EFCE Lifetime Achievement Award
The EFCE Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) is given to an individual in recognition of her/his sustained and outstanding contribution to the progress of Chemical Engineering in general and on specific topics covered by the EFCE Working Parties (WPs) and Sections in particular, over a period of at least 20 years. The Award acknowledges the candidates` substantial dedication to raising the profile of the field of Chemical Engineering and the EFCE through research and teaching, organisation of conferences and workshops, effort towards the auspicious prospect of the community, and commitment to the WPs and/or Sections of the EFCE.
The Award is only given at the occasion of ECCE events (European Congress of Chemical Engineering, organised every two years), and only to one candidate per event.
Lifetime Achievement Award 2025
The EFCE Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 is presented to
Professor EM. Gerhard Kreysa
Germany, at the opening of the 15th European Congress of Chemical Engineeing in Lisbon, Portugal, in September 2025.
This Award is made in recognition of his outstanding contributions to research, education and training in electrochemical engineering in Germany and around the world, and for his significant contribution to the organisation and management of chemical and electrochemical engineering.
The award also acknowledges the crucial role he played in developing EFCE and its Working Parties, in particular as a founding member and Chair of the Working Party on Electrochemical Engineering, and his advocacy of international partnership and exchange
Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
The EFCE Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 was presented to
Professor Alberto Brucato
University of Palermo, Italy, at the opening of the 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineeing in Berlin, Germany in September 2023.
This Award is made in recognition of his continuous and outstanding contribution to the progress of mixing research, modelling and application, chemical plant design and biochemical engineering in Italy and internationally for more than 40 years.
The award acknowledges in particular his substantial contribution to raising the profile of the field, of the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC), and the Federation through his research of high quality, international collaborations, education and training of engineers and students, and his commitment to the EFCE Working Party on Mixing.
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Previous winners of the EFCE Lifetime Achievement Award:
- 2017 - Professor Luis Puigjaner
- 2015 - Professor Jiří Jaromír Klemeš