William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering

Winner(s):

2010 James Wei

Sponsor(s):

Minority Affairs Committee

Description:

The Minority Affairs Committee presents this award in honor of William W. Grimes, the first African-American Fellow of AIChE. The award recognizes a chemical engineer's outstanding achievements as a distinguished role model for minorities.

Selection criteria include:
1. The nominee is a chemical engineer.
2. The nominee has demonstrated outstanding technical, business or related achievements.
3. The nominee has voluntarily given time and effort to help increase the interest and/or performance of members of the underrepresented minority groups in science, math, engineering and related areas either in an educational or business environment.

Deadline:

June 30, 2011. Send nominations to Rodney Dotson, High Performance Learning Programs, CCNY Dept. of Chemistry, Rm. 1032. rdotson01@ccny.cuny.edu; 212-650-6606 (day), 646-245-5620 (mobile).

Award:

A plaque and $1,000 plus a $500 travel allowance to attend the Annual Meeting.

Presentation:

The award is presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting.