R. S. Jane Memorial Award

The 2010 winner is:

Douglas W. Reeve
University of Toronto
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Previous Winners of the R. S. Jane Memorial Award

Nomination Form: Submit your nomination package as a PDF

Terms of Reference

This award is presented to a person who, while residing in Canada, has made an exceptional achievement in the field of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry.

This is the premier award of The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.

Deadline: December 1 of each year.

Sponsor: Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.

Award: A scroll, $3,000 cash and registration fee to the CSChE Conference (No travel expenses will be reimbursed).

All nominations will remain in force for three years. Nominators are responsible for keeping the record of the nominee up to date and complete.

The recipient may become eligible for the award in a subsequent year, provided that he/she has made new significant contributions to chemical engineering or industrial chemistry in Canada.

Membership in the Institute is not a prerequisite for this award.

The award shall be presented annually unless the committee considers that no suitable candidate has been nominated.

The award shall be presented annually at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. The recipient will be asked to present an award lecture.

The recipient of the award is encouraged to submit to the Editor of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering a manuscript based on the award lecture, having contents appropriate to the journal's objectives, for consideration of publication.

The R .S. Jane Memorial Award was established in 1960 to commemorate the memory of the late Dr. Robert Stephen Jane who made an outstanding contribution to the chemical profession and the chemical industry in Canada.