Listed below are all of the past winners of the Best Student Paper Award

The 46th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy was held August 1 to 3, 2022, and

The Best Student Paper Award In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer was presented To Rishi Roy, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA for Effect of Hydrogen-enrichment to Methane in Swirl-assisted Distributed Combustion at Different Thermal Intensity, on August 3, 2022.

The First Runner Up in the Best Student Paper Award Competition In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer was awarded To Marcelo D. B. Takehara, Luleå University of Technology, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Division of Energy Engineering, SWEDEN for Effect of Acoustic Forcing on Particulate Emissions from an Entrained Flow Reactor, on August 3, 2022.

The Second Runner Up in the Best Student Paper Award Competition In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer was awarded To Julio Bravo, Lehigh University Energy Research Center, USA for Development and Testing of a Thermal Battery Based on Cementitious Materials and Thermosiphons for Power Plant Flexibilization, on August 3, 2022

 The 45th International Technical Conference on Clean Energy was held July 26 to 29, 2021, at the Sheraton Sand Key in Clearwater, Florida, USA.

The awards for the Best Student Papers were given on July 28th and these are the recipients:

The Best Student Paper Award, In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer, is awarded to

Kiran Raj Goud Burra, The Combustion Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA; and College of Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Technology, CHINA

 Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of  Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose in Supercritical CO₂ for Value Added Char Production

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The First Runner Up in the Best Student Paper Award Competition, In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer, is awarded to  

Xuan Liu, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, CHINA; and The Combustion Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA

Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of  Insights into Synergistic Effects in Co-pyrolysis of Pinewood and Polycarbonate Waste

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The Second Runner Up in the Best Student Paper Award Competition In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer to

Lukas Pörtner, Energy Plant Technology, Ruhr-University Bochum, GERMANY

Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Investigation of Optical Properties of Pulverized Solid Fuel Particles

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In keeping with our long tradition, we will again present this award to the Best Student Paper.  Student papers are part of this comprehensive and informative program on clean energy technologies.  Therefore, the Conference Committee has set high standards for student/speakers so that the conference maintains its reputation as the premier vehicle for presenting the latest technological developments in improving and enhancing these technologies. The Committee requires that the materials offered by student/speakers are presented in the most effective way; and Guidelines have been prepared to assist student/speakers in preparing their formal papers and oral presentations.  All technical papers will be included in the Proceedings. It is important the speakers adhere to the timetable that has been set in order that conference materials may be prepared and available when needed.  These are the participants:

Saheli Biswas, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, AUSTRALIA

Kiran Burra, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, USA

Kevin Hager, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department,
West Virginia University, USA

Matthias Hornberger, Institute of Combustion and Power Plant Technology – IFK, Universität Stuttgart, GERMANY

Yanan Huo, Master Candidate, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA

Navid Khallaghi, Department of Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science, University of Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM

Jinhu Li, College of Safety & Engineering, Anhui University of Science and Technology, CHINA

Xuan Liu, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotang University, CHINA

Yi Ran Lu, Department of Chemicals and Material Engineering, University of Alberta, CANADA

Łukasz Niedźwiecki, Combustion & Energy Process Department, Wrocław University of Technology, POLAND

Lukas Portner, Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Lehrstuhl für Energieanlagen und Energieprozesstechnik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GERMANY

Malgorzata Sieradzka, PhD student, Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, POLAND

Hanmin Yang, PhD Student, Dept. of Materials Science Engineering, Unit of Process, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Group of Energy and Furnace Technology, SWEDEN

CRITERIA:  Students will be judged on their manuscripts that will be included in the Proceedings; and on the actual presentations.  To be eligible the student must submit the manuscript in a timely manner so that the paper is included in the Proceedings.  And the student must register for the conference and make the presentation in the appropriate session at the conference.  Students must be enrolled in a college or university or graduated within six months of the conference.  For papers with multiple authors, you must indicate what part of the work is attributable to you.

 The Program Announcement and Call for Papers for the 2021 Clearwater Clean Energy Conference has been issued and all of the students participating in the Best Student Paper Award are marked on the program. 2021 Program Announcement

 Best Student Paper Award – Over the years the conference has benefitted from the many excellent papers given by students. To give these exceptional students well-deserved recognition, the Conference Committee now presents the Clearwater Clean Energy Conference Best Student Paper Award.

The 2019 Winners of The Best Student Paper Award, In honor of Prof. Adel Sarofim and Prof. Janos Beer

The Winner: Joshua Malzahn, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, USA, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Production of Mesophase Pitch from Coal for Carbon Fiber Production

1st Runner-Up: Shalini Kandasamy,Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, AUSTRALIA, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Energy Efficient Synthesis of Methanol from Biodiesel Waste Glycerol: Introducing a New Sustainable Reaction Process

2nd Runner-Up: Adelaide Nolan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, USA, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Computation Accelerated Design of Advanced Materials for Novel Energy Applications

 

The award winners at the 2018 Clearwater Clean Energy Conference are:

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In honor of Profs. Adel Sarofim and Janos Beer 

Vinoth Kumar, Institute of Mining Engineering, University of British Columbia (UBC), CANADA

Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of

Simultaneous Extraction of Clean Coal and Rare Earth Elements from Coal Middlings Using Alkali-Acid Leaching Process

The First Runner Up:

Peter Ostermeier, Institute for Energy Systems, Technical University of Munich, Germany, GERMANY

Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of

 Numerical Approaches for Modeling Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Reactors: Comparison of the Models and Application to Different Technical Problems

The Second Runner Up:

To Vasudev Pralhad Haribal, and Luke Neal, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina University, USA

Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of

 Chemical Looping Oxidative Dehydrogenation:  A Greener Route to Ethylene Production

The 2017 recipients were:

The Best Student Paper Award In honor of Profs. Adel Sarofim and Janos Beer

To Seong Kuk Cho, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of A Review for Prediction of Supercritical CO₂ Compressor Surge Line

The First Runner Up of the Best Student Paper Award In honor of Profs. Adel Sarofim and Janos Beer To Seong Jun Bae,, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Development of KAIST-STA (System Transient Analysis) Code and Validation and Verification Results for Transient Analyses of Supercritical CO₂ Brayton Cycle

 The Second Runner Up of the Best Student Paper Award, In honor of Profs. Adel Sarofim and Janos Beer To Johannes George van der Watt, University of North Dakota – Institute for Energy Studies, Due to the high quality of the work in the manuscript and the superior presentation of Development of a Spouted Fluid Bed Reactor for Chemical Looping Combustion

QUESTIONS & PROBLEMS

All materials (registration forms, manuscripts, etc.) for – and questions about – the conference should be directed to:

Barbara Sakkestad at
Clearwater Clean Energy Conference
Post Office Box 1130
Louisa, VA 23093
Phone: 240-751-0900
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or on our website: www.ClearwaterCleanEnergyConference.com.