Awards | PACWEST Conference

BEST PAPER

H.R. MacMillan Trophy & ARC George Sedgwick Memorial

Waste Fatty Acid Addition to Black Liquor to Decrease Tall Oil Soap Solubility and Increase Skimming Efficiency in Kraft Mills Pulping Mountain Pine Beetle Infected Wood

Don Olson, Cariboo Pulp and Paper

Co-authors: Dale Shewchuk,, Cariboo Pulp and Paper; Vic Uloth, Erin Guy and Ron van Heek, FPInnovations-Paprican

RUNNER-UP

Performance of Axial Flow Impellers for Agitation of Pulp Suspensions in a Laboratory-Scale Cylindrical Stock Chest

Manish Bhole, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

Co-author: Chad Bennington, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

BEST SUPPLIER

Evaluation of Gap Forming Rebuild Options: Part II - Development and Application of the Shoeblade Former and Engineered Shear Management Concepts

James Ronning, Johnson Foils, Springfield, MA
Co-Authors: Jay. A. Shands, Vaughn J. Wildfong, M. Condon, Johnson Foils, Springfield, MA; J.H. Jong, FPInnovations-Paprican, Pointe Claire, QC

BEST NOVICE

Improving the Validation of CFD with PIV in a Scaled-Down Rectangular Pulp Mixing Chest using a Newtonian Model Fluid

Clara Gómez, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

Co-authors: F. Taghipour and C.P.J. Bennington, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

Best Paper Award Winners

2009 – Don Olson, Cariboo Pulp & Paper, Quesnel, BC
2008 – Jeff Bennett, Canfor Pulp LP, Prince George, BC
2007 – Martin Pudlas, Canfor Pulp LP, Prince George, BC
2006 – Gavin Baxter, Tembec Industries Inc., Cranbrook, BC
2005 – Don Olson, Cariboo Pulp & Paper, Quesnel, BC
2004 – Gavin Baxter, Tembec Industries Inc., Cranbrook, BC
2003 – James Lethbridge, NorskeCanada, Campbell River, BC
2002 – Dale Bossons, Pope & Talbot, Nanaimo, BC
2001 – Gerry Pageau, Howe Sound Pulp & Paper, Port Mellon, BC
2000 – Larry Cross, Pacifica Papers Inc., Port Alberni, BC
1999 – Ralph Lunn, Celgar Pulp Company, Castlegar, BC
1998 – Brent Grendys, Weyerhaeuser Canada, Grande Prairie, AB
1997 – Bruce Burns, Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
1996 – Drew Kilback, MacMillan Bloedel, Powell River, BC
1995 – Brian Stevenson, Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd., Cranbrook, BC
1994 – Doug Offerhaus, Fletcher Challenge, Elk Falls, BC
1993 – Doug Offerhaus, Fletcher Challenge, Elk Falls, BC
1992 – Chuck Easton, Janis Hamilton, K.M. Staiger, Fletcher Challenge, Elk Falls, BC
1991 – Robert Bursey, Bill Sinclair, MacMillan Bloedel, Port Alberni, BC Stan Heimburger, FMC of Canada Ltd, Vancouver, BC
1990 – Bill Remple, Western Pulp Inc., Woodfibre, BC
1989 – Bill Remple, Western Pulp Inc., Woodfibre, BC
1988 – Malcolm Palmiere, Crestbrook Forest Industries, Crestbrook, BC
1987 – A. Thakore, G. Colins, D.W. Smiley, BCFP, Crofton, BC
1986 – Leigh Dawson, Evan Moore Canadian Forest Products, Prince George, BC
1985 – Brian G. Brisco, Westar P & P, Castlegar, BC
1984 – B. Black, A Van Donkelaar, Cariboo P & P Ltd., Quesnel, BC
1983 – Len Lewko, Prince Albert Pulp & Paper, Prince Albert, Sask.
1982 – Ray Chan, Jack McDonald, Weyerhaeuser, Kamloops, BC
1981 – Paul Griffiths, Tahsis Company Ltd., Gold River, BC
1980 – Les Sanderson, Dennis Dalziel, Crown Zellerbach Elk Falls, Campbell River, BC
1979 – R.W. Smith, M&B, Powell River, BC
1978 – Arvind Thakore, BCFP, Crofton, BC
1977 – P. Latos, Proctor & Gamble Ltd., Grand Prairie, AB
1976 – Ron Reis, Alan Twa, BCFP, MacKenzie, BC

AWARDS (2009)