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Regional Student Paper Competition

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The Student Chapters Committee sponsors a $200 prize for first place, a $100 prize for second place, and $50 for third place. First, second, and third place winners also receive a one-year subscription to Chemical Engineering Progress magazine.
AdministratorsStudent Chapters Committee
PresentationAwards are presented at the appropriate regional conferences.
Nomination Instructions

For general information, contact the AIChE Awards Administrator, 120 Wall Street, FL 23, New York, NY 10005-4020; Ph./Fax: 646-495-1333/646-495-1503; awards@aiche.org

Students present technical papers at the student regional conferences, which are held in the spring. The first place winner from each region presents the paper at the National Student Paper Competition, held at the AIChE Annual Meeting.

NAMF Start-up Grant

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A single $30,000 grant will be offered, beginning April 15, 2013, in two annual installments of $15,000. The use of grant funds is restricted to direct research expenditures and excludes overhead, administrative charges, secretarial support, academic year charge-out, university/departmental-wide taxes on gifts and the like. The Biennial Conference of the North American Mixing Forum is held every two years.

The recipient is expected to attend the two conferences to present initial results and to present final results. Conference fees including room and board, but not travel expenses, will be waived. Other benefits will accrue. More information and downloadable instructions can be found on NAMF's Early Career Excellence Award in Mixing webpage.
DeadlineJanuary 23, 2015
AdministratorsNorth American Mixing Forum (NAMF)
Presentation
Nomination Instructions

Proposals should be submitted electronically in PDF format by January 23, 2013 to Minye Liu - Minye.Liu@usa.dupont.com.

A signed original of the proposal, post marked by the deadline date, should be sent to: Minye Liu, NAMF President, DuPont Engineering Technology, Brandywine 8424, 1007 Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19898, USA.

The format of the application is open. Enough information should be given to enable a rigorous evaluation of the scientific merits and potential impact of the work.  The text is limited to 4,000 words including, introduction, proposed work, summary and future directions; plus a reasonable number of figures and references.

A title page, including a statement by an appropriate officer of the institute accepting the restrictions on the grant, and a two page vitae (NSF, NIH, NSERC equivalent) are additional.  A select group of finalists will be short-listed and interviewed during March 2013.  The successful applicant will be notified by April 01, 2013.  The decision of the referees will be final.  NAMF reserves the right not to award the grant if no application is judged sufficiently meritorious.

Grant to encourage new faculty to begin research careers in areas that impact the general field of fluid mixing technology.  Mixing is an emergent fundamental engineering science, particularly at the meso and micro scale, and one of the last unit operations to submit to formal academic...

Executive Committee's Gary Leach Recognition Award

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A certificate and a letter from the current AIChE President.
AdministratorsExecutive Committee
PresentationThe award will be presented at an AIChE meeting.
Nomination Instructions

Nominations are accepted anytime. Selection criteria include:

  1. No more than ten (10) awards will be presented in one year.
  2. Nomination for the award can be made by individual members or groups of AIChE, but must be sponsored by a current Board member.
  3. No group may nominate itself.
  4. Nominators should complete form "GL" and contact a potential Board sponsor.

If the sponsor approves the nomination, he or she will forward it to the Board Assistant Secretary of the Institute. Download the nomination form, or contact the AIChE Awards Administrator, 120 Wall Street, FL 23, New York, NY 10005-4020; awards@aiche.org.

Recognizes and publicizes the activities of a group in the organization whose performance showed significant accomplishments toward the Institute's mission and objectives. Presentation of the award is intended primarily for single event performance, but can be used to recognize long term...

Student Technical Presentation Competition

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First Prize-$500; Second Prize-$300; and Third Prize-$200; and a certificate.
AdministratorsAIChE
PresentationAwards are presented at the Annual Student Conference.
Nomination Instructions

Participants are selected on the basis of regional conference results.

The subject of each paper is left entirely to the individual student. Presentations often focus on recent advances in some branch of chemical engineering, original research, or plant design. Participation in the Regional Student Paper Competition offers valuable, real-world experience for students. AIChE's Student Chapters Committee supports the competition with prize money, though the regional awards may be augmented from other sources at the discretion of each regional host school.

General Rules

  1. Each entry must be an undergraduate student and a member of one of the participating student chapters. Others may present, but cannot be considered for the top prize.
  2. AIChE places no limit on the number of papers submitted for presentation by a participating student chapter. However, any restrictions on the number of papers placed by the host school due to time constraints, space restrictions, or any other factors must be clearly stated on the Call for Abstracts and must be fair and equitable.
  3. Co-authorship of papers is permitted. However, only one person shall make the presentation at the Regional Student Paper Competition, and this person must have been substantially involved in the project or subject of the presented paper.
  4. A panel of three chemical engineers (faculty, industry representative, or AIChE local section member) will judge paper presentations. The decision of these judges will be final.
  5. At the National Paper Competition, time limits are generally 15 minutes for presentation and 3-5 minutes for Q&A. A similar time limit should be enforced at the Regional Student Paper Competitions.
  6. First Place receives a cash award of $200 from AIChE, a one-year subscription to Chemical Engineering Progress magazine, and a certificate supplied in duplicate. (One copy to be retained by the winner's school.)
  7. Second Place receives a cash award of $100 from AIChE, a one-year subscription to Chemical Engineering Progress magazine, and a certificate supplied in duplicate. (One copy to be retained by the winner's school.)
  8. Honorable Mention receives a cash award of $50 from AIChE, a one-year subscription to Chemical Engineering Progress magazine, and a certificate supplied in duplicate. (One copy to be retained by the winner's school.) In the case of a tie, the money is divided equally among the entries.

