READYREFERENCE |AWARDS&HONORS RESEARCH RECOGNITION FOR INNOVATION This recognition was established to recognize highly distin- guished individual breakthroughs in research in NDT. The recip- ient will present an overview lecture of the breakthrough at the annual Research Symposium. 2004 Ed Henneke 2005 Shant Kenderian 2006 Joseph L. Rose 2010 Jaswinder Sandhu 2012 Andriy Chertov 2014 Steven Shepard 2015 Mohammad Tayeb Ghasr 2016 Gary Georgeson 2017 Edward R. Generazio 2018 Sergey A. Vinogradov 2020 Neil J. Goldfine 2021 Joseph T. Case 2022 Megan McGovern RESEARCH RECOGNITION FOR SUSTAINED EXCELLENCE This recognition was established to identify sustained contri- butions in research in NDT. The recipient will present a lecture on some aspect of his or her research at the annual Research Symposium. 2004 Al Broz 2005 Yoseph Bar-Cohen 2006 R. Bruce Thompson 2009 Reza Zoughi 2010 Glenn M. Light 2011 David Hsu 2012 Roman Maev 2013 Richard H. Bossi 2014 B. Boro Djordjevic 2015 Tribikram Kundu 2016 Henrique Reis 2017 John W. Newman 2018 John (Jack) C. Duke, Jr. 2019 Bernhard R. Tittmann 2020 Lalita Udpa 2021 Joseph L. Rose 2022 Steven Shepard ROBERT B. OLIVER ASNT SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship provides an incentive to students currently enrolled in coursework related to NDT leading to an associate degree or postsecondary certificate at a US university, college, technical school, or company whose primary purpose is work- force education. A $2500 scholarship is awarded to a maximum of three (3) students annually. This scholarship memorializes ASNT Past President, Honorary Member, and Fellow Robert B. Oliver. When Oliver retired, his company donated a $1000 scholarship to ASNT in his honor, which the ASNT Board voted to use to create a larger scholarship fund, now known as the Robert B. Oliver Scholarship. 1982 Patricia Bouta, Hutchinson Area Vocational- Technical Institute 1983 Keith J. Glasch, Moraine Valley Community College 1985 Michael T. Getzke, Hutchinson Area Vocational- Technical Institute 1987 Keith J. Glasch, University of Illinois 1989 Ross Sundberg, Technical Institute of Hutchinson 1992 Patrick T. MacLellan, University of Dayton 1993 Monica Reskovac, Community College of Allegheny County 1993 Howard S. Farrow, Hutchinson Technical College 1994 Jeffery Roll, Hutchinson Technical College 1995 Kristine Lee Haight, Salt Lake Community College 1995 E. Ray Bowen, Salt Lake Community College 1997 Michael Hassard, Paul T. Hayes, Howard K. Miller, Salt Lake Community College 1998 Jason Potter, Robin D. Lester, Evergreen State College 1999 Yuneuen Garcia, University of Texas at Austin 1999 Adam Sadler, University of Utah 2003 Megan Lamb, Southeast Community College 2005 Ed Doucette, Ridgewater College 2006 Russell Dean Wallace, Cowley College 2010 Ronald B. Then, Pennsylvania State University 2014 Tresor S. Mavinga, University at Buffalo 2016 Mohammad Rashid Mohammad Shoaib, Iowa State University ROBERT C. MCMASTER GOLD MEDAL The Robert C. McMaster Gold Medal was established by the Society to provide recognition to a person who has made an outstanding contribution or who has rendered meritorious service to any area of the field of NDT and its advancements or who has rendered meritorious service to the Society. Since 1990, the recognition has been given in honor of eminent ASNT Past President Robert C. McMaster, professor emeritus of The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Selections may be made on basis of a single outstanding contribution or service or for continual contributions or services over an extended period of time. 1965 Philip D. Johnson 1966 Richard H. Lambert 1967 Gerold H. Tenney 1968 Bryant E. Justice 1969 Carlton H. Hastings 1970 Edward L. Criscuolo 1971 Edward W. McKelvey 1972 William C. Hitt 1973 Royal G. Tobey 1974 Edwin O. Lomerson, Jr. 1975 Friedrich Förster 1976 William E. Havercroft 1977 Robert C. McMaster 1978 Paul Dick 1979 Robert J. Roehrs 1980 Carl E. Betz 1981 Donald C. Erdman 1982 Harold Berger 1983 Ronald J. Botsco 1984 Carl B. Shaw 1985 Gerald J. Posakony 1986 Howard E. Van Valkenburg 1987 Samuel A. Wenk 1988 Robert W. McClung 1990 Willys E. (Tommy) Thomas 1991 Donald J. Hagemaier 1992 Peter K. Bloch 1993 Josef Krautkramer 1994 Kermit Skeie 1995 Ron Halmshaw 1996 Robert E. Green, Jr. 1997 Charles N. Sherlock 1998 Robert A. Feole 1999 Charles J. Hellier 2000 George Moran 2001 Sotirios Vahaviolos 2002 Ward D. Rummel 2003 Amos G. Sherwin 2004 George C. Wheeler 2006 Robert T. Anderson 2007 Matthew J. Golis 2008 Louis J. Elliott 2013 Hussein M. Sadek 2016 David Culbertson Gary Georgeson 2017 Shant Kenderian 2018 John W. Newman 2019 Claudia V. Kropas-Hughes 2020 John (Jack) C. Duke, Jr. William (Bill) F. Via, Jr. 2021 B. Boro Djordjevic 2022 Ripudaman (Ripi) Singh 32 M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N • R E A D Y R E F E R E N C E 2 0 2 2 -2 0 2 3 2302 ReadyReference Pages.indd 32 1/30/23 7:45 AM
