The CIM Distinguished Lecturer Award
2009 winners - Georges J. Kipouros and Engin Ozberk
A Distinguished Lecturers Program was established in 1967 by CIM Council as a means to recognize and organize public presentations by individuals chosen by the Institute's Societies/ Committees and Districts on the basis of their distinguished service and accomplishments in scientific, technical or administrative activities.
Georges J. Kipouros obtained his Diploma of Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, and his M.Sc. and PhD from the University of Toronto. He then worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for three years as a postdoctoral research associate.
For the next five years, Kipouros worked for General Motors Research Laboratories in Warren, Michigan, as a senior research scientist. Returning to academia, he joined Dalhousie Technical University where he held numerous positions, such as head of the mining and metallurgical engineering department, assistant dean of engineering and vice chair of the Senate of Dalhousie University. Kipouros is currently a professor of materials engineering in the Department of Process Engineering and Applied Science, and director of the Minerals Engineering Centre. His main research interests are in alloy development, powder metallurgy, corrosion and processing in molten salts. He teaches thermodynamics, kinetics, electrochemistry and advanced materials science.
His most recent awards include the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS/NSERC Award) Invitation Fellowship 2007 and the Metal Chemistry Award from the Metallurgical Society of CIM.
As Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Kipouros will present: Materials and Asset Integrity
Engin Ozberk, is vice president, innovation and technology development of Cameco Corporation. He has more than 30 years of research and development, and project management experience in light metals, base metals and nuclear industries. He has led and participated in numerous major metallurgical and chemical engineering projects worldwide.
Ozberk holds a B.Sc. in metallurgical engineering (1972), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; a masters in metallurgical engineering (1979) and a graduate diploma in management (1978) from McGill University. Currently, he is co-chair of the Canada Mining Innovation Council transitional board of directors and of the Technical Advisory Committee of the UOIT Cameco Chair for Nuclear Fuel. He is a CIM Fellow (1994), a recipient of the Silver Medal (1997) and the Alcan Award (2006) from the Metallurgical Society of CIM, and the Extractive Metallurgy Science Award (1988) from TMS. In 2007,
Ozberk received the Canadian Nuclear Society Communication and Education Award.
He has authored or coauthored more than 40 papers. Ozberk has also chaired numerous international conferences and symposia, as well as a guest speaker at a number of conferences and universities.
As Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Ozberk will present: Innovation and Uranium Mining from a Canadian Perspective
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