Business Start-up Award

Sponsored by Sellafield Ltd

• Airhive, UK - Engineering Proven Industrial Technology into the World's Fastest-Scaling Direct Air Capture  
• Bactery, UK - Electricity From Soil
• Brilliant Dyes, UK - Intensified and Sustainable Microalgal Colour Engineering for Textiles and Cosmetics Applications
• Carbon Neutral Fuels, UK - Project Starling: A First-of-a-Kind Power-to-Liquid Sustainable Aviation Fuel Facility by Carbon Neutral Fuels
• Fluorok, UK - Reinventing Fluorination
• Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Qatar - Advancing Direct Air Capture: Scalable Technologies for Carbon Removal

Digitalisation, AI and Automation Award
Sponsored by Shell

• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), UAE - HSE Cockpit AI: Smart AI for Autonomous Assurance of Safety-Critical Equipment
• Borouge International, UAE - Price Forecasting AI Model Polyolefin Average Selling Price)
• Chemical Reaction Engineering Group (CREG); Univeristy Teknologi Malaysia, UAE - PalmEye: Non-Destructive AI-Driven Digital Grader for Oil Palm Fruit Ripeness
• Kuraray America, USA - Project Kuralytix: Unifying Five Legacy Systems for Predictive Reliability at Kuraray America
• PETRONAS Carigali, Malaysia - ReliFlow AI: Machine Learning (ML) - Driven Digitalisation of Control Valve Integrity Decision Making
• Sellafield Ltd, UK - The Future is Now: Recovering Critical Engineering Knowledge Using AI

Energy Award
Sponsored by Rolls Royce

• BP International, UK - A Smarter Approach to Hydrate Management
• Centre of Excellence for Nano Energy & Catalysis Technology (CONNECT), School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Malaysia - Integrated Photocatalytic Solar-to-Hydrogen Panels for Renewable Hydrogen Production, Storage and Clean Electrification
• Enfinium, UK - Accelerating Commercial Carbon Capture through Innovation, Evidence and Operational Learning
• Rolls Royce SMR, UK - Chemical Engineering at the Heart of Clean, Affordable Energy for All
• Sepcolll Electric power Construction, China - Surkhandarya 1600MW Combined Cycle Power Plant Project
• Skyven Technologies, USA - Arcturus: Closing the Industrial Steam Loop with High-Temperature Heat Pumps 

Excellence in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Award

• BP International, UK - Engineering Inclusive Supply Chain by Unlocking Excellence through Supplier Diversity
• Dow, USA - Dow's Gig Marketplace: Inclusive Stretch Assignments for Career Growth and Organisational Resiliency
• Heriot-Watt University, UK - People Centered Energy Transition in Low-to-Middle Income Countries
• PETRONAS Chemicals Ammonia, Malaysia - Breaking Hierarchies, Building Readiness: Empowering Diverse Voices for Operational Readiness
• Projex Solutions, UK - Proving Inclusion and Performance Go Hand in Hand at Projex Solutions

Excellence in Knowledge Exchange and Research Award

• IOI Edible Oils, Malaysia - Engineering Safer Edible Oils: Overcoming MOSH and MOAH Contamination
• IOI Edible Oils, Malaysia - Research to Impact: Engineering Innovation for Animal Feed and Safer Food Production
• Kent, UK - Pioneering Holistic Pipeline and Cable Risk Assessment Across the Middle East
• MK Pro Products and Services, Australia - Translating Research into Lithium Battery Fire Prevention
• Swansea University, UK - From Polymers to Patients: Chemical Engineering Rhealogy for COPD Diagnosis and Monitoring
• University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Rapid Curing Geopolymer Refractory Tiles from Waste Materials

Health, Wellbeing and Food Award

• BOC, Australia - Innovating Traditional Beef Trim Chilling Processes with Liquid Nitrogen
• IOI Edible Oils, Malaysia - Research-Driven Innovation for the Mitigation of 3-MCPDE and Glycidyl Esters
• Monash University, Malaysia - Egg-celerating Decarbonisation in Food Production through a Microalgae-Based Circular Systems Approach
• PETRONAS Research, Malaysia - Catalysing Clean Beauty: Process Intensification of the Emfinity™ Esters
• Premium International, Sri Lanka - Excellence in Delivering a WHO GMP Compliant Large Volume Parenteral Manufacturing Facility
• University of Birmingham, UK - A Soft Matter Platform for Rapid Translation to Patient Use

