Process Operations Award

2010 Winner:

Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Process Research and Development

Description:

This award recognizes individuals or teams working in plant operations, process control and/or supply chain management that have significantly improved the safety, reliability or economics of process operations. Eligible nominees should be from industry or from a government laboratory or another nonacademic entity. Examples of the types of contributions to be recognized include:

• Developing an innovative scheme for process automation
• Implementing a comprehensive system for operations management
• Achieving challenging goals for safety and reliability
• Executing a comprehensive program for total quality management
• Meeting challenging environmental requirements
• Achieving large-scale, integrated management of plants and supply chains
• Creating design methodologies or simulation software for process improvement.

Selection of the winner 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 extended to April 15, 2012.

Award:

A plaque

Presentation:

Presented at the Honors Ceremony of the AIChE Annual Meeting.