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Donald L. Katz
The DONALD L. KATZ AWARD is named in honor of the highly esteemed Professor Emeritus of the University of Michigan.
It was initiated in 1985 to recognize outstanding accomplishments in gas processing research and technology, and for excellence in engineering education. Dr. Katz has been closely associated with GPA and the natural gas and gas industry during all of his long and distinguished career. He and his students developed much of the classic data and many of the correlations that are essential to understanding the science and engineering of light hydrocarbon production and processing. He was the 1950 recipient of the GPA Hanlon Award, the first of some 21 major scientific honors and awards received during his career.
The Award, symbolized by a wall plaque bearing an engraved likeness of Dr. Katz, is not an annual event, but is conferred as deemed appropriate by GPA research leaders and the Awards Committee. It is given out at the Opening General Session of GPA's Annual Convention.
Donald L. Katz Award Recipients
2009 Dr. James F. Ely, Colorado School of Mines
2008 Peter Clark, Alberta Sulphur Research Ltd.
2007 Ken Marsh, University of Canterbury
2006 Ding-Yu Peng, University of Saskatchewan
2005 Dr. Heng-Joo Ng, P.E., Oilphase - DBR
2004 Dr. Jerry Bullin, Texas A&M University
2003 Dr. Kenneth E. Starling, University of Oklahoma
2002 Dr. P.R (Raj) Bishnoi, University of Calgary
2001 Professor Dominique Richon, Ecole des Mines in Paris
2000 D. E Dendy Sloan, Colorado School of Mines
1999 Dr. Orville Sandall, University of California
1998 Dr. Fred D. Otto, University of Alberta, Dr. Alan Mather, University of Alberta
1997 Dr. Kenneth Hall, Texas A & M University
1996 Dr. John Erbar (posthumous)
1995 None
1994 Dr. K. C. Chao, Purdue University
1993 Fred Poettmann, Colorado School of Mines
1992 John Prausnitz, University of California, Berkeley
1991 None
1990 Dr. Frank Dotterweich, Texas A & I University
1989 Grant Wilson, Wiltec Research Co.
1988 James P. Kohn, University of Notre Dame
1987 None
1986 Don Robinson, D. B. Robinson & Associates
1985 Professor Riki Kobayashi, Rice University
We're already planning for the 2011 GPA Convention. Mark your calendars!
April 3 - 6, 2011
San Antonio, Texas
If you are interested in being a speaker at next year's GPA Convention, please remember that the deadline to submit your abstract (to jdreyer@GPAglobal.org) for consideration is Sept. 1, 2010. Presentations will cover topics in gas processing, gas gathering, fractionation, storage and transportation. Learn more.