MetSoc Distinguished Materials Scientist Award
The award recognizes highly significant contributions in the field of materials engineering. The Materials Science and Engineering Section of The Metallurgy & Materials Society of CIM administers the award.
THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR IS OPEN for 2024. The deadline has been extended to February 29, 2024.
2024 Recipient
Javad Gholipour
NRC-Aerospace
Citation: For outstanding contributions to the field of aerospace materials manufacturing and performance testing
Dr. Javad Gholipour is a senior researcher at the National Research Council of Canada. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 2005. Javad is recognized internationally as a manufacturing scientist, specialized in forming, welding and additive manufacturing technologies and their simulation/modelling for aerospace, automotive and power generation industries. He has developed advance characterization methods to assess the local mechanical behavior of welds and additively manufactured parts that are hard to characterize with conventional methods. He is the author of more than 120 refereed articles and 60 technical reports. Within the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CIM), Javad is a member of the organizing committee for the Advances in Materials Manufacturing Symposium since 2019, and he co-chaired a hydroelectricity symposium in 2013.
Dr. Gholipour has also had extensive collaborations with many universities both nationally and internationally, and has supervised numerous undergraduate and graduate students. He has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at École de technologie supérieure (ETS) in Montreal, Canada since 2009. In addition to his contributions to technology innovation, scientific research, and education, Dr. Gholipour has enthusiastically participated in many materials-related activities and served professional societies, including the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI), ASM-International, and the Metallurgical and Materials Society (MetSoc) of CIM.
2023 – Warren Poole 2022 – P. Patnaik | 2007 – M. Militzer | 1992 – I. Ritchie |
| 2021 – M. Brochu | 2006 – H. Mostaghaci | 1991 – W.R. Tyson |
| 2020 – D. Li | 2005 – H. King | 1990 – D.J. Lloyd |
| 2019 – Frank Cheng | 2004 – D. Wilkinson | 1989 – W. Wallace |
| 2018 – Xinjin Cao | 2003 – S. Yue | 1988 – G.C. Weatherly |
| 2017 – P. Wanjara | 2002 – M. Chaturvedi | 1987 – L.R. Morris |
| 2016 – D. Chen | 2001 – G. Palumbo | 1986 – J.D. Boyd |
| 2015 – A. Alfantazi | 2000 – U. Erb | 1985 – A. Mitchell |
| 2014 – R. Ravindran | 1999 – I.V. Samarasekera | 1984 – J.A. Schey |
| 2013 – A. McLean | 1998 – R.A.L. Drew | 1983 – D.B. McCutcheon |
| 2012 – Michel Rigaud | 1997 – M. Sahoo | 1982 – J.J. Jonas |
| 2011 – Arthur Pelton | 1996 – S.R. MacEwen | 1981 – E.G. Behal |
| 2010 – No Award | 1995 – B. Hawbolt | 1980 – E.C.W. Perryman |
| 2009 – Gary R. Purdy | 1994 – J.I. Dickson | 1979 – J.D. Embury |
| 2008 – F. Ajersch | 1993 – J.E. Gruzleski |
- Fill in the contribution box – a summary of why this person is being nominated (see item 3) with any information that is not included in the CV.
- Fill in the citation – in 15 words, what this person is being recognized for.
- Nominator uploads either a concise CV of the nominee or in the case of a process, a recent paper, relevant to the process being nominated, to the website. Nominators should consider approaching nominees themselves to request the CV. In the case of a process, the recent paper is likely already available. The CV should contain the following information:
- Major contributions relevant to the award
- A record of at least five relevant patents and papers authored by the nominee plus a count of other patents and papers.
- A service history related to CIM/MetSoc if applicable
- A record of the years of membership in CIM.
- A listing of volunteer activities if applicable
- A listing of awards previously received
- A listing of academic achievements
General Policies
- A nominator can put forward only one candidate up for nomination in each award category.
- No member of MetSoc Executive Board shall be nominated while in office. The nomination will be held until the term on the executive board is expired.
- Each award shall be made from time to time as circumstances warrant with no more than one award recipient per year.
- The nominators are responsible for verifying that all conditions of the award have been satisfied and all procedures were properly followed in making the nomination.
- All nominations will stand for three years.
- The adjudication of the award shall be made by the MetSoc Awards Committee.
- The award shall be presented at the Awards Banquet of the Conference of Metallurgists.
- Posthumous awards will be allowed only if the candidate has already been shortlisted.
- Self-nominations are not permitted.
The award nomination program is closed for 2024.
