The Frank F. Aplan Award recognizes contributions that further the understanding of the technology of coal and/or mineral engineering.
2023 – Philip Thompson
2022 – Hsin-Hsiung Huang
2021 – Nikhil C. Trivedi
2020 – Edwin H. Bentzen, III
2019 – Jaisen N. Kohmuench
2018 – Chen-Luh Lin
2017 – S. A. Ravishankar
2016 – David G. Osborne
2015 – Robert C. Bratton, PE
2014 – Michael J. Mankosa
2013 – Barbara Arnold
2011 – Peter J. Bethell
For more information, please contact SME at awards@smenet.org.