National Student Paper Competition

Papers presented at the National Student Paper Competition, held each fall at the AIChE Annual Meeting, must conform to the following rules to be eligible for presentation and to qualify for a prize.

  1. The student presenting the paper should be the first place presenter at an AIChE  Regional Student Conference held during the same calendar year as the Annual Meeting at which the paper is presented. In the event that the first place presenter from the Regional Conference is unable to attend the National Student Paper Competition, the presenter of the second place paper will be invited to represent the Region. The presenter of the third place paper from the Regional Conferennce will be invited to present if the second place presenter is unable to participate. The presenter representing the region in the National Competition must place no lower than third at the Regional Conference. Eligible presenters must indicate their willingness to participate in the National Competition by submitting an abstract to the National Student Paper Competition chair by the deadline set for the Annual Meeting. In the event that the Regional Conference is held after this deadline, the abstract must be submitted within the week following the conclusion of the Regional Conference.
  2. The presenter of the paper must have been an undergraduate at the time his or her paper was presented at an AIChE Regional Student Conference.
  3. The contents of the paper must be substantially different than any paper presented by the presenter at any previous National Student Paper Competition.
  4. Only one paper from each AIChE Regional Student Conference shall be presented. In the case of a tie for first prize at a Regional Conference, or if two first prizes are awarded, the Region must make a selection and nominate only one paper for the National Student Paper Competition.
  5. Co-authors on papers are allowed; however, only one person shall make the presentation at the National Student Paper Competition, and this person must have been substantially involved in the project or subject of the presented paper.
  6. A panel of not less than three judges will evaluate the presentations. The decision of the panel of judges will be final.
SponsorsOmega Chi Epsilon

The first-place winners from each of the nine Regional Student Paper Competitions present their prize-winning papers during the AIChE Annual Meeting in the fall. See rules under instructions below....

Transport and Energy Processes Division Award

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A plaque and $500.
AdministratorsTransport and Energy Processes Division (TEP)
PresentationThe recipient is invited to speak at a Transport Energy Processes Division dinner, held at the AIChE Annual Meeting.
Nomination Instructions

Selection criteria include:

  1. Distinguished service of a chemical engineering nature, in heat transfer or energy conversion as a professional engineer, educator, or AIChE leader
  2. Outstanding contributions of a chemical engineering nature, in the field of design, construction, operation, or management of heat transfer or energy conversion facilities or enterprises
  3. Research or development of new processes or equipment relating to chemical engineering applications in heat transfer or energy conversion
  4. The recipient must be a member of AIChE

The award is presented once every two years.

Send five copies of the nomination package to Dr. Daniela Mainardi, Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University, 911 Hergot Ave. Ruston, LA 71272; Phone: (318) 257-5126. 

Nomination Form
SponsorsFauske & Associates LLC

Recognizes an individual's outstanding chemical engineering contribution and achievement in heat transfer or energy conversion.

Program Committee's William H. Doyle Award

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A plaque.
AdministratorsProgram Committee (PC), Process Safety Division (PSD)
PresentationThe award is presented at the Loss Prevention Symposium during the Global Congress on Process Safety.
Nomination Instructions

Selection criteria include:

  1. The paper is clearly written and well presented.
  2. The paper has a wide applicability to chemical industry loss prevention efforts.
  3. The paper adds substantial knowledge to the field of loss prevention.
  4. The paper engages the intellect of the audience.
  5. Would cause BILL DOYLE to rise to his feet, ask a penetrating question, make decisive comments, and then lead the applause.

The award recognizes the best paper presented at the previous year's Loss Prevention Symposium. The recipient is selected by a vote of the members of the Loss Prevention Symposium Committee.

The Program Committee and the Process Safety Division presents this award in memory of Bill Doyle. He was a founder of the AIChE Loss Prevention...

Owens Corning Early Career Award

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The award is a plaque and $2,000.
DeadlineFebruary 15, 2025
AdministratorsMaterials Engineering & Sciences Division (MESD)
PresentationThe award is presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting.
Nomination Instructions

Selection criteria include:

  1. Active and participating membership* in the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division (MESD) of AIChE.
  2. Age less than 40 years in the year the Award is given. In the event a candidate begins their independent career after age 30, they will be considered eligible for 10 years since the year of the candidate's first professional appointment as an independent investigator in the year the Award is given. Approved leave (maternity, paternity, elder care, health, etc.) does not count towards the time limit and accrued leave time will be added to the age of eligibility.
  3. Outstanding materials-related work in discovery, research, process or product development, education, and/or service.

