Society Awards and Honors
2012 Awards
PNNL Team Wins ACS Award for Team Innovation (announced 8/21/2012)
Dan DuBois Wins ACS Award In Inorganic Chemistry (announced 8/21/2012)
PNNL/EMSL Team Earns Microscopy Today 2012 Innovation Award (announced 8/2/2012)
TMS Presents Nyberg with Distinguished Service Award (announced 4/24/2012)
Ram Devanathan Wins Fulrath Award of the American Ceramic Society (announced 4/9/2012)
Modeling Paper Wins Society of Toxicology Award (announced 3/12/2012)
Vamsi Kodali and Gaurav Sharma Named Outstanding Postdocs for Nanotox Research (announced 3/12/2012)
PNNL Team Recognized for Second-Most Downloaded ASME Paper (announced 3/7/2012)
PNNL Team wins ASME Best Paper Award (announced 1/24/2012)
2012 Fellowships
Bob Wegeng Named Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (announced 9/6/2012 12:07:00 PM)
Chuck Peden Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society (announced 7/23/2012)
Morris Bullock Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society (announced 7/23/2012)
Kyle Bunch Named IEEE-USA Engineering & Diplomacy Fellow (announced 5/21/2012)
Srinivas Katipamula Earns ASME Fellow Distinction (announced 3/8/2012)
Jun Liu Elected Materials Research Society Fellow (announced 2/16/2012)
Gregg Lumetta named 2011 American Chemical Society Fellow (announced 1/24/2012)
2012 Elected Positions and Offices
Janelle Downs Invited to Serve on Northwest Scientific Association Board of Directors (announced 7/17/2012)
2012 Impact on Scientific Community
Paper Featured at Intelligent IEEE Transportation Systems Conference (announced 3/20/2012)
Wendy Shaw Selected to Attend First U.S-Indonesia Symposium (announced 1/1/2012)
2011 Awards
Jean Futrell Earns ASMS Honor, Makes 'History' (announced 12/21/2011)
Julia Laskin receives ACS Rising Star Award (announced 12/1/2011)
PNNL staff members contribute to ACS Section winning Six 2011 ChemLuminary Awards (announced 8/1/2011)
Mikey Brady Raap Recognized for Fukushima Support (announced 8/1/2011)
Evelyn Hirt Recognized by IEEE with William W. Middleton Distinguished Award (announced 7/1/2011)
Johannes Lercher Named 2011 Robert Burwell Lecturer for Catalysis Society (announced 6/1/2011)
Nate Engle Awarded AAAS Congressional Fellowship (announced 6/1/2011)
Novella Bridges recognized as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry (announced 5/1/2011)
Guopeng Liu and Project Win AEE Awards (announced 3/1/2011)
Sarah Widder named among "New Faces in Engineering" by the National Engineers Week Foundation (announced 3/1/2011)
Guo-Shuh (John) Lee awarded 2010 Giuseppe Parravano Award for Excellence in Catalysis R&D (announced 2/2/2011)
Mike Schmoldt and Robbie Tidwell Earn Prestigious Awards from Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (announced 2/1/2011)
Brad Johnson receives 2010 Keramos Greaves-Walker Roll of Honor Award (announced 1/1/2011)
Josef Matyas receives 2009 Best Paper Award from ACerS Division (announced 1/1/2011)
2011 Fellowships
Five PNNL Scientists Elected AAAS Fellows (announced 12/7/2011)
Illuminating Engineering Society Presents Eric Richman with Presidential Award (announced 11/2/2011)
Bora Akyol Selected as Fellow on the National Board of Information Security Examiners (announced 10/19/2011)
PNNL chemists recognized as ACS celebrates International Year of Chemistry (announced 8/1/2011)
Eva Hickey elected Health Physics Society Fellow (announced 5/1/2011)
Eric Richman selected IES Fellow (announced 5/1/2011)
Chongxuan Liu Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America (announced 5/1/2011)
Moe Khaleel Selected as ASCE Fellow (announced 5/1/2011)
Seven PNNL Scientists Elected 2010 AAAS Fellows (announced 1/1/2011)
2011 Elected Positions and Offices
Amanda Casella named to ANS Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division Executive Committee (announced 11/3/2011)
Licensing Executives Society (LES) Names Cheryl Cejka to Board of Directors as Trustee for Marketing (announced 10/19/2011)
Mikey Brady Raap Elected ANS Treasurer (announced 6/1/2011)
PNNL's Ron Jarnagin installed as president of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air- Conditioning Engineers (announced 6/1/2011)
Jun Liu Selected to Lead Prestigious Materials Meeting (announced 5/1/2011)
