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TMS Members Honored at MetSoc 2015 Conference of Metallurgists

The following TMS members received awards and honors at the August 25 banquet that highlighted the MetSoc 2015 Conference of Metallurgists.

MetSoc Airey AwardChristopher Twigge-Molecey, Global Managing Director, Hatch Ltd.

Citation: “In recognition of outstanding leadership, exemplary vision, and a lifetime of innovation and technology development in the mining and metals industry, as well as advocacy to research and education in academia.”

The Airey award is a memorial to H.T. Airey, who played a fundamental role in the creation

A number of TMS members were recognized for their professional accomplishments and service at the Metallurgy & Materials Society (MetSoc) of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum 2015

Mary Wells Installed as MetSoc President

president of the Metallurgy and Materials Society (MetSoc) of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) during COM 2015. A TMS member for more than 15 years, Wells is currently a professor of materials engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering and Associate Dean for Outreach at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests include development and

manufacturing of advanced metallic products for transportation and other sectors. Additionally, Wells serves as the university’s chair of the Women in Engineering committee, where she established the WE-connect program to consolidate engineering outreach programs for young students of underrepresented minorities. She earned her B.Eng. at McGill University and her Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.

Edouard Asselin Named MetSoc Vice President Edouard Asselin was elected 3rd Vice President of the MetSoc Board of Directors during COM 2015. Asselin is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Aqueous Processing of Metals at the University of British Columbia. His research interests include hydrometallurgy and electrochemistry.

Since joining TMS, Asselin has served on several committees, including the Extraction & Processing Division (EPD) Council. In 2011, he received the EPD Young Leaders Professional Development Award. He received his B.A.Sc. from the University of Ottawa and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.

Mary Wells

Edouard Asselin

TMS Members Shine at COM 2015 Awards Ceremony

Christopher Twigge-Molecey

Conference of Metallurgists (COM 2015), held in August in Toronto, Ontario. TMS, a long-time co-sponsor of COM 2015, is pleased to congratulate them in this special edition of JOM Member News.

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contributions to the advancement of metallurgy in Canada. Twigge-Molecey is a past president of CIM and MetSoc, and a past recipient of the MetSoc Silver Medal Award.

MetSoc Award for Research ExcellenceDaolun Chen, Professor, Ryerson University

Citation: contributions in the area of mechanical properties, deformation, fatigue and fracture of advanced/emerging materials and critical engineering materials.”

This award recognizes a lifetime contribution in teaching and in research or outstanding individual work resulting in a breakthrough in metallurgical development.

MetSoc Brimacombe AwardMansoor Barati, Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Citation: “In recognition of his pioneering research accomplishments, exemplary training of students, contributions to professional organizations and his service to the community.”

Honoring the memory of J. Keith Brimacombe, this award recognizes young achievers who have made noteworthy

disciplines relevant to MetSoc.

CIM Fellowship

Council Canada (NRC) – Aerospace

Nils Voermann, Global Managing Director, Technologies, Hatch Ltd.

The CIM Fellowship recognizes MetSoc members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding contributions to the mining, metallurgical, or petroleum industries.

Distinguished Materials Scientist AwardAkram Alfantazi, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

of materials engineering.

Daolun Chen Mansoor Barati

Nils Voermann Akram Alfantazi

P. Taskinen G.A. Brooks

Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy Best Paper AwardP. Taskinen, Professor, Aalto University

Taskinen was one of three authors honored for the paper “Freeze Lining Formation in Continuous Converting Calcium Ferrite Slags,” Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol.

CIM Journal, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, or the proceedings of the previous year’s Conference of Metallurgists.

MetSoc Best Paper AwardG.A. Brooks, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology

Brooks was one of four authors honored for the paper “Kinetic Analysis of Silicothermic Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, Vol. 53, No.

1. This award is presented to the best paper published in Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly or the CIM Journal from the previous year.