Global Awards 2022

The Global Awards celebrate excellence in chemical, biochemical and process engineering and are a mark of peer-recognition across the world within industry and academia.

Achievements across chemical engineering were celebrated across 18 categories at the IChemE Global Awards 2022 ceremony, held in Manchester, UK, during November.

winners of the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award, Sellafield Ltd and the National Nuclear Laboratory
Sellafield Ltd and the National Nuclear Laboratory, winners of the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award

UK nuclear giant Sellafield Ltd and the National Nuclear Laboratory scooped the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award for a collaborative project. 

Utilising digital twinning technology to optimise the facility used to treat radioactive effluent from nuclear decommissioning and operational facilities, the project won the Water Award earlier in the evening, and the judges were so impressed that they crowned Sellafield Ltd and the National Nuclear Laboratory overall winners of the IChemE Global Awards 2022.

12 winning teams and two individual winners took home 18 coveted trophies

The evening, hosted by television and radio host Reverend Richard Coles, saw 12 winning teams and two individual winners take home 18 coveted trophies from the most prestigious awards in the chemical engineering profession.

Reverend Richard Coles, host of the Global Awards
Host of the Global Awards, Reverend Richard Coles

A joint project from the Department of Sewage Treatment Plants and Networks, Dubai Municipality, and Alserkal Group (Envirol), UAE, won the Sustainability Award and the Innovative Product Award was awarded to TRU-MK7, New Zealand. 

The Chemical Engineering Research Society (CERS) of the University of New South Wales, Australia, scooped the Public Engagement Award and the Research Project Award went to North Carolina State University, USA, Norwegian University of Science & Technology and SINTEF Industry, Norway.

Individual winners included Emma Claxton, Process Engineer at PM Group, UK, who was awarded the Young Industrialist Award, and Thomas Heenan from University College London, UK, who won the Young Researcher Award.

In other award categories there was global representation with winners and highly commended finalists from Norway, South Africa, Serbia, Germany, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. 

Global awards gallery

Select a photo below to view the gallery. For more photos from the event, visit the Global Awards album on Flickr.


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