26th Nordic Process Control Workshop 2026 (NPCW 2026)

Nordic Process Control Award

The Nordic Process Control Award is given to outstanding process control professionals who have made a lasting and significant contribution to the field of process control.

Previous Nordic Process Control Award recipients

  1. Howard H. Rosenbrock (UK)
    Aaland, Finland, August 1995

  2. Karl Johan Åström (Sweden)
    Wadahl, Norway, January 1997

  3. F. Greg Shinskey (USA)
    Skeviks Gård, Stockholm, August 1998

  4. Jens G. Balchen (Norway)
    Lyngby, Denmark, January 2000

  5. Charles R. Cutler (USA)
    Åbo, Finland, August 2001

  6. Roger W. Sargent (UK)
    Trondheim, Norway, January 2003

  7. Ernst Dieter Gilles (Germany)
    Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2004

  8. Manfred Morari (Switzerland)
    Lyngby, Denmark, January 2006

  9. Jacques Richalet (France)
    Espoo, Finland, August 2007

  10. John MacGregor (Canada)
    Porsgrunn, Norway, January 2009

  11. Graham Goodwin (Australia)
    Lund, Sweden, August 2010

  12. Lorenz T. Biegler (USA)
    Lyngby, Denmark, January 2012

  13. James B. Rawlings (USA)
    Oulu, Finland, August 2013

  14. Rudolf Kalman (Switzerland)
    Trondheim, Norway, January 2015

  15. Wolfgang Marquardt (Germany)
    Sigtuna, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2016

  16. Dale Seborg (USA)
    Turku (Åbo), Finland, January 2018

  17. Nina Thornhill (UK)
    Lyngby, Denmark, August 2019

  18. Thomas F. Edgar (USA)
    Luleå, Sweden, March 2022

  19. Sebastian Engell (Germany)
    Trondheim, August 2023

  20. George Stephanopoulos (USA)
    Helsinki, Finland, January 2025