The IAPWS Helmholtz Award is given yearly to a qualified researcher who, at the time of the nomination, is at most 10 years past the time of receiving his or her last earned degree. There is no need for the nominee to be in any way associated with IAPWS. The purpose of the award is to recognize promising early-to-mid career scientists and engineers who are making significant contributions to, or defining new directions in the areas of research of interest to IAPWS; and to encourage them to become active in IAPWS.

Nominations may be made by any individual except for a member of the Award Committee; self-nominations are not allowed. A committee, consisting of representatives from 5 IAPWS member nations, chooses the winner from among the nominees. The winner recieves a framed certificate and a paid trip to the the annual IAPWS meeting to present the Helmholtz Award lecture.

The past recipients of the IAPWS Helmholtz award are as follows:

Year	Helmholtz Award Winner
2000	Dr. Andrzej Anderko, OLI Systems, Inc.
2001	Dr. Nobuyuki Matubayasi, Kyoto University
2003	Prof. Eric Luijten, University of Illinois
2005	Dr. Valeria Molinero, California Institute of Technology
2006	Dr. Hong-Wei Xiang, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2007	Dr. Karsten Meier, Helmut-Schmidt University
2008	Dr. Noriyuki Yoshii, Himeji Dokkyo University

This page updated September 15, 2008