Awards

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