The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has announced the winners of its 2023 Global Awards at a ceremony held at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham, UK. Widely recognised as the world‘s most prestigious chemical engineering awards, the event, hosted by television presenter Dallas Campbell, showcased organisations and teams from around the world that are demonstrating excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering.
A panel of 30 judges, representing diverse industries worldwide, selected from more than 100 excellent finalists across 19 award categories, to shine a spotlight on organisations and individuals that are leading the way in their fields, and deserve wide recognition for their exceptional contributions and innovations.
The organisation winners were also in contention for IChemE’s top prize – the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award, sponsored by ExxonMobil. This coveted trophy was won by the University of Oxford’s spin out, Oxsed, for their development of a rapid test for SARS-COV-2 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The University chemical engineering team pooled their expertise in biochemical engineering, bioprocessing and product design to develop a test that was performed millions of times at major airports in the UK and in Hong Kong to enable international travel.
The IChemE judges considered that the significant social impact, economic returns, and clear demonstration of the direct contribution that chemical engineers made to combating the pandemic, meant that this entry was a very worthy winner. The Oxford University team stepped on stage three times during the evening, also collecting the Business Start-up Award sponsored by Sellafield, and the Innovative Product Award, sponsored by The Chemical Engineer.
For more information on the IChemE Global Awards visit www.icheme.org/globalawards.
Full list of IChemE Global Awards 2023 winners:
- Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering sponsored by Exxon Mobil:
University of Oxford; Oxsed - Best Consultancy sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson:
Kent - Biochemical Engineering sponsored by DPS Group Ltd:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Virginia Commonwealth University - Business Start-up sponsored by Sellafield:
University of Oxford; Oxsed - Diversity and Inclusion sponsored by Harbour Energy:
PM Group - Energy sponsored by Rolls Royce:
Rolls-Royce SMR - Industry Project sponsored by adi Group:
Petronas; Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia - Innovative Product sponsored by The Chemical Engineer:
University of Oxford; Oxsed - uclear Engineering sponsored by the IChemE Safety Centre:
Sellafield - Oil and Gas sponsored by the Loss Prevention Bulletin:
Saudi Aramco - Pharma sponsored by Bouygues Energies & Services:
Eli Lilly; Imperial College London; University College London; Queen Mary University London - Process Automation and Digitalisation sponsored by Digital Chemical Engineering journal:
British Bakels; Newcastle University; Teesside University - Process Safety sponsored by PM Group:
Kent - Research Project sponsored by Chemical Engineering Research & Design:
HiCOE; Universiti Teknologi Petronas - Chemical Company Sustainability sponsored by Johnson Matthey:
Ukri Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy - Team sponsored by Baker Hicks:
WSP; Mace; HOK; Balfour Beatty - Training and Development sponsored by WSP:
adi Group - Water sponsored by IChemE Water Special Interest Group:
Wessex Water Services; AECOM, UK - Young Industrialist supported by DiscoverChemEng:
Matt Chadwick, ExxonMobil - Young Researcher sponsored by Elsevier:
Billie Hiew Yan Zhang, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
