Features

Building Connections and Developing Careers
Adam Barnes, Sara Penrose, and Abbey Chidz explain how IChemE member groups offer an opportunity ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Rob Peeling
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Ryan Oatley
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

A Step-by-Step Guide to IChemE Accreditation
Lydia White walks you through the straightforward IChemE accreditation process and outlines the s...

Volunteer Spotlight: Vira Jogia
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

IChemE Accreditation for All
Steven Gasser discusses IChemE accredited company training schemes (ACTS), a flagship initiative ...

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...

Top Tips for Young Engineers Entering the YEAIS Awards
With IChemE’s Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability (YEAIS) now open for nomin...

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...

Help shape IChemE’s future (and your own)
With elections for IChemE’s Board of Trustees and Congress scheduled for April, Adam Duckett caug...

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...

Volunteer Spotlight: Dominic Foo
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Kai Seng Koh
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Eleni Routoula AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

European Young Engineers – Networking, Knowledge and now, IChemE
Laura Grindey explains how European Young Engineers (EYE) is shaping engineering and fostering co...

Volunteer Spotlight: Maria Papathanasiou AMIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

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...

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...

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 ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Hugh Paterson
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Laura Malhi CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

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 ...

Volunteer Spotlight: Jamie Cleaver CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

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...

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

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...

Volunteer Spotlight: Steve Flynn CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Volunteer Spotlight: Ashfaq Palejwala CEng FIChemE
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

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...

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...

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...

New Form of Contract for EPCM Services: Blue Book
John Challenger explains why IChemE has launched this completely new and unique form of contract

Hazards 33: Helping Turn Good Practice into Common Practice
Eamon Chandler, chair of the Hazards 33 conference technical committee, previews the key themes t...

Who Will Win Your Vote?
Ahead of the coming Trustee elections, we asked the six candidates to introduce themselves and sh...

Calling All Students: Help us Revive Frank Morton Sports Day!
Martyna Cepaite and Paul Jenkinson call on students to help ensure a great sporting tradition thr...

Why Should Cybersecurity Matter to You?
IChemE has launched fact files on the importance of cybersecurity in the process industries. Hele...

Data Science and Digitalisation for Chemical Engineers
Matthew Proctor and Leo Chiang discuss how the proliferation of data and ways to use it is impact...

Boosting Student Engagement
IChemE surveyed students as it seeks to bolster engagement and improve member services. Andrea Ho...

Learning How to Learn: The Skill Which Underpins Performance Throughout One’s Career
Kate O’Brien, Tony Howes and Greg Birkett discuss the dangers of poor learning strategies, with t...

The Benefits of a PhD: An Alternative Perspective
In the last part of this series, members of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee talk to Ele...

Brum slam dunks it!
Hosts Birmingham win this year’s Frank Morton sports day

New Year’s Resolutions
As we face grand challenges, Alexandra Meldrum says let’s consider the practical actions we can e...

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...

Merry Christmas and a Happy New….CPD Cycle!
Peter Coutts asks: what’s the purpose of CPD in the later stages of your career?

Elections: Be that Role Model
IChemE’s Presidential team urges you to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers

Chemical Engineering Matters in a time of Global Challenges
Alexandra Meldrum outlines coming updates to IChemE’s technical roadmap

Going with the Flow
Rob Best explains continued efforts to streamline membership applications

Giving Back
Andrea Hosey and Mark Sutton examine the needs and experiences of IChemE’s bank of volunteers

IChemE Needs You!
Mike Cloke reflects on his volunteer role, and discusses opportunities for others to get involved

Digital Twins in the Chemical Process Industries
Joanne Tanner and Colin Newbery discuss the hype and the hope for digital twins

What I Wish I knew as an Undergraduate
Laura Grindey, Paul Jenkinson and Sameen Barabhuiya of IChemE’s National Early Careers Committee ...

Safety Moments: What to Expect from Hazards 32
IChemE Past President Ken Rivers on what to expect from the coming Hazards event

Safety: Digitalising Process Safety
Helen Kilbride and Krisshala Sinanan discuss the benefits and challenges

Safety is my job: Muhammad Naeem Ullah
Robin Turney speaks to Muhammad Naeem Ullah about his work as a process safety specialist at the ...

Using Ethics to Power the Profession
Amanda Jasi reports from this year’s Presidential Address

Ethics Series: Educating Ethical Chemical Engineers
David Shallcross and Allyson Woodford discuss challenges and methods to teach ethics, using real-...

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...

Centenary Themes: Education
At-a-glance information on what's in the second of our centenary theme specials

Question Time: Education
Experts from academia and industry discuss the challenges in chemical engineering education and w...

