Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “ChemEngineering 2023 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in ChemEngineering in 2023. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Alírio E. Rodrigues.

Eligibility for the Award:
– Papers published in ChemEngineering in 2023;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

The Prize:
– One review award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in ChemEngineering in 2025 after peer review;
– One research article award: CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in ChemEngineering in 2025 after peer review;
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2025.

Kind regards,
ChemEngineering Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the ChemEngineering 2022 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2022 in ChemEngineering were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

One Review:
Process Intensification Strategies for Power-to-X Technologies
By Thomas Cholewa, Malte Semmel, Franz Mantei, Robert Güttel and Ouda Salem
ChemEngineering 2022, 6(1), 13; doi:10.3390/chemengineering6010013

One Article:
Process Optimization and Stability of Waste Orange Peel Polyphenols in Extracts Obtained with Organosolv Thermal Treatment Using Glycerol-Based Solvents
By Rehab Abdoun, Spyros Grigorakis, Abdessamie Kellil, Sofia Loupassaki and Dimitris P. Makris
ChemEngineering 2022, 6(3), 35; doi:10.3390/chemengineering6030035

Each winner will receive CHF 500, an electronic certificate and an opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in ChemEngineering in 2024 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the ChemEngineering 2022 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for their continued support of ChemEngineering.

Kind regards,
ChemEngineering Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the ChemEngineering 2021 Best Paper Award. All papers published in 2021 in ChemEngineering were considered for the award. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, two winners were selected.

Review:
Application of Gold Nanoparticle-Based Materials in Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics
By Andrey A. Vodyashkin*, Marko George Halim Rizk, Parfait Kezimana, Anatoly A. Kirichuk, Yaroslav M. Stanishevskiy
ChemEngineering 2021, 5(4), 69; doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering5040069

Article:
Scaling of Droplet Breakup in High-Pressure Homogenizer Orifices. Part I: Comparison of Velocity Profiles in Scaled Coaxial Orifices
By Felix Johannes Preiss*, Benedikt Mutsch, Christian J. Kähler, Heike Petra Karbstein
ChemEngineering 2021, 5(1), 7; doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering5010007

Each winner will receive CHF 500 and a chance to publish a paper in ChemEngineering in 2023 after peer review.

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the ChemEngineering 2021 Best Paper Award. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of our authors for your continued support of ChemEngineering.

Kind regards,
ChemEngineering Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the ChemEngineering 2021 Young Investigator Award is Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch.

Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch. is an Associate Professor of the Department of Paper, and Biomedical Engineering at Miami University (Oxford, OH, USA). Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch’s research interests are in thermodynamics; phase-equilibrium; molecular simulation; separation processes. Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch received his PhD in 2013 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 36 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. Andrew’s Scopus Scientific Citations number 14 and his Hirsch index is 14. He is clearly a rising star in the field of chemical engineering. As a single applicant, Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch has secured funding of more than 58,600 EUR since 2014. This is an outstanding achievement in today’s competitive environment. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Andrew S. Paluch will receive an honorarium of 700 CHF, an offer to publish a paper free of charge in 2022 in ChemEngineering after peer-review, and an engraved plaque.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent nominations.

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of ChemEngineering, I am pleased to announce the winners of the ChemEngineering 2020 Highly Cited Paper Awards.

The awards have been granted to:

1st Prize
Synthesis of a Very High Specific Surface Area Active Carbon and Its Electrical Double-Layer Capacitor Properties in Organic Electrolytes
Zheng Yue, Hamza Dunya, Maziar Ashuri, Kamil Kucuk, Shankar Aryal, Stoichko Antonov, Bader Alabbad, Carlo U. Segre and Braja K. Mandal
ChemEngineering. 2020; 4(3):43. Doi:10.3390/chemengineering4030043

2nd Prize
Multiscale Eulerian CFD of Chemical Processes: A Review
Son Ich Ngo, Young-Il Lim
ChemEngineering. 2020; 4(2):23. Doi:10.3390/chemengineering4020023

2nd Prize
Energy Performance Analysis of a PV/T System Coupled with Domestic Hot Water System
Navid Khordehgah, Alina Żabnieńska-Góra, Hussam Jouhara
ChemEngineering. 2020; 4(2):22. Doi:10.3390/chemengineering4020022

3rd Prize
Using Discrete Multiphysics Modelling to Assess the Effect of Calcification on Hemodynamic and Mechanical Deformation of Aortic Valve
Adamu Musa Mohammed, Mostapha Ariane, Alessio Alexiadis
ChemEngineering. 2020; 4(3):48. Doi:10.3390/chemengineering4030048

3rd Prize
The Importance of Interfacial Tension in Emulsification: Connecting Scaling Relations Used in Large Scale Preparation with Microfluidic Measurement Methods
Karin Schroën, Jolet de Ruiter, Claire Berton-Carabin
ChemEngineering. 2020; 4(4):63. Doi:10.3390/chemengineering4040063

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to ChemEngineering.

