The award recognizes his significant contribution to the advancement of materials engineering in Canada throughout his career. Professor Pelton was extremely surprised to be given the distinction: "I am very happy to have been presented with this award, but most especially I am surprised, because I didn't submit an application. I will be looking for the person who did!" he said with a smile.

Left to right : Connie Barry, Secretary of the Metallurgy and Materials Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), and Arthur Pelton, full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Polytechnique.

About Professor Pelton

Professor Pelton is a recognized authority in the fields of basic science and industrial engineering for chemical thermodynamics and related cutting-edge IT systems. He is one of the original designers of the F.A.I.T. (Formation Analytique Interactive en Thermodynamique) thermodynamic IT system, which is used regularly by more than 400 industry and university clients all over the world, including a large number of the biggest multinationals. Professor Pelton has developed unique computerized methods for the simultaneous optimization of thermodynamic data and phase diagrams, applied to hundreds of saline solutions, alloys, oxides and more. He also worked as the associate editor for a number of science journals and has won numerous national and international awards.

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Polytechnique would like to sincerely congratulate Professor Pelton for this prestigious honour!