The Airey Award is a memorial to the late H.T. Airey who played a significant role in the creation and organization of the Annual Conference of metallurgists. It is supported by the Xstrata in recognition of highly significant contributions to the advancement of the metallurgy in Canada. Arthur barnes, of Xstrata Process Support, presented this to Engin Özberk, Vice Precident, Innovation and Technology Development of Cameo Corporation, for his important contributions to process development and the design and for continuing leadership through active and strong involvement in the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM).

Engin Özberk’s short bio: Engin Özberk is Vice-President, Innovation and Technology Development of Cameco Corporation. Özberk has more than 30 years of research and development and project management experience in light metals, base metals and nuclear industries. Özberk holds a B.Sc. in Metallurgical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Turkey; a Master's in metallurgical engineering and a graduate diploma in management, McGill University. Özberk is co-chair of the Technical Advisory Committee of the UOIT Cameco Chair for Nuclear Fuel. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 papers. Engin has also chaired and presented at numerous international conferences and symposia and various universities. Özberk is a CIM Fellow, a recipient of the Silver Medal and the Rio Tinto Alcan Award from the CIM Metallurgical Society, and the Extractive Metallurgy Science Award from The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. In 2007, Özberk received the Canadian Nuclear Society Communication and Education Award and in 2009, he became a CIM Distinguished Lecturer.