Amanda Casella elected to Executive Committee of the Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division (announced 5/1/2011)
Praveen Thallapally Invited to Join CGD Network (announced 3/1/2011)
Ranata Johnson to serve on IEEE Standards Committee (announced 1/1/2011)
2011 Impact on Scientific Community
Deb Frincke chairs IEEE Symposium (announced 6/1/2011)
2010 Awards
Jordan Smith to Receive Best Postdoc Publication Award (announced 12/1/2010)
Bill Bair Receives Health Physics Society Top Honor (announced 11/1/2010)
Jerry Allwine to Receive Prestigious Helmut E. Landsberg Award (announced 10/1/2010)
George Deverman, John Fulton, Dean Matson, and Clem Yonker Receive ACS Northwest Regional Innovation Award (announced 7/1/2010)
Nik Qafoku selected to receive Citation of Excellence from Soil Science Society of America Journal (announced 7/1/2010)
Dan Strom Receives American Academy of Health Physics National Service Award (announced 6/1/2010)
Ron Jarnagin earns ASHRAE Exceptional Service Award (announced 6/1/2010)
Deb Frincke Selected for IEEE Award (announced 6/1/2010)
Local IEEE-PES chapter wins High Performing Chapter Award (announced 5/1/2010)
Jerry Posakony Honored with AAES John Fritz Medal (announced 3/1/2010)
Siva Pilli "New Faces of Engineering 2010" honoree (announced 2/1/2010)
2010 Fellowships
Liem Dang Named American Physical Society Fellow (announced 12/1/2010)
Greg Kimmel Named American Physical Society Fellow (announced 12/1/2010)
Yong Wang Named Fellow of American Chemical Society (announced 7/1/2010)
PNNL's Bruce D. Kay named American Chemical Society fellow (announced 7/1/2010)
Theva Thevuthasan named AVS Fellow (announced 7/1/2010)
Gene Carbaugh Elected Health Physics Society Fellow (announced 6/1/2010)
Michael Brambley and Srinivas Katipamula honored as ASHRAE Fellows (announced 1/1/2010)
2010 Elected Positions and Offices
Ron Jarnagin President-elect of ASHRAE (announced 11/1/2010)
Kelly Sullivan Elected Sigma Xi President (announced 11/1/2010)
Kathy Hibbard Appointed Chair of the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting Program Committee (announced 10/1/2010)
Jim Fredrickson Elected to International Society for Microbial Ecology Board (announced 9/1/2010)
Steve Ghan Reappointed to Journal of Geophysical Research Editorial Board (announced 8/1/2010)
Bing Liu elected Chair of project committee (announced 7/1/2010)
Karin Rodland Named U.S. HUPO Board Member (announced 3/1/2010)
Debbie Dickman Appointed INMM Chair (announced 2/1/2010)
Daniel J. Gaspar named chair of ASTM International Committee E42 (announced 2/1/2010)
2009 Awards
Mike Truex, Vince Vermuel, Mart Oostrom, Rob Mackley, Donny Mendoza, and Brad Fritz win award from Eastern Washington Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials (announced 12/1/2009)
Michaele (Mikey) Brady Raap Recognized (announced 12/1/2009)
Robbie Tidwell Earns Special Leadership Acknowledgment (announced 12/1/2009)
PNNL team wins award from Eastern Washington Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Management (announced 12/1/2009)
Richard Smith Selected for Analytical Chemistry Award (announced 11/1/2009)
Dick Smith Receives HUPO Award for Advancements in Proteomics Technologies (announced 10/1/2009)
Don Baer wins prestigious AVS Nerken Award (announced 6/1/2009)
Mark Morgan Receives Supporting Friend of IEEE Member and Geographic Activities Award (announced 6/1/2009)
Scott Stephens Recognized by CCHPS as Radiation Safety Technologist of the Year (announced 5/1/2009)
Terence Critchlow Inducted Into World's Largest Computing Society (announced 5/1/2009)
Henry Huang Receives IEEE Power & Energy Society Outstanding Young Engineer Award (announced 4/1/2009)
Heather Colburn and Jon Schwantes Selected to Attend IUPAC Meeting as 2009 Young Observers (announced 2/1/2009)
Siva Pilli Selected for ASME Early Career Leadership Internship (announced 2/1/2009)
Evelyn Hirt receives IEEE 2008 Robert S. Walleigh Engineering Professionalism Award (announced 1/1/2009)
2009 Fellowships
Greg Schenter Appointed American Physical Society Fellow (announced 12/1/2009)
Six PNNL scientists elected AAAS Fellows (announced 12/1/2009)
L. Ruby Leung elected AMS Fellow (announced 10/1/2009)
