Sponsored by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering
The R. S. Jane Memorial Award is presented to a person, who, while residing in Canada has made an exceptional achievement to the field of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry.
The R. S. Jane Memorial Award was established to commemorate the memory of the late Dr. Robert Stephen Jane who made an outstanding contribution to the chemical profession and chemical industry in Canada. It is the premier award of the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.
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The 2026 winner of the R. S. Jane Memorial Award is:
Uttandaraman (U.T.) Sundararaj, FCIC
University of Calgary
Dr. Uttandaraman (U.T.) Sundararaj Sundararaj is Professor and Schulich Industry Research Chair in Polymer Multiphase Nanomaterials at the University of Calgary.
He has made transformative contributions to polymer science and is listed in the top 1% of researchers for EMI shielding, and nanocomposites, evidenced by highly-cited papers (4 papers >1000 citations), and pioneering research in polymer drop-breakup mechanisms and unique mixing designs. He has published 380 refereed publications (h-index =65, 21,000+ citations) and holds several patents in polymer processing and nanotechnology.
He has been honored with many awards, including the CIC Macromolecular Science and Engineering Award and the Morand Lambla Award from the Polymer Processing Society (PPS). He is a Fellow of five professional societies, including Canadian Academy of Engineering and Engineers Canada. He received the 3M Teaching Fellowship, Canada’s highest post-secondary teaching award, CIC Chemical Education award, and 25+ other teaching awards for teaching excellence and mentoring. He has He has mentored 159 researchers including 95 graduate and postdoctoral students.
He served as President, Vice-President, Local Section Chair and Student Advisor for CSChE. He served in other societies such as the PPS (International Representative and Awards Chair) and organized their annual conferences (CSChE2015, PPS2010) and symposia in AIChE, SPE).