The Norman and Marion Bright Memorial Award/ Prix
commemoratif Norman et Marion Bright.
Canadian Chemical News • Oct, 2007 • CANADIAN SOCIETY FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2007 AWARD
WINNERS/GAGNANTS 2007 DES PRIX DE LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE DE GENIE
CHIMIQUE
Sponsored by / Parraine par the Norman and Marion Bright Fund/ Le
fonds de Norman et Marion Bright
The Norman and Marion Bright Memorial Award is awarded to an
individual who has made an outstanding contribution in Canada to the
furtherance of chemical technology. The person so honoured may be either
a chemical sciences technologist, or a person from outside the field who
has made a significant and noteworthy contribution to it advancement.
Le Prix Norman et Marion Bright est decerne a une personne qui
s'est distinguee en contribuant a l'avancement de la
technologie chimique. Il peat s'agir d'un technologue en
chimie ou d" une personne qui n'appartient pus ace secteur
mais qai a contribue de facon exceptionnelle a l'avancement de
celui-ci.
Matthew McKim, MCIC
New Brunswick Community College
Matthew McKim graduated from chemical technology at the New
Brunswick Community College in 1972. He worked for a period as a
technologist for Ciba Geigy Limited before completing a BSc in chemical
engineering (1978) and MEng in environmental engineering (198e) from the
University of New Brunswick. He spent several years as a research
engineer and manager at the Ontario Research Foundation (ORF) involved
in the development of pollution control systems. He subsequently joined
CMS Group as vice-president where he successfully commercialized air and
water treatment systems that he patented when with ORF.
Since 1987, McKim has been with the chemical technology program of
the New Brunswick Community College. He was instrumental in developing a
number of community outreach projects that involved chemical technology
students including school visits, communitybased environmental
monitoring, and urban stream restoration.
McKim has received several awards for his teaching and
environmental initiatives, including the NOVA Chemicals Limited Award
for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry, presented by the CSCT in 2000, the
Excellence Award for Education presented by the New Brunswick Department
of Advanced Education and Labour in 1998, and the Sustainable
Environment Award presented by Environment Canada in 1997.
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