this year
The Right Balance: Women in Engineering
Orla Douds, Anousha Khan, Martyna Cepaite and Jessica Pidgeon share their experiences of gender b...
Who Will Win Your Vote?
Ahead of the coming Trustee elections, we asked the six candidates to introduce themselves and sh...
Communicating to Non-engineers
Jamie Cleaver discusses how effective communication beyond our specialism can help us be better a...
Why Should Cybersecurity Matter to You?
IChemE has launched fact files on the importance of cybersecurity in the process industries. Hele...
Opportunities Knock
Adam Duckett on opportunities for communication and digitalisation
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 2
In this two-part contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt focus...
Embracing the Challenges of Ethical Engineering
Robert Peeling, chair of IChemE’s Congress, recounts the ethical lessons he has learned throughou...
Brewing Up a Storm: The Origins of Biotechnology Part 1
In this contribution to his series about chemical engineering history, Martin Pitt turns his focu...
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...
Where Beauty Meets Safety
Thiago Ramos talks about his role at L’Oréal, coordinating and implementing the company’s health ...
A Short History of Unintended Consequences
In his ongoing series looking at the history of chemical engineering, Martin Pitt considers the h...
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...
Election Fever: Call for nominations for the Board of Trustees and Congress
Ahead of IChemE’s upcoming elections, interim CEO Jo Downham encourages members to get involved t...
Engineers: Raise Your Voice
More chemical engineers are needed in industrial policy, says Chris McDonald
New Year, New Opportunities
Adam Duckett on new opportunities
Sleepwalking Towards a Net Zero Skills Shortage
Michael Hardisty of EngineeringUK discusses the urgent fixes the UK needs to reliably forecast th...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New….CPD Cycle!
Peter Coutts asks: what’s the purpose of CPD in the later stages of your career?
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...
Safety is my job: Sophie Horne
Robin Turney speaks to Sophie Horne about her role in the water industry
Sellafield Digital Twin Project Clinches Top IChemE Award
Adam Duckett reports from this year’s Awards ceremony
Reflect and Project
Adam Duckett recaps an inspirational year
IChemE releases ChERD Centenary Special
In a centenary special issue of the journal Chemical Engineering Research and Design, experts off...
Question Time: Celebrate, Communicate, Inspire
As IChemE wraps up its Centenary year, Adam Duckett looks to the important contributions needed next
Elections: Be that Role Model
IChemE’s Presidential team urges you to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers
Book Review: The Chemical Cocktail
Fiona Erskine; ISBN: 9780861540334; Point Blank, an imprint of Oneworld; 2022; £8.99
Speaking Out, Staying Well
Jon Walton reflects on the changes in approach to mental health and wellbeing across the engineer...
Book Review: The Authority Gap
Mary Ann Sieghart; ISBN: 9781784165888; Black Swan (an imprint of Transworld Publishers); 2022; ...
Safety is my job: Mike Rantell
Robin Turney speaks to Mike Rantell about his role in safety at Novartis
The Davidson Symposium 2022
Celebrating a pioneer and looking to the future
Question Time: Materials
Adam Duckett shares the major talking points from the latest centenary webinar
Back to the Future!
Green electricity and electric vehicles: Martin Pitt FIChemE thinks we might have been here before
Ethics: No Room for Relativity
Malcolm Staves explains the importance of applying the highest safety standards regardless of reg...
Question Time: Health
Experts discuss the role of chemical engineers in the future health system
Digital Twins in the Chemical Process Industries
Joanne Tanner and Colin Newbery discuss the hype and the hope for digital twins
The £300 Industrial Secret that Changed the World
Martin Pitt looks at how acquiring gunpowder know-how shaped the world as we know it
What I Wish I knew as an Undergraduate
Laura Grindey, Paul Jenkinson and Sameen Barabhuiya of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee ...
Troubled Waters and Systems Thinking
Adam Duckett on low-water marks and engineering highly-complex systems
Question Time: Food & Water
IN the sixth webinar of IChemE’s Centenary series, experts discuss how chemical engineering can ...
Question Time: Built Environment & Transport
A panel of experts speaking at IChemE’s Centenary webinar urged attendees to think and work toget...
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
The Story of Oil 1822–1922
Martin Pitt continues to look at the history of chemical engineering and IChemE
Ethics Series - For the People: By the People
Mark Miodownik discusses ethical research goals and the power of citizen science
Viral Safety Challenges in Bioprocessing
David Gemmell explains how the industry keeps viruses and bacteria at bay in manufacturing
Safety Talk, Safety Action
Adam Duckett on taking action to improve safety
Book Review: People, Planet, Profit: Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Businesses
Kit Oung; ISBN: 9781637421819; Business Expert Press; 2022; US$17.99
Question Time: Safety
Experts gathered to discuss new safety challenges for a sustainable era. Kerry Hebden reports
Safety is my job: Muhammad Naeem Ullah
Robin Turney speaks to Muhammad Naeem Ullah about his work as a process safety specialist at the ...
