News
The Process Industries Division distributes the Process Newsletter on a regular basis, keeping you updated on current issues and events, and giving you a chance to communicate with colleagues who have similar interest to yourself.
We hope you enjoy the newsletter and we welcome any feedback and contributions to future editions. Submissions should be sent to process@imeche.org.
The latest articles along with archived issues can be viewed below.
March 2012
MHEA is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the annual Bulk Materials Handling Conference Bulk2012. To download the full programme and registration form, please click here.
16-17 May 2012, Forest Pines Conference Centre, North Lincs
IMechE Members are able to attend at the discounted rates for MHEA members! IMechE members wishing to register, please use the booking form on the back of the programme.
January 2012
Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering: Best individual project competition - win £1,000 - Sponsored by XODUS GROUP
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Offshore Engineering Committee is launching an annual competition for the best individual projects in a mechanical engineering topic related to offshore renewable energy. The competition is open to students and graduate engineers of all ages:
- Undergraduate Students (BEng, BSc, MEng)
- Post Graduate (MSc, MRes, PhD)
- Industry Based Engineers
Please click here for more information.
November 2011
The winners of the Ludwig Mond Prize 2010 are Abdulmajid Addali, Salem Al-lababidi, Firoz Khan, David Mba and Hoi Yeung for their paper entitled 'Acoustic emission and gas-phase measurements in two-phase flow'
The winners of the 'Bulk Materials Handling Award for Innovation 2009' are Stefan Zigan, Rex B. Thorpe, Ugur Tuzun, Gisle G. Enstad, Flavio Battistin for their paper entitled 'Theoretical and experimental testing of a scaling rule for air current segregation of alumina powder in cylindrical silos'
The winner of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ‘Bulk Solids Handling Award 2009’ is Allan Wilkie for ‘services to the UK pneumatic conveying and solids handling industry during his over 40 year career with Clyde Materials Handling and its predecessors and during his time on the SHAPA Council which included an unprecedented 6 years as chairman.’
The winner of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 'Food Engineer of the Year Award 2010' is Dr Said Elshahat Abdallah, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt, for his paper entitled ‘Thermal efficiency enhancement of a solar drier for hay making from sugar beet tops’.
2009 Prizes and Awards Ceremony
The Process Industries Division Board awards 2009 Prizes winners at the divisions Prizes and Awards Ceremony for the following awards: Moss Prize, Ludwig Mond Prize, IMechE Johnson Matthey Prize
March 2011
New library services for 2011
New for 2011, the library is waiving all postage fees. You can now borrow books, conference and seminar proceedings and have them sent to you for free, if you are based anywhere in the EU. The library at One Birdcage Walk is the best mechanical engineering library in the world, encompassing over 90,000 items. Recent acquisitions in the process engineering field include Heat transfer in process engineering (by E Cao, McGraw Hill, 2009) and the OREDA offshore reliability data handbook (2009). Find out what the library holds and request titles via the library catalogue. To complement the main library, a core collection of electronic titles is made available via the Virtual Library. This allows members to read fulltext books and journal papers online. New process engineering e-books acquired so far this year include Chemical process equipment - selection and design (Elsevier, 2010) and Wave forces on offshore structures (Cambridge University Press, 2010).
If you can’t find the article, book or standard you require, the library can obtain it on your behalf from the British Library, and we’ve just launched a rapid supply service which will allow items to be supplied within 24 hours.
For further information about any of our services, please visit our Process Engineering subject guide or contact us.
June 2010
Message from the new Chairman Eur Ing Paul Merrick
Outgoing Chairman Bob Stannard's message, including
- the setting up of setting up regional centres where we can arrange evening events that are of particular interest to engineers engaged in process industries
- to facilitate process centres we need willing volunteers to support us
- Chairman congratulates Stephen Shrive and Stephen Coulam, Aker Solutions who was presented with the Thomas Lowe Gray prize for their excellent paper on 'Value creation by extending the life of a mature asset'
- 2009 Prizes and Award Winners for Moss Prize, Ludwig Mond Prize, IMechE Johnson Matthey Prize, IMechE Food Engineer of the Year Award
We have a range of exciting seminars and free evening lectures for the process industry open to members and non members….
New process engineering e-books available via the Members' Virtual Library
New food engineering e-books available in the Virtual Library
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Survival in the 21st Century seminar held on 12 May 2010, post event report
We were blessed with good weather and an enthusiastic audience for our third presentation on the 12th May at Birdcage Walk......
ATEX/DSEAR Compliance in Bulk Materials Handling on 24 June 2010
Bulk Solids Europe 2010 Conference and New Frontiers in Bulk Materials Handling Symposium on 9 and 10 September 2010
An international event for everyone involved in handling, storing and processing powders and bulk materials
PDF Event Flyer
ISPE Brussels Conference on
Risk-based Control Strategies in Pharmaceutical Industries - 20-23 September 2010
The conference offers a complete package of skill and knowledge updates, industry and regulatory information, as well as networking.......
Reducing Water Costs in the Food Industry on 7th October 2010, London
The event will highlight the challenges facing both the food and water industries, especially those as a result of climate change, depleting resources, high operating cost and rising customer expectations......
Carbon Capture and Storage – How is it Working and What Next? On 13-14 October 2010
Your Future in Mechanical Process Engineering - A prestigious free evening event to explore the options available for graduates – 3rd November 2010, London
Liquefied Natural Gas: the Technology and its role in meeting the Supply Challenges of the Next Decade on 17-18 November 2010
ATEX for Offshore Operations on 23 November 2010, Aberdeen
19 May 2010
Skills Questionnaire
The Oil, Gas and Chemical Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers wish to establish the general spread of engineering skills within these important industries. With your assistance, based on the information gathered, it is the aim of the Committee to ascertain how to best try and meet current skills requirements and seek possible solutions to avoid any future shortage of correctly trained and talented personnel. Another aim is to establish whether the ratio of skills levels is in keeping with the wants of Industry.
The questionnaire takes very little time to complete and will hopefully assist you in the future.