Industrial Research & Development Award

2011 Winner:

Eastman Chemical Company

Description:

This award recognizes individuals or teams working in the industries served by  chemical engineers, for innovation that has resulted in the successful commercial development of new products and/or new processes for making useful products.  Eligible nominees should be from industry or from a government laboratory or another nonacademic laboratory. Examples of the types of contributions to be recognized include:

• Bringing a new product to the marketplace
• Developing a new manufacturing process
• Discovering or creating a unique material
• Transferring a research or technology development to practice
• Improving the performance of an existing product or process
• Reducing a company’s environmental impact
• Pioneering a new industrial concept
• Creating a new simulation or design tools

Selection of the winner of the award will be based on three key criteria:

• Impact of the contribution – has it made a difference in the market place and global community?
• Magnitude of the challenges that were overcome – what was the degree of difficulty?
• Innovation and technical creativity – what is the intellectual content?

Deadline:

For 2012 only, the nomination deadline for this award will be April 15, 2012.

Award:

A plaque

Presentation:

Presented at the Honors Ceremony of the AIChE Annual Meeting.