Seven Soft Skills to Help with Tough Engineering Jobs
How to increase your chances of doing well in leadership positions
Adapting to Change
Parika Ale explains why she believes that – in some ways at least – the global pandemic has been ...
Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers
David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-...
The Future of Biopharma
David Gemmell discusses the evolution of continuous and intensified bioprocessing
Transition Mettle
Adam Duckett on the varied opportunities for energy transition
A No to Windfalls and a Yes to Win-Wins
In the face of rising pressure, are there any alternatives to imposing a UK windfall tax on the o...
How Do Engineers Stop Giving Their Clients What They Want?
Tom Baxter on when engineers have to choose between business and principles
Shaping a Better World
Adam Duckett on shaping a better world
Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing: An Evolving Industry
David Gemmell discusses how chemical engineers play their part in modern-day biopharma
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
Safety is my job: Paul Feltoe
Robin Turney speaks to Paul Feltoe about his role in process safety consulting
A Cleaner, Greener Future: ‘We are Key, and we are Responsible’
Amanda Jasi speaks to Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold about how chemical engineering can help h...
Question Time: Social Experience
Chemical engineers gather to discuss how the profession can help shape a better future
Ethics Series: Did you sleep well?
Speaking the truth when others don’t want to hear has to be part of our DNA as engineers, says Da...
Centenary Themes: Social Experience
At-a-glance information on what's in the third of our centenary theme specials
Chemical Engineers Benevolent Fund: Supporting members
Keith Batchelor explains the fund, and shares some personal accounts from members that have ben...
Ethics Series Introduction: Ethics and the Chemical Engineer
David Bogle and Raffaella Ocone introduce a new series of articles urging chemical engineers to ‘...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Simon Harrall
Yasmin Ali speaks to Simon Harrall, Associate Attorney at Patterson + Sheridan LLP, based in Hous...
Centenary Themes: Education
At-a-glance information on what's in the second of our centenary theme specials
Signs and Symbols
Martin Pitt explores the 19th century inventors of the symbols and calculations upon which modern...
Question Time: Education
Experts from academia and industry discuss the challenges in chemical engineering education and w...
An Introduction to the Biopharmaceutical Industry
David Gemmell looks at key unit operations, and why chemical engineers are heavily involved in th...
Empathy: Enabling students to be entrepreneurs
David Fernandez Rivas talks to Adam Duckett about interacting and taking risks to innovate
The Explosive Foundation of IChemE
With IChemE’s Centenary celebrations under way, Martin Pitt explores the chemical engineers who i...
Working Hard. Having Fun. Making History
Fiona Ragan talks about her role in process control at Amazon
Safety is my job: Fiona Barclay
Robin Turney speaks to Fiona Barclay about her role in keeping people safe at Clair Ridge
The Sustainability Hub: Why? What? Who? & How?
Trish Melton looks at IChemE’s new Sustainability Hub for members
Sustainable Business Decisions
Paul Hodges discusses the challenges that companies should consider on the path to a sustainabl...
Sustainable Action
Adam Duckett on sustainability urgency and optimism
Question Time: Sustainability
Experts gather to discuss our discipline’s future in terms of sustainability and the environment
Your Opportunity to Help Shape IChemE
IChemE Chief Executive Jon Prichard encourages members to engage in the upcoming elections
The Nature of Nurture
Grant Campbell and Jamie Cleaver report on a workshop that addressed the challenges of leading ch...
Celebrating 100 Years
Adam Duckett on the turbulent crucible in which IChemE was formed
100 Centuries of Chemical Engineering
In a prelude to IChemE’s centenary celebrations, IChemE Fellow Martin Pitt charts the influence o...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Jansen
Yasmin Ali speaks to Worley's Chris Jansen about his work in robotics strategies development, hel...
A Trusted Advisor
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to s...
Going for Gold…Red, Blue, or Black!
James Colley looks at opportunities available to chemical engineers both in traditional non-fossi...
Small but Mighty
Noor Al-Rifai and Rene Holm look at the use of nanosuspensions as long-acting injectables
How Are You Feeling Today? No, How Are You REALLY Feeling?
In International Week of Happiness at Work, we look at why asking ourselves (and others) how we'r...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maria Papathanasiou
Yasmin Ali speaks to Maria Papathanasiou about how she ended up using mathematical modelling to a...
Well Connected
Victoria Darcy announces a new way for students and graduates to network and find out what chemic...
Making (Anti)sense of Oligonucleotide Manufacturing
Anna Watson discusses the chemical engineering challenges of new modality medicines
The Engineer’s Gambit
We need to think more like chess players, says Tommy Isaac
Achieving a Just Transition
Amanda Doyle explains why the energy transition must be fair for workers in high carbon industries
Re-staking the boundaries
Adam Duckett on setting boundaries
Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett
Time to Transfer?