Teaching: Educating Chemical Engineers on Digitalisation
Esther Ventura-Medina, Joanne Tanner and Brent Young explain why digital literacy is so important

The Explosive Foundation of IChemE
With IChemE’s Centenary celebrations under way, Martin Pitt explores the chemical engineers who i...

The Sustainability Hub: Why? What? Who? & How?
Trish Melton looks at IChemE’s new Sustainability Hub for members

IChemE and Net Zero
Marc Allen provides an update on the work IChemE is doing to deliver on its net zero commitment

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

An Introduction to Safety is my Job
Members of IChemE's Safety & Loss Prevention SIG introduce a series that showcases the roles in p...

Your Opportunity to Help Shape IChemE
IChemE Chief Executive Jon Prichard encourages members to engage in the upcoming elections

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...

Poised Precariously
Adam Duckett on the frustrations and relative successes of COP26

IChemE at COP26
IChemE participated in three events at the climate summit

A Trusted Advisor
In the sixth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to s...

IChemE and Climate Change: Support for Chemical Engineering
Andrew Jamieson updates on how IChemE is ensuring that there are systems and resources available ...

Chemical Engineers Delivering Climate Change Action
In the lead-up to COP26, Amanda Lake discusses how IChemE is delivering on its climate change co...

What Matters to You?
Andrea Hosey reports on the latest IChemE member engagement survey, and finds out how we’re doing

We Only Get Them When We’re Good!
In the fifth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to soc...

Celebrating IChemE as a Learned Society
Alexandra Meldrum recalls our learned society’s achievements and previews what’s to come

The Middlewich Job (the Pump Preservation Society)
In the fourth in a series about chemical engineers who volunteer their skills to contribute to so...

Remaining Relevant in a Changing World
New IChemE President Jane Cutler speaks to Adam Duckett

IChemE’s New Major Hazards Management Agenda
IChemE groups will speak with one voice, says Margaret Donnan

A Lego Technic Cupcake Production Line
In the third of a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute...

Decarbonisation of End Uses
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of the Sustainability Special Interest Group discuss the technologi...

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Measuring Progression
Macsene Isles-Ahite, David Lloyd-Roach and Alana Collis talk about why IChemE needs to better und...

Research Bias
Raffaella Ocone and Nina Baker seek out the stories of chemical engineering’s female forerunners

Men as Allies
Adam Duckett asks what are men doing to help support gender diversity and inclusion?

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

Zero-Carbon Electricity
Malcolm Wilkinson and members of the Sustainabilty Special Interest Group discuss the technologie...

Volunteer Spotlight: Zaid Rawi
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Climate Action Plans
Get involved, says Claire MacLeod of IChemE’s Learned Society Committee Responsible Production Wo...

A Low-Temperature Heat Highway to Zero Carbon
In the first in a series about chemical engineers who are volunteering their skills to contribute...

STEM Outreach: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
Ioulia Bykova shares the positive experiences of giving back and inspiring the younger generation

What Matters to You?– Part 3
Wendy Wilson provides a final update on the status of actions from IChemE’s Member Engagement Survey

Book Review: Trevor Kletz Compendium: His Process Safety Wisdom Updated for a New Generation
Andy Brazier, David Edwards, Fiona Macleod, Craig Skinner, Ivan Vince; ISBN: 9780128194478; Elsev...

Championing Research
A message from the new Editor-in-Chief of ChERD, Jerry Heng

Call and Response
Adam Duckett on member feedback

How Can We Help Address the Harmful, Enduring Legacy of Bhopal?
Last year, IChemE’s President Stephen Richardson took the unusual step of writing to India’s Prim...

Bath Triumphs at Virtual Frank Morton 2021
Amanda Jasi speaks to event organiser Benjamin Fadele

More SMART Thinking
Ainslie Just provides an update on IChemE’s Programme SMART

LOPA Versus Covid
Ali Mokhber, Christopher Ross, and Pablo Garcia-Trinanes describe how layers of protection analys...

Election Fever
IChemE CEO Jon Prichard leads the call for nominations for roles on the Board of Trustees, Congre...

Upon the Shoulders of Giants
Alexandra Meldrum introduces Communities of Practice

The Pharmaceutical Industry: Engineering Frustrations
Hedley Rees and Keith Plumb discuss how current methods of drug development are impeding engineer...

IChemE Sets Out Stance on Climate Change
Mark Apsey shares IChemE’s new position statement on climate change and the consultation process ...

