Call for Nominations: IWA MEWE Ardern-Lockett Award 2025 – YOA

Deadline: February 11, 2025

Applications are open for the International Water Association (IWA) MEWE Ardern-Lockett Award 2025. The Ardern-Lockett Award acknowledges excellent contributions to analysis and apply in Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering. The activated sludge course of was invented in 1913-1914 by Mr. Edward Ardern, a chemist on the Manchester-Davyhulme wastewater therapy plant, and his co-employee, Mr. William Lockett.

Ardern and Lockett understood for the primary time the lively position of floc formation in the course of the aeration of wastewater, recognized now as activated sludge. They launched a recycling of this suspension fashioned in the course of the aeration interval and labored vigorously to scale up the commentary. Ardern and Lockett labored below the steerage of Gilbert John Fowler. The group had sturdy hyperlinks to the analysis centre at Lawrence Experiment Station in Massachusetts. Though they studied isolates from the sludge, they discovered the indigenous micro organism to be more practical.

The award is called after Ardern and Lockett in recognition of the MEWE Specialist Group’s sturdy hyperlink to the Activated Sludge course of, and investigations into the microbial inhabitants dynamics of those programs but in addition in recognition of their exemplary capability to hyperlink discovery to application.

Eligibility

The nominee is required to fulfill the next standards:

• Has made excellent lengthy-time period contributions to analysis and apply within the subject of Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering.
• Has demonstrated excellence in management and innovation and pursued excellence by their impactful contribution to the sphere of microbial ecology and water engineering.
• Has demonstrated an lively dedication in direction of the success of MEWE by tangible important contributions past academia and analysis (e.g. revolutionary pondering and application of sustainable options for water engineering and apply, lively engagement with stakeholders, data switch and outreach actions).
• Has been on the forefront of efforts in direction of linking microbial ecology and water engineering, shaping the strategic path of the sphere and influencing each academia and business apply.
• Has been an lively IWA member by sustained contributions to the IWA group by occasions and actions or some other related contribution.

Nomination

The nominee should present:

• A brief curriculum vitae, itemizing as much as 5 consultant outputs (most 4 pages). The influence of every output for the MEWE subject ought to be defined in max. 3-5 traces per output.
• A write-up highlighting the nominee’s accomplishments with regard to the above standards and his/her future ambitions within the subject of MEWE (most 2 pages).
• Two help letters from exterior referees consisting of 1 nationwide/regional referee and one worldwide referee, of which one have to be an IWA member (most 1 web page per letter).
• The contact particulars of a 3rd unbiased referee (title, affiliation, electronic mail, and telephone) who can testify in regards to the influence of the nominee’s contribution, and who will be contacted by the award committee.

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For extra info, go to IWA MEWE Ardern-Lockett Award.