Dear Colleagues, 

As the editor-in-chief of ChemEngineering, I am pleased to announce the winners of the ChemEngineering 2020 Best Paper Awards. 

The award has been granted to: 

First Award (200 CHF)

Transition Metal–Nitrogen–Carbon (M–N–C) Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Insights on Synthesis and Performance in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
By Luigi Osmieri *
ChemEngineering 2019, 3(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering3010016

Second Award (100 CHF)

Two-Phase Bubble Columns: A Comprehensive Review
By Giorgio Besagni *, Fabio Inzoli and Thomas Ziegenhein
ChemEngineering 2018, 2(2), 13; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2020013

Effect of Noble Metals (Ag, Pd, Pt) Loading over the Efficiency of TiO₂ during Photocatalytic Ozonation on the Toxicity of Parabens
By João F. Gomes *, Ana Lopes, Katarzyna Bednarczyk, Marta Gmurek, Marek Stelmachowski, Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, M. Emília Quinta-Ferreira, Raquel Costa, Rosa M. Quinta-Ferreira and Rui C. Martins
ChemEngineering 2018, 2(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2010004

Third Award (50 CHF)

Photocatalytic Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium with Nanosized TiO₂ in Presence of Formic Acid
By Jahida Binte Islam *, Mai Furukawa, Ikki Tateishi, Hideyuki Katsumata and Satoshi Kaneco
ChemEngineering 2019, 3(2), 33; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering3020033

Desulphurisation of Biogas: A Systematic Qualitative and Economic-Based Quantitative Review of Alternative Strategies
By Oseweuba Valentine Okoro * and Zhifa Sun
ChemEngineering 2019, 3(3), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering3030076

Development of Sunlight Driven Water Splitting Devices towards Future Artificial Photosynthetic Industry
By Taro Yamada * and Kazunari Domen
ChemEngineering 2018, 2(3), 36; https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering2030036

On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the above exceptional papers for their contributions to ChemEngineering, and thank the Award Committee for voting and helping with the award. 

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Alírio E. Rodrigues, ChemEngineering

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2020 ChemEngineeering Travel Award.

This award is granted to Dr. Andras Jozsef Toth, a research fellow under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Peter Mizsey at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Toth’s research focuses on Wastewater technologies, chemical unit operation and analytic chemistry. He will attend the ESCAPE30 meeting, which will be held on 24 - 27 May 2020 in Milano, Italy.

It was a very difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the awards, and we would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications. We congratulate Dr. Andras Jozsef Toth for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Alírio Egídio Rodrigues
Editor-in-Chief of ChemEngineering

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 ChemEngineeering Travel Award.

This award is granted to Dr. Vincenzo Russo, a research fellow under the supervision of Prof. Martino Di Serio at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy. Dr. Russo’ research focuses on chemical reaction engineering science concerning both reaction and reactor modelling. He will attend the CatBior meeting, which will be held on 23 September 2019 in Turku, Finland.

It was a very difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the awards, and we would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications. We congratulate Dr. Vincenzo Russo for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Alírio Egídio Rodrigues
Editor-in-Chief of ChemEngineering

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 ChemEngineering Travel Award.

This award is granted to Dr. Ponnivalavan Babu, a research fellow under the supervision of Associate Professor Praveen Linga from the National University of Singapore. Dr. Babu’s research focuses on energy, water, and climate change pertaining to clathrate hydrate as a technology enabler.

He will present his work at the 2018 AIChE Annual meeting, which will be held on 28 October 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

It was a very difficult decision with such high-quality applications for the awards, and we would like to thank all the applicants in various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee members for their evaluation of the abundant excellent applications.

We congratulate Dr. Ponnivalavan Babu for his accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Alírio Egídio Rodrigues
Editor-in-Chief of ChemEngineering