The award will not be offered for 2023. If you are interested in sponsoring the award, please contact rkatagiri@cheminst.ca.
The Award in Design and Industrial Practice is presented for innovative design or production activities accomplished in Canada.
View the Terms of Reference and list of Past Winners
The 2022 winner of the Award in Design and Industrial Practice is:
Stephen Butt
Memorial University
Prof. Stephen Butt has been a faculty member at Dalhousie University from 1996 to 2006 and at Memorial University since 2006 where he is engaged in the sustainable development of natural resource industries through teaching, research and industry collaboration. He has been focused on technology development and optimization, reducing environmental footprint, and the training of highly qualified personnel and industry professionals. He has held research funding of $6.5M CAD as Principal Investigator and another $13.5M CAD as Co-Investigator, supervised ~110 Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP), published ~230 articles and proceedings, and holds several patents. He has been Mining Program Chair at Dalhousie University, Associate Dean (Graduate) and Process Engineering Chair at Memorial, and is an Associate Mining Engineer with MineTech International in Halifax, NS.