American Institue of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
In 1966, following extensive discussions between then-GPA James F. Miller, Nu 1937 (representing the Supreme Council), and the Awards Committee of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the institute agreed to administer an award in chemical engineering research to be sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity and financed through the Alpha Chi Sigma Educational Foundation. An initial substantial contribution toward support of such an award had been made several years before by Carl F. Prutton, Gamma 1919.
The Alpha Chi Sigma Award in Chemical Engineering Research, which stipulates no age limit, recognizes individual research carried out during the ten years proceeding the year in which the award is to be presented. It originally carried a stipend of $2,000. The award now is $5,000.
The award usually is presented at the annual meeting of the AIChE. The recipient is requested to present an award address at one of the national meetings or a symposium on his or her work at the annual meeting of the AIChE the following year.
| Year |
Awardee |
Chapter and Year Initiated |
| 1966 |
Harry G. Drickamer |
Zeta 1949 |
| 1967 |
Donald B. Broughton |
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| 1968 |
Klaus Timmerhaus |
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| 1969 |
Rutherford Aris |
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| 1970 |
A.E. Dukler |
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| 1971 |
J. Sinfelt |
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| 1972 |
C. Dwight Prater |
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| 1973 |
Cornelius J. Pings |
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| 1974 |
Sheldon K. Friedlander |
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| 1975 |
Arnold S. Bondi |
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| 1976 |
Howard Brenner |
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| 1977 |
Eli Ruckenstein |
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| 1978 |
John A. Quinn |
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| 1979 |
Reuel Sinnar |
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| 1980 |
Roy Jackson |
Alpha Upsilon 1959 |
| 1981 |
Warren E. Stewart |
Alpha 1945 |
| 1982 |
Edward W. Merrill |
Omicron 1943 |
| 1983 |
Charles W. Tobias |
Sigma 1954 |
| 1984 |
John C. Berg |
Sigma 1960 |
| 1985 |
Richard E. Rosensweig |
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| 1986 |
Keith E. Gubbins |
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| 1987 |
Doraiswami Ramkrishna |
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| 1988 |
Norman N. Li |
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| 1989 |
Bruce C. Gates |
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| 1990 |
Robert J. Madix |
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| 1991 |
Jacob N. Isrealachvili |
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| 1992 |
Gianni Astarita |
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| 1993 |
Lanny D. Schmidt |
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| 1994 |
Julio M. Ottino |
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| 1995 |
Dennis C. Prieve |
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| 1996 |
Liang-Shih Fan |
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| 1997 |
Dudley A. Saville |
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| 1998 |
Peter T. Cummings |
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| 1999 |
Glenn Fredrickson |
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| 2000 |
Ronald Larson |
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| 2001 |
Mark Barteau |
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| 2002 |
Charles F. Zukoski |
Zeta 1989 |
| 2003 |
E. Terry Papoutsakis |
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| 2004 |
Michael F. Doherty |
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| 2005 |
Darsh Wasan |
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| 2006 |
Rakesh K. Jain |
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| 2007 |
Antonios Miko |
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| 2008 |
Jeffrey Allan Hubbell |
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| 2009 |
James C. Liao |
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| 2010 |
William B. Russel |
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| 2011 |
Enrique Iglesia |
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| 2012 |
Nicholas Abbott |
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| 2013 |
Michael Tsapatsis |
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| 2014 |
Paula T. Hammond |
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| 2015 |
James A. Dumesic |
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| 2016 |
Sharon Glotzer |
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| 2017 |
Rakesh Agrawal |
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| 2018 |
Eric Shaqfeh |
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| 2019 |
Pablo Debenedetti |
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| 2020 |
Nicholas Kotov |
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| 2021 |
Zhenan Bao |
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| 2022 |
Patrick Doyle |
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| 2023 |
Zhen-Gang Wang |
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