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Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Michael Z. Podowski

E. Gail de Planque Medal

Gail Marcus

FCWMD Distinguished Service Award (FCWMD)

Stephen L. Turner

Fellow of ANS

Hashem Hashemian
Ayman Hawari
Richard Kurtz
Arthur Motta
David Nigg
Rizwan Uddin

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Florida (Best Section)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Honorable Mention)

Ray Goertz Award (RRSD)

William R. Hamel

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Elia Merzari

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar

W. Bennett Lewis Award (DESD)

Marcel Boiteux

FCWMD Lifetime Achievement Award (FCWMD)

James C. Bresee

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Small Local Sections

Pittsburgh Local Section (Best Membership, Best Public Information, Best Section Management)
San Diego Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)

Large Local Sections

Savannah River Local Section (Best Membership, Best Meetings and Programs, Best Section Management)
Idaho Local Section (Best Public Information)

Robert L. Long Training Excellence Award (ETWDD)

Charlie Nesbitt

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Douglas Chapin
Hidekazu Yoshikawa

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Ahmad Alsabbagh

Mishima Award

Tatsuo Shikama

Nuclear Historic Landmark Award

High Flux Isotope Reactor

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Shannon Bragg-Sitton

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Brad Merrill

Presidential Citations

James W. Behrens
Bill Borchardt
Peter Caracappa
Harsh S. Desai
Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar
Marvin S. Fertel
Sama Bibao y Leon
Michael Lineberry
Peter B. Lyons
Bob Penn
Amir Shakarami
Rachel Slaybaugh
Roger Tilbrook

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Dean Mitchell

Rockwell Lifetime Achievement Award (RPSD)

Donald J. Dudziak

Seaborg Medal

Charles Forsberg

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

Luis E. Echavarri

Special Award

Mitchell Farmer

Standards Service Award

Steven L. Stamm

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Graduate

Texas A&M: Load Following Molten Salt Reactor- (Chimera)
Lloyd Price, William Cook, Jinyong Feng
Advisor: Prof. Pavel Tsvetkov

Undergraduate

Purdue University: Core Design Analysis Of The Molybdenum-99 Pool Reactor
Jake Hader, Jeffrey W Klimes, James Baker Marshall, Faisal Y Odeh, Mateusz P Polek, Shane Patrick Rafferty
Advisor: Prof. C.K. Choi

Georgia Institute of Technology: Water-Based Neutron Scintillator Detector Design, Construction, and Testing
Andrew Grice, Kam Yu Lee, Jessica Maddocks, Greg Peacock, Kevin Reeves
Advisor: Prof. Anna Erickson

University of Tennessee: Methods to Enhance Spent Fuel Pool and Dry Cask Storage
Dustin Giltnane, Dave Gotthold, Seth Langford, Michael Ratliff, Jessica Shewmaker, Cody Wiggins
Advisor: Prof. Martin Grossbeck

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Jose N. Reyes

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

Larry R. Baylor & Stephen K. Combs

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

Theofanis Theofanous

Utility Achievement Award (OPD)

Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station

Utility Leadership Award (OPD)

Jeffrey B. Archie, Sr. (VP & CNO; So. Carolina Electric & Gas):
Danny G. Bost, (EVP & CNO; Southern Nuclear Operating Co.)

Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Elmer Lewis

Young Member Excellence Award

Rachel Slaybaugh

Young Members Advancement Award

David Pointer

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Kyle H. Turner

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