Congratulations to Yong Yan and his research team who have been awarded the Alec Hough-Grassby Award by the Institute of Measurement and Control. This Award commemorates Dr Alec Hough-Grassby, a member of the Institute’s founding Council and a prominent process analyst with ICI. The Award will formally be presented at a ceremony in October and is made in recognition of the Kent team’s achievements in combustion flame imaging.