Dr. Peter Smirni­o­tis (Chem. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cincin­nati) received the BP Fac­ul­ty Excel­lence Award for 2000–2001. This new­ly cre­at­ed award was pre­sent­ed by Mr. Jon Rad­abaugh, Cat­a­lyst Prod­uct Man­ag­er of BP.