Hydrometallurgy Ernest Peters Master's Award
2024 Recipient
Tarantoj Singh, Laurentian University
Tarantoj Singh, an international student from Delhi, India, is currently a candidate for MSc. Chemical Sciences Program (2023-25) at Laurentian University of Sudbury. His project under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey Shepherd is titled: “AFM and Scaling Analysis of the Influence of Glue Degradation on the Roughness of Copper Deposits from Synthetic Copper Electrorefining Solutions”. This project is intended to generate knowledge to help mining companies improve the productivity of their copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations. Tarantoj also graduated with a degree in BSc. Chemistry Specialization in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Laurentian University in May 2023 with a Magna Cum Laude Distinction.
2023 – Philip Gamboa, McGill University |
2021 – Noel Devaere, University of Toronto |
2020 — Guillermo Alvial-Hein, Queen’s University |
2019 — Hiroki Fukuda, University of British Columbia |
2018 — Chengqian (Charles) Wu (Queen’s University) |
2017 — Eric Shum (University of Toronto) |
Ernest (Ernie) Peters (1926-2009) received his B.A.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1949. Upon graduation, he took a job in a steel mill in Utah, but in fall 1950, he returned to UBC to do an M.A.Sc. thesis on “The Leaching of Uranium from Pitchblende Ores.” He then took employment with the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. (now Cominco Ltd.) in Trail, BC as a Research Engineer. He again returned to UBC in 1953, with a Cominco Fellowship and finished a Ph.D. thesis in 1956, on “The Homogeneous Activation of Molecular Hydrogen by Cupric Species in Aqueous Solutions.” Following his Ph.D., he worked with Union Carbide Co. in Niagara Falls, Ontario, until 1958, when he was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Mining and Metallurgy at UBC. Thereafter, he dedicated his research to hydrometallurgy with Professor Frank Forward as mentor.
His legacy remains huge in the hydrometallurgy community in Canada and abroad.
Scholarship Terms
To encourage graduate studies in the field of hydrometallurgy, the Hydrometallurgy Section offers one (1) award of $3,000 to honour the accomplishments of a Master’s graduate student in the field of hydrometallurgy in a Canadian university.
In addition to the cash award, we award one free registration for the conference at which we present the award, plus free admission to the social events we sponsor at that conference.
Eligibility
To be eligible the candidate should be registered in a Master’s (M.Sc., M.Eng., M.A.Sc.) program in the field of hydrometallurgy during the entire academic year in a Canadian university.
Applications must include: 1) A copy of the applicant’s academic transcripts 2) A summary of the project, including preliminary results, a discussion concerning subsequent project orientation, and a list of prepared publications or conference presentations (2-3 pages maximum)
Submit your application
Email your application package to Georgios Kolliopoulos and Ramanpal Saini, Chairs of Student Support at: Georgios.Kolliopoulos@gmn.ulaval.ca and ramanpal.saini@vale.com
Application deadline: February 10, 2025
The call for scholarship applications is closed for 2025.
