METSOC SECTION AWARDS

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco Award

1. The award shall be made from time to time as circumstances warrant in recognition of highly significant contributions to the advancement of materials engineering in Canada.
2. No more than one award may be made in any one year. The recipient must be domiciled in Canada and must be a Member of the Institute.
3. The adjudication of the award shall be made by the Awards Committee of the Materials Science and Engineering Section of The Metallurgical Society of CIM.
4. All nominations are solicited by a past recipient of the award, then submitted to a ballot by the Section Committee of the Materials Science and Engineering Section of The Metallurgical Society of CIM. The Section Committee then selects a nominee for recommendation to the MetSoc Awards Chair no later than February 1st of each year. Each nomination is to be accompanied by a statement giving clearly the reasons which, in the opinion of the Section, make their nominee a suitable candidate for this award.
5. The Awards Committee of the Section shall submit its recommendation and all necessary documentation to the Chair of the Awards Committee of the Metallurgical Society. The Chair of the Awards Committee will then bring the recommendation for approval by the Board of Directors of the Society at the Spring meeting. The Chair of the Awards Committee will then advise the awardee.
6. The award, including the testimonial, shall be presented at the Awards Banquet of the Conference of Metallurgists by a Dofasco representative.
7. The Society may elect to invite the recipient to deliver a special lecture during the Conference.

D.A.R. Kay Memorial Iron & Steel Section Award

1. The ISS CIM Award Committee will make the final selection for this Award.

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Morris Cohen Award

1. The award shall be made to an individual in recognition of significant contribution to the advancement of corrosion science and engineering in Canada. The recipient must have made his or her contribution while working in Canada, but need not be a Canadian citizen.
2. The award may be presented from time to time as circumstances warrant, but not more than one award shall be made in any given year.
3. A candidate must be nominated by at least one member of the CIM. Membership on the Award Committee does not preclude the right to make a nomination.
4. Candidates may be nominated from industry, government or universities. Nominees shall fulfill one or more of the following criteria:
   
   1. Candidates have developed an industrial corrosion control process of recognized commercial importance;
      
   2. Have made significant contribution to fundamental corrosion science and/or engineering;
      
   3. Have had a distinguished career as an educator in the field of corrosion science and/or engineering and developed technical training courses in that field;
      
   4. Have promoted or stimulated corrosion science and/or engineering research and development.
5. The first call for nominations shall be made by October 1 of the year preceeding the year of the Award.
   
6. Closing date for nominations shall be February 1 of the year of the Award.
7. The (Section) Award Committee shall consider the nominations and reach a decision on the selection of recipient prior to March 15 of the year of the Award. The Chair of the (Section) Award Committee shall report this decision to the Section Chair and forward the necessary documentation to the Chair of the Society's Award Committee for presentation and approval of the Board of Directors Spring meeting. The Chair of the MetSoc Awards Committee will then advise the recipient.
8. The award, including the testimonial, shall be presented at the Awards Banquet of the Conference of Metallurgists. The Section may elect to invite the recipient to deliver a special lecture during the Conference of Metallurgists. Dr. Mimoun Elboujdaini ICF12 Chairman CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory Natural Resources Canda 568 Booth Street Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0G1 Tel.: (613) 992-9573 Fax: (613) 992-8735 Email: melboujd@nrcan.gc.ca
9. When reasonably possible, the recipient shall be expected to receive the Award in person at a meeting of the Section. At that time, the recipient shall speak on a subject of major interest to him/her in the field of corrosion science or engineering.

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Light Metals Best Paper Award

1. Each session Chair selects his session's best paper from the Proceedings of the previous year's Conference of Metallurgist.
2. Each nomination is reviewed by the award subcommittee of the Section.
3. The final choice is ratified by the Section.
4. Notice of the winner is sent to MetSoc Award Chair.
5. When reasonably possible, the recipient shall be expected to receive the Award in person at the Light Metals Luncheon during the annual Conference of Metallurgists.

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Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy Award

1. The Section selects the best paper from the previous year's CIM Bulletin or CMQ.
2. Each nomination is reviewed by the award subcommittee of the Section.
3. The final choice is ratified by the Section.
4. Notice of the winner is sent to MetSoc Award Chair.

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Materials Science Best Paper Award