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Following the successful launch of the PSE Model-Based Innovation (MBI) prize last year, Process Systems Enterprise (PSE) is pleased to announce the CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2009 MBI PRIZE. The prize, worth €5000 (EUR), is given for the best published paper in which PSE’s gPROMS advanced process modelling software is used to generate research results in a novel area of application or technology. The 2008 prize was won by a team from Louisiana State University (LSU) and the University of Sydney comprising Jose Romagnoli, Ali Abbas and Mustafa Nowee, for their paper “Model-based optimal strategies for controlling particle size in antisolvent crystallization operations.” PSE & gPROMS PSE is a pioneer in the emerging technology of Model-Based Innovation. Our gPROMS product is widely used in academic research, particularly in areas of novel technology, to provide quantification to support research results through the application of first-principles modelling. 2009 MBI prize If you used gPROMS in support of research published between 1 July 2007 and 30 June 2009, you are encouraged to submit a paper for the 2009 prize. The research presented in the paper should make substantial use of gPROMS modelling in order to achieve the results described. The judges will favour novel applications or application in novel technology areas. The prize is open to applicants from industry as well as academia. Submissions will be judged by the panel of three leading academics in the field of Process Systems Engineering: Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos (Imperial College London), Professor Rafiqul Gani (Technical University of Denmark) and Professor Michael Georgiadis (University of Western Macedonia, Greece). More details on the prize, including guidelines for submission, can be found on the PSE website at http://www.psenterprise.com/academic/mbi_prize/2009/index.html, along with the rules, guidelines and a submission form. The closing date for entries is 30 June 2009 and the prize will be awarded at the 2009 AIChE Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. If you feel that you have a paper that will qualify for the prize, you are encouraged to submit an abstract using the entry form at http://www.psenterprise.com/academic/mbi_prize/2009/form_mbi_prize.html. You do not need to provide the full paper and publication details until the deadline. If you have any questions, please feel to ask the organising committee by emailing [log in to unmask] KateBurness PSE Academic