James Colley offers sound advice on careers transition when you need to switch sectors
A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line
In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute...
Introducing the IChemE Sustainability Hub programme
Trish Melton previews a new IChemE initiative launching in January 2022.
Bring Your Whole Self to Work
Solvay CEO Ilham Kadri’s advice for women in STEM
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Measuring Progression
Macsene Isles-Ahite, David Lloyd-Roach and Alana Collis talk about why IChemE needs to better und...
Research Bias
Raffaella Ocone and Nina Baker seek out the stories of chemical engineering’s female forerunners
Industrial Cyber Attacks on the Rise
Adam Duckett discusses the rising threat of cyber attacks
Men as Allies
Adam Duckett asks what are men doing to help support gender diversity and inclusion?
Digital Risk Management: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
Joanne Tanner and Tristan Hunter introduce a new member-led series on digitalisation, and in this...
Solving Problems at Scale
Jane Cutler talks to Adam Duckett about her inspirations and quest for skills
Risk: Tools of the Trade
Andy Brazier asks are you satisfied that everything ‘reasonably practicable’ has been done to red...
STEM Outreach: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Ioulia Bykova shares the positive experiences of giving back and inspiring the younger generation
The Art of Facilitation
It's not about you and your ideas: how to be effective at facilitation
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.
More SMART Thinking
Ainslie Just provides an update on IChemE’s Programme SMART
A Standard Response
Members have grounds for optimism, says IChemE CEO Jon Prichard
Appraisals: Turning a Wince into a Smile
How to get the best out of appraisals, either as an appraiser, or as an appraisee.
The Pharmaceutical Industry: Engineering Frustrations
Hedley Rees and Keith Plumb discuss how current methods of drug development are impeding engineer...
IChemE: Streamlining Chartered Membership
A new stage towards Chartered Membership for 2021: the Initial Professional Development process
IChemE Sets Out Stance on Climate Change
Mark Apsey shares IChemE’s new position statement on climate change and the consultation process ...
The Best of You
Manisha Patel highlights topics made available to IChemE members via the Career Solutions webinar...
Looping the Loop
Digitalisation and automation are great for control loop optimisation - but we still need humans,...
Your Opportunity to Make a Difference
Jon Prichard calls on members to exercise their rights
Systems Engineering and Chemical Engineering Design
Rob Kirkpatrick explains teaching of soft skills
How to Do Remote Mentoring
Jamie Cleaver discusses the benefits of remote mentoring
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Tom Tribone
Yasmin Ali speaks to Tom Tribone, CEO of Franklin Park, a US-based global owner of energy and inf...
The Power of Assertiveness
How might we use the power of assertive behaviour to good effect?
Feedback Loops
Adam Duckett on the changes being forced upon us by Covid-19.
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
Supporting members during these distressing times
How the IChemE Benevolent Fund is supporting members during this extraordinary period, including ...
Skill Up
Adam Duckett on the opportunity to boost your skills
Tackling Hidden Thoughts Within
Our sector must do more to improve unconscious bias in the workplace, says Kelly Paul
All the Dominoes Fall
A long-term moral perspective to process safety is needed, says Marc Reid
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Mohammed Khan
Yasmin Ali speaks to Mohammed Khan, Managing Director – Life Science Technologies at Johnson Matthey
Engage with ED&I
Adam Duckett on the need to engage with equality, diversity and inclusion
HAZOP in a World of Covid
Conor Crowley looks at how his team has adapted to conduct good HAZOPs amidst pandemic and lockdown
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) and IChemE
Macsene Isles-Ahite shares her vision for ED&I in IChemE and the chemical engineering profession.
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
Book Review: Transcendence
Gaia Vince; ISBN: 9780241281116; Allen Lane; 2019; £20
Network, Network, Network
Building a jigsaw puzzle of relationship pieces during the pandemic may be easier than you think,...
Recognising Future Leaders
How the Salters' Institute recognises and supports outstanding young chemists and chemical engine...
Deadly Oxygen?
Jimmy Hunter looks at the dark side of oxygen and how it can be a powerful workhorse in the chemi...
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
Chemical Plants: Surviving the Coronavirus Storm
Joan Cordiner looks at how operations have adapted to the pandemic
Time for Change
Grant Wellwood calls for manufacturers to include environmental impact labels on their products
We asked 400 members…
Richard Cousins reviews the key lessons from a member CPD sampling exercise, and what comes next
Individual Case Procedure
Rob Best explains how volunteers are developing a better filter for membership applications
Learned Society Update
Claudia Flavell-While updates on the progress of IChemE’s learned society activities
Book Review: Origins of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Peter Collins; ISBN: 978-1-909327-46-7; Royal Academy of Engineering; 2019; £30
A Visible Career on the Spectrum
An engineer with autism explains how she has succeeded in the workplace, and what employers can d...
