Nom­i­na­tions are open for the AIChE Catal­y­sis and Reac­tion Engi­neer­ing Prac­tice Award. This award rec­og­nizes indi­vid­u­als who have made pio­neer­ing con­tri­bu­tions to the indus­tri­al prac­tice of catal­y­sis and chem­i­cal reac­tion engi­neer­ing. The can­di­date must have made impor­tant and spe­cif­ic tech­ni­cal con­tri­bu­tions, ver­i­fi­able by means of well-doc­u­ment­ed evi­den­tial mate­ri­als, to the inven­tion, devel­op­ment, design or imple­men­ta­tion of indus­tri­al prod­ucts, cat­a­lysts or process­es through inge­nious and cre­ative appli­ca­tion of chem­i­cal reac­tion engi­neer­ing and/or catal­y­sis con­cepts. Awardees will be select­ed based on their con­tri­bu­tions to the dis­cov­ery and appli­ca­tion of inno­v­a­tive catal­y­sis or reac­tion engi­neer­ing solu­tions to tech­no­log­i­cal prob­lems, and/or com­mer­cial­iza­tion of new prod­ucts and process­es Can­di­date must be an AIChE mem­ber. Can­di­dates may be from acad­e­mia, nation­al labs, or indus­try.

The dead­line is May 1, 2007. Nom­i­na­tion pack­ages should include a 2-page (max­i­mum) dou­ble spaced nom­i­na­tion state­ment, a 2-page CV, and up to four sup­port­ing let­ters. Sub­mit the nom­i­na­tion elec­tron­i­cal­ly to Phillip E. Sav­age (psavage@​umich.​edu), Uni­ver­si­ty of Michi­gan.

The award con­sist of a plaque and cash award of $1,000. The award is pre­sent­ed annu­al­ly at the Divi­sion Recep­tion or Din­ner. The recip­i­ent is also invit­ed to give a spe­cial lec­ture at the AIChE Annu­al meet­ing.

Past Recip­i­ents

• 2006 — Lar­ry Smith
• 2005 — Robert Far­rauto
• 2004 — Stephen B. Jaffe
• 2003 — Israel Wachs
• 2002 — Teh C. Ho
• 2001 — Thomas R. Keane
• 2000 — L. Hege­dus