2025 Institute & Board of Directors’ Awards

August 11, 2025

AIChE’s Institute and Board of Directors’ Awards are AIChE’s highest honors, and candidates are nominated by the chemical engineering community and voted upon by the members of AIChE’s volunteer-led Awards Committee. The prizes recognize outstanding achievements and world-class contributions across a spectrum of chemical engineering endeavors.

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Michael C. Jewett Is AIChE’s 2025 Acrivos Professional Progress Award Recipient

September 12, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Michael Jewett, Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University, is being honored for his work in biochemical engineering, using synthetic biology and cell-free systems to advance sustainable manufacturing, therapeutics, and education.

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Arup K. Chakraborty Named 2025 Alpha Chi Sigma Award Recipient

September 19, 2025. By Douglas B. Clark

Arup Chakraborty, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry at MIT, is being honored for significantly advancing immunology by integrating theory, computation, and experimental studies, leading to breakthroughs in vaccine design and immune system elucidation.

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Virginia Tech's Y. A. Liu Will Receive AIChE’s Warren K. Lewis Award for ChE Education

September 22, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Y. A. Liu, Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech, will receive the Warren K. Lewis Award for his five decades of excellence in sustainable design education, pioneering textbooks, and global industry training.

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Marianthi Ierapetritou of the University of Delaware Is AIChE’s Margaret H. Rousseau Pioneer Award Recipient

September 25, 2025. By Douglas B. Clark

Dr. Ierapetritou is being recognized for research leadership in process modeling and optimization, uncertainty analysis and scheduling in pharmaceutical and sustainable manufacturing, and for championing women in STEM careers.

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Milad Abolhasani of North Carolina State University Named AIChE’s Allan P. Colburn Award Recipient

September 29, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Milad Abolhasani is being recognized for his groundbreaking work in flow chemistry, microreaction engineering, and self-driving laboratories that are transforming chemical research and innovation.

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Daryl Roberts of DuPont Is AIChE’s 2025 Industry Leadership Award Recipient

October 02, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Daryl Roberts is being recognized for his visionary approach to operational excellence, sustainability, and his commitment to mentoring future engineers and innovators.

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Michael P. Thien to Receive AIChE’s 2025 Industrial R&D Award

October 07, 2025. By Douglas B. Clark

Thien is being recognized for world-class leadership in pharmaceutical research, development and manufacturing, including impactful groundbreaking medications such as the breakthrough HIV protease inhibitor, ebola vaccine, and Keytruda.

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David J. Couling of Corteva Agriscience to Receive AIChE’s 2025 Industrial Progress Award

October 14, 2025. By Douglas B. Clark

Couling is being recognized for consistently coupling exceptional technical innovation with exemplary collaboration to develop sustainable processes crucial to the successful launch of new agricultural products with global impact.

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Haiqing Lin Named AIChE’s 2025 Industrial Gases Technology Award Recipient

October 17, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Haiqing Lin, Professor at the University at Buffalo, will receive AIChE’s 2025 Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology for his pioneering advances in membrane materials for carbon capture and clean energy.

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Yong Wang of Washington State University Is AIChE’s 2025 R. H. Wilhelm Award Recipient

October 20, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Regents Professor Yong Wang is honored with AIChE’s 2025 R.H. Wilhelm Award for pioneering catalytic materials and reactor technologies that advance sustainable energy, chemical production, and environmental solutions.

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Sourav K. Sengupta of DuPont Named AIChE’s 2025 Lawrence B. Evans Award Recipient

October 23, 2025. By Idell Bryan

DuPont Laureate Sourav K. Sengupta is honored with AIChE’s 2025 Lawrence B. Evans Award in Chemical Engineering Practice for for pioneering applications of catalytic science and reaction engineering, outstanding technical leadership, and a career-long commitment to tackling challenging and value-creating industrial problems.

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Sangtae Kim of Purdue University Is AIChE’s F. J. & Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award Recipient

October 31, 2025. By Idell Bryan

Purdue University’s Sangtae Kim is honored with AIChE’s F. J. & Dorothy Van Antwerpen Award for his transformative leadership in meetings programming, student engagement, and dedicated service to the Institute.

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David A. Kofke of the University at Buffalo Is AIChE’s 2025 William H. Walker Award Recipient

November 03, 2025. By Idell Bryan

David A. Kofke, SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo, is honored with AIChE’s 2025 William H. Walker Award for groundbreaking contributions to molecular thermodynamics and simulation literature.