Coming Forward, Speaking Up
Adam Duckett on providing an environment for engineers to speak up and thrive
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Maryam Farhanah
Yasmin Ali interviews Maryam Farhanah, Senior Process Engineer at Mott MacDonald.
Do You Have a Moment?
Ewan Stewart shares the hard-earned lessons of retrenchment
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Michael Wise
Yasmin Ali speaks to Michael Wise, Chemical Process Engineer at Worn Again Technologies.
Clever Denitrification Bugs; or How Poor Communication Nearly Derailed a Major Development
How poor communication nearly derailed a major development
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Matt Longley
From working in water treatment to paving the way for film productions including Harry Potter
Net Zero and Safety
Chemengers have a huge part to play in ensuring the safety of low-carbon technologies, says Julie...
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...
Hot Water
A bright future awaits chemengers in the water industry, say Richard Hill and Chris Short
Spiralling Up
IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE
The Hidden Dangers of Technology
Why checks and balances are so important
The Grandest Challenges
In the run up to IChemE Advances in Process Automation and Control (APAC) conference, Chris Hamli...
Book Review: Organising for Safety; How Structure Creates Culture
Andrew Hopkins AFIChemE; ISBN: 9781925894158; Wolters Kluwer; 2019; £57.22
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jaega Wise
Yasmin Ali interviews Jaega Wise, Head Brewer at Wild Card Brewery in London.
How engineers are key to addressing societal challenges in Australia – Chemeca 2019
Australia's Chief Scientist Alan Finkel and Orica's Belinda Grealy speak to Rachael Fraser about ...
Strategy 2024
IChemE President Ken Rivers explains the purpose of Strategy 2024 and why it is fundamental to t...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Chris Woodroofe
Yasmin Ali interviews Chris Woodroofe about his journey from manufacturing to airport operations
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...
Destruction of the 'Black Lagoon'
How one chemical engineer balanced contracting work with family life back in the 1980s
Turning the Dial – How Can We Bring More Women into Engineering?
Overturning some common perceptions and creating a more flexible working environment is essential...
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...
Common Working Practices Risk Home Office Enforcement Action
While hiring engineers from overseas is helping to ease skills shortages in the UK, employers nee...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: David Adam
Yasmin Ali interviews chemical-engineer-turned-journalist David Adam
Management of Change: Getting it Right
Management of Change: Getting it Right (or at least not getting it badly wrong)
Discussions on safety
IChemE’s annual Hazards conference was held from 22–24 May in Birmingham, UK. More than 350 peopl...
Immigration and Engineering in the UK
What does the latest Immigration White Paper mean for the UK engineering industry?
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Olivia Sweeney
Yasmin Ali interviews Olivia Sweeney about how chemical engineering led her to a career with cosm...
Keeping it Local
David Simmonds explains the challenges of pursuing major projects sustainably
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Jonathan Cable
Yasmin Ali interviews Jonathan Cable to find out more about his path to archiving
IChemE as a Learned Society
Jarka Glassey and Claudia Flavell-While explain plans to achieve the Institution’s learned societ...
The Chemical Detective
Amanda Doyle meets Fiona Erskine to discuss her explosive thriller
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Caroline Metcalf
Yasmin Ali interviews Caroline Metcalf about her journey from aluminium smelters to railway stations
Do the Maths!
Chemical engineers should not be afraid of developing the maths to solve problems.
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Bob Langer
Yasmin Ali interviews Bob Langer about his journey from playing with chemistry sets to pioneerin...
What Have Chemical Engineers Been Earning in 2018?
IChemE members were asked to reveal the salaries and benefits they received in 2018, to develop t...
Body Language Dynamics
Becoming fluent in body language will help you communicate more effectively
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Marc-Olivier Coppens
How UCL chemical engineering professor Marc-Olivier Coppens finds inspiration in nature
Managing ALARP in Major Engineering Projects
How to identify threats and achieve ALARP on a big scale
HAZZZZOP?
Believe it or not, the role of HAZOP scribe has much to offer up-and-coming chemical engineers
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’...
Keep the Doors Open
Adam Duckett calls for schools outreach to continue apace into 2019
Mixing Music and Science
IChemE members on location, explaining chemical engineering to a unicorn, trainee Jedi knights an...
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Rachel Cooke
A profile of Rachel Cooke, central programs engineering manager for Amazon in Europe, based in Lu...
Process Hengineering, You Say?
How a team of process engineers turned waste calcium hydroxide into valuable animal feed
Careers in Chemical Engineering: Vince Pizzoni
Yasmin Ali speaks to Vince Pizzoni, associate professor at Nottingham University, executive searc...
The Power of Listening
Listening is probably the most important skill we use in our professional and personal lives.
Deal or No Deal?
No deal is now the base case – are you ready for Brexit?
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
Brainstorming: Maximise the Quantity and Quality of Your Ideas
Focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, we push further into the realms of creat...
