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AIChE Awards in Particle Technology

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Notes for People Wishing to Make a Nomination 1. To see a complete description of any award, with specifications of what should be included in the nomination package, the deadline, and the mailing address of the person to whom the package should be submitted, go to the AIChE Catalog of Division Awards at www.aiche.org/awards/divlist.htm, find the Particle Technology Forum section, and click the name of the award. 2. Nomination forms and instructions may be downloaded (as a PDF file) from a link on the AIChE Awards page at www.aiche.org/awards/ 3. Nominations are not carried over from one year to the next, so if your nominee was not selected and you wish to have that person considered again, you must submit an updated nomination package for the next year.

Particle Technology Forum Award Citation: Presented for lifetime achievement in Particle Technology and in recognition of scientific and technical contributions to the field of Particle Technology, as well as a leadership role in promoting scholarship, research, development, and education in this field. Sponsor: E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co. Award: A plaque and a $1,000 honorarium. The award is normally presented at the PTF awards banquet at the AIChE annual meeting (in November), for which the awardee will receive two complimentary dinner tickets. The 2006 Awardee was Doug Fuerstenau (Univ. California, Berkeley) Some Previous Winners: Joerg Schwedes (2005), George Klinzing (2004), Chi Tien (2003), Brian Kaye (2002), Sheldon K. Friedlander (2001), Brian Scarlett (2000), Kurt Leschonski (1999), A. W. Jenike (1998), Reg Davies (1997), R. Pfeffer (1995), T. Allen (1994)

Best Ph.D. in Particle Technology Award Citation: In recognition of an outstanding dissertation by an individual who has earned a doctoral degree on a topic in particle science or engineering in the physical, biomedical, or engineering sciences. Sponsor: Proctor and Gamble. Award: A plaque and a $500 honorarium. The award is normally presented at the PTF awards banquet at the AIChE annual meeting (in November), for which the awardee will receive two complimentary dinner tickets. Please note: The person making the nomination must be a member of the Particle Technology Forum. The 2006 Awardee was Griselda Bonilla (AdTech BEOL Integration Microelectronics) Some Previous Winners: Stephen Conway (2005), Ecevit Bilgili (2004), Stephen Tallon (2003), Himanshu Gupta (2002), no one (2001), Hiroyuki Shinto (2000), R. Agnihotri (1999), Patrick Spicer (1998), Christine M. Hrenya (1997)

Thomas Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems Citation: In recognition of scientific and technical contributions having significant impact on the field of fluid-particle systems. These contributions have led to our increased understanding of basic particle interaction principles. Sponsor: Shell Oil Company. Award: A plaque and a $1,000 honorarium. The award is normally presented at the PTF awards banquet at the AIChE annual meeting (in November), for which the awardee will receive two complimentary dinner tickets. Please note: AIChE policy requires that "If the nominee has previously received any award from AIChE or one of its divisions/forums, an explicit statement of new accomplishments or work over and above those cited for earlier award(s) must be included (max. of one double-spaced page)." This is particuilarly important for nominees who have received either the Fluidized Processes Recognition Award or the Lectureship Award in Fluidization. The 2006 Awardee was Dimitri Gidaspow (Illinois Inst. Techn.) Some Previous Winners: Sankaran Sundaresan (2005), Doraiswami Ramkrishna (2004), Sotiris Pratsinis (2003), Darash Wasan (2002), Lee White (2001), Robert Pfeffer (2000), Yutaka Tsugi (1999), S.L. Soo (1998), R.C. Flagan (1997), D.D. Joseph (1996), J.C. Chen (1995), L.S. Fan (1994), R. Jackson (1993)

