Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London

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🧪 The Great Exhibition Road Festival is almost here!

The Department of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London will be back with exciting activities across the weekend ✨

🍬 Candy Chemistry
🍴 Future Foods Live
🧊 Super Cool Chemistry Show

And this is just the beginning, many more activities are planned throughout the festival 👀

📍Join us on 6th & 7th June for a weekend full of science, innovation, and discovery!

Senior appointment announcement📢👏🏽

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Jason Hallett as incoming Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, succeeding Professor Omar Matar from 1 October 2026.

Professor Hallett brings extensive leadership, experience and strategic vision to the role as the Department continues to drive excellence in research, innovation and teaching.

Professor Omar Matar will take up the position of Dean of Imperial's Faculty of Engineering.

Official release: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/engineering/chemical-engineering/2026/new-head-of-department-announced-for-chemical-engineering/

Both posts effective from 1 October 2026.

Drop your congratulations to Jason, and your fondest memories of Omar's time with the Department, in the comments - we will relay them back!👇

Our annual Alumni Reception is back - Saturday 6 June 2026, South Kensington.

This year it falls on the same weekend as the Great Exhibition Road Festival, so the whole neighbourhood comes alive around it.

Register your interest here: https://lnkd.in/eNk2wi7H
We’ll be in touch with full details once you do.

To the Class of 2016 - ten years is a milestone worth marking together. Your cohort is already rallying.

Reach out to Shiladitya Ghosh at [email protected] to connect with your year group!!

Whether you graduated last year or three decades ago, this evening is yours. 💙

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On 13 May, Professor Jerry Heng gives his Imperial Inaugural Lecture - Crystallogenesis: order at the interface 🥳

How does order emerge from disorder? He’ll explore how crystals first form, how order can re-emerge after disruption, and what that means for medicines and materials we rely on every day.

Open to all. In person or livestream.

📅 13 May 2026
⌚ 17.30–18.30 BST
📍 Lecture Theatre G16, Sir Alexander Fleming Building
🔗 Registration is required