Applying chemical engineering in the construction industry
Bryden Wood is a technology and design company that designs residential, commercial, and process ...
Manufacturing Documents
Continuing the theme of communication, this month we take a look at technical writing.
Victorian Values
The Victorian state government has introduced legislation regarding the registration of engineers...
What Does Being a Learned Society Mean?
Join the discussion and share your views
Your Congress
Be the voice. Make a difference
Read Through
Adam Duckett asks how engaged you want to be
Acid in the Sea – or How I Missed My First Million
More tales of chemical engineering, from Jimmy Hunter
Style Guide: Tune Your Communication for Better Results
Professional skills for chemical engineers. This month, we look at communication.
Supporting the chemical engineers of the future
The Salters' Institute is offering awards of £2,500 to recognise and support outstanding young ch...
Millennials Teach Baby Boomers a Lesson
How reverse mentoring is bridging the generational skills gap while encouraging fresh thinking
To Shrug or Not to Shrug
How turning a blind eye can have serious cumulative effects on process safety
IChemE: a Learned Society and a Review of Policy Work
Working with members to develop a more effective strategy for policy
Modelling Communication
A look at mathematical modelling of how we get our message across.
Law of the Jungle
A tale of survival in the South African aluminium sulfate market.
Governance Reform
The future of IChemE is in your hands
Group Interview: How to Stand Out From the Crowd
Group interview is a common part of many graduate selection processes. What can you do to stand out?
Culture Shift, Values and Vision
How might we encourage culture shift in our organisations?
Old-school Chemical Engineering
A look at chemical engineering in the 1950s, when chemical engineering was done at a more basic l...
Who will lead IChemE in 2018?
Introducing your nominees for IChemE’s 2018 trustee vacancies
Conversation is Key
Shape chemical engineering and the Institution through Interface
Shale Gas: Friend or Foe?
An overview of the scientific and technical challenges that have surfaced because of shale gas
How Creative is Your Organisation?
A look at organisational culture and creativity.
Perry’s set for 9th edition
PERRY’S – the handbook known within the discipline as the bible of chemical engineering – will be...
Fresh Faces
In the first of a series looking at the work of IChemE’s volunteers, we profile the Young Members...
Knowledge Transfer
Now is the time to invest in skills
Beyond ALARP
Why considered, informed, respectful dialogue is needed
Applying Chemistry
How chemical engineering developed in Nigeria
Reality Check
How augmented reality is ticking all the boxes for the process sector. Simon Clarke, Director at ...
A South African Challenge
Mobilising chemical engineering resources to mitigate drought
Get Ready
Chemical engineers: start answering climate change questions now
Industry X.0 – The Next Stage
What’s coming, and why the process industries will have to be more nimble. Simon Coombs, Managing...
Coming Soon…
The promise of AI for industrial automation
Qualifications Commission
Part 2: Building long-term sustainability for IChemE professional qualifications volunteers
Strategies and Plans
Nearly a year into the job, the Engineering Council’s CEO reflects on aims and ambitions
Shape the Future
Vote for transparency, representation and accountability at the EGM
Good Deeds, Reputation and Trust
John McGagh urges you to use your EGM vote wisely
Do Your Earnings Stack Up?
A review of the key findings from IChemE’s Salary Survey
Making Feedback Powerful
Tips on giving and receiving feedback
What to do About Creeping Change
A new hazard identification methodology can identify creeping changes, potentially averting catas...
Qualifications Commission
Part 1: Expanding the value and reach of IChemE’s professional development offers
Looking to the future
What should we do to prevent the next process safety catastophe?
Empathy – the Key
Empathy is the fundamental key to all good communication
A Sneak Peak at Air Products’ Graduate Recruitment Process
Insights on how a major employer of engineers handles its graduate recruitment process.
How to Limit Amine Systems Failures
A review of incident trends reveals ways to reduce risks to production
CPD Sampling
Revalidating professional status
Diversification
Or how to create opportunities in the oil and gas industry
Who is Running Your Plant at 3 AM?
Safety experts John Bresland and Ian Travers review the recruitment and training of process staff...
Equipped to Innovate
Rethinking the PhD – and your perceptions
In Orbit
Astronaut Donald Pettit talks to Adam Duckett about his life and work
Peer Review
How your application to get Chartered is processed
Communication: the Rate-limiting Step
The first of a regular series of pieces focussing on professional skills for chemical engineers, ...
How to be a Good Mentee
Getting the best out of your mentor-mentee relationship
Adding Value to Gold
Scotland’s first ever commercial goldmine proves that precious metals can be worth more than thei...
Effect Change
Adam Duckett on boosting inclusion
George E Davis – Meet the Daddy
For a series called Chemical Engineers who Changed the World, it would be downright rude not to f...
Arthur D Little – Dedicated to industrial progress
Arthur D Little defined unit operations and, with it, a whole profession, says Claudia Flavell-While
News
LIVE Reporting from ChemEngDayUK 2025
Welcome to The Chemical Engineer magazine's live blog for ChemEngDayUK 2025 in Sheffield. Edited ...
