ANS Presents Awards at Winter Meeting

ANS would like to congratulate all of the nuclear science and technology winners who were presented with awards at the Winter Meeting based on their outstanding achievement and meritorious service in the various fields served by our Society.

2015 Student Design Competition-Undergraduate finalists
University of Wisconsin-Madison, led by Dr. John Murphy Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Gamal Akabani.

2015 Student Design Competition-Graduate finalists
Cao University of Michigan, led by Dr. Sara Pozzi 
The Ohio State University, led by Professor Raymond

Alvin M. Weinberg Medal
Peter Lyons

ANS Fellows
Fausto Franceschini
Andrew Kadak’s
Martin Plys

Distinguished Service Award
Sekazi Mtingwa

Dwight D. Eisenhower Award
Dr. Sidney Drell
Former Secretary of State George Shultz 

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award
Kord Smith

Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division Significant Contributions Award
John Kessler

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award
Tomasz Kozlowski

Landis Public Communication and Education Award
Margaret Harding 

Large Local Section Awards
Idaho Local Section
San Diego Local Section
Savannah River Local Section
Washington, D.C. Local Section 

Mark Mills Award
Boopathy Kombaiah
Mary Jane Oestmann

Professional Women’s Achievement Award
Clair Sullivan Nuclear

Historic Landmark Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Advanced Teaching Research
Isotope General Atomic (TRIGA MARK II) Reactor

Octave J. Du Temple Award
Betsy Tompkins

Presidential Citations
Sherry Bernhoft 
Jack Brenizer
Kathryn McCarthy
Richard Reister 
Jason Remer

Radiation Science and Technology Award  
William Dunn

Robert L. Long Training Excellence Award
Hash Hashemian and his training team at Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation
Jane LeClair

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernadette Kirk

Seaborg Medal
Lance Snead

Small Local Section Meritorious Awards
Carlsbad Local Section
Florida Local Section
Northeastern New York Local Section

Standards Service Award
Jerry Hicks
Steven Stamm
Donald Wakefield 

Technical Achievement Award
Mohamed El-Genk

Theos J. (Tommy) Thompson Award for Reactor Safety
George Flanagan 
Theofanis Theofanous

W. Bennett Lewis Award
Jorge Spitalnik 

Walter H. Zinn Award
Brian K. Hajek

Young Member Excellence Award
Nicolas Stauff