HOBOKEN, N.J. – Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens Institute of Technology, has won the AIChE's Thomas Baron Award in Fluid-Particle Systems. The award, sponsored by Shell Global Solutions, Inc., recognizes an individual's outstanding scientific/technical accomplishment which has made a significant impact in the field of fluid-particle systems or in a related field with potential for cross-fertilization.
Selection criteria include an outstanding contribution advancing fluid-particle systems, or a related field. The awardee is invited to deliver a Plenary Lecture at an AIChE Annual Meeting session and the awardee is also required to submit a written manuscript.
AIChE is the world's leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 40,000 members from 93 countries. AIChE has a breadth of resources and expertise in core process industries or emerging areas, such as nanobiotechnology.
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