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...
IChemE Matters – February 2025
Mark Apsey on making a difference and Duncan Lugton on policy
UK green Energy Skills Passport launched to support industrial heartlands
UK OIL AND GAS workers now have a streamlined path to green jobs with the launch of the governmen...
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...
IChemE Matters – December 2024/January 2025
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and IChemE 2024 in numbers
WSP lifts top prize at 2024 IChemE Global Awards
CANADIAN engineering firm WSP scooped the top prize at the IChemE Global Awards for its work in t...
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...
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...
Engineers must take action to reverse damage to planet, says IChemE climate briefing
ICHEME has urged its members to use their unique expertise to arrest and reverse the “damage to t...
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...
RSC calls for more UK investment in chemistry labs
TECHNOLOGICAL innovation in the UK is “stuck” as startups struggle to access the appropriate rese...
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
Rolls-Royce and Johnson Matthey among IChemE Global Awards finalists
THE finalists for IChemE’s 2024 Global Awards have been announced, with more than 75 organisation...
Scientific committee warned ‘staggering’ deindustrialisation is leaving parts of the UK behind
IChemE brings together MPs and industry leaders to discuss how chemical engineers can contribute ...
UK government must do more to avert worrying outlook for UK chemicals sector, think tank warns
TENS of thousands of jobs in the UK chemical sector are at risk due to lagging decarbonisation po...
IChemE Matters – September 2024
Mark Apsey and Duncan Lugton talk policy and what to expect from Hazards 34
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 RNA sector risks major skills gap, report says
UK INNOVATION in RNA therapeutics, crucial in the development of Covid vaccines, could be stalled...
IChemE Matters – July/August 2024
Members have their say on recent topics
CSB releases final report on fatal bp-Husky Toledo refinery explosion
THE US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued its final report identifying the “critical” safety ...
AI and sustainable materials dominate Royal Academy of Engineering awards
BIOTECHNOLOGY, energy, and sustainable materials took centre stage at the Royal Academy of Engine...
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.”
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...
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 ...
Engineers warn next UK government must commit to industrial strategy to secure UK economy
ENGINEERS have warned that the UK economy is at risk unless the next government commits to a long...
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...
IChemE invites nominations for 2025 medals and prizes
ICHEME is urging chemical and process engineers from across the globe to highlight the world-lead...
IChemE Matters – June 2024
Nigel Hirst looks back on his year as president
IChemE urges next UK government to sustainably transform energy and industry
ICHEME has drawn on its new technical challenge report to set out a vision for how the next gover...
Australia’s commits A$22.7bn to green energy and production in latest federal budget
HYDROGEN, critical minerals, batteries, and low-carbon fuels are set to benefit from a multi-bill...
UK launches £6m competition to create a national maths academy
THE UK has launched a £6m competition to create a new national maths academy to advise government...
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...
IChemE Matters – May 2024
Nigel Hirst on IChemE partnerships, including the latest link-up with ITN Business plus what insp...
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...
IChemE and ITN to make programme showcasing engineering careers
ICHEME is partnering with ITN Business and other engineering institutions on a news-style program...
IChemE Matters – April 2024
Nigel Hirst talks about celebrating excellence, Jonathan Seville calls to members to sign up for ...
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...
IChemE Matters – March 2024
Nigel Hirst on launching initiatives; Tracey Donaldson calls for book ideas and Dianne Watson int...
Isuru Udugama, 1990-2023
Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic ...
50 technologies that could change the world
BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED AI, data stored in DNA, and power beamed from space are among 50 emerging t...
ChemEng intake rises for first time since 2015
THE NUMBER of students starting a UK undergraduate degree in chemical, process, and energy engine...
Engineers among the most trusted profession
THE ENGINEERING profession is among the most trusted in Britain according to the latest Ipsos Ver...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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
UK to host largest chemical engineering gathering in more than 20 years as IChemE wins bid for two major conferences
ICHEME has successfully bid to bring the 2027 European Congresses of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) ...
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 ...
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 medals committee chair encourages nominations to recognise professional excellence
MEMBERS of the chemical engineering profession are being urged to celebrate the outstanding work ...
IChemE Matters – September 2023
Nigel Hirst, Anousha Khan and Alexandra Meldrum have their say on the issues affecting IChemE mem...
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...
Report shows growing demand for engineers, and ‘green engineering’
AS THE UK ramps up its net zero efforts, a report commissioned by EngineeringUK finds that demand...
IChemE partners with ITN on Engineering a Sustainable World programme
ICHEME has partnered with ITN Business to produce a news-style programme called Engineering a Sus...
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...
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...
IChemE publishes cybersecurity fact files and urges chemical engineers to manage hacking risks against industry
ICHEME has launched a series of fact files to raise awareness of the importance of cybersecurity ...
