Best Paper Award

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ChemEngineering Best Paper Award is granted annually to highlight publications of high quality, scientific significance, and extensive influence. The evaluation committee members choose two articles of exceptional quality that were published in the journal the year before the previous year and announce them online by the end of March.

The Prize:
– One research article and one review will be selected.
– Each winner will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and a voucher to waive the Article Processing Charges (APCs) for one submission in the journal (subject to peer review)— valid for one year.

ChemEngineering Best Paper Award

Winner announcement date: 31 March 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in ChemEngineering will be eligible (both regular and Special Issue submissions).

Selection Criteria

– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citations and downloads.

Past Winners

Winner

Article
36 Citations
6,225 Views
19 Pages
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Process Optimization of Biodiesel from Used Cooking Oil in a Microwave Reactor: A Case of Machine Learning and Box–Behnken Design
Achanai Buasri,
Phensuda Sirikoom,
Sirinan Pattane,
Orapharn Buachum and
Vorrada Loryuenyong
ChemEngineering2023, 7(4), 65;https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering7040065
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21 July 2023
In the present investigation, response surface methodology (RSM) and machine learning (ML) are applied to the biodiesel production process via acid-catalyzed transesterification and esterification of triglyceride (TG). In order to optimize the produc...
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Review
53 Citations
13,133 Views
18 Pages
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Agricultural Biomass Waste to Biochar: A Review on Biochar Applications Using Machine Learning Approach and Circular Economy
Prathiba Rex,
Kalil Rahiman Mohammed Ismail,
Nagaraj Meenakshisundaram,
Praveen Barmavatu and
A V S L Sai Bharadwaj
ChemEngineering2023, 7(3), 50;https://doi.org/10.3390/chemengineering7030050
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28 May 2023
Biochar has gained attention as an alternative source of solid energy and for the proper disposal of agricultural biomass waste (ABW). Microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP) is a promising approach for the production of biochar. This review article prese...
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Award Committee

Alírio Rodrigues
Alírio Rodrigues
Chairman
University of Porto-FEUP
Vasile Lavric
Vasile Lavric
National University of Science and Technolofy POLITEHNICA Bucharest
Jose Coelho
Jose Coelho
ISEL
Andrew Paluch
Andrew Paluch
Miami University
AMAntonio Monzón
Antonio Monzón
Universidad de Zaragoza
Roumiana Petrova Stateva
Roumiana Petrova Stateva
Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian academy of Sciences
Vincenzo Russo
Vincenzo Russo
University of Naples Federico II