Fluidized Processes Recognition Award Citation: In recognition of significant contributions to the science and technology of fluidization and fluidized processes and in recognition of leadership in the engineering community. Sponsor:   Dow Chemical Company Foundation. Award:   A plaque and a $1,000 honorarium. The award is normally presented at the PTF awards banquet at the AIChE annual meeting (in November), for which the awardee will receive two complimentary dinner tickets. Please note: The nominee must be a member of the PTF. This award is given only in odd-numbered years Some Previous Winners: Manuk Colakyan (2005), Hamid Arastoopour (2003), D. King (2001), John Chen (1999), Alan W. Weimer (1997), L.S. Fan (1995), W. Yang (1993)

PSRI Lectureship Award Citation: In recognition of outstanding fundamental and applied research contributions in the field of fluidization and fluid-particle flow systems. Sponsor: PSRI, Inc.       (before 2006 the sponsor was Fluor and the Fluor Foundation) Award: A plaque and a $1,000 honorarium. The award is normally presented at the PTF awards banquet at the AIChE annual meeting (in November), for which the awardee will receive two complimentary dinner tickets. Please note: The awardee is required to deliver the keynote paper at the Fundamentals of Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Flow Systems session of Area 3b during the AIChE Annual Meeting and a written manuscript is required to be printed in both Area 3b preprints and the AIChE symposium volume on Fluidization and Fluid-Particle Flow Systems. The 2006 Awardee was Yong Jin (Tsinghua Univ.) Some Previous Winners: Shigekatsu Mori (2005), Y-Mon Chen (2004), Norman Epstein (2003), Dmitri Gidaspow (2002), Masayuki Horio (2001), Wen-Ching Yang (2000), Hamid Arastoopour (1999), J. Werther (1998), M. Kwauk (1997)

Poster Session Awards In 2001 three new awards were instituted to acknowledge the technical excellence and presentation skills of students (graduate or undergraduate) who author or co-author posters in the PTF poster session at the AIChE annual meeting in November. Special emphasis is placed on the extent to which the poster helps teach technology. These posters are judged by a panel of judges from the industry and academia. Sponsor: The Particle Technology Forum Awards: A certificate and a dinner ticket for each place plus $300 for first place, $200 for second place, and $100 for third place. Since the poster sessions are held at the annual meeting we cannot notify winners in time to have them attend the PTF Awards dinner, so the poster session awards are mailed to the winners after the meeting. The PTF will reimburse one awardee from each place (first, second, third) for one dinner at the PTF awards banquet, either in the presentation year or in the following year. The awardee must submit a request to the PTF treasurer to be reimbursed for the cost of the dinner ticket. POSTER AWARDEES for 2006 were:           (Note: In case of several authors, only the awardee is listed) First Place: name not yet known (affiliation)         Title of Poster Second Place: name not yet known (affiliation)         Title of Poster Third Place: name not yet known (affiliation)         Title of Poster Winners for 2005: First Place: Michael Weimer (Electrical Engineering, Univ. Colorado) Second Place: Adetola Abatan (Chem. and Petro. Engineering, Univ. Pittsburgh) Third Place: Preeteanshu Pandey (Chemical Engineering, West Virginia Univ.)

AIChE Service Awards Condition: Awarded for service in an elective or appointive position, such as chair of the Particle Technology Forum. Sponsor: American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award: A plaque Please note: If you wish to nominate a member of the Particle Technology Forum for this award, please contact the chair of the Particle Technology Forum. The 2006 Awardee was 2006: Alan Weimer (Univ. of Colorado, Boulder) Some Previous Winners: (* = outgoing chair of the PTF) Ralph Nelson* (2004), Shrikant Dhodapkar (2003, Liaison 2000-3 for Program Area 3), George Klinzing* (2002), Karl Jacobs* (2000), Mike Roco* (1998), Reg Davies* (1996), L.S. Fan* (1994)

Other Particle-related Awards Separation Division's graduate student awards in       (1) Adsorption and Ion Exchange       (2) Crystallization and Evaporation       (3) Distillation and Absorption       (4) Extraction       (5) Fluid-Particle Separations       (6) Membrane-based separations The entry deadline for these awards is August 1 each year.

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