Awards

A fundamental responsibility of The Metallurgical Society of CIM is to recognise and honour those members who have excelled through their outstanding achievements and contributions to metallurgy and related fields. By bestowing appropriate awards, the Society encourages high standards of endeavour and focuses the attention of peers and public alike on the accomplishments and careers of its most talented members.

We would like to congratulate all of our 2007 CIM & MetSoc award recipients for their outstanding contributions to the profession and industry and setting the highest standards for the student and future members of our society. In addition to the recipients of this year’s awards and on the occasion of hosting Cu2007 MetSoc paid particular recognition to two towers of our society by naming two symposia in their honour: Drs John E. Dutrizac of CANMET and Carlos Díaz (formerly with Inco).

The awards presentation ceremony was chaired by our 2nd Vice-President Dr. Mahesh Chaturverdi of the University of Manitoba. We had the honour this year to have the CIM Fellowship Awards presented in person by the CIM President Mr. Jim Popowich.
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The 2007 Airey Award - the most prestigious and highest standard for the Metallurgical Society award was presented to Dr. Carlos M. Díaz "In recognition of 50 years of achievement in copper-nickel research, industrial development, education in pyrometallurgy and for his pioneering leadership in the copper-nickel industry”.

2007 AWARD RECIPIENTS:

Airey Award:
Carlos Díaz (retired from Inco Limited)

Alcan Award:
Gordon Irons (McMaster University)

Silver Medal:
Hubert Wylam King (University of Victoria)

CIM Fellowship:
George P. Demopoulos (McGill University), Bryn Harris (Consultant), Robert Lee (retired from Air Liquide), Norbert L. Piret (Piret and Strolberg Partners)

Sherritt Hydrometallurgy Award :
Jean-Françcois Turgeon (QIT)

Falconbridge Innovation Award:
McGill Mineral Processing Group for the Gas Dispersion Sensor Technology

Dofasco Award: Matthias Militzer (University of BC)

Teck Cominco Environmental Award:
Lucky Amaratunga (Laurentian University)

Morris Cohen Award:
Sergei A. Shipilov (Metallurgical Consultant)

MetSoc Best Paper Award:
P. Wanjara, R.A.L. Drew, S. Yue (McGill University), J. Root (NRC)

Light Metals Best Paper Award:
M. Worswick, O. Orlov, S. Winkler (University of Waterloo), Z.T. Chen (University of New Brunswick)

Non-ferrous Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award:
J. Liu ( CVRD-Inco), T.A. Utigard (UofT)


D.A.R. Kay Memorial Iron and Steel Section Award:
Michael Pomeroy (McMaster University)

Gordon M. Ritcey Award:
Berny Rivera-Vasquez (UBC)

Outstanding CIM/TMS Student Chapter: University of Alberta

1st Prize Graduate Student Poster Award:
L. Becze, M.Gomez , J-F. Le Berre (McGill University)

2nd Prize Graduate Student Poster Award: J. Cai, E. Morris (University of Toronto)

1st Prize Undergraduate Student Poster Award: D. Pohl, D. Chehab, (University of Toronto)

2nd Prize undergraduate poster: Francis Letarte-Lavoie, (Université Laval, Québec)