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NAMF Award for Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice

The North American Mixing Forum Award for excellence and sustained contributions to mixing research and practice is given annually to a NAMF member who is a resident of North America. The award, which consists of a cash prize and a plaque, is sponsored by the Dow Chemical Company, and is presented at the NAMF Awards Banquet at the AIChE Annual Meeting.

The committee chair is the most senior recipient, and the committee consists of the last 5 award winners.

Any member of NAMF may nominate candidates. Once nominated, a candidate does not have to be nominated again in the next year. While there is no formal nomination procedure, it would be helpful if a short resume of the nominee and his/her specific contributions to fluid mixing technology are discussed.

SPONSORS:

Dow Chemical Company

DESCRIPTION:

Award for Excellence and Sustained Contributions to Mixing Research and Practice

DEADLINE:

May 1, 2011

CONTACT:

Send nominations to:

North American Mixing Forum Awards Committee

David S. Dickey

MixTech, Inc.

454 Ramsgate Drive

Dayton, OH 45430-2097

Phone: 937-431-1446

Fax: 937-431-1447

e-mail: d.dickey@mixtech.com

 

AWARD:

Plaque, $1,000, plus a $500 travel allowance

PRESENTATION:

An award lecture and a dinner ceremony during the AIChE Annual Meeting.

2009 NAMF Award for Excellence in Mixing Research and Practice recipient

 

Dr. Victor Atiemo-Obeng, a Dow Scientist and leader within the Process Sciences and Fluid Mechanics & Mixing disciplines of the Research & Engineering Sciences Department in Core Research and Development at Dow, is the recipient of the 2009 NAMF Excellence in Mixing Research and Practice Award.

Victor has led several large capital projects within the Dow Company that were recognized by the companies Global Engineering Excellence Awards. He is a co-editor and contributing author for several chapters in the “Handbook of Industrial Mixing: Science and Practice” (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) and was invited by the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology of the National Academies to serve on the committee that organized the workshop which resulted in the publication “Sustainability in the Chemical Industry: Grand Challenges and Research Needs - A Workshop Report (2005)”.

Victor is an active senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the North American Mixing Forum (NAMF), and the National Organization of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). He currently serves as the Dow Director for the Mid-Michigan Section AIChE.

Victor’s scientific, technical, and public service contributions have been recognized by several internal and external awards, including: the Dow Chemical Company’s Michigan Consultants Award, Mid-Michigan AIChE section’s Chemical Engineer of the Year, The Percy Julian Award for pure and applied research in science and engineering (NOBCChE’s most prestigious award), The Dow Chemical Company President’s Community Service Award, and The Martin Luther King Jr. Recognition Award.

 

2008 NAMF Award for Excellence in Mixing Research and Practice recipient:

 

Dr. Fernando Muzzio, Professor and Director of the Pharmaceutical Engineering Program, Dept. of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University and principle of Mixing Consultants, Inc. is the 2008 NAMF recipient of the Excellence in Mixing Research and Practice Award.

Prof. Muzzio has been a highly active researcher in the field of mixing technology, and has published over 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals covering chaotic mixing in viscous liquids and mixing and blending in granular flows. He has contributed to seven book chapters on aspects of mixing, and has five patents involving mixing technology. Dr. Muzzio received his Ph.D. from University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1991. He is a perceptive investigator who has bridged the gap between industrial practice and science. He has been advisor to more than nineteen Ph.D. students and twelve post doctoral scientists.

 

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