At NASCRE 1 at Houston, Texas in 2001, Octave Levenspiel became the third recipient of the Amundson Award. Dr. Octave Levenspiel is emeritus professor of chemical engineering at Oregon State University. His primary interest is in chemical reactors, and his teaching, writing and research aim at finding general principles and methods for designing these units. Dr. Levenspiel's other broad areas of interest concern heat exchangers and how to make the world of thermo-dynamics understandable.

His pioneering book Chemical Reaction Engineering was the first in the field. It has numerous foreign editions and has been translated into 10 foreign languages. Today, after 37 years, it remains the standard and most widely used book, worldwide, on the subject.

Other books by Dr. Levenspiel are The Chemical Reactor Omnibook, Fluidization Engineering (co-author), Engineering Flow and Heat Exchange, and Understanding Engineering Thermo.

Dr. Levenspiel has lectured widely and has received numerous acknowledgments for his professional achievements, including the Education Lectureship Award from the American Society for Engineering Education and two awards from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering and the Lewis Award for distinguished and continuing contributions to chemical engineering education. He has also received an honorary doctorate degree from the National Polytechnic of Lorraine, France, for his "international outstanding scientific reputation," and from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

This page updated May 28, 2004