Le conseil d’administration

Le conseil d'administration

Le conseil d’administration est composé de membres de MetSoc et de bénévoles qui se consacrent au soutien de la société en aidant à la planification d’activités communautaires, de webinaires, d’événements et de conférences.

Le conseil d’administration est composé de trois groupes:

Le bureau exécutif

Le bureau exécutif est composé du président sortant, du président, des vice-présidents, du trésorier et du secrétaire.

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Sections techniques

Les sections techniques représentent la diversité technique de la communauté des métaux, minéraux et matériaux.

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Comités permanents

Ces comités sont dédiés aux différents services de la société tels que les membres, les étudiants, l’EDI, les publications, etc.

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Conseil d'administration de MetSoc

Julie Lévesque

Président(e)

R&D project manager, Centre de métallurgie du Québec

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Dimitrios Filippou

Président sortant

RioExpert Metallurgist, Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium

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Lukas Bichler

1er vice-président

Professor, University of British Columbia

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Niels Verbaan

2e vice-président(e)

Director, SGS

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Sina Mostaghel

3e vice-président(e)

Directeur de l’ingénierie des procédés, AtkinsRéalis

Greg Richards

Trésorier

Teck Metals, Retired

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Jessica Hiscocks

Secrétaire

KPM

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Sections techniques

Brittany MacKinnon

Durabilité

Process Engineer-Pyrometallurgy, Hatch

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Georgios Kolliopoulos

Hydrométallurgie

Université Laval

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Abdallah Elsayed

Métaux légers

Professor, University of Guelph

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Gaofeng Li

Les Matériaux

National Research Council Canada

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Jean-François Boulanger

Science et ingénierie des minéraux

Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue

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Leili Tafaghodi

Pyrométallurgie

Professeur associé, Université McMaster

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Comités permanents

Daniel Brosig

Développement des affaires - Président

Director, Energy Solutions, Gas Cleaning Technologies LLC

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Engin Ozberk

Historique de la métallurgie - Président(e)

CIM Fellow

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Ahmet Deniz Baş

Publications

Associate Professor at MSKU, Turkey

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Sidney Omelon

Affaires étudiants - Président(e)

Associate Professor, McGill University

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Georges Houlachi

Services aux membres - Président(e)

Hydro Quebec, LTE lab
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Audrey Pothier

Équité, diversité, et inclusion (EDI) - Président

EIT, Rio Tinto

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Julie Lévesque is an R&D project manager at Quebec Metallurgy Center (CMQ), where she is the leader of the mechanical forming axis. She has close to 15 years of experience in the optimization of forming processes in collaboration with industries in the automotive, aerospace and packaging industry, amongst others.

Julie has been involved in MetSoc since 2017 as the Chair of the Light Metals technical section. She was the chair of the Light Metal Technology – Applications for the Transportation Industry at COM 2018 and a co-chair of other Light Metals symposiums at COM in 2019 and 2020. She is also active in her community, being a Women Ambassador of the Profession for the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (Quebec Professional Engineers order).

Dimitrios Filippou, Eng., Ph.D. is a metallurgical engineer with extensive experience in metal extraction R&D, process upscaling and optimisation, life cycle assessment and technology strategy development. He holds a Dipl. Eng. from the National Technical University of Athens (1988) and a Ph.D. degree from McGill University (1994). Since 2003, he works for the TiO2 Products Group of Rio Tinto Iron & Titanium. Dimitrios maintains strong ties to professional and research communities. He served as Secretary and Chair of the Hydrometallurgy Section of MetSoc (2009-2016), and he co-chaired the symposium “Pressure Hydrometallurgy 2012.”

Dr. Lukas Bichler received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering (specializing in Manufacturing, Materials and Solid Mechanics) from Ryerson University, Toronto. Upon graduation, he received NSERC-Postdoctoral fellowship, tenured at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto. 

RESEARCH SUMMARY: Advanced characterization of materials; New alloy development; Manufacturing processes 

COURSES & TEACHING: Manufacturing processes; Fundamental and advanced topics in materials science; Professional development (law and ethics for engineers)

Director, Technical Services (Hydrometallurgy), Metallurgy and Consulting​, SGS 

Niels Verbaan has over 20 years’ experience in the Minerals Industry. Having earned Master’s degrees in Raw Materials Processing (Delft University, The Netherlands) and Hydrometallurgy (McGill University), Niels started his career at Lakefield Research (now SGS) in 2000 as a Project Metallurgist.  In 2003-2004 he moved to Belgium and worked as an R&D Manager at Hydrometal, where he was responsible for evaluating new raw materials into the hydrometallurgical recycling facility.  He returned to Canada and re-joined SGS in 2004, and via various roles (Senior Metallurgist, Group Leader Hydrometallurgy, Principal Metallurgist, Technical & BD manager) settled into his current role as Director, Technical Services (Hydrometallurgy), Metallurgy & Consulting. In this role, he provides leadership and advice to SGS customers, SGS management, SGS global network of operations and sales teams on the technical aspects of SGS services involving hydrometallurgy of ores, concentrates and secondary feed streams for new and existing markets and commodities.  ​ 

Niels has authored or co-authored well over 40 technical publications and two patents related to the processing of critical materials. He has chaired biannual symposia on Processing of Critical Materials since 2014 and is currently chair for the “Joe Ferron Memorial Symposium – Processing of Critical Materials” as part of COM2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.​ 

Niels’ areas of expertise include general metallurgical process development, management of complex hydrometallurgical pilot plants, and data analyses and presentation to clients.  He offers expertise in a wide range of commodities, with a strong focus on rare earth elements, scandium, nickel, cobalt, vanadium, niobium and minor metals.​ 

Greg Richards graduated in metallurgical engineering from the University of British Columbia. He continued with the department, teaching process metallurgy and conducting research in non-ferrous pyrometallurgy. He later moved to Cominco Research, working in their metallurgical research group, and then to the technical services department of Trail Operations, Teck Metals Ltd. He recently retired from his position as superintendent of knowledge management, responsible for developing systems for the capture and transfer of critical business knowledge. He has served as a board member of the Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM since 2007.

Jessica Hiscocks is a physical metallurgist who has done metallography and research on materials from Aluminum to Zirconium.  Her early work was in solid-state forming, including extrusion and friction stir welding, and her recent Post-Doc used computer simulation to optimize aluminum flow during sand casting.

Her current work involves the development of physical metallurgy services, research, and training at Kingston Process Metallurgy.  She aims to help create a hub of academic and manufacturing relationships in Kingston, promoting light metals and sustainability.

Other fields of interest include the development and promotion of open-source software for metallographic analysis purposes, and studying Japanese.