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Award Recipients

2021 2023

Arthur Holly Compton Award in Education (ETWDD)

Michael F. L'Annunziata

E. Gail de Planque Medal

Lauren D. Thew

FCWMD Distinguished Service Award (FCWMD)

Jean-Francois Lucchini

Early Career Reactor Physicist Award (RPD)

Anna S. Erickson
Dan Kotlyar

Fellow of ANS

Scot A. Greenlee
John G. Gilligan

Ryan G. McClarren

Samuel Glasstone Award (ETWDD)

University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez (Best Section)
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (Second Place)
Missouri University of Science and Technology (Third Place)
University of New Mexico (Third Place)

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

Leo S. Fifield

Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award

Caleb S. Brooks
Katrina M. Groth
Christian M. Petrie

Landis Public Communication and Education Award

Jim Walther

FCWMD Lifetime Achievement Award (FCWMD)

Robert E. Einziger

Local Section Meritorious Award (ETWDD)

Idaho Local Section (Best Overall Meritorious)
Idaho Local Section (Best Recruiting Program)
United Arab Emirates Local Section (Best Public Information and Education)
Savannah River Local Section (Best Local Section Management)
Savannah River Local Section (Best Meetings and Programs)

Meritorious Performance in Operations Award (OPD)

Advanced Test Reactor Team (INL)

Meritorious Service Award (THD)

Kurshad Muftuoglu

Don Miller Award (HFICD)

Imre and Maria Pázsit

Mark Mills Award (ETWDD)

Ibrahim Jarrah
John L. Pevey

Mishima Award

James F. Stubbins

NURETH Scholar Award (THD)

NURETH-19
Horst-Michael Prasser
Jose Reyes
Chul-Hwa Song

Mary Jane Oestmann Professional Women's Achievement Award

Assel Aitkaliyeva
Catherine L. Riddle

Outstanding Achievement Award (FED)

Charles “Chuck” Kessel

Presidential Citations

Amanda M. Bachmann
Sven O. Bader
Amir A. Bahadori
Lake H. Barrett
James W. Behrens
Jacopo Buongiorno
Nathan A. Carstens
Hans David Gougar
H. M. “Hash” Hashemian
Matthew Jeffrey Jasica
N. Prasad Kadambi
Lisa M. Marshall
Kathryn A. Mummah
Gene A. Nelson

Armond Cohen
Andrew R. Griffith
Rafael M. Grossi and the International Atomic Energy Agency
Ukrainian Nuclear Workers

Ted Quinn Early Career Award (HFICD)

N. Dianne B. Ezell

Radiation Science and Technology Award (IRD)

Lin-Wen Hu

Reactor Technology Award (Atomic Energy Society of Japan)

Koroush Shirvan

Seaborg Medal

Steven J. Zinkle

FCWMD Significant Contribution Award (FCWMD)

Robert L. Howard

Henry DeWolf Smyth Nuclear Statesman Award (NEI)

William E. Webster, Jr.

Social Responsibility in the Nuclear Community

Diversity and Inclusion in ANS Committee Founders (Lane B. Carasik, Lisa M. Marshall, and Kalin Kiesling)

Special Award

Bruce Hallbert

Standards Service Award

Douglas G. Bowen

Student Design Competition (ETWDD)

Georgia Institute of Technology - The Small, Uranium-based Molten Salt (SUMS) Reactor
Authors: Alex England, Sam Heflin, MaryEmma Hughes, Marina Polegenko, and Luke Wells
Advisor: Dr. Bojan Petrovic

University of Florida - (BWR) British Water Reactor
Authors: Navid A. Aslani, Madison N. Bushloper, Matthew B. Harper, Ginger Lucas, and Mitch Mika
Advisor: Dr. DuWayne L. Schubring

Purdue University - Design of a Machine Learning Tool for Predictive Emergency Response
Authors: Zachery Dahm, Sarah McCauley Kannapell, and William Kelley
Advisor: Dr. Shripad T. Revankar

University of Massachusetts at Lowell - SMRs and Thermal Energy Storage on Decommissioned Nuclear Sites
Authors: Mustapha Zakeri, Ankit Mishra, and Lohith Annadevula
Advisor: Dr. Sukesh K. Aghara

NCSD Technical Excellence Award (NCSD)

John Bess

Technical Achievement Award (THD)

Upendra Singh Rohatgi
Bao-Wen Yang

Technical Accomplishment Award (FED)

Tatyana Sizyuk

Young Member Excellence Award

Alexandra Siwy

Young Members Advancement Award

Craig H. Piercy

Walter H. Zinn Medal

Per F. Peterson

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