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...
Inquiry launched into apprenticeship decline
WITH the UK battling an acute skills shortage, Former Labour and Conservative ministers Lord Knig...
Sellafield digital twin project clinches top IChemE award
SELLAFIELD and the National Nuclear Laboratory were awarded IChemE’s Outstanding Achievement in C...
Report: Take whole systems approach to hydrogen economy
ENGINEERS have advised the UK Government that it must push for a rapid scaleup of low-carbon hydr...
QEPrize 2023 “Create the Trophy” competition opens
THE Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (QEPrize) has now opened its 2023 Create the...
How research can help tackle engineering challenges
A NEW report lays out the key challenges facing engineers in the next 10–15 years, and makes reco...
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...
Engineers Assemble: Royal Academy of Engineering calls meeting on ethics
ENGINEERS from across disciplines are being invited to attend the launch of a new report and pane...
‘Biotech pioneer’ Elizabeth Holmes found guilty of fraud
ELIZABETH HOLMES, a former chemical engineering student who garnered praise as a Silicon Valley b...
IChemE produces programme with ITN Productions Industry News
ICHEME has partnered with ITN Productions Industry News to produce a programme called Serving Soc...
IChemE celebrates 100 years
ICHEME is celebrating its centenary with a programme of activities throughout 2022 to honour the ...
IChemE publishes accreditation guidance
ICHEME has updated its accreditation guidance for chemical engineering degree programmes and publ...
Engineering regulator increases guidance on cybersecurity
ENHANCING its support in data and cybersecurity, the UK’s Engineering Council has updated its sec...
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...
Engineers issue six demands for government spending
THE National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has outlined six spending priorities for the UK gov...
IChemE co-creates chemical engineering TV programme
ICHEME and ITN Productions’ Industry News are working to co-create Serving Society, a unique, new...
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 launches new carbon capture journal
ICHEME has launched a new journal covering all aspects of carbon capture research which is the fi...
IChemE launches new digitalisation journal
ICHEME has launched a new journal to publish new interdisciplinary research across chemical engin...
Jane Cutler becomes 80th IChemE President
JANE Cutler has become the 80th President of IChemE. She delivered an expansive Presidential addr...
IChemE sets out priority topics to 2024
ICHEME has identified three priority topics and published Learned Society Priority Topics to 2024...
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 ...
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...
IChemE Safety Centre holds webinar to mark International Women’s Day
THE IChemE Safety Centre (ISC) held a webinar on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Safety to m...
Former IChemE President’s donation will help promote sustainability
FORMER IChemE President Ian Shott has announced a £200,000 (US$279,000) donation to IChemE to be ...
Engineering regulator issues fresh guidance on sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY guidance for engineering professionals has been issued by the Engineering Council,...
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...
Stories to read while we are away
WITH the editorial team having shut down their laptops until 4 January, we wanted to close with a...
New council to upskill Shell employees in Singapore
SHELL has partnered with the Singapore Shell Employees’ Union (SSEU) to set up a council focussed...
Petronas wins four awards at IChemE Malaysia ceremony
PETRONAS won four of eight awards at IChemE’s Malaysia Awards ceremony, which was held virtually ...
IChemE set to publish new Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Regulations
ICHEME is updating its Code of Professional Conduct and Disciplinary Regulations, with the change...
IChemE awards Arup Gold Corporate Partner status
ICHEME has awarded Gold Corporate Partner status to Arup, an international company comprised of d...
LSBU encourages black and minority women to consider engineering
LONDON South Bank University (LSBU), UK, is today hosting an event which aims to inspire the next...
Consultation open for new Victoria engineer registration scheme
THE state government of Victoria, Australia has opened a public consultation for a scheme that wi...
IChemE calls on community to nominate peers for prizes
ICHEME is calling on the chemical engineering community to make nominations for its annual medals...
RAEng working to deliver more representative Fellowship
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has launched a campaign aiming to deliver a Fellows...
Publishers come together to take action on diversity in research publishing
A GROUP of 11 publishers, led by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), has made a commitment to t...
IChemE members join group advising government on net zero plans
ICHEME members are working with representatives of the wider engineering discipline to advise the...
2021 QEPrize nominations now open
NOMINATIONS for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize), the world’s most prestigious...
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...
Communication troubles are holding back UK biotech
ENGINEERING biology must learn to communicate better if the breakout discipline is to achieve its...
Report finds gender bias in chemical sciences publishing
THE Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has released a report showing that a number of subtle biases...
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...
New edition of IChemE’s Pink Book
ICHEME has published a new edition of its arbitration rules Pink Book, which offers the latest in...
Engineers gather to discuss global grand challenges
The Global Grand Challenges Summit 2019 took place in London on 16-18 September, with satellite e...
Engineering profession calls for action to secure the UK’s future economy and society
THE National Engineering Policy Centre (NEPC) has published a manifesto for a prosperous and secu...
