“Michael L. Michelsen” Award
The “Michael L. Michelsen” Award (previously called "Distinguished Lecture on Thermodynamics and Transport Properties", renamed in Feb. 2021) aims to honour a senior member of the community that is active in a European institution. The award is presented every two years by the EFCE Working Party on Thermodynamics and Transport Properties.
Call for nominations
The call for nominations for the 2026 "Michael L. Michelsen" Award closed.
The 2026 "Michael L. Michelsen" Award will be presented at the 34th EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS - ESAT 2026
which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, on 10-13 May 2026.
Lecturers
2026:
Professor Ioannis G. Economou, Qatar/Greece
has been named the laureate of the 2026 EFCE Michael L. Michelsen Award.
Ioannis G. Economou is Professor of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University at Qatar and currently serves as Executive Director of Research and Graduate Studies.
> EFCE Press Release
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