Steve Mladineo named Fellow of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (announced 7/1/2009)
Gary Yang Selected Fellow of ASM International (announced 7/1/2009)
Jean Futrell Elected Fellow of American Chemical Society (announced 7/1/2009)
Gary Yang elected Fellow of ASM International (announced 6/1/2009)
SK Sundaram Named Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology (announced 3/1/2009)
David S. Smith Elected Fellow of ASCE (announced 3/1/2009)
Bruce Garrett Elected Fellow of Royal Society of Chemists (announced 2/1/2009)
2009 Elected Positions and Offices
Kathy Pryor elected president-elect of the Health Physics Society (announced 12/1/2009)
Ron Jarnagin Elected ASHRAE Treasurer (announced 6/1/2009)
Richard May Named IEEE VAST Symposium Co-chair (announced 1/1/2009)
Mathew Milazzo Named 2009 ANS Glenn T. Seaborg Science and Engineering Congressional Fellow (announced 1/1/2009)
2009 Impact on Scientific Community
Kukkadapu Recognized as International Leader in Mössbauer Spectroscopy (announced 7/1/2009)
2008 Awards
Jerry Posakony named recipient of 2009 IEEE Honorary Membership (announced 12/1/2008)
Bill Samuels Shares ACS Regional Industrial Innovation Award (announced 7/16/2008)
PNNL's Lu Verdugo selected top mentor in the country (announced 7/1/2008)
Moe Khaleel Named Mechanical Engineer of the Year by ASME (announced 7/1/2008)
Julia Laskin Awarded Biemann Medal for Achievements in Mass Spectrometry (announced 6/1/2008)
Michael Brambley Receives ASHRAE Distinguished Service Award (announced 6/1/2008)
Bing Liu Receives 2008 Engineer of the Year Award from Washington Society of Professional Engineers (announced 2/1/2008)
SK Sundaram Recognized for Contributions in Ceramics Field (announced 2/1/2008)
Evelyn Hirt Receives Distinguished Service Award for Excellence in Nanotechnology (announced 2/1/2008)
Rob Pratt Receives IEEE Region 6 Northwest Area Outstanding Engineer Award (announced 1/1/2008)
2008 Fellowships
Six PNNL scientists elected AAAS fellows (announced 12/1/2008)
Greg Piepel Elected Fellow of the American Society for Quality (announced 9/1/2008)
John Vienna Elected ACerS Fellow (announced 9/1/2008)
Kathy Pryor Recognized as Fellow by Health Physics Society (announced 5/1/2008)
Bill Weber Elected Fellow of Materials Research Society (announced 2/1/2008)
2008 Elected Positions and Offices
Yong Wang serves second term on editorial board of Catalysis Today (announced 12/1/2008)
Evelyn Hirt voted 2009 president-elect for IEEE-USA (announced 12/1/2008)
Leonard Bond elected Director, IEEE Region 6 (Western USA) (announced 10/1/2008)
Brian Hatchell elected to executive committee of American Nuclear Society Robotics and Remote Systems Division (announced 10/1/2008)
Steven Baker Appointed Chair of ANSI N 13.6 Working Group (announced 10/1/2008)
Eric Nyberg selected as Editor of TMS proceedings "Magnesium Technology 2009" (announced 7/1/2008)
David King Elected Secretary of ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry (announced 5/1/2008)
Joel Pounds and Thomas Weber Appointed Committee Chairs for Society of Toxicology (announced 4/1/2008)
Theva Thevuthasan Appointed Chair of AVS Short Course Committee (announced 2/1/2008)
Baer Elected to Third Term as ASTM International Committee Chair (announced 2/1/2008)
Mark Engelhard Selected to Chair Publications Committee for AVS (announced 1/1/2008)
2007 Awards
Satyanarayana Kuchibhatla Receives American Vacuum Society (AVS) Award (announced 10/31/2007)
Kathy Pryor Receives National Award from American Board of Health Physics (ABHP) (announced 8/1/2007)
Alice Dohnalkova Earns Diatome Award from Microscopy Society of America (announced 8/1/2007)
Richland's IEEE Power Engineering Society Wins Outstanding Chapter Award (announced 7/1/2007)
Stephen Mladineo Receives Meritorious Service Award from the Institute for Nuclear Management (announced 7/1/2007)
Tom Shea receives Distinquished Service Award from Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (announced 7/1/2007)
Xiao-Dong Zhou Recipient of 2007 Young Investigator Award (announced 7/1/2007)
PNNL staff recognized by Columbia Chapter Health Physics Society (announced 5/21/2007)
Jay Grate Wins American Chemical Society Regional Industrial Innovation Award (announced 5/1/2007)
