A fundamental responsibility of The Metallurgical Society of CIM is to recognize 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 2009 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.
The awards presentation ceremony was chaired by our 1st Vice-President, Greg Richards, of Teck Ltd.
The 2009 Airey Award
- the most prestigious and highest standard for the Metallurgical Society award was presented to
Christopher Fleming "In recognition of a lifetime of distinguished achievements
& outstanding contributions to the advancement of the physical metallurgy of steel in Canada".
Airey Award Christopher Fleming
Rio Tinto Alcan Award Alan Plumtree
Silver Medal George P. Demopoulos
CIM Fellowship Michael Agnew, Mahesh Chaturvedi, David Dreisinger, Ian Masters, Mahi Sahoo and Michael Sudbury
ArcelorMittal Dofasco Award Gary R. Purdy
Xstrata Innovation Award
Air Liquide and Xstrata Nickel
Sherritt Hydrometallurgy Award
Derek Kerfoot
MetSoc Best Paper Award
A.M. Lafront, D. Dube, R. Tremblay, E. Ghali, C. Blawert and W. Dietzel
CIM Distinguished Lecturer
Georges J. Kipouros and Engin Ozberk
Non-ferrous Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
B. Zhao, E. Jak, and P.C. Hayes
Morris Cohen Award
Muhannad Al-Darbi
Brimacombe Award
Priti Wanjara
Outstanding CIM-MetSoc Student Chapter
Universite de Laval
1st Prize Graduate Student Poster Award
Erika Bellhouse, McMaster University
2nd Prize Graduate Student Poster Award
Seun Idowu, University of Manitoba
1st Prize Undergraduate Student Poster Award
Marc Gallant, Carleton University
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