Moulton Medal
Recognising excellence in research and insight
The Moulton Medals are named after Baron Moulton, who was an early shaper of the field of chemical engineering, through his role as director general of the explosives department in the UK’s War Office during World War One.
In the award of Moulton Medals, IChemE is looking to reward papers that are forward-thinking in topic areas that will be important in the future, as well as papers on more traditional themes that will appeal to readers who are not experts in the subjects covered. Medals are awarded to the author (or authors) of an innovative paper published by IChemE journal in the last year, with clearly expressed ideas and potential for significant impact.
The Early Career Moulton medal particularly recognises the outstanding contributions from new entrants in the field, and can be awarded to anyone within the first 15 years of their career (excluding career breaks). If the nominee is applicable, please see the Early-Career Moulton Medal.
Suitable papers are shortlisted by the editors of relevant IChemE publications and are assessed by the Publication Medals Committee, who recommend a winner to the Medals and Prizes Committee for approval.
Judging criteria
The criteria for the paper will be judged against are:
- readability and presentation
- originality and innovation
- technical content
- value as a catalyst for change and discussion
- broad relevance to chemical engineering.
This is not necessarily a complete list, or in order of precedence.
Previous Moulton Medal winners
- 2026 – D Eduardo Garzon Otero, O Akbaria, C Bilodeau
PepMNet: A hybrid deep learning model for predicting peptide properties using hierarchical graph representations - 2025 – F Tamburini, S Bonvicini, V Cozzani
Consequences of subsea CO2 blowouts in shallow water; Process Safety and Environmental Protection - 2024 – M Theisen, K Flores, L Balhorn, A Schweidtmann
Digitization of chemical process flow diagrams using deep convolutional neural networks - 2023 – E Lucas, M Guo and G Guillen-Gosalbez
Optimising diets to reach absolute planetary environmental sustainability through consumers; Sustainable Production and Consumption - 2022 – M Sinnott, S Harrison and P Cleary
A particle-based modelling approach to food processing operations; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2020 – J Perez-Calderon, M V Santos and N Zaritzky
Processing of pre-cooked frozen Brussels sprouts: Heat transfer modelling as related to enzyme inactivation and quality stability - 2019 – B J Bucior, N S Bobbitt, T Islamoglu, S Goswami, A Gopalan, O K Farha, N Bagheri, R Q Snurr and T Yildirimb
Energy-based descriptors to rapidly predict hydrogen storage in metal–organic frameworks; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2018 – V C Quek, N Shah and B Chachuat
Modelling for design and operation of high-pressure membrane contactors in natural gas sweetening; Chemical Engineering Research and Design - 2017 – L A Connal, M Nadgorny and Z Xiao
2D and 3D-printing of self-healing gels: design and extrusion of selfrolling objects; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2016 – S Wang, X Li and D Wang
Mining-induced void distribution and application in the hydro-thermal investigation and control of an underground coal fire: A case study; Process Safety and Environmental Protection - 2015 – F M Mukuve and R A Fenner
