Steel Industry Employee Receives Sustainability Scholarship

February 4, 2009

Greg Zilberbrant, a student in the Master of Engineering and Public Policy degree program at McMaster, is this year’s recipient of the Norm Lockington Sustainability Scholarship.

Norm Lockington presented Zilberbrant with the $1,000 award at a special lecture on February 3.

The scholarship was established by Lockington, a former Dofasco vice president, in 2008.  It is awarded to a student enrolled in the Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster exhibiting a commitment to sustainability and academic excellence.  Scholarship recipients are selected by faculty members associated with the Centre.

Zilberbrant is an environmental specialist with US Steel Canada, dealing primarily with air and water compliance projects.  He earned his Bachelor of Engineering degree in civil engineering at McMaster in 2004.  His academic and professional interests include sustainable manufacturing, industrial ecology, and environmental economics.

“Engineering, science, sustainability and public policy are increasingly intertwined,” said Gail Krantzberg, director, Dofasco Centre for Engineering and Public Policy.  “It is individuals such as Greg and Norm who recognize the need for advanced study in these areas to address sustainable development today and into the future.”