EFCE Statements and White Papers
Declarations
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Barcelona DeclaratioN
Carlos Negro, Félix Garcia-Ochoa, Philippe Tanguy, Guilherme Ferreira, Jules Thibault, Shuichi Yamamoto, Rafiqul Gani
published on the occassion of 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona, Spian, 1-5 October 2017 Chemical Engineering Research and Design 129 (2018) A1-A2; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2017.12.035
EFCE statements on education in chemical engineering
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EFCE Bologna Recommentations (Edition 2020)
Croatian translation of “EFCE Bologna Recommendations” publish in April 2021
EFCE – Bolonjske preporuke 2020. (prijevod: M. Rogošić), Osvrti, Kem. Ind. 70 (3-4) (2021) 212–220. -
EFCE Bologna Recommendations (edition 2010)
The first edition of the EFCE Bologna Recommendations was prepared by the EFCE Working Party on Education in 2004/2005 and approved by the EFCE Executive Board in July 2005. This 2nd, revised edition, 2010 has been approved by the EFCE Executive Board on 28 August 2010. Download the PDF version here
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EFCE Statement on Bologna Process
The EFCE Statement on Bologna Process was prepared by the EFCE Working Party on Education in 2003 and approved by the EFCE Executive Board in September 2003.
- Meyer Th. et al.: The importance/role of education in chemical engineering, ChERD 187 (2022) 164-173
EFCE Surveys
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EFCE Skills Base survey
David Bogle, University College London, EFCE Scientific Vice President 2018-2021
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Product Design and Engineering in Chemical Engineering: Past, Present State, and Future
Jens Uhlemann, Raquel Costa, Jean-Claude Charpentier
Results of the EFCE Section PDE survey based on PDE academia and industry expert and practitioner feedback as well as on a literature review.
Chemical Engineering & Technology, Volume 42, Issue 11, November 2019, Pages 2258-2274
Open access publication in the journal Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Volume 27, March 2020, Pages 10-21, at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211339819300486
EFCE White papers
This White Paper is based on the oral presentations given during the 5th European Forum on New Technologies: AI in Chemical Engineering which was held in Paris on 13 December 2024 and aims to summarize the discussions that took place. It describes the applications of AI in different areas of chemical engineering and provides guidelines and warnings about the precautions that should be taken when implementing it.
A Multi-layered View of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Rafiqul Gani et al. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 155 (2020) 133-145
Working Party/Section Position Papers
- The importance/role of education in chemical engineering
Meyer Th. et al., Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Volume 187 (2022) 164-173
White/Position Papers of the EFCE Member Societies
AIDIC Position Papers
prepared by their Working Parties (language: Italian)
WP (GdL in Italian) on Energy Transition (Transizione Energetica):
- Mobility at H2
- Sustainable Chemistry
- CCUS
- Methanol as energy vector
- Critical materials for Energy Transition
WP on Sustainable Steel Industry (Siderurgia Sostenibile):
- Sustainable Steel
All position papers can be downloaded from the website.
EFCE Reports
An Overview of European Federation of Chemical Engineering’s (EFCE) Technical Activities 2019-20
Other strategic CE papers
New Directions for Chemical Engineering
The National Academies Press, USA (nap.nationalacademies.org)
Download a PDF of "New Directions for Chemical Engineering" by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for free.
Tomorrow’s Engineering Research Challenges
UK Research and Innovation, 8 July 2022
More information at: https://www.ukri.org/news/report-outlines-tomorrows-engineering-research-challenges/
Global Engineering Capability Review report
Royal Academy of Engineering, UK
More information at: https://engineeringx.raeng.org.uk/programmes/engineering-skills-where-they-are-most-needed/global-engineering-capability-review