Scale variability of water, land, and energy resource interactions and their influence on the food system in Uganda; Sustainable Production and Consumption - 2014 – Y Khalil, S Opalka and B Laube
Experimental and theoretical investigations for mitigating NaAlH4 reactivity risks during postulated accident scenarios involving exposure to air or water; Process Safety and Environmental Protection - 2013 – A Cipollina, M G Di Sparti, A Tamburini and G D M Micale
- 2012 – T Falcke, A Hoadley, D Brennan and S Sinclair
- 2011 – A Roubaud, A Leybros, P Guichardon and O Boutin
- 2010 – S E Taylor
- 2009 – W B J Zimmerman, B Hewakandamby, V Tesař, H Bandulasena and O Omotowa
- 2008 – D Mignard and C L Pritchard
- 2006 – K M de Lathouder, J J W Bakker, M T Kreutzer, F Kapteijn, J A Moulijn and S A Wallin
- 2005 – A Brucato, F Scargiali, E Di Rienzo, F Grisafi and M Ciofalo
- 2004 – S M Kresta, G L Anthieren and K Parsiegla
- 2003 – S Massol-Chaudeur, H Berthiaux and J A Dodds
- 2002 – M Z Abdullah, L C Guan and B M N Mohd Azemi
- 2001 – R Krishna
- 2000 – L S Kershenbaum
- 1999 – D E Walton and C J Mumford
- 1998 – K A Golonka and D J Brennan
- 1997 – F Puel, P Marchal and J-P Klein
- 1996 – C F Zukoski, D F Rosenbaum and P C Zamora
- 1995 – G Akay, Z Bhumgara and R G Wakeman
- 1994 – B Rahardjo and S K Sastry
- 1993 – G Guerreri
- 1992 – S Richardson, A Haque and G Saville
- 1991 – R Wakeman and S Tarleton
- 1990 – G Polley, M H Panjeh Shahi and F O Jegede
- 1989 – P J Fryer and K Halden
- 1988 – A Bunn and F P Lees
- 1987 – T Fairclough, K Chan and G Davies
- 1986 – P J Hoek, J A Wesselingh and F J Zuiderweg
- 1985 – R La Nauze
- 1984 – J R Bourne
- 1983 – C M Chapman, A W Nienow, M Cooke and J C Middleton
- 1982 – F P Lees
- 1981 – J Bailes and S K L Larkai
- 1980 – H A Duxbury
- 1979 – B Linnhoff and D Boland
- 1978 – R Clift, Y Doganoglu, V Jog and K V Thambimuthu
- 1977 – V A Juvekar and M M Sharma
- 1976 – B Atkinson and M E Abdel Rahman Ali
- 1975 – T O K Audu and G V Jeffreys
- 1974 – S Hartland and A D Barber
- 1973 – M M Aredesian and J F Davidson
- 1972 – P N Rowe and D J Everitt
- 1971 – R A Ramachandran and M M Sharma
- 1970 – J W Mullin and J Nyvlt
- 1969 – S F Bush
- 1968 – K E Porter
- 1967 – D Goldschmidt and P le Goff
- 1966 – W H Denton, S B Hosegood and F C Wood
- 1965 – A Klinkenberg
- 1964 – P M Hertjees
- 1963 – W H Gauvin and J J O Gravel
- 1962 – F R Schofield and P G Gravel
- 1961 – D O Heinrich
- 1960 – K P Lanneau
- 1959 – J F Davidson, E J Cullen, D Hanson and D Roberts
- 1958 – P H Calderbank
- 1957 – W D Armstrong, H H Rosenbrock and W L Wilkinson
- 1956 – E S Sellers and D R Augood
- 1955 – J S Forsyth and J T Wood
- 1954 – G Burrows and F H Preece
- 1953 – R Murdoch and H R C Pratt
- 1952 – D F Kelsall
- 1951 – C J Stairmand
- 1950 – H Verschoor
- 1949 – A C Branch and J L Sweeten
- 1948 – W S Norman
- 1947 – H Heywood
- 1946 – K B Wilson and G J H Tasker
- 1945 – T Wallace
- 1944 – N Swindin
- 1943 – V F Gloag
- 1942 – W K Hutchinson and E Spivey
- 1941 – P Parrish
- 1940 – J C Farrant
- 1939 – G W Hewson and R L Rees
- 1938 – J H Dobson and W J Walker
- 1937 – M B Donald
- 1936 – D M Newitt
- 1935 – E Griffiths and R W Powell
- 1934 – J D Pratt and G S W Marlow
- 1933 – E W Colbeck, W E MacGillivray and W R D Manning
- 1932 – C M White
- 1931 – N E Rambush
- 1930 – A T King
- 1929 – H Hollings, S Pexton and R Chaplin