for mining research

An engineering professor has received national recognition for his “gamechanging” research in the mining industry.

Dr. Stephen Butt received the 2022 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Award in Design and Industrial Practice.

The award, which is sponsored by the Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Chemical Engineering, is presented for innovative design or production activities accomplished in Canada.

Dr. Butt is a geological engineer. His keen interest in the development of natural resources is evident through his teaching, research and industry collaboration.

He joined Memorial University as an engineering professor in 2006, and is cross-appointed with the Faculty of Science’s Department of Earth Sciences.

His teaching and research focuses on technology development and optimization, reducing the environmental footprint and training highly qualified personnel and industry professionals.

Dr. Butt has generated more than $6.5 million in research funding as a principal investigator and another $13.5 million as a co-investigator. He has supervised approximately 110 highly qualified personnel, published more than 200 articles and proceedings and holds several patents with others in progress.

He was the Mining Program Chair at Dalhousie University from 2000-06. At Memorial he was acting associate dean (graduate studies) from 2008-10 and interim discipline chair of process engineering from 2013-14. He is currently an associate mining engineer with MineTech International in Halifax, N.S.

Dr. Butt was presented with the award at the Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference this past October in Vancouver, B.C. ■■■

Engineering professor named University Research Professor

Dr. Kelly Hawboldt was officially named University Research Professor during the President’s Awards ceremony, this past fall.

The title is the most prestigious award the university bestows for research. It is a designation above the rank of professor and reserved for faculty members who have demonstrated a consistently high level of scholarship, including graduate student supervision and other mentoring activities, and whose research is of a truly international stature.

Dr. Hawboldt is a professor in the faculty’s Department of Process Engineering. She received her bachelor of engineering degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a master of science and PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Calgary.

Dr. Hawboldt is a chemical engineer with a particular interest in sustainable processing. Her research is in green processing, developing processes and products from natural resources where the energy required and generated wastes are minimized.

She is committed to helping Canadians produce, use and conserve resources while protecting the environment with a particular focus on developing solutions that “work” for rural and remote communities. ■■■