UK will fast track visas for top scientists post-Brexit
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that top scientists will be allowed to apply for fa...
IChemE Fellows receive Queen’s Birthday Honours
HER Majesty The Queen has awarded birthday honours to IChemE Fellow Katherine Hirschfeld and Hono...
GSK made Gold Corporate Partner
ICHEME has announced that healthcare company GSK is its newest Gold Corporate Partner.
IChemE announces annual medal winners
TWENTY-SIX chemical engineers have been recognised by the IChemE Medals and Prizes Committee for ...
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 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...
IChemE Fellows awarded New Year’s Honours
ICHEME Fellows and chemical engineering professors, Geoffrey Maitland and Raffaella Ocone, have b...
New report reveals latest chemical engineering salary trends
SALARIES for chemical engineers dropped slightly in 2018, according to IChemE’s UK Salary Survey ...
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...
Report finds more ‘D’ needed in UK R&D
A Royal Academy of Engineering report has found that more support is needed for the final develop...
First apprenticeship survey released
SCIENCE Industry Partnership (SIP), a membership organisation for employers across the UK’s scien...
RAEng and Lloyd’s Register launch £15m safety initiative and call on others to join
THE UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd’s Register Foundation have announced a £15m (US$1...
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...
Chemical engineering professors recognised with Royal Academy fellowship
CHEMICAL engineering professors and IChemE members, Chris Hewitt, Zhibing Zhang, and Barry Lennox...
IChemE announces Global Award finalists
IChemE has announced the finalists of the IChemE Global Awards 2018. More than 100 entries from a...
IChemE 2018 medals nominations open
IChemE has opened the call for nominations for its 2018 medals and prizes programme.
EPSRC funds Inclusion Matters initiative
THE EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) has announced that it is giving a ...
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...
IChemE governance reforms pass at AGM
MEMBERS have voted in support of a package of reforms that will modernise IChemE’s governance 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...
Distinguished chemical engineers join QE Prize panel
TWO chemical engineers - Jinghai Li and Raghunath Anant Mashelkar – have joined the judging panel...
IChemE launches forum for members
IChemE has just launched its new online forum, Interface, for members to discuss the organisation...
Engineering network group launched in Oman
A NEW collaborative engineering network has been launched in Oman with the support of IChemE and ...
Chemical engineering importance highlighted in Brexit summit
FORMER IChemE president Geoffrey Maitland has spoken to MPs about the impact of Brexit on chemica...
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...
Elsevier launches early stage research network
ELSEVIER, the publisher of IChemE’s journals, has launched a new early stage research network ded...
Nanogirl and Transpower CEO top Chemeca 2018 bill
MICHELLE “NANOGIRL” DICKINSON from the University of Auckland and Transpower CEO Alison Andrew wi...
Tees Valley £123m Budget boost
UK CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond announced in his 2017 budget on Wednesday an investment of £123m (US...
De Rivaz: Diversity, collaboration and adaptation vital for engineering
THE engineering profession will need to adapt to an ever-changing world in the coming years, and ...
Call for engineering in schools
IMECHE has released a report calling for the UK government to integrate engineering into the scho...
BP, Shell lead energy trading blockchain plan
A CONSORTIUM including energy companies BP, Shell and Statoil is developing a blockchain-based di...
IChemE Singapore joins unique alliance on skills certification
ICHEME SINGAPORE has joined a unique alliance with the country’s government and industrial trade ...
IChemE to publish guide on natural hazard infrastructure threats
AN ENGINEER-focussed guide to help better understand the threats presented by UK natural hazards ...
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...
ISC report sets out safety roadmap
PROCESS safety incidents are not decreasing over time, and steps must be taken to reduce the repe...
Starter for ten…
AN ICHEME student member is representing the profession on the BBC’s University Challenge – and h...
Engineering better healthcare
AN ENGINEERING approach towards designing and managing complex systems could transform health and...
Process integration across sectors
THREE Humberside process industry giants are participating on a European industrial efficiency pr...
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...
EU probes Bayer-Monsanto deal
AN IN-DEPTH investigation has been launched by the EU Commission into German chemical giant Bayer...
Hackitt to lead major UK fire safety review
FORMER IChemE president Dame Judith Hackitt is to lead a major independent inquiry into fire safe...
Chemical engineers at World Engineers Summit
ENERGY issues in South East Asia and ways to implement climate change mitigation innovations were...
Student placements key to employment
WHEN looking for work, experience could be more influential than socio-economic background for ch...
Engineering Council launches new strategy
THE Engineering Council, the UK regulatory body for engineering, has launched a new strategic pla...
Industry 4.0 in R&D
BASF has described how digitalisation is affecting all areas of its business, from product develo...
IChemE’s PSEP impact factor up 40%
PROCESS SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (PSEP) now has the highest impact factor ever held by...
Girls: stick with it
TODAY is International Women in Engineering Day, and while 16% of engineering students are female...
