TMS Logo Recipient: The 2003 EPD Extraction & Processing Science Award

The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's Extraction & Processing Division Extraction & Processing Science Award was established in 1955 and recognizes a paper that represents notable contributions to the scientific understanding of the extraction and processing of nonferrous metals.


Paper Title: “Anion Exchange Separation in Hydrochloric Acid Solutions for the Ultrahigh Purification of Cobalt”

Recipient PhotoTamas Kekesi

Biography: Tamas Kekesi is an Associate Professor at the University of Miskolc in the Department of Nonferrrous Extractive Metallurgy. He earned two Ph.D.s, one in electrorefining from the Hungarian Committee of Scientific Qualifications, Budapest, in 1992 and the second in copper purification from Tohoku University in 1994. Dr. Kekesi has authored and co-authored textbook chapters, journal articles, and conference papers. His primary scientific interest is separations in solutions for the ultra-high purification of metals.

Recipient PhotoMasahito Uchikoshi

Biography: Masahito Uchikoshi is a research engineer with the Fine Materials Corporation.

Recipient PhotoKouji Mimura

Biography: Kouji Mimura is a research associate at Tohoku University in the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in materials science from the Tohoku University in 1973, 1975, and 1993, respectively. His research interests include purification of metals by special melting, refining methods, and hydrometallurgy methods.

Recipient PhotoMinoru Isshiki

Biography: Minoru Isshiki is a professor at the Tohoku University in the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials. He earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in materials science at Tohoku University in 1971, 1973, and 1976, respectively. Dr. Isshiki has been involved in preparing cobalt, chromium, copper, and iron with the highest purity in the world.

Quote: “This award is a tremendous honor to me and to my colleagues who I was working with in Japan. Long years of persistent research work and the published results are thereby recognized. It helps us forget any of the occasional hardships related to the physical and psychological stress of exacting research tasks. Good results are instant rewards, keeping the steam of researchers up, but long-term motivation and ambitions are greatly fostered by respected awards of this kind. The professional award also acts as a visa for accessing more professional cooperation and relations. It helps in daily situations at the wider workplace, where the quality of work and significance of the research field need to be demonstrated to officials or other personalities.”

—Tamas Kekesi on behalf of the Extraction & Processing Science Award Winners

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