Chemeca Medal (1982 - )

Summary

The Chemeca Medal, the highest award in the chemical engineering profession in Australia and New Zealand, has been awarded annually since 1982, to a prominent Australian or New Zealand chemical engineer who has made an outstanding contribution, through achievement or service, to the practice of chemical engineering in its widest sense and who continues to serve the profession.
Since 1997 it has been awarded by the Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers. Between 1982 and 1996 its was awarded jointly by Engineers Australia Chemical College, the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI), the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) in Australia, and by IChemE in New Zealand (formerly the Society of Chemical Engineers in New Zealand (SCENZ)). (Some of these groups are now Member Organisations of the Federation.)
The Award is usually presented at the annual Chemeca conference, and the recipient is invited to present a plenary lecture at the conference.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Anon, 'Chemeca Awards', Engineers Australia, 70 (1998), 51. '1998 Chemeca Medal award to Prof Maria Skyllas-Kazacos'. Details
• Bowman, Gary, 'The History of Chemeca', Chemistry in Australia, 77 (3) (2010), 25-27, https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/ielapa.973803011234542. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, 'Annual Report of the Colleges 1984', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 57 (1984), 44-49. 'College of Chemical Engineers: Chemeca Medal for 1984 was awarded to Clive Pratt', p.44. Details

Reports

• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1989 [Seventieth Annual Report] (1990), 36 pp. 'Chemical College - Chemeca Medal was awarded to entrepreneur and former ICI Australia Executive Director, Mr Pete Saunders', p.23. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1992 [Seventy-third Annual Report] (1993), 40 pp. 'Awards and Honours - Chemeca Medal: Prof Chris Fell', p.11. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1999 [Eightieth Annual Report] (2000), 16 pp. 'Awards - the 1999 Chemeca Medal was presented to Dr John Burgess, Group General Manager - Safety, Environment and Technology with BHP' [Includes biography], p.13. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Annual Report 1999 [Eightieth Annual Report] (2000), 16 pp. 'Chemical College - the Chemeca Medal was awarded to Dr John Burgess, BHP’s Group General Manager Safety, Environment and Technology', p.7. Details
• Institution of Engineers Australia, Engineers Australia Annual Report 2003-4 (2004), 77 pp. 'Chemeca Medal 2003' awarded to Dr. Robin Batterham, Part 2, p.29. Details

Resource Sections

• 'Previous Winners The Chemeca Medal', in The Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers, The Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers, http://www.anzfche.org/files/Previous%20Winners.pdf. Details