E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Recipients

Congratulations to the past recipients of the E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, which stimulates fundamental research in industrial and engineering chemistry, the development of chemical engineering principles, and its application to industrial processes.


  • 2023 - Qinghuang Lin
  • 2022 - Joseph M. DeSimone
  • 2021 - Yong Wang
  • 2020 - Enrique Iglesia
  • 2019 - Hariklia 'Lili' Deligianni
  • 2018 - Linda J. Broadbelt
  • 2017 - Eleftherios 'Terry' Papoutsakis
  • 2016 - Michael Thackeray
  • 2015 - Joseph R. Zoeller
  • 2014 - Joan F. Brennecke
  • 2013 - Esther S. Takeuchi
  • 2012 - Michael F. Doherty
  • 2011 - Norman N. Li
  • 2010 - Gregory N. Stephanopoulos
  • 2009 - Milorad 'Mike' P. Dudukovic
  • 2008 - Georges Belfort
  • 2007 - Wolfgang F. Holderich
  • 2006 - Liang-Shih Fan
  • 2005 - Mark E. Davis
  • 2004 - James E. Lyons
  • 2003 - Leo E. Manzer
  • 2002 - George R. Lester
  • 2001 - John N. Armor
  • 2000 - J. Larry Duda
  • 1999 - Donald R. Paul
  • 1998 - Stanley I. Sandler
  • 1997 - Arthur W. Westerberg
  • 1996 - Eli Ruckenstein
  • 1995 - Charles A. Eckert
  • 1994 - Edwin N. Lightfoot
  • 1993 - James J. Carberry
  • 1992 - Clarence D. Chang
  • 1991 - Richard Alkire
  • 1990 - L. E. Scriven
  • 1989 - Warren E. Stewart
  • 1988 - Jule A. Rabo
  • 1987 - Wolfgang M. H. Sachtler
  • 1986 - John H. Sinfelt
  • 1985 - Michel Boudart
  • 1984 - Robert K. Grasselli
  • 1983 - Herman Pines
  • 1980 - Milton Orchin
  • 1979 - John M. Prausnitz
  • 1978 - Donald F. Othmer
  • 1977 - Alexis Voorhies, Jr.
  • 1976 - James F. Roth
  • 1975 - Donald L. Katz
  • 1974 - Herman S. Bloch
  • 1973 - Thomas K. Sherwood
  • 1972 - Paul B. Weisz
    • 1971 - Heinz Heinemann
    • 1970 - Peter V. Danckwerts
    • 1969 - Alex G. Oblad
    • 1968 - Melvin A. Cook
    • 1967 - Alfred Clark
    • 1966 - Richard H. Wilhelm
    • 1965 - Vladimir Haensel
    • 1964 - Bruce H. Sage
    • 1963 - Manson Benedict
    • 1962 - Eugene J. Houdry
    • 1961 - Olaf A. Hougen
    • 1960 - Neal R. Amundson
    • 1959 - Edwin R. Gilliland
    • 1958 - DuBois Eastman
    • 1957 - Warren K. Lewis