2014 CMS AWARDEES

摘要

Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award: Dr. Will P. Gates, SmecTech Research Consulting, Australia. Will Gates' consulting firm, founded in 2006, works with Australian and South African businesses to develop "fit-for-purpose" bentonite products with applications in civil engineering, paper manufacture, mineral exploration, and mineral export. Will also works part time as a senior research fellow at the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, on research projects such as the reactions of bentonite-based liners to leachates of extreme chemistry and improving cement blends to minimize Cl transport. He also leads the development of an X-ray imaging laboratory. Will received a PhD in clay mineralogy and soil physical chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1994.