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.

2025 — F Tamburini, S Bonvicini, V Cozzani
2024 — M Theisen, K Flores, L Balhorn, A Schweidtmann
2023 — E Lucas, M Guo and G Guillen-Gosalbez
2022 — M Sinnott, S Harrison and P Cleary
2020 — J Perez-Calderon, M V Santos and N Zaritzky
2019 — B J Bucior, N S Bobbitt, T Islamoglu, S Goswami, A Gopalan, O K Farha, N Bagheri, R Q Snurr and T Yildirimb
2018 — V C Quek, N Shah and B Chachuat
2017 — L A Connal, M Nadgorny and Z Xiao
2016 — S Wang, X Li and D Wang
2015 — F M Mukuve and R A Fenner
2014 — Y Khalil, S Opalka and B Laube
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

2025 — L M Lopez, Q Zhang, O Dollar
2023 — C Azzaro-Pantel, M Madoumier and G Gesan-Guiziou
2021 — C Quarton and S Samsatli
2020 — D Danaci, M Bui and N MacDowell
2020 — L Forster, C D'Agostino and L Yu
2019 — O P W Peck
2018 — A Long and A Ferguson
2017 — A Patsioura
2016 — H Wang
2015 — C Cunault and H Föste
2014 — J M Goddard and J A Barish
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

Moulton Medals

Senior medal winners 2000—2025

Senior medal winners 1929—1999

Junior medal winners 2001—2025

Junior medal winners 1929—1998