YEAIS winners 2025

The Young Engineers Awards for Innovation and Sustainability in 2025 received over 100 brilliant entries. Huge congratulations to all winners and highly commended finalists!

Age category winners

The top three awards recognise the highest scoring entry in each age category.

Winner: EcoMed: Powering Healthcare, Protecting Lives by Anam Ahmed, Eylul Akgok, Jungho Na, Daniel Bull and Helen Lee, Imperial College London

Highly commended:

Winner: A Waste-To-Health & Wealth (W2HW) Approach: Tuning Multifunctional and Sustainable Colloids (Eutectogel & Oleogel) by Zhi Ling Chew, Xiamen University Malaysia

Highly commended:

Winner: Wem: Implementing Innovative Low Footprint Wastewater Treatment for Small Communities by William Ryden, Mott MacDonald Bentley – MMB

Highly commended:

Winner: The Process of Decomposing Organic Textiles using Fungi by Priya, Emily and Laura, St Helen & St Katharine Girls School

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Individual category winners

Eligible presentations were classified into seven categories aligned to IChemE’s priority topics.

Winner: Process Synthesis and Performance Analysis of Low Carbon Heat-Driven Direct Air Capture by Ikuni Ebereonwu, University of Birmingham and Arup

Highly commended:

Winner: Wem: Implementing Innovative Low Footprint Wastewater Treatment for Small Communities by William Ryden, Mott MacDonald Bentley – MMB

Highly commended:

Winner: EcoMed: Powering Healthcare, Protecting Lives by Anam Ahmed, Eylul Akgok, Jungho Na, Daniel Bull and Helen Lee, Imperial College London

Highly commended:

Joshua Saczek, University of Manchester

Winner: A Waste-To-Health & Wealth (W2HW) Approach: Tuning Multifunctional and Sustainable Colloids (Eutectogel & Oleogel) by Zhi Ling Chew, Xiamen University Malaysia

Highly commended:

Winner: A Novel Approach to Chemical Engineering Work Experience: By Young Engineers, for Young Engineers by Joseph Harry Carter, Benjamin Patrick Hilton, Lara Alice Hill and Alana Rose Prior, Sellafield Ltd

Winner: A Budget-Constrained Optimization Framework for Mitigating Domino Effects in Chemical Storage Facilities by Shuya Hou, University of Surrey

Winner: Enhancing Oilfield Efficiency with Interactive Maps and Pressure Simulations by Abigail Clarke, Shell Trinidad and Tobago

Highly commended:

Henry Susilo, Honeywell

YEAIS winners 2025

Age category winners

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Early Career

UK Schools

Individual category winners

Clean Energy and Climate Action - Sponsored by The Environment Agency

Water and Sanitation

Food, Health and Wellbeing - Sponsored by Elsevier

Responsible Production, Innovation and Industry

Quality Education

Process Safety

Digitalisation and Cybersecurity