A Virtual Meeting at 10 Downing Street
Tom White, IChemE Trustee and CEO of C-Capture, presses Boris Johnson for support on scaleup

Your Opportunity to Make a Difference
Jon Prichard calls on members to exercise their rights

Digital Therapeutics
How far has the technology come, asks Parminder Bansal

Volunteer Spotlight: Johan Alimin Samad
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

CPD Requirements are Changing – Are You Ready?
Alan Harper of IChemE’s Professional Formation Forum urges members to prepare for mandated CPD au...

A Cog in the Machine
Jon Prichard and Claudia Flavell-While explain IChemE’s role in supporting the innovation process

Supporting members during these distressing times
How the IChemE Benevolent Fund is supporting members during this extraordinary period, including ...

Quickly, More Vaccines
Chris Lucas speaks to Adam Duckett about accelerating the UK’s emergency vaccine production capab...

Volunteer Spotlight: Tan Geok Chai
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) and IChemE
Macsene Isles-Ahite shares her vision for ED&I in IChemE and the chemical engineering profession.

Giving Back to the Profession
Jane Cutler, IChemE’s newly-elected Deputy President, talks to Adam Duckett

Climate Change, Hazards and Digitalisation
Sam Wilkinson discusses IChemE’s ongoing Learned Society activity

Chemical Engineering Education in the Age of Disruption
Esther Ventura-Medina wonders what will the future look like after Covid-19?

Volunteer Spotlight: Qua Kiat Seng
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

INWED: Female chemical engineers recognised for green leadership
AS celebrations get underway for International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), we caught up wit...

PPE Challenge Accepted
Zeb Ahmed and Nick Geary talk to Adam Duckett about the projects they are facilitating to help fi...

A Learned Society with International Reach
IChemE’s ongoing learned society activity

Volunteer Spotlight: Azzam Younes
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

The diagnostics challenge
Testing provides the essential information needed for key decisions such as when to relax lockdow...

Managing vaccine manufacture scaleup
Withthe UK Government having announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare th...

We asked 400 members…
Richard Cousins reviews the key lessons from a member CPD sampling exercise, and what comes next

Overcoming oxygen supply issues
Patients made severely ill may have difficulty breathing and require treatment with machines such...

Learned society responds to Covid-19
It is a key part of our professional engineering responsibility that we use our skills and expert...

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

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

SMART Thinking
Ainslie Just provides an update on IChemE’s Programme SMART

Volunteer Spotlight: Amanda Talhat
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Pure and Simple
Miguel Johansson Finguerut describes his work on community water projects in central Mexico

Addressing the Grand Challenges
Claudia Flavell-While looks at learned society priorities

IChemE 100
John McGagh talks about his new role as Chair of the IChemE100 Steering Committee

What Matters to You?
Wendy Wilson reports on the actions from the IChemE Member Engagement survey

Volunteer Spotlight: Denis Ring
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Spiralling Up
IChemE President Stephen Richardson talks to Adam Duckett about his ambitions for IChemE

Presidential Review: Restating and Reinvigorating IChemE
Ken Rivers reflects on his 18 months as IChemE President

Policy Perspective
Samson Yosef explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Volunteer Spotlight: Christina Phang
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Led by Members
Jarka Glassey shines a light on IChemE's member-led transition

Strategy 2024
IChemE President Ken Rivers explains the purpose of Strategy 2024 and why it is fundamental to t...

Volunteer Spotlight: Fenella Nordquist
Shining a light on the valuable work of IChemE volunteers

Policy Perspective
Nooryesha Choudhury explains how IChemE is supporting members to influence policy

Policy Central
Nick Starkey of the Royal Academy of Engineering explains why engineering input is so crucial for...

What Matters to You?
Wendy Wilson, Joseph Agnew and Tom White report on the 2019 IChemE Member Engagement survey results

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...

Congress: Rising to the Challenge
Congress Chair Nigel Hirst discusses the group's enthusiastic start and its immediate priorities

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’...

Your Congress
Putting your votes into action

Mixing Music and Science
IChemE members on location, explaining chemical engineering to a unicorn, trainee Jedi knights an...

Joining Forces
Starting a learned society chain reaction

What Does Being a Learned Society Mean?
Join the discussion and share your views

Your Congress
Be the voice. Make a difference

Industrial Aftermath: Project Ends Toxic Pesticide Legacy
Mag Sim of Pure Earth takes us inside the collaborative effort that cleaned up a polluted industr...

Strathclyde to Uganda
A Strathclyde students' project to help supply clean water to rural areas in Uganda

Fresh Faces
In the first of a series looking at the work of IChemE’s volunteers, we profile the Young Members...
News

IChemE Matters – April 2025
Duncan Lugton explains the planning behind a roundtable

IChemE Matters – February 2025
Mark Apsey on making a difference and Duncan Lugton on policy

UK protein study has potential to transform personalised medicine
A HUGE study that has been launched to find treatments for diseases by measuring how the proteins...

