Call for Awards

Nomination deadline extended to January 24.

ICMF Senior/Junior Awards

Beginning with the Lyon meeting in 1998, SENIOR and JUNIOR AWARDS have been presented at the International Conference on Multiphase Flows. Starting with ICMF 2019 the awards have been sponsored by the International Journal on Multiphase Flow (IJMF) and Elsevier, and they have been designated “Gad Hetsroni Award” (formerly Senior Award) and “Andrea Prosperetti Award” (formerly Junior Award).

Gad Hetsroni (Senior) Award

The GAD HETSRONI AWARD recognizes an individual's significant scientific/technical contributions to the field of multiphase flow research, as well as outstanding leadership in promoting scholarship, research, development and education in this field. At ICMF 2023 a prize of 5000 US$ will be awarded, courtesy of IJMF and Elsevier. The award will be presented at the International Conference on Multiphase Flow and will be accompanied by a Plenary Distinguished Lecture from the Award winner.
Past recipients of the Senior Award:

  • Thomas Hanratty (Lyon 1998)
  • Clayton Crowe (New Orleans 2001)
  • Andrea Prosperetti (Yokohama 2004)
  • Geoffrey Hewitt (Leipzig 2007)
  • Gad Hetsroni (Florida 2010)
  • John Eaton (Jeju 2013)
  • Said Elghobashi (Florence 2016)
  • Sivaramakrishnan Balachandar (Rio de Janeiro 2019)

Andrea Prosperetti (Junior) Award

The ANDREA PROSPERETTI AWARD recognizes significant scientific/technical breakthroughs in the field of multiphase flow research made by a researcher younger than 40 years at the date of the Award presentation. At ICMF 2023 a prize of 2000 US$ will be awarded, courtesy of IJMF and Elsevier. The award will be presented at the International Conference on Multiphase Flow and will be accompanied by a Plenary Distinguished Lecture from the Award winner.
Past recipients of the Junior Award:

  • Howard Hu (Lyon 1998)
  • Not awarded (New Orleans 2001)
  • Fumio Takemura (Yokohama 2004)
  • Christophe Clanet (Leipzig 2007)
  • Neelesh Patankar (Florida 2010)
  • Not awarded (Jeju 2013)
  • Olivier Desjardins (Florence 2016)
  • Yoshiyuki Tagawa (Rio de Janeiro 2019)

Awards Committee

Article 13 of the ICMF by-laws entitled "Awards Committee" states:
"The Awards Committee shall consist of the six senior members on the Governing Board. The Awards Committee is responsible for soliciting nominations for the senior and junior awards and for selecting the top nominees. The committee shall report the final selections to the entire Governing Board for approval."
According to custom, the members of the Awards Committee are not eligible for either award, nor do they present nominations.
The current members of the Awards Committee are:

  • Yuichi Murai, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • Catherine Colin, Institut de Mecanique des Fluides de Toulouse, France
  • Robert Mudde, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
  • Oscar Rodriguez, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • Roberto Zenit, Brown University, USA
  • Shigeo Hosokawa (Chair), Kansai University, Japan

Nominations for the Gad Hetsroni (Senior) Award

The nomination letter should include a brief statement about the contributions of the nominee and a rationale for the award. From all the nominations, the Awards Committee will select a short list of 5 nominees and request from the respective nominators a detailed Curriculum Vitae and a list of candidate’s publications, on the basis of which the final selection will be made.

Nominations for the Andrea Prosperetti (Junior) Award

As a minimum, nominations should include:

  • Name, date of birth, and address of nominee
  • Brief CV of nominee
  • List of 5 significant publications
  • Rationale for the award

After drawing up a short list of 5 nominees, the Awards Committee will request from the nominators three letters of recommendation, on the basis of which the final selection will be made.
Letters of nomination should be submitted by January 15 January 24, 2023 to the Awards Committee Chair.