I had an odd experience last night when I received an email from IChemE inviting me to a presentation that is to be delivered by myself.
No getting out of it now then. My intent is to provide a general introduction to instrumentation and cover things that I have learnt …
So I have just completed the course on advanced process control. It was interesting on Sunday night when I met the other course attendees.
There were eight attendees in total, I was the only Brit, all others were from continental Europe (Dutch, Belgian and German). There was a definite feeling …
So after yesterdays post concerning being slightly worried about switching back into control engineer mode, this morning I am even more worried.
I arrived at the hotel just in time for dinner and met five of the other attendees (there are eight of us in total on the course). All …
The Cat Reformer is mostly back together. Hopefully later today, hydrogen can be introduced. If everything goes well, feed should be put back in on Tuesday.
For myself though the TAR is over. I am currently on a train on my way to Cardiff for a training course next week …
We are currently about half way through the Cat Reformer turnaround (AKA TAR).
I was intending to write a detailed post about what a turnaround is, what happens during the turnaround and what it is like to work on one.
This would probably just end up turning into a giant …
I was recently asked by a current student at Edinburgh University about my insight with finding a graduate job and the employment prospects someone in their final year would have. Below is my response:
To be honest, I got very lucky with my graduate job, I didn't apply for nearly …
I have recently had some spare time and chose to use it updating impress adding some new features.
For anyone who has not heard me talk about impress: it is a simple mass balance tool designed for chemical engineers to use during the early stages of design. This application is …
Introducing IMPRESS: the Interactive Multi-user PRocess Engineering Simulation Suite.
As my final year ChemEng research project I have built a program that helps build a mass balance for processes.
The program is accessed through a web page (so you don't need to install anything) and can handle having more than …
My first thought this morning:
"The lab we will be doing today is covered in chalk powder - it will be messy".
Chalk being an enemy of me and my clothes, due to it's non blackness, it would make sense to wear my lab coat again. I also thought ahead to …
Just watched The Constant Gardner. It was a little heavier than what I needed to watch at this time of night but then it was my own fault; I knew what type of film it was anyway. The film was about pharmaceutical companies that were testing drugs in Africa (and …