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...

Kanga awarded Engineers Australia’s highest honour
MARLENE KANGA has been awarded the Peter Nicol Russell Memorial Medal, the highest honour given b...

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...

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 new online mentor matching initiative
MENTOR MATCH is now live on IChemE Connect, making it easier than ever for IChemE members to supp...

Sustainability consortium seeks volunteer leaders from UK chemicals industry
UK CHEMICAL industry leaders have been asked to volunteer to join the advisory board of a consort...

Engineers call for smaller electric car batteries and ban on vapes
USING smaller electric car batteries and stripping materials out of old wind turbines for use in ...

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...

Applications open for IChemE’s revamped catalysis fellowship
ICHEME is inviting applications for the Andrew Fellowship which has switched its focus to very ea...

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...

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...

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.”

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 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...

IChemE proposes new rules allowing non-chartered Fellows and extending votes to the wider membership
ICHEME has proposed changes to its Royal Charter and by-laws that will decouple Fellows from havi...

Raffaella Ocone set to be 84th president of IChemE
RAFFAELLA OCONE, professor of chemical engineering at Heriot-Watt University, will take up the pr...

IChemE Matters – May 2024
Nigel Hirst on IChemE partnerships, including the latest link-up with ITN Business plus what insp...

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 ...

Nominations open for IChemE Congress and Board of Trustees
MEMBERS of IChemE are being encouraged to support the future of the profession by nominating them...

IChemE and AIChE announce joint hydrogen webinars and annual conference
ICHEME and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) will co-host a series of webinars...

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...

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...

Nottingham Uni stroll to Frank Morton victory
Students from the University of Nottingham have overturned a near 40-year winless streak to retur...

Isuru Udugama, 1990-2023
Obituary of Isuru Udugama, a senior lecturer at The University of Auckland and prolific academic ...

Winston Mellowes, 1941-2023
Obituary of Winston Mellowes, an expert in the technology of sugar cane processing, Professor Eme...

Goodbye 2023, and what to read while we’re away
AS WE put the lids on our pens, close our notebooks, and say goodbye until 2 January, we thought ...

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

Hazards conference: energies and skills impacts come into sharp focus
Safety professionals urged to consider transition, natech, and non-technical skills

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...

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...

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

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 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...

Claire Adjiman elected to the US National Academy of Engineering
CLAIRE ADJIMAN, a chemical engineer and Fellow of IChemE, has been elected to the US National Aca...

A century of chemical engineering at UCL
ICHEME president David Bogle has given a speech to UCL students in which he traced the history of...

John O’Shea, 1947-2023
Obituary of John O'Shea, a devoted volunteer, mentor and teacher, whose dedication to the profess...

IChemE calls for nominations for Trustee and Congress vacancies
MEMBERS of IChemE are being invited to put themselves forward for vacancies on its Board of Trust...

Lindsay Mallen, 1931–2022
ARTHUR Lindsay Mallen, a keen mentor to both young and not-so-young professionals and a longstand...

IChemE President makes first overseas visit since pandemic
FOLLOWING a two-year break in overseas travel brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, IChemE Pres...

Policy progress – Australia’s Skills Supply
Alexandra Meldrum reports back from a national engineering skills meeting where calls were made f...

IChemE announces shortlisted finalists for Malaysia Awards
ICHEME has announced the shortlisted finalists for its annual Malaysia awards. They include Sime ...

Ocone elected to IChemE Board on social responsibility pledge
RAFFAELLA OCONE has been elected to IChemE’s Board of Trustees.

IChemE adds 25 new free-to-access books for members
TWENTY-FIVE new technical books have been added to Knovel for members of IChemE including books o...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Poll: Engineers warn sale of UK vaccine centre risks health security and industry innovation
ENGINEERS have hit out at the UK Government’s reported plans to sell off the country’s emergency ...

Farewell to 2021, and what to read while we’re away
WHETHER it’s serious engineering lessons and insights on career opportunities, or irreverent quer...

IChemE publishes accreditation guidance
ICHEME has updated its accreditation guidance for chemical engineering degree programmes and publ...

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 ...

Water experts issue call to action on climate
AN alliance of experts from across the water sector, including from IChemE, has issued a call to ...

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 Ross Grace, 1943–2021
Obituary of John Grace, one of the leading chemical engineers in Canada, known worldwide 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...

Candidates announced for IChemE elections
ICHEME has announced the candidates running for available positions on the IChemE Board of Truste...

