Biopharma Award

Sponsored by SLR Consulting

• Merck & Co, USA; MSD, International – Leveraging Chemical Engineering Innovations for the Development and Commercialization of Nemtabrutinib (MK-1026)
• Novartis Pharma AG, Switzerland - Scientific Modelling Based Scale-up and Tech Transfer for Anti-Cancer Drug Product Development
• Otto Simon, UK;  Aerbio, Denmark - Clean Protein: Engineered for a Resource-Constrained World
• PM Group, UK - Stainless Steel vs Single-Use: Sustainable Facility Design in Bio-Pharmaceutical Engineering
• University College London; Eli Lilly & Co, UK; University of California at Santa Barbara; University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA - From Molecule to Medicine: Digital Crystallization for Biopharma Innovation
• University of Sheffield, UK - Southeast Asia Vaccine Manufacturing Research Hub (UK-SEA Vax Hub)

Business Start-up Award

Sponsored by Sellafield Ltd

• Bioataraxis, UK - Ecosaf, a new biorefinery approach to produce biobased surfactant from biomass residue
• EvoPhase, UK - EvoPhase: Evolutionary AI for Automatic Design Optimisation
• Imperial College London, UK - ChemEng Enterprise @Imperial
• Mission Zero Technologies, UK - Scaling affordable, energy-efficient electrochemical direct air capture worldwide
• Novalith Technologies, Australia - Revolutionising Sustainable Lithium Processing with Breakthrough LiCAL™ Technology
• Rolls-Royce SMR, UK - Rolls-Royce SMR: Clean, Affordable Energy for All

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Award

Sponsored by Shell

• BakerHicks, UK - Engineering Inclusion - A People-First Approach to Culture Change
• Bouygues Energies & Services, UK - Engineering Inclusion: Driving Diverse Talent Across Technical Project Delivery
• BP International, UK - The Positively Ethnic Network (PEN)
• Projex Solutions, UK - Engineering a Fairer Future: Inclusion, Innovation and Impact at Projex Solutions
• Rolls-Royce SMR, UK - Rolls-Royce SMR: Excellence in Inclusion
• UCL Biochemical Engineering, UK - Athena Swan Gold in Action: Embedding Inclusive Excellence in Biochemical Engineering

Food and Drink Award

• Amaea, New Zealand - Amaea Pioneers New Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) Technology for Precision Winemaking
• Beca, Suntory Oceania, Australia - Project FOD (‘Field of Dreams’) – A Benchmark for Sustainable Australian Beverage Manufacturing
• Chivas Brothers, UK - Carbon reduction of malt distilling by mechanical vapour recompression
• Chivas Brothers, UK, GEA Wiegand, Germany - Energetic optimisation of grain spirit distillation by mechanical vapour recompression
• DuPont Water Solutions, USA - Engineering Better Nutrition: Advancing Sustainable and Cost-Effective Dairy Production Through Membrane Innovation

Industry Project Award

• adi Group, UK - Self-delivered design, development and construction of a fully automated mashed potato line
• Bouygues Energies & Services, UK - HYTECH: A National Hydrogen Fuel Cell and Electrolyser Test Facility
• Carbon Clean, UK - CycloneCC: Fully columnless carbon capture technology
• Cemex, UK - Climafuel Transformation: 100% Alternative Fuel Operation at Rugby Cement Plant
• Johnson Matthey, UK, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA & Core Natural Resources Inc, USA - Reducing coal mine methane emissions with novel catalyst system
• PETRONAS Technical Services, Malaysia - Leading the Charge: Reducing GHG Emissions with Floating LNG Offgas Recovery
• RJM Corporation, UK, Eren Enerji, Turkey - Combustion Performance Upgrade Project to improve boiler efficiency and reduce emissions

Innovative Process Award

• BP, UK - Air and Nitrogen System Debottlenecking and Optimisation
• Brilliant Dyes, UK - Decarbonising Fashion and Food Industries with Sustainable Natural Dyes
• Corteva Agriscience, USA - Second Generation Rinskor™ Active Route Leads to More Sustainable and Efficient Process
• Plastic Energy, UK - Spearheading the circular transition through chemical recycling
• RSE, UK - Hampton Loade
• SD Guthrie Research, Malaysia - Rapid Tank: Redefining Clarification for the Future of Palm Oil Mills
• UNICAT Catalyst Technologies, USA, UNICAT Catalyst, UK - Magcat®

