The 2012 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering
Sponsored by BP

The outstanding entry across all categories of the 2012 awards programme will receive the 2012 award for outstanding achievement in chemical and process engineering.

Winner: GlaxoSmithKline, GEA, Siemens, Sagentia, Universities of Newcastle, Warwick and Surrey.

The Chemical Engineering Project of the Year Award
Sponsored by Sellafield Ltd

The chemical engineering project of the year award recognises the best chemical engineering project contributing to improved management of industrial assets completed after July 2010.
The project should demonstrate innovation, successful delivery and a technical, commercial, safety/environmental or other benefit. The project may relate to construction of new industrial plant or to the enhancement of existing facilities.

Winner: GlaxoSmithKline, GEA, Siemens, Sagentia, Universities of Newcastle, Warwick and Surrey.

The Food and Drink Award
Sponsored by the school of chemical engineering at the University of Birmingham

The food and drink award recognises the best project or process that demonstrates innovation to optimise manufacturing operations, and contribute to safe, nutritious and affordable food to an international market.

Winner: Aurecon.

The Water Management and Supply Award
Sponsored by Veolia Water

The water management and supply award recognises the best project or process to demonstrate innovation in water use, clean-up and re-use, with a particular emphasis on reducing environmental impact while preserving commercial viability.

Winner: University of Southampton.

Highly commended: GlaxoSmithKline.

The Core Chemical Engineering Award
Sponsored by Simon Carves Engineering

The core chemical engineering award recognises the project or process that best demonstrates a chemical engineering solution to improve resource efficiency, lifetime value and/or process optimisation.

Winner: Sellafield Ltd.

Highly commended: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and Sellafield Ltd.

The Nuclear Innovation Award
Sponsored by Atkins and Areva

This award recognises the best process, product, technique or technology to have been developed in the nuclear industry during the last 3 years. It is open to applications that are relevant to any stage of the nuclear fuel cycle, with an emphasis on safety, societal, environmental and commercial benefits.

Winner: Sellafield Ltd.

Highly commended: Arvia Technology & Magnox and DBD.

The Education and Training Award
Sponsored by Costain

The education and training award recognises the individual or team that best demonstrates innovation in training, development of staff or education of a wider community, that changes public perception, develops young people, or addresses a chemical engineering skills gap.

Winner: Air Products.

Highly commended: University of Bath and AstraZeneca.

The Bioprocessing Award
Sponsored by Newcastle University

The bioprocessing award recognises the best project to demonstrate a contribution to, or collaboration helping to, develop biotechnologies and bioprocessing applications. These can involve novel uses of biological materials or feedstocks, biocatalysis, biochemical engineering or bio-based processes.

Winner: Renmatix.

Highly commended: Eli Lilly & Company.

The Energy Award
Sponsored by PM Group

The energy award recognises the best project or process to demonstrate innovation in renewable energy, alternative energy sources, efficient energy use or the development of energy production methods that reduce energy and water intensity.

Winner: SSE.

Highly commended: GlaxoSmithKline and Highview Power Storage.

The Health and Safety Award
Sponsored by Shell

The health and safety award recognises the organisation that has best shown exemplary performance in developing technology to identify, assess, manage and control risks or that has collaborated most effectively with government, industry or society to build a common understanding of risk.

Winner: GlaxoSmithKline.

Highly commended: Boston Children's Hospital, Havard Media School.

The Innovative Product of the Year Award
Sponsored by AstraZeneca

The innovative product award recognises the best product originating from the process industries to be manufactured commercially after July 2011. The product should demonstrate both innovation and a technical, commercial, safety and/or environmental benefit.

Winner: Huntsman Pigments.

Highly commended: Monash University and GlaxoSmithKline.

The Sustainable Technology Award
Sponsored by ABB Consulting

The sustainable technology award recognises the project or process that best demonstrates innovation in waste reduction, recycling, reuse or the lengthening of product lifecycles.

Winner: SUSOP.

Highly commended: Lehigh Technologies and Tetronics & Harsco Metals.

The Innovator of the Year
Sponsored by NES

The innovator of the year award recognises the individual who best demonstrates his/her achievements and tangible application of chemical, biochemical and/or process engineering skills to address important economic, environmental or social issues.

Winner: Martin Tangney

Runners-up: Grant Johnson and Neal Tai Shung Chung.

The Young Chemical Engineer of the Year
Sponsored by GSK

The young chemical engineer award recognises the individual who best demonstrates his/her achievements and tangible application of chemical, biochemical and/or process engineering skills to address important economic, environmental or social issues. All entrants must have been born on or after 1 January 1982.

Winner: Denny KS NG.

Runners-up: Kevin Gibson and Genevieve Thomson.