J.M. Prausnitz Award

“Do the best work in thermodynamics that you possibly can and enjoy it thoroughly. But don´t lose sight of the goal. Thermodynamics comes second. First comes chemical engineering”
J.M. Prausnitz, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 158-160, pg. 110, 1999

The John Prausnitz award was established in 1998, on the occasion of the 8th PPEPPD Conference, celebrated at Nordwijkerhout, The Netherlands. The distinction is given to a scientist for his/her outstanding contribution in the field of physical properties and phase equilibria for product and process design

The candidates for the John Prausnitz award should have attended at least one PPEPPD conference.

The following is the list of previous awardees:

• PPEPPD 2010 (Suzhou, China): Prof. Theodore Randolph, University of Colorado
• PPEPPD 2007 (Crete, Greece): Prof. Joan F. Brennecke, University of Notre Dame
• PPEPPD 2004 (Snowbird, Utah, USA): Prof. David A. Kofke, University at Buffalo
• PPEPPD 2001 (Kurashiki, Japan): Prof. Pablo G. Debenedetti, Princeton University
• PPEPPD 1998 (Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands): Prof. Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, University of Maryland