European Federation of Chemical Engineering
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The European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE). Also known as: Fédération Européenne du Génie Chimique and Europäische Föderation für Chemie-Ingenieur-Wesen. An association of professional societies in Europe concerned with chemical engineering
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It was formed in Paris
on 20 June 1953 with 18 societies in 8 countries. India
was the first non-European member in 1956 and Czechoslovakia
the first Eastern European one in 1966.
As of March 2010, it has 40 member societies in 30 countries joining 162000 individual chemical engineers. (Some countries have more than one member society). The EFCE passport programme allows members of one society some of the benefits of membership in other societies when travelling abroad, particularly for conferences.
It has a set of 21 Working Parties and 5 Sections comprising about 1000 industrial and academic experts on different subjects who meet to facilitate international cooperation and progress in their specialist areas. The Working Party on Education has published documents on the Bologna process
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The Secretariat is jointly administered by IChemE
(UK), DECHEMA
e.V. (Germany) and Société Francaise de Génie des Procédes (France). The current president (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011) is Professor Richard Darton
of the University of Oxford
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News of the EFCE is published in Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Official meetings are usually held in association with the two series of European congresses known as ECCEhttp://www.ecce6.kt.dtu.dk/ and CHISAhttp://www.chisa.cz/2008-web.
Chemical engineering
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with physical science , and life sciences with mathematics and economics, to the process of converting raw materials or chemicals into more useful or valuable forms...
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It was formed in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
on 20 June 1953 with 18 societies in 8 countries. India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
was the first non-European member in 1956 and Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
the first Eastern European one in 1966.
As of March 2010, it has 40 member societies in 30 countries joining 162000 individual chemical engineers. (Some countries have more than one member society). The EFCE passport programme allows members of one society some of the benefits of membership in other societies when travelling abroad, particularly for conferences.
It has a set of 21 Working Parties and 5 Sections comprising about 1000 industrial and academic experts on different subjects who meet to facilitate international cooperation and progress in their specialist areas. The Working Party on Education has published documents on the Bologna process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
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The Secretariat is jointly administered by IChemE
Institution of Chemical Engineers
The Institution of Chemical Engineers is a global professional engineering institution with over 33,000 members in over 120 countries worldwide, founded in 1922, and awarded a Royal Charter in 1957.-Structure:...
(UK), DECHEMA
DECHEMA
DECHEMA stands for "Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie" .Founded in 1926, this is a non-profitmaking organization based in Frankfurt. It has over 5000 chemists, biotechnologists and engineers as members...
e.V. (Germany) and Société Francaise de Génie des Procédes (France). The current president (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011) is Professor Richard Darton
Richard Darton
Richard Charles Darton, OBE, FREng was Head of the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford from 2004 to 2009. For 2008-2009 he was President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers...
of the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
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News of the EFCE is published in Chemical Engineering Research and Design. Official meetings are usually held in association with the two series of European congresses known as ECCEhttp://www.ecce6.kt.dtu.dk/ and CHISAhttp://www.chisa.cz/2008-web.