Moulton Medals
The Moulton Medals are awarded to the author, or authors, of the most meritorious papers published by IChemE in the last year. The Junior Moulton Medal recognises early career and the Senior Moulton Medal recognises more established authors.
The medals are named after Baron Moulton, 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-looking 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.
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.
Criteria this medal will be judged against are:
- readability/presentation
- originality/novelty
- technical content
- value as a catalyst
- broad relevance to chemical engineering.
This is not necessarily a complete list, or in order of precedence.
The same judging criteria are used for nominations to the Junior Moulton Medal. Individuals nominated for the Junior Moulton Medal must have graduated within the last ten years (excluding career breaks) at the time of submission of the paper. The nominated author must have made a significant contribution to the paper.
Senior medal winners 2014—2025
- 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
Senior medal winners 1929—2013
- 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
Junior medal winners 2014—2025
- 2025 — L M Lopez, Q Zhang, O Dollar
Application of automated network generation for retrosynthetic planning of potential corrosion inhibitors; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2023 — C Azzaro-Pantel, M Madoumier and G Gesan-Guiziou
Development of an ecodesign framework for food manufacturing; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2021 — C Quarton and S Samsatli
How to incentivise hydrogen energy technologies for net zero; Sustainable Production and Consumption - 2020 — D Danaci, M Bui and N MacDowell
Exploring the limits of absorption-based CO2 capture using MOFs with PVSA – from molecular design to process economics; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2020 — L Forster, C D'Agostino and L Yu
Tailoring morphology of hierarchical catalysts for tuning pore diffusion behaviour; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2019 — O P W Peck
On-line quantification of thickness and strength of single and mixed species biofilm grown under controlled laminar flow conditions; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2018 — A Long and A Ferguson
Rational design of patchy colloids via landscape engineering; Molecular Systems Design and Engineering - 2017 — A Patsioura
Effects of oxygenation and process conditions on thermo-oxidation of oil during deep-frying; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2016 — H Wang
Non-infectious virus-like particles for the validation of membrane integrity and column performance in bioprocessing; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2015 — C Cunault and H Föste
A novel set-up and a CFD approach to study the biofilm dynamics as a function of local flow conditions encountered in fresh-cut food processing equipments; Food and Bioproducts Processing - 2014 — J M Goddard and J A Barish
Anti-fouling surface modified stainless steel for food processing; Food and Bioproducts Processing
Junior medal winners 1929—2013
- 2013 — A F M Bizard
- 2012 — C Patel
- 2011 — K S Ng and J Sadhukhan
- 2006 — K H Tsang
- 2005 — F Stepanek
- 2004 — R Kumar and F Stepanek
- 2003 — D B Ward
- 2002 — A P Harvey
- 2001 — J Baxter
- 1998 — M G Sneesby
- 1997 — D L Hancock
- 1996 — W A McMinn
- 1995 — N Shah
- 1994 — S L McKee and P Ying
- 1993 — A Livingston, P Brookes and L Freitas dos Santos
- 1991 — M Bird
- 1990 — D Feord
- 1989 — A Deakin and I Kemp
- 1988 — P Callaghan
- 1987 — E H Stitt
- 1986 — A Rossiter
- 1984 — J Singh
- 1982 — M Considine, G C Grint and P L Holden
- 1979 — R C Darton
- 1978 — R J Wakeham
- 1977 — R Gutman
- 1973 — M C Singer
- 1967 — M A Patrick
- 1966 — G J Jameson
- 1964 — K Szekely
- 1963 — D J Nicklin
- 1961 — D W Thompson
- 1959 — H A Learsey and R Murdoch
- 1958 — K W Free
- 1957 — D Train
- 1955 — A L Whynes
- 1954 — G G Betts
- 1952 — W Woodmark
- 1951 — A H Isaac
- 1950 — D C Freshwater
- 1949 — D I W Atkinson
- 1948 — H Winning
- 1947 — E T Moss
- 1946 — E H Eduljee
- 1945 — S S Grimley
- 1944 — J M Pirie
- 1943 — H R Soper
- 1942 — S H Wade
- 1940 — S A Gregory
- 1939 — A K G Thomson
- 1938 — E F J Tomalin
- 1937 — W H A Webb
- 1936 — R F Hayman
- 1934 — D G Bagg
- 1933 — E H T Hoblyn
- 1932 — W B Hawes
- 1931 — M L Nathan
- 1930 — L W Blundell
- 1929 — H Smith