AWARDS&HONORS |READYREFERENCE STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT The Student Travel Grant provides an incentive to full-time students, graduate, or undergraduate, enrolled at four-year US universities or colleges with recognized engineering department programs, to attend the ASNT Research Symposium. The grant is given to up to 15 students annually, in the form of reimbursement of up to $1000 for travel-associated expenses to the Research Symposium. 2011 Bhaskar Ale Hoda Azari Bertrand Fernandes Arnab Gupta Hamed Kajbaf Hari Konka Brian Pailes Elisabetta Pistone Anish Poudel Michael Okaro 2012 Hoda Azari Jason Bostron Ehsan Dehghan-Niri Mohammad Dewan Hualong Du Bertrand Fernandes Michael Gardner Shanglei Li Anish Poudel Devin Walentine 2013 Um ar Amjad Pallavi Anipindi Jason Bostron Xin Chen Ehsan Dehghan-Niri Alisha Elmore Mojtaba Fallahpour Alireza Farhidzadeh Meghana Kotha Christopher M. Kube Shanglei Li Yang Liu Anish Poudel Sanjay Tadepally Hossein Taheri 2014 Marwa A. Abdelraham Andrea Arguelles Xiaoye Chen Ehsan Dehghan-Niri Alireza Farhidzadeh Ali Foudazi Arnab Gupta Jessica Hartman Ahmed Arabi Hassen Jonas Kavi Christopher M. Kube Caleb McGee Parisa Momenroodaki Anish Poudel Hossein Taheri 2015 Andrea Arguelles Abdollah Bagheri Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou Ali Foudazi Ashkan Hashemi Ahmed Arabi Hassen Hun Kim Kaiyuan Li Iman Medhipour Anish Poudel Ryan Spencer Sarah L. Stair Hossein Taheri 2016 Andrea Arguelles Gloria Choi Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou Ali Foudazi Ali Hafiz Seyed Fouad Karimian Jonas Kavi Mahboobeh Mahmoodi Iman Mehdipour Arash Nouri Mehdi Rashidi Seyedhamad Sadati Ryan Spencer Peng Sun Farshad Zahedi 2017 Zach Benedict Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou Ali Foudazi Seyed Fouad Karimian Ryan Lane Albert Lyles Mahboobeh Mahmoodi Zahra Manzoor Maryam Mashayekhizadeh Iman Mehdipour Mahshad Mosayebi Amir Nasrollahi Saveri Pal Ryan Spencer Hossein Taheri 2018 Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou Ahmed Elhattab Mehrdad Gyabi Ryan Lane Albert Liang Eric Lim Mahboobeh Mahmoodi Maryam Mashayekhizadeh Ali Mirala Yahya Mohammed Saptarshi Mukherjee Amir Nasrollahi Ryan Spencer Hossein Taheri 2019 Anna Case Abhishek Chitti Saman Farhangdoust Mehrdad Ghyabi Jiang Jin Seyed Foad Karimian Xiangang Lai Mahboobeh Mahmoodi Maryam Mashayekhizadeh John Miers Ali Mirala Rajendra Prasath Palanisamy Cody Shults Ryan J. Spencer Chengjun Tan Sina Zamen Hang Zeng 2020 Maggie Baechle Merrill Dennison Saman Farhangdoust Seyed Foad Karimian Ogheneovo Idolor Elliott W. Jost Stylianos Livadiotis Milad Mehrkash Ali Mirala Swathi Muthyala Ramesh Hamidreza Nemati Noghlebari Jameson Secrist Mehrdad Shafiei Dizaji MD Shahjahan Hossain Survesh Shrestha Ryan J. Spencer Jinsun Lee Marshall Vaccaro Sina Zamen Xingxing Zou 2022 Youssef AbouelNour Pedram Bazrafshan Evan Bozek Anna Case Rose Ghasemi Eberechi Ichi Showmic Islam Elliott Jost Lijie Liu Gary Mac Prabhakaran Manogharan Hamed Momeni Swathi Muthyala Ramesh Hamidreza Nemati Ryan Spencer Logan Wilcox Ali Zare Hosseinzadeh Keping Zhang WARD D. RUMMEL ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD This award has been renamed in honor of Ward D. Rummel for his pioneering work in NDT engineering, the creation of the ASNT Engineering Council, and for inspiring engineering concepts. This award is to recognize outstanding sustained contributions in NDT engineering by a single individual. 2021 Ward D. Rummel 2022 William Prosser WILLIAM F. VIA BRIDGE NDT LIFETIME SERVICE RECOGNITION The William F. Via Bridge NDT Lifetime Service Recognition distinguishes individuals for outstanding voluntary service to the bridge and highway NDT and NDE industry. Activities performed as a function of elected office or paid position shall not be considered. This recognition was renamed in 2016 to honor William F. Via, Jr., who possessed commendable dedication to increasing the effectiveness and innovation of NDT/NDE in bridge and highway service. He was a long-term member of the Society who helped develop many standards and specifications that are utilized nationally in the bridge industry. 2014 Sreenivas Alampalli 2016 William F. Via, Jr. 2018 John (Jack) C. Duke, Jr. 2020 Glenn A. Washer R E A D Y R E F E R E N C E 2 0 2 2 -2 0 2 3 • M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N 33 2302 ReadyReference Pages.indd 33 1/30/23 7:45 AM
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