* “Active and participating” presupposes dues payment in MESD, as well as one or more of the following during the past several years: co-authorship of presentations or posters in conference sessions sponsored by MESD, and/or MESD service as session chair/co-chair, program area chair, or Division Director.



E-mail the nomination form (accessible below) to the Owens Corning Award Committee Chair, Prof. Matthew Webber, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, mwebber@nd.edu

Nomination Form

The Owens Corning Early Career Award recognizes outstanding independent contributions to the scientific, technological, educational or service areas of materials science and engineering.

Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award

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A plaque and $200 for each award recipient.
DeadlineMay 1, 2025
AdministratorsSeparations Division (SEP)
PresentationThe award is presented at the Separations Division Dinner at the AIChE Annual Meeting.
Nomination Instructions

For consideration for the award, the following should be submitted:

  1. a single paper contributing to separations fundamentals or applications. This paper may be co-authored by others, but the student nominee must have been the primary author. The paper should be of a quality acceptable for publication in journals such as the AIChE Journal or Chemical Engineering Science.
  2. a single nomination letter detailing the student's strengths and accomplishments, writtenby a faculty member, who must be a member of AIChE.
  3. The student's CV

To be eligible for this year’s awards, the nominees must currently be graduate students or have been graduate students since the last AIChE Annual meeting. Nominations are due May 1st.

The selection criteria include:

1.The paper must report on research, investigation or design, and must be part of the student's work for a graduate degree.

2.The paper may be co-authored by others, but the student nominee must have been the primary author.

3.The paper should be of a quality acceptable for publication in journals such as the AIChE Journal and Chemical Engineering Science.

4.Papers will be judged on technical content, quality of writing, and organization.

5.The person nominating a student must be a member of AIChE.

Submit nomination packets to 190proofsummers@gmail.com , joshua.thompson@chevron.com and cj@aquamembranes.com.   All submissions must be electronic. Nomination letters must be submitted in Adobe Acrobat format or Microsoft Word.

Recognizing his support and overall long-term commitment to student development in the membranes area, the Professor Dibakar Bhattacharyya Graduate Student Research Award has been established to recognize outstanding graduate student research in this area from the nominations received.

A $300 Graduate Student Research Award, sponsored by Fractionation Research Incorporated (FRI), is given from the nominations received, to acknowledge exceptional graduate student research in the field of Distillation and Absorption. The award is named after José Luis Bravo, who was a passionate advocate of Distillation Research and Separations Equipment. Over the course of his career at UT Austin, Shell, Jaeger Products, and FRI, José devoted himself to the study of Distillation and Absorption. The award is a testament to his lifelong dedication to this field.
SponsorsSeparations Division (SEP), Chevron Corporation

Recognizes outstanding graduate students in adsorption and ion exchange, crystallization and evaporation, distillation and absorption, extraction, fluid-particle separations, membrane-based separations, and bioseparations.

Washington Internships for Students in Engineering (WISE)

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A $2,100 stipend is provided.
DeadlineFebruary 1, 2023
Nomination Instructions

Applicant must be (1) a Junior or Senior engineering student or a recent engineering graduate beginning study in a graduate-level, technology policy-related program; (2) a citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States; and (3) a student (or higher grade) member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Only completed applications will be considered. A complete application includes: (1) a completed application form (two pages and two attached essays); (2) a copy of your official transcript(s); and (3) one letter of reference (at least one of which must be from an engineering faculty member who supervised your work).

We are taking applications for the 2023 AIChE WISE Program. Please send questions about the WISE program to:

Heather Yuengling
AIChE WISE Program
120 Wall St., 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Email: heaty@aiche.org

To see examples of previous years policy's papers please visit the WISE Journal of Engineering and Public Policy.

AIChE selects undergraduate students each year as part of the Washington Internships for Students of Engineering (WISE) program. Apply by April 15, 2021 for this virtual internship.

Process Development Practice Award

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A plaque and $1,000, plus two complimentary tickets to the Process Development Division Awards Dinner held at the AIChE Spring Meeting.
DeadlineDecember 15, 2025
AdministratorsProcess Development Division (PDD)
PresentationThe award is presented at the Process Development Division Dinner at the AIChE Spring National Meeting
Nomination Instructions

Submit the nomination package, consisting of a completed nomination form and other relevant supporting documentation, by a combination of hard copy and electronic mail. Send signed original documents and e-mail copies of all documents to the division awards committee chair.

Process Development Division Awards Committee Chair:

Dr. Jay F. Miller

424 Hallman Ct.

Downingtown, PA 19335

jay.f.miller@gmail.com

(610) 350-9128

Nomination Form
SponsorsZeton Inc.

Recognizes individuals with outstanding contributions in the practice or application of chemical engineering to process development. This award hopes to focus on applicants from industrial settings where documentation of contributions is not as readily provided. Awardees will be selected based...

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