Miramontes named Top Role Model in Science and Engineering
 2014
Luis E. Miramontes
named as outstandig Role Model in Science and Engineering. The
honouring comes from the 2014 Edition of the USA Science &
Engineering Festival whose mission is "to re-invigorate the interest of
our nation's youth in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)
by producing and presenting the most compelling, exciting, educational
and entertaining science festival in the United States". In this way
the USA Festival acknoweldeges the universal contribution of this Mexican scientist, presenting it as an
example for future generations [more].
Miramontes role has been remarked in both medicine and chemistry. His
role is cited next to Marie Curie whose work (worth two Nobel Prizes)
was also an oustanding contribution on both medice and chemistry.
Week of Science and Innovation 2011 Mexico City
October
2011/ Mexico City celebrated at DF downtown that has included a picture
exhibition on Mexican Science organized by Natalia Jardón. The
exhibition included a secction devoted to of Luis E. Miramontes.
Hispanic
Heritage Month Celebration
CNN: Miramontes' contribution is the top achivement of Mexican Science
17/08/2011 CNN Mexico says Luis E. Miramontes invention is one of the top Mexican contribution to world science ever [see press note].
Most influential chemical engineers of all time
21/02/2011/
Luis E. Miramontes
elected as one of the most influential chemical engineers of all time.
The poll was organized by TCE
Today
a publication from the IChemE (UK), with more
than 30,000 affiliates worldwide. Miramontes' invention ranked fourth
behind the top winners,
Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch both Nobel laureated [more].
Poll results*:
Rank
and name
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1.
Fritz Haber and Carl
Bosch 
2. Henry
Bessemer 
3. Jasper Kane and John
McKeen 
4. George Rosenkranz, Luis Miramontes and Carl
Djerassi  
5. Donald Campbell, Homer Martin, Eger Murphree and Charles
Tyson
6.
Thomas
Midgley
7. Carl von Linde and William
Hampson
8. Csaba
Horváth
9. Waldo Semon
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*
Courtesy of IChemE
 28/02/2011/
Prize "Innovadores de
América"
has been officially announced in the Dominican Republic. Luis E.
MIramontes has been selected as a top example of Latinamerican
science. He has been chosen as an Icon
and Legend of America
[more].
XV Iberoamerican Chemistry Olympics
23/10/2010/ In the opening of the XV Iberoamerican Chemistry Olympics,
the president of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Arturo Menchaca,
mentioned Luis E. Miramontes' work as one of the top Mexican
contributions to world science ever. [more].
/2010/
Innovadores de América,
an initiative responsible for the prize (regarded as Nobel prize of
LatinAmerica) that will award from 2011 the top innovators of the
region, has chosen Luis E. MIramontes as one of its Icons
and Legends.
/June/2010/ TCE Today
from the United Kingdom has named Luis Miramontes as one of the chemical engineers that changed the
world
[more].
/10/11/2009/
BBC of London has named Luis E. Miramontes as one of the top LatinAmericans
that changed the world. [more]
/August/2009/ UNAM named the
invention of MIramontes a
Historic Landmark and honoured him as one of its top graduated aof all
times. [more]
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