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AIME Frank F. Aplan Award

The Frank F. Aplan Award was established by UEF in 1989 and transferred to AIME in recognition of engineering or scientific contributions that further the understanding of the technology of coal and/or mineral processing. Frank F. Aplan, in addition to teaching and research, worked for several mining, metallurgical, and chemical companies. He has received several AIME and Member Society Awards. 

Guidelines: aime_guidelines_aplan_award.pdf

Winner List

2018 - Chen-Luh Lin (SME)

2008 - Rick Q. Honaker (SME)

1997 - Brij M. Moudgil (SME)

2017 - S A. Ravishankar (SME)

2007 - Gerald H. Luttrell (SME)

1996 - Klaus Schoenert

2016 - David G. Osborne (SME)

2006 - Subhash Chander (SME)

1995 - John A. Herbst (SME/TMS)

2015 - Robert C. Bratton (SME)

2005 - Dr. D. R. Nagaraj (SME)

1994 - Albert W. Deurbrouck

2014 - Michael J. Mankosa (SME)

2004 - Larry G. Twidwell (TMS)

1993 - Prakash C. Kapur

2013 - Barbara J. Arnold (SME)

2003 - Jan D. Miller (SME/TMS)

1992 - Ponisseril Somasundaran (SME)

2011 - Peter J. Bethell (SME)

2002 - S. Komar Kawatra (SME)

1991 - Thomas P. Meloy

2010 - Bhupendra K. Parekh (SME)

1999 - Maurice C. Fuerstenau (SME)

1990 - Douglas W. Fuerstenau (SME)

2009 - Courtney A. Young (SME)

1998 - Richard Hogg

1989 - Frank F. Aplan (SME)


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