Innovative Product Award

Sponsored by Rolls Royce

• bp International, UK; Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions, Germany - Refinery Real-Time Anti-Corrosion Treatment (to Enhance Product Yield)
• Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; China Agricultural University; National University of Singapore; Shenzhen University, China   Virus control in water and infected plants by Fenton-like Technology
• Dow, China - Advanced thermal management solution to drive Electric Vehicles high-power performance
• KBC(A Yokogawa Company), UK - KBC Acuity Process Twin Pro Automates Digital Twin Excellence for Profitable, Low-Carbon Operations
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Hydrexia Holding, China - High-capacity Magnesium-based Solid-state Hydrogen Storage and Transportation Trailer
• Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia - Recycled Plastic Waste to Advanced Filtration: Sustainable Waste-to-Resource Approach in Membrane Innovation

Nuclear Technology Award

• Cavendish Nuclear, UK - Off-Gas System for Plutonium Contaminated Material
• Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University, USA - Design and implementation of the Isotope Harvesting Project at FRIB
• Rolls-Royce SMR, UK - Blowing Down our own Trumpet
• Rolls-Royce SMR, UK - Engineering for Extremes - Our Philosophy for Severe Accident Management
• Rolls-Royce SMR, UK - It's Getting Hot in Here (So Model All Your Flows)
• Sellafield Ltd, UK; Amentum, USA; United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory, UK - Vacuum Retrievals and Transport of Wet Nuclear Waste

Oil, Gas and Energy Transition Award

Sponsored by Kent

• CPFD Software, USA; EvoPhase; University of Birmingham, UK;  - Autonomous Design of Reactors using AI
• ExxonMobil, UK and Malaysia - Producing hydrocarbon fluids using a novel line up in a condensed timeline
• Flowchem LLC, USA - TurboFlo AQ: Energy-Saving Innovation for Safer Oil Pipelines
• INEOS Electrochemical Solutions, UK - Developing scalable, highly efficient alkaline electrolyser technology to deliver industrial decarbonisation goals
• PETRONAS Research (PRSB), Malaysia - Bio-LNG from Waste to Fuel. Fueling Socio-Economic Growth in Remote Rural Malaysia
• RJM Corporation, UK; Wood, Spain - Coal-to-Gas Conversion Project on 550 MWe plant to reduce emissions
• Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia - The Future of Produced Water Injection Systems to maximize the efficiency and minimize the cost

Process Automation and Digitalisation Award

• Abqaiq Plants Operation Department, Saudi Arabia - Abqaiq Plant’s Digital Leap: Achieving Excellence through pioneering digital solutions
• Borouge, UAE - Sustainable Production Enhancement of Borouge's Olefin Plants using Real Time Dynamic Optimization
• Gizil, Germany - Empowering the Next Workforce with Virtual Plant: Digitalising Plants for Future Engineers
• Hexxcell, UK - Hybrid-AI Digital Twins for Heat Transfer Systems
• KBC (A Yokogawa Company), UK - KBC's Visual MESA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Management Digital Solution Drives Refining Transformation and Decarbonization
• Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Malaysia - Enhancing Engineering Excellence with SMARTPRO Digital Application
• The University of Cambridge; Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES); Computational Modelling Cambridge (CMCL), UK - Revolutionising Laboratory Automation Across Sectors and Regions with The World Avatar

Process Safety Award

Sponsored by PM Group

• ADNOC, UAE - Embedding Zero Harm: How ADNOC Integrated Process Safety Fundamentals into Every Incident Learning
• BP, Azerbaijan - Dynamic Simulation Runs that save million
• Excel Refridgeration, New Zealand - CO2 and Ammonia - A Retrofit for the Future
• Marsh, UAE - Cy[PHA]: Applying PHA Methodologies For Cyberattack Initiated Process Safety Events.
• NRS Dounreay, UK - Decommissioning the Dounreay Prototype Fast Reactor
• PETRONAS, Malaysia - Redefining Criticality: Driving Safer LNG Facility through Enhanced SCE Identification
• Sellafield Ltd; UKNNL, UK - Metallic nuclear fuel immobilisation - getting it right fast

