IChemE Launches BioFutures Report: Daniel Firth reports on the findings and recommendations of the BioFutures programme

摘要

CHEMICAL engineering and society are facing some significant challenges,including: the rapid development of the bioeconomy,the pressure to decrease greenhouse gas emissions,and the increasing emphasis on sustainability.These challenges will dramatically change the chemical engineering community,how we define chemical engineering,and will require fundamental changes to the ways IChemE functions and how we continue to promote the profession of chemical engineering.The BioFutures programme was set up to identify how IChemE might address these challenges.The programme presented its key findings and recommendations to IChemE's Board of Trustees in January 2019.1 In a global context,the growth of the bioeconomy and engineering biology is having a great impact on the chemical engineering profession.2 This covers a broad range of sectors and industries and involves a variety of biological processes and purposefully bioactive substances including fermentation,synthetic biology,biocompatible materials and the development and manufacturing of drugs and biologies.