Award Recipients

2018 2020

Award Recipient Photos

Honors and Awards Program

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Dr. J. Wesley Hines

FCWMD Distinguished Service Award (FCWMD)

Sven Bader

Early Career Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Vladimir Sobes

Dwight D. Eisenhower Medal

Dr. Richard A. Meserve
Dr. John H. Hamre

Fellow of ANS

Dr. Jeremy T. Busby
Prof. Jin Jiang
Dr. Stephen G. Johnson
Mr. William D. Magwood, IV
Dr. Rajesh Maingi
Dr. James A. Morman
Dr. Robert W. Youngblood

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of New Mexico (Best Section)
University of Idaho (Second Place)
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Third Place)
University of Wisconsin (Honorable Mention)

H.M. Hashemian Mid-Career Award (HFICD)

J. Wesley Hines

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Piyush Sabharwall

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Carl A. Willis

FCWMD Lifetime Achievement Award (FCWMD)

Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Oak Ridge/Knoxville (Best Membership)
Eastern Washington (Best Meetings and Programs)
Savannah River (Best Public Information and Education)
Savannah River (Best Section Management)

Robert L. Long Training Excellence Award (ETWDD)

Harold L. (Lee) Dodds, Jr.

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Callaway Energy Center
Ameren Missouri

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Prof. Poong Hyun Seong
Dr. Lewis F. Hanes

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Anna S. Erickson

Gerald C. Pomraning Memorial Award (MCD)

Farzad Rahnema

Presidential Citations

Steven L. Stamm
Eric P. Loewen
The Navigating Nuclear Subject Matter Expert Team

Sen. James E. Risch
U.S. Senator for Idaho

Ted Quinn Early Career Award (HFICD)

Vivek Agarwal

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Prof. Areg Danagoulian

Darlene Schmidt Science News Award

Amy Harder

FCWMD Significant Contribution Award (FCWMD)

Patricia D. Paviet

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Mr. Marvin S. Fertel

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Undergraduate

University of Tennessee: Equilibrium Core Design of a NuScale Designed Small Modular Reactor using CASL's Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications (VERA)
Students: Michael Hines, Molly Underwood, Andrew Naylor, Madeleine Burrell, Logan Clowers, and Kalie Knecht
Advisor: Dr. G. Ivan Maldonado

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Design of a Zirconium Critical Benchmark
Students: Ngai To Yu, Chad Meece, Robert Jacob, Gabriella Bruno, and Ryan O'Neill
Advisor: Prof. Yaron Danon

Graduate

Colorado School of Mines: Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactor for Waste Transmutation
Students: Yerkebulan Ali, Brian Arko, Jonathan Karpesky, and Adam Parler
Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey King

University of Idaho: Design of Molten Salt Nuclear Battery (MSNB)
Students: Eugene Engmann, John Peterson, James Richards, Derreck Blight, Winfred Sowah, and Joseph Warner
Advisor: Dr. Richard N. Christensen

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Shripad T. Revankar

Edward Teller Award (FED)

Prof. Xian-Tu He
Dr. Patrick Mora

Theos J. ("Tommy") Thompson Award For Reactor Safety (NISD)

Mohammad Modarres

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Southern Nuclear

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

James A. Ripple
Southern Nuclear Operating Company