Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering 2008 award winners/Gagnants 2008 des prix de la Societe Canadienne de Genie Chimique.(RECOGNITION

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Bantrel Award in Design

and Industrial Practice

Prix Bantrel de la conception

et de la pratique industrielle

Sponsored by / Parraine par

Bantrel

The Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice is given to a Canadian citizen or a resident of Canada for innovative design or production activities accomplished in Canada.

Le Prix Bantrel de la conception et de la pratique industrielle est presente a un citoyen canadien ou une personne qui reside au Canada pour souligner une conception ou des activites de production novatrices effectuees au Canada.

Yonghao Ni, MCIC

University of New Brunswick

Department of Chemical Engineering

Yonghao Ni is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at the University of New Brunswick. He is also the Director of the Limerick Pulp and Paper Centre, and one of the Executive Councilors of the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada. Ni received his B.Eng. in 1985 from the Northwest Institute of Light Industry in China, and his MEng. and PhD from McGill University in 1989 and 1992 respectively. In 1992, he was appointed NSERC Industrial Research Chair (Junior Chair) in Pulping Technology and promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in 1996 and 2000, respectively. He was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in 2002. Ni's scientific contributions are in the areas of wood chemistry, pulping, pulp bleaching, and pulp properties. Ni has been involved in the development of a number of innovative pulp and paper processes in collaboration with industrial partners, …