International award for engineer

Department of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor David Brennan, left, and Dr Kurt Golonka receiving the Institution of Chemical Engineers Senior Moulton Medal from institute president Mr John Robinson.

Associate Professor Brennan and Dr Golonka won the prestigious award late last year for the best paper in the Transactions of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Dr Golonka, who completed his PhD in 1996 under the supervision of Dr Brennan and now works for Kvaerner in Melbourne, coauthored the paper.The Moulton Medal is an international award, which has been won previously by Australians on only two occasions.