Syncrude Canada Innovation Award

The 2010 winner is:

Ying Zheng
University of New Brunswick
Department of Chemical Engineering

Ying Zheng joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick in 1999 after receiving her PhD degree in chemical engineering from The University of Western Ontario. Zheng was promoted to the rank of professor in 2008. Zheng’s research focuses on chemical reaction engineering with applications to clean and green fuels and value-added chemicals from hydrocarbon and natural resources. Zheng has authored and co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal publications and conference contributions, three U.S. patents and five patent applications pending. She is actively involved in the CIC Catalysis Division. Zheng was awarded the Humboldt Fellowships in 2007 and University Research Scholar in 2009.

Previous Winners of the Syncrude Canada Innovation Award

Nomination Form: Submit your nomination package as a PDF

Terms of Reference

The award shall be presented to a resident of Canada who has made a distinguished contribution to the field of chemical engineering while working in Canada. Nominees for this award shall not have reached the age of 40 by January of the year in which the nomination becomes effective.

Deadline: December 1 of each year.

Sponsor: Syncrude Canada Ltd.

Award: A certificate and $2,000 cash.

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.