Steel industry employee receives sustainability scholarship

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/LockingtonScholarship09.jpg” caption=”Norm Lockington (right) presents Greg Zilberbrant, a Master of Engineering and Public Policy student, with the Norm Lockington Sustainability Scholarship. Photo courtesy of Engineering.”]Greg Zilberbrant, a student in the Master of Engineering and Public Policy degree program at McMaster, is this year's recipient of the Norm Lockington Sustainability Scholarship.

Norm Lockington presented Zilberbrant with the $1,000 award at a special lecture on February 3.

The scholarship was established by Lockington, a former Dofasco vice president, in 2008. It is awarded to a student enrolled in the Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster exhibiting a commitment to sustainability and academic excellence. Scholarship recipients are selected by faculty members associated with the Centre.

Zilberbrant is an environmental specialist with US Steel Canada, dealing primarily with air and water compliance projects. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering at McMaster in 2004. His academic and professional interests include sustainable manufacturing, industrial ecology, and environmental economics.

“Engineering, science, sustainability and public policy are increasingly intertwined,” said Gail Krantzberg, director, Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy. “It is individuals such as Greg and Norm who recognize the need for advanced study in these areas to address sustainable development today and into the future.”

Lockington has a long association with the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster through research collaborations at Dofasco, where he was vice president of technology before retiring in 2007. He was also chairman of the environment committee for the International Iron and Steel Institute from 1994 to 1997. He helped introduce concepts of environmental management, life-cycle assessment, sustainable development, corporate sustainability reporting, climate change and breakthrough CO2 reduction technologies to the international steel industry.

The Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP) degree is designed for tomorrow's science and engineering leaders to provide an enhanced understanding of the public policy process and its effects on technological, social and ecological systems.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/LockingtonScholarship09.jpg" caption="Norm Lockington (right) presents Greg Zilberbrant, a Master of Engineering and Public Policy student, with the Norm Lockington Sustainability Scholarship. Photo courtesy of Engineering."]Greg Zilberbrant, a student in the Master of Engineering and Public Policy degree program at McMaster, is this year&#039;s recipient of the Norm Lockington Sustainability Scholarship.<br />
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<p>Norm Lockington presented Zilberbrant with the $1,000 award at a special lecture on February 3.<br />
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<p>The scholarship was established by Lockington, a former Dofasco vice president, in 2008.  It is awarded to a student enrolled in the Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster exhibiting a commitment to sustainability and academic excellence.  Scholarship recipients are selected by faculty members associated with the Centre.<br />
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<p>Zilberbrant is an environmental specialist with US Steel Canada, dealing primarily with air and water compliance projects.  He earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering at McMaster in 2004.  His academic and professional interests include sustainable manufacturing, industrial ecology, and environmental economics.<br />
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<p>"Engineering, science, sustainability and public policy are increasingly intertwined," said Gail Krantzberg, director, Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy. "It is individuals such as Greg and Norm who recognize the need for advanced study in these areas to address sustainable development today and into the future."<br />
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<p>Lockington has a long association with the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster through research collaborations at Dofasco, where he was vice president of technology before retiring in 2007.  He was also chairman of the environment committee for the International Iron and Steel Institute from 1994 to 1997.  He helped introduce concepts of environmental management, life-cycle assessment, sustainable development, corporate sustainability reporting, climate change and breakthrough CO2 reduction technologies to the international steel industry. <br />
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<p>The Master of Engineering and Public Policy (MEPP) degree is designed for tomorrow&#039;s science and engineering leaders to provide an enhanced understanding of the public policy process and its effects on technological, social and ecological systems.

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