Renewable Energy Award

Sponsored by ChemUK

• AqSorption Ltd, UK - AqSorption's DECOM System: Low-Energy Hydrogen from Green Ammonia
• AQUABATTERY, The Netherlands - Acid–Base Flow Battery Innovation for Decarbonisation and Grid Resilience in Europe
• Durban University of Technology, South Africa - Smart integrated wastewater treatment to bioenergy production
• PETRONAS; Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia; Arema Energies SARL; Schnieder Electric, France - A Hybrid Offshore-Onshore Renewable Energy Proof-of-Concept for Malaysia's Net Zero Future
• University of KwaZulu-Natal; Hydrogen Fuel Systems, South Africa - Hydrogen Catalytic Splitter - mobile water electrolyzer
• University of Wah, Pakistan - Integrated Steam Reforming of Waste Edible Oil (WEO) FOR 99.9% Hydrogen Production
• Wood plc, UK - Integrated Tool for Hybrid Renewable and Power-to-X Energy System Design

Research Project Award

• EvoPhase, UK - Evolutionary AI for Automatic Geometry Optimisation of Stirred-Tank Reactors
• Monash University, Malaysia & Petronas Research Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia - Breaking through the commercial barriers of algae-based carbon capture through high-value innovation
• Newcastle University, UK - Engineering chemical reactor technologies for a low-carbon energy future
• PETRONAS, Malaysia - Unleashing Production Potential with PETRONAS Well Intervention Fluids-Friction Modifier (WIF-FM) Solutions
• RMIT University Australia; Melbourne Water; KBR Engineering Consultancy; University of Melbourne; Monash University; CSIRO Australia - Innovative Design Toolkit: Transforming High-Solids Sludge Transport for Enhanced Efficiency and Reliability
• Swansea University; Siora, UK - Non-Newtonian fluids to boost encapsulation efficiencies in microfluidic devices
• UCL, UK - Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub

Sustainability Award

Sponsored by Johnson Matthey

• Carbon Neutral Fuels; IO Consulting, UK - ASAP-DAC: Sustainable Aviation Fuels Plant - Feasibility and Pre-FEED Engineering
• Imperial College London, UK - Driving Decarbonisation from the Lab Up: The ChemEng Departmental Blueprint for Change
• KwikFab; EvoPhase, UK - Birmingham Blade – AI-Optimised Wind Turbine for Low-Wind Urban Environments
• Lancaster University; Green Fuels Research (GFR); School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK - Pioneering Decarbonisation in UK Marine Transport
• PETRONAS Research (PRSB), Malaysia - Bio-LNG from Waste to Fuel. Fueling Socio-Economic Growth in Remote Rural Malaysia
• The University of Sheffield, UK; Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Company, Japan - Decarbonising Construction: Research Enabling Japan’s First Cement-Free Concrete used in Buildings
• Wildfire Energy, Australia - Wildfire Energy: Moving Injection Horizontal Gasification
• Xampla, UK - Innovative natural plant polymer coating scaled-up to low-impact commercial process

Training and Development Award

Sponsored by adi Group

• AtkinsRéalis; Nivus; TUV SUD; VEGA Controls; Institute of Measurement & Control, UK - MCERTS Flow & EDM Training Course for industry
• Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum, UK - Catalyst Science at Work Week
• Heritage Petroleum Company, Trinidad and Tobago - CCPS/Heritage Trinidad and Tobago Regional Meeting: Advancing Process Safety in the Caribbean
• PETRONAS, Malaysia - H2CTE: Pioneering technical fraternity for PETRONAS in hydrogen value chain business
• University of Birmingham; University College London; Teesside University; Heriot Watt University; Britest, UK - RESILIENCE: The UK Medicines Manufacturing Skills Centre of Excellence
• Whitehouse Consulting, UK - Process Control Training Courses and Engineering Toolkit

Water Award

• Arvia Water Technology, UK – Optimising Electrochemical Reactors for Efficient PFAS Breakdown and Scale-Up
• National University of Singapore; Beijing Normal University, China - Cryogenic Electrospun Catalytic Membranes for Ultra-efficient Wastewater treatment
• RSE, UK - m‑MBBR® modular wastewater treatment system
• Shenzhen University, China; National University of Singapore - High-Entropy Catalytic Membrane: Powerful Destroyer for Refractory Organic Pollutants in Wastewater
• UNSW Sydney, Australia - Enhancing Membrane Bioreactor Validation Protocols for Safer and Smarter Water Reuse
• Worley, UK - Spent Caustic Treatment Concept for Coastal Water Discharge