The IAPWS Helmholtz Award is given yearly to a qualified researcher who, at the time of the nomination, is at most 15 years past the time of receiving his or her last earned degree. There is no need for the nominee to be in any way associated with IAPWS. The purpose of the award is to recognize promising early-to-mid career scientists and engineers who are making significant contributions to, or defining new directions in the areas of research of interest to IAPWS; and to encourage them to become active in IAPWS.
Nominations may be made by any individual except for a member of the Award Committee; self-nominations are not allowed. A committee, consisting of representatives from 5 IAPWS member nations, chooses the winner from among the nominees. The winner recieves a framed certificate and a paid trip to the the annual IAPWS meeting to present the Helmholtz Award lecture.
The past recipients of the IAPWS Helmholtz award are as follows:
| Year | Helmholtz Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Dr. Andrzej Anderko, OLI Systems, Inc. |
| 2001 | Dr. Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Kyoto University |
| 2003 | Prof. Eric Luijten, University of Illinois |
| 2005 | Dr. Valeria Molinero, California Institute of Technology |
| 2006 | Dr. Hong-Wei Xiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| 2007 | Dr. Karsten Meier, Helmut Schmidt University |
| 2008 | Dr. Noriyuki Yoshii, Himeji Dokkyo University |
| 2010 | Ms. Melonie Myszczyszyn, Canadian Natural Resources Limited |
| 2011 | Prof. Hertanto Adidharma, University of Wyoming |
| 2012 | Prof. Maxim Fedorov, University of Strathclyde |
| 2013 | Prof. Hank Ashbaugh, Tulane University |
| 2014 | Dr. Ken Yoshida, University of Tokushima |
| 2015 | Dr. Vincent Holten, Cornell University |
| 2016 | Dr. Frédéric Caupin, Université Claude Bernard Lyon |
| 2017 | Dr. Pavel Gotovtsev, Kurchatov Institute |
| 2018 | Dr. Hugues Arcis, University of Guelph |
| 2019 | Dr. Václav Vinš, Institute of Thermomechanics, Czech Academy of Sciences |
| 2020 | Dr. Tatsuya Ishiyama, University of Toyama |
| 2021 | Dr. Robert Hellmann, Helmut Schmidt University |
| 2022 | Prof. Amish Patel, University of Pennsylvania |
This page updated September 25, 2023