Hydrometallurgy Gordon M. Ritcey Ph.D. Award
2024 Recipient
Noel Devaere, University of Toronto
2023 – Guillermo Hein Alvial, Queen’s University 2022 — Maryam Pourmahdavi, Laurentian University | 2012 — T. Feldmann, McGill University |
2021 — Konstantina Chalastara, McGill University | 2011 — G. Nazari, University of British Columbia |
2020 — Kevin Turgeon, Laval University | 2010 — I. Perederiy, University of Toronto |
2019 — Yan Zeng, McGill University | 2009 — G. Azimi, University of Toronto |
2018 — Denver Cowan (Queen’s University) | 2008 — F. Xie, University of British Columbia |
2017 — Ajanthia Gunaratnam (UBC) | 2007 — B. Rivera-Vasquez, University of British Columbia |
2016 — A. D. Bas, Laval University | 2006 — J. Vaughan, University of British Columbia |
2015 — A. Burns, University of British Columbia | 2005 — L. Munholand, Sherbrooke University |
2014 — R. Tavakoli, University of British Columbia | 2004 — F. Lagno, McGill University |
2013 — No award |
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About Gordon M. Ritcey
Gordon Ritcey (1930-2021) graduated from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1952. Dr. Ritcey has worked with the Radioactivity Division of Department of Mines & Technical Surveys in Ottawa. Afterwards he joined Eldorado Mining & Refining at Port Radium in the North West Territories as Chief Chemist until 1957. During the next ten years from 1957-1967, Dr. Ritcey was Head of Chemical Research at the Eldorado R&D Division in Ottawa. Dr. Ritcey spent the next 21 years at CANMET in Ottawa as Senior Research Scientist and Head of Hydrometallurgy, where numerous separation processes were developed. He then “retired” to become an independent consultant, a role in which he remained active until his mid-eighties.
Dr. Ritcey has published over 150 papers, in addition to a two-volume text on solvent extraction; and an authoritative text on tailings management. Seventeen patents have been granted. Dr. Ritcey has been a technical session chairman of numerous national and international conferences as well as conference chairman of several national conferences . He was President of the Metallurgical Society of CIM (1976-77), and during the period 1986-96 he served as Secretary-General of the International Committee for Solvent Extraction. He was the founding editor of the international journal of Hydrometallurgy (1975), and remained as editor for 19 years.
Dr. Ritcey has received numerous honours, including being the first recipient of the Sherritt Gordon Hydrometallurgy Medal; the Alcan Medal; CIM Silver Medal, the University of Liege (Belgium) Medal; the Mendeleev Medal (Russia) and the Carl Hanson Medal (ISEC).
Eligibility
To be eligible for this award, the candidate must be registered in a Ph.D. program in the field of hydrometallurgy during the entire academic year in a Canadian university.
Applications must include:
- A copy of the applicant’s academic transcripts
- 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)
To encourage graduate studies in the field of hydrometallurgy, the Hydrometallurgy Section offers an award of $5,000 to honour the accomplishments of a Ph.D. 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.
Submit your application
Email your application package to Georgios Kolliopoulos, Chair of Student Support at: Georgios.Kolliopoulos@gmn.ulaval.ca
Application deadline: March 01, 2024