CACHE Trustee Eva Sorensen honored for her services to chemical engineering education

Prof. Sorensen was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in King Charles’ first Birthday Honours for outstanding services to Education and Chemical engineering.

Among her many contributions are (LINK):

Eva is an Editor of IChemE’s Chemical Engineering Research and Design journal, having previously been the Editor-in-Chief (2010-2020). She is a member of IChemE's Education & Accreditation Forum (2012-) and was a member of Engineering Council’s Engineering Accreditation Board (2014-21). She is also a member of the Fluid Separations Special Interest Group Committee (Chair 2003-7) and the Education Special Interest Group Committee. Eva is IChemE’s representative on the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE)’s Working Party on Fluid Separations (Secretary 2002-6, Chair 2006-12) and she was previously a member of the EFCE’s Executive Board (2011-17). She won the IChemE Frank Morton Medal in 2017.

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Eva is Professor of Chemical Engineering at University College London, having joined the department in 1996. In 2020 she was appointed Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, becoming the first female to hold this position since the department opened 100 years ago.

Prof. Sorensen remarked:

 "It is a tremendous honour for me to have received an MBE. I became an academic because I enjoy working with the sort of brilliant young people we have at UCL. Over the years, I have taken great satisfaction from seeing thousands of graduates going through our chemical engineering programmes and becoming professional engineers, working in a wide range of sectors. Throughout this time, I have been proud to work with IChemE to promote the discipline, and I hope I have made some contribution to the vital work that chemical engineers are doing in solving some of the pressing global challenges that we are currently facing, particularly on sustainability, climate change and global health.”

More info about Prof. Sorensen and her recent honor is available here:

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• Prof Eva Sorensen awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours