Division & Forum Awards

Award consists of $1,000, a plaque, and two tickets to PTF award dinner

A plaque and honorarium.

The nomination, using the Division award nomination form with a minimum of two supporting letters, should be submitted to the current awards committee Chair, Polly Piergiovanni.

There should be a clear statement and documentation of the impact of the nominee's work on the field, and an award citation of 25 words or less, beginning with the word "For". Self-nominations are discouraged. Re-nomination of candidates is encouraged.

Nomination Form

The award given is a plaque and $2,500.00.

Nominations for the Braskem Award must be submitted by members of AIChE, by using the general nomination form.

Selection criteria include:

1. Nominees must be members of AIChE.
2. The award can be given to an individual or a team.
3. Significant discoveries, important research, the development of new processes and products, the initiation of new materials and management, education concepts, or outstanding service to the materials community.

The award consists of a plaque and a $2500 cash award. The winner is invited each year as the featured speaker for the Materials Engineering and Sciences Division Plenary session at the National AIChE meeting in the Fall.

Email the nomination form (accessible below) to the Braskem Award Committee Chair, Professor John G. Ekerdt, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin ekerdt@utexas.edu

Nomination Form

Finalists can request $500 for travel expenses.All finalists will be invited to the CAST Division dinner for recognition. 

To be eligible, the student must be a member of AIChE and present a paper at the Annual Meeting in a CAST sponsored (or co-sponsored) session. The nomination for this award should be made by the student's research advisor. Each advisor may nominate only one student and only members of the CAST Division can nominate students. Students can win this award only once during the course of their studies. The nomination package, in the form of a single PDF file, should include:

The presentation abstract.

• A single page resume, highlighting the student's accomplishments.
• A single page recommendation letter from the faculty advisor.
• A statement stating the student will be presenting this paper if accepted.
• A statement stating whether the student requests for $500 travel expenses.
• The following additional requirements apply:

The candidate must be an undergraduate or graduate student when the abstract was submitted;

• The candidate must submit the abstract through the AIChE conference website (confex) by the abstract submission deadline.
• An award can be shared with multiple students in the case of a tie vote in the awards committee or if multiple students orally present the winning presentation;
• Awards will be determined by the quality of the technical content as described in the abstract, quality of the presentation slides, and quality of the oral presentation;
• At least two weeks prior to the start of the Annual Meeting, students will be required to submit the current version of their presentation and a description of the technical importance of their work as a single pdf.