Chemical Engineering Faculty receive awards

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Brash_J.L” caption=”John Brash”]Two engineering faculty members and an engineering alumna were recognized for their contributions to the field of chemical engineering by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering. These awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering to be held in Sherbrooke in October, 2006.

John Brash, Director of the newly established McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering, will be presented with the R.S. Jane Memorial Award. This award is presented to an individual who has made new significant contributions to chemical engineering or industrial chemistry in Canada. It is the premier award of The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.

Brash has worked in biomaterials and biocompatibility research for some 35 years, with emphasis on materials for use in blood contact, which are required for devices such as vascular grafts, coronary stents and heart valves. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster since 1972.

John MacGregor

John MacGregor will receive the Award in Industrial Practice. This award recognizes a distinguished contribution in the application of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry to the industrial sphere. MacGregor joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in 1972, after working in industry for several years as a process specialist with Monsanto Company in Texas. He is a Distinguished University Professor and Dofasco Chair in Process Automation and Information Technology. He is also cofounder of the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium that is sponsored by many international companies.

Suzanne Kresta, a PhD alumna of the Department of Chemistry at McMaster University, and currently a professor at the University of Alberta, will receive the Syncrude Canada Innovation Award. This award is presented for a distinguished contribution in the field of chemical engineering while working in Canada. Kresta is co-editor of the award winning Handbook of Industrial Mixing and the author of a number of widely cited papers on turbulent mixing in stirred tanks.

More information can be found at: www.chemeng.ca/awards/winners/csche_recentwin__e.htm

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Brash_J.L" caption="John Brash"]Two engineering faculty members and an engineering alumna were recognized for their contributions to the field of chemical engineering by the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.  These awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineering to be held in Sherbrooke in October, 2006.<br />
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<p>John Brash, Director of the newly established McMaster School of Biomedical Engineering, will be presented with the R.S. Jane Memorial Award.   This award is presented to an individual who has made new significant contributions to chemical engineering or industrial chemistry in Canada.  It is the premier award of The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.<br />
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<p>Brash has worked in biomaterials and biocompatibility research for some 35 years, with emphasis on materials for use in blood contact, which are required for devices such as vascular grafts, coronary stents and heart valves.  He has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster since 1972.<br />
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<p>John MacGregor will receive the Award in Industrial Practice.  This award recognizes a distinguished contribution in the application of chemical engineering or industrial chemistry to the industrial sphere.  MacGregor joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at McMaster University in 1972, after working in industry for several years as a process specialist with Monsanto Company in Texas.  He is a Distinguished University Professor and Dofasco Chair in Process Automation and Information Technology.  He is also cofounder of the McMaster Advanced Control Consortium that is sponsored by many international companies.<br />
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<p>Suzanne Kresta, a PhD alumna of the Department of Chemistry at McMaster University, and currently a professor at the University of Alberta, will receive the Syncrude Canada Innovation Award.  This award is presented for a distinguished contribution in the field of chemical engineering while working in Canada.  Kresta is co-editor of the award winning Handbook of Industrial Mixing and the author of a number of widely cited papers on turbulent mixing in stirred tanks.<br />
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More information can be found at: <a href="http://www.chemeng.ca/awards/winners/csche_recentwin__e.htm">www.chemeng.ca/awards/winners/csche_recentwin__e.htm</a><br />

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