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...

Richardson: Make systems thinking education mandatory
ICHEME President Stephen Richardson has recommended to a House of Lords select committee that sys...

Engineering regulator issues fresh guidance on sustainability
SUSTAINABILITY guidance for engineering professionals has been issued by the Engineering Council,...

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.

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 awards engineers who 3D print reactors
ENGINEERS from Air Liquide who are 3D printing reactors for the purpose of process intensificatio...

IChemE publishes position on climate change, committing to net zero
ICHEME has published its position statement on climate change, committing to collaborate in the g...

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...

Engineers tell government how PPE could be reused in the UK
SERIOUS consideration should be given to decontaminating and reusing PPE to alleviate shortages a...

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...

ExxonMobil launches voluntary redundancy programme
EARLIER this month, ExxonMobil announced that it had launched a voluntary redundancy programme fo...

IChemE calls on community to nominate peers for prizes
ICHEME is calling on the chemical engineering community to make nominations for its annual medals...

Obituary Owen Edward Potter AM, 1925–2020
Obituary of Owen Edward Potter AM, a seminal figure in chemical engineering in Australia.

IChemE opens member consultation on climate change position
ICHEME has launched a draft climate change position statement for members to comment on.

IChemE identifies vaccine production capabilities
ICHEME has compiled a list of manufacturing sites in the UK and Ireland that have the potential c...

Heriot-Watt receives IChemE accreditation at three campuses
HERIOT-WATT University has had its chemical engineering programmes at its campuses in Dubai and M...

IChemE announces new Congress members
ICHEME has announced 11 new members to take up positions on its member advisory body.

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.

Urgent call for members to donate unused PPE for testing
ICHEME is calling on members and their employers to donate any unused PPE they can spare to a vol...

Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by year end, says AZ CEO
ASTRAZENECA says it could begin production of a vaccine for Covid-19 by the end of the year after...

John Morelly Solbett 1919–2020
Obituary of John Solbett, former IChemE President

IChemE volunteers identify areas of focus to help fight pandemic
ICHEME’S volunteer Covid-19 Response Team has divided into distinct workstreams, including on dia...

UK launches vaccine taskforce to co-ordinate scaleup
THE UK Government has today announced the formation of a new taskforce that will help prepare the...

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...

IChemE medal winners announced
ENERGY experts and dedicated volunteers are among 26 chemical engineers being recognised by IChem...

John Davidson, 1926–2019
Obituary of John Davidson, often referred to as a “founding father of fluidisation” in chemical e...

World Engineering Day set for 4 March
WORLD Engineering Day for Sustainable Development will be celebrated on 4 March every year as a U...

LSC member quits over climate change concerns
TOM BAXTER has resigned from IChemE’s Learned Society Committee (LSC) because he feels the Instit...

IChemE calls on members to plan centenary
ICHEME is looking for enthusiastic members to help plan and prepare for its centenary in 2022.

Communication troubles are holding back UK biotech
ENGINEERING biology must learn to communicate better if the breakout discipline is to achieve its...

IChemE announces Global Awards finalists
ICHEME has announced there are more than 100 finalists shortlisted for its annual Global Awards.

Wolverhampton chemical engineering course accredited by IChemE
THE University of Wolverhampton has had its chemical engineering degree accredited by IChemE.

Royal Charter and By-law changes approved at IChemE AGM
VOTING Members (Fellows and Chartered Members) of IChemE have approved changes to its Royal Chart...

Richardson set to become IChemE Deputy President
ICHEME has announced that Stephen Richardson will be presented to the AGM for election as Deputy ...

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...

Geoffrey Hewitt: 1934–2019
GEOFFREY (“Geoff”) Hewitt, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London,...

Westminster Abbey hosts engineering celebration
ENGINEERING was the focus of celebration today at a first-of-a-kind national service held at Lond...

Hackitt and Daniels honoured by Imperial College
FORMER IChemE Council members Dame Judith Hackitt and Ed Daniels have been awarded honorary degre...

IChemE members invited to name Centenary project
THE IChemE Centenary Steering Committee, with approval from the Board of Trustees, has invited co...

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...

IChemE set to leave London premises
ICHEME has formally announced that it will leave its London premises at One Portland Place this m...

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...

GHD becomes IChemE Silver Corporate Partner
GHD has been awarded Silver Corporate Partner status by IChemE.

Nominations open for new IChemE member advisory body
ICHEME is calling on its members to put themselves forward for its new member advisory board, Con...

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...

IChemE announces the nominees to take up trustee positions in 2018
ICHEME has announced the final nominees for its 2018 trustee vacancies. Eighteen nominations from...

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...