Innovation Award

Sponsored by Kent

• Flowchem, USA - Engineering a Commercially Stable Water-Based Drag Reducing Technology for Modern Pipeline Transportation
• Ionic Technologies, UK - Transforming End-of-Life Magnets into a Sustainable Rare Earth Supply Chain
• Momentum Technologies, USA - One Plant, Two Chemistries: Battery Materials and Heavy Rare Earth Elements 
• PETRONAS Research, Malaysia - Functionalised Graphene Oxide (ProShield+ Neutra) as Rust Converter Additive for Protective Paint
• Sellafield Ltd, UK - Safe-by-Design: Managing Hydrogen in Intermediate Level Waste Packages
• University of Nottingham, UK - The Nottingham Vortex Reactor for Continuous Sustainable Photochemistry and Electrosynthesis

Learning, Development and Education Award

• Chemical Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia - Transforming Process Safety Education through an Industry-Linked HSE Open Day
• Clarke Energy, UK - Engineering Skills for the Energy Transition
• Dow, USA - Dow's Advanced Digital Internships for Scientists and Engineers (ADISE) Program
• Engro Polymer & Chemicals, Pakistan - From Attrition to Assurance: Sustaining Process Safety through Competency Development
• SECMC, Pakistan - Building Safety Excellence through Workforce Capability Development
• University of Sheffield, UK - Benchmarking and Redefining Industry-Ready Digital Graduate Education

Process Safety Award

Sponsored by PM Group

• ADNOC, UAE - Hydrogen (H2) Accumulation in Subsea Cable Splitter Boxes: HSE Risk Assessment and Mitigation
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), UAE - Harmonising Tier 3 Process Safety Leading Indicators: A Global Industry Collaboration
• Australian Gas Infrastructure Group (AGIG), Australia - Process Safety in Gas Distribution
• Cemex UK - Rugby Cement Works, UK - Engineering People out of High-Risk Preheater Maintenance 
• National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, China - Vanguard Process Safety and Cross-Disciplinary Sustainable Engineering Frameworks
• Texas A&M University, USA - Advancing Process Safety for Emerging Energy Technologies

Responsible Consumption and Production Award

• ExxonMobil, UK - Hidden Capacity, Real Results: Reimagining Reactor and Separation Performance
• Hydro-Oxy, UK - Integrated Oxidant Generation for Sustainable Chemical Manufacturing
• Ioner, USA -Rhyolite Ridge Lithium Boron Project – Critical Material Production
• Johnson Matthey, UK - Refining Process Innovation to Improve Efficiency, Sustainability and Safety
• KBC (A Yokogawa Company), UK - Digital Production Accounting for Responsible Refinery Resource Management
• Shanghai Dodgen Chemical Technology Company, China - Responsible EC Production via Low-Energy Melt Crystallisation

Sustainable Systems Award

Sponsored by Johnson Matthey

• AGM, Guyana - Aurora Hybrid Energy System: Decarbonising Remote Gold Mining in Guyana
• Chemical Reaction Engineering Group, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia - O3AT: Sustainable Long-Fiber Agricultural Biomass Pretreatment for Bio-Based Textiles Applications
• Corteva Agriscience, USA - Innovative Process Design for Pyroxsulam Manufacturing
• Dubai Municipality, UAE - Dubai’s Warsan: The World’s Largest and Most Efficient Waste-to-Energy Centre
• Dubai Municipality, UAE - SEWATCH – AI Driven Predictive Process Engineering System for Sewer Blockage Prevention in Sewer Networks
• RMIT University, Australia - Solvent-Free Recovery of Critical Minerals from Lithium-Ion Battery Waste

Water and Sanitation Award

• AECOM, UK - Chitterne WTC: Disinfection Upgrade and Sector-Wide Process Safety Innovation
• BAYER, Belgium - Self-Neutralising Nitric Acid Wastewater Treatment 
• BP International, UK - Waste to Value: From Refinery Wastewater Challenge into a Circular-Economy Breakthrough 
• PETRONAS Chemicals Methanol, Malaysia - Transforming Cooling Water Management: Delivering Water Efficiency, Asset Integrity and Safer Operations
• Puragen, UK - PFAS Abatement and Destruction with Activated Carbon and Advanced Thermal Reactivation
• Worley Consulting, UK - Improving Metal Mine Recoveries through Advanced Oxidation of Process Water