Jeff Estes Recognized for Leadership in Science Education Reform (announced 3/1/2007)
Richland Section names Rob Pratt 2006 IEEE Engineer of the Year (announced 2/1/2007)
2007 Fellowships
Michel Dupuis Named Fellow in American Physical Society (announced 12/3/2007)
Cesar Izaurralde Selected Soil Science Fellow (announced 11/5/2007)
Nine PNNL Researchers Elected Fellows by AAAS (announced 10/25/2007)
Moe Khaleel elected Fellow of ASME (announced 9/28/2007)
SK Sundaram Adds American Ceramic Society Fellow to List of Accomplishments (announced 5/11/2007)
Mary Ann Parkhurst Named Health Physics Society Fellow (announced 5/1/2007)
2007 Elected Positions and Offices
Greg Exarhos Elected to 3-Year Term as President of the AVS (announced 11/5/2007)
Ron Schrotke Elected Chair of the ASME Main Committee on Nuclear Quality Assurance (announced 10/1/2007)
Anne Fix Elected Secretary-Treasurer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Division of Environmental Geosciences (DEG) (announced 7/1/2007)
Doug Reid Elected Chair of ASME Local Section (announced 6/1/2007)
Evelyn Hirt Elected Eta Kappa Nu Board of Governors (announced 5/1/2007)
Moe Khaleel Named Associate Editor to ASME Journal (announced 5/1/2007)
Josef Matyas and Jarrod Crum Take on New Roles for American Ceramic Society (announced 3/22/2007)
Novella Bridges Appointed Chair-Elect of Local Section of American Chemical Society (announced 2/1/2007)
Justin Teeguarden Lends Toxicology Advice to Biological Modeling Committee (announced 1/31/2007)
Linda Lasure to Represent United States in International Microbiological Society (announced 1/26/2007)
Darrell Fisher to Server as Treasurer of Health Physics Society (announced 1/2/2007)
Leonard Bond Elected IEEE Region 6 Delegate-Elect and Director-Elect (announced 1/1/2007)
John Hardy and Nathan Canfield Elected to Key Roles in Regional Ceramics Society (announced 1/1/2007)
2006 Awards
PNNL's Harold Tilden Named Hazardous Materials Manager of the Year (announced 12/1/2006)
Frank Garner Receives Outstanding Achievement Award (announced 11/1/2006)
Eric Smith receives IEEE award for significant contributions to radiation instrumentation (announced 10/1/2006)
PNNL Staff Members Help Richland Section Win 2006 National ACS ChemLuminary Award (announced 10/1/2006)
Robbie Tidwell Receives Eastern Washington Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers Champions of Excellence Award (announced 9/1/2006)
American Chemical Society Honors Jean Futrell for Achievements in Mass Spectrometry (announced 9/1/2006)
SAMMS Awarded American Chemical Society Regional Industrial Innovation Award (announced 7/1/2006)
PNNL Scientists Win American Statistical Association Outstanding 2006 Statistical Application Award (announced 5/1/2006)
Sriram Somasundaram Named 2006 Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year (announced 3/1/2006)
Yong Wang Named Asian American Engineer of the Year (announced 3/1/2006)
PNNL Scientists Earn Distinguished Service Awards from American Society for Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (announced 2/1/2006)
Craig Aalseth Receives International Early Achievement Award (announced 1/1/2006)
PNNL Scientist Receives Leadership Development Award from ACS (announced 1/1/2006)
PNNL's Larry Runyon Awarded 2005 Council Chairman of the Year Award for Leadership (announced 1/1/2006)
2006 Fellowships
Five PNNL Researchers Elected Fellows by AAAS (announced 11/1/2006)
PNNL's Richard Kouzes Elected Fellow by IEEE (announced 11/1/2006)
Somasundaram Elected ASHRAE Fellow (announced 7/1/2006)
2006 Elected Positions and Offices
PNNL's Kelly O. Sullivan Elected to Board of Directors of Sigma Xi (announced 12/1/2006)
Deborah Gracio Appointed to Drive Strategy for IEEE Committee (announced 11/1/2006)
Dan Gaspar to Chair Division of American Vacuum Society (announced 11/1/2006)
Chuck Peden Elected 2008 Chair of the American Chemical Society Catalysis Secretariat (announced 11/1/2006)
John Abrefah to Serve Consecutive Term on American Nuclear Society Publications Committee (announced 8/1/2006)
American Physical Society Appoints Chair for Committee on Careers and Professional Development (announced 7/1/2006)
Michaele "Mikey" Brady Raap Elected to the American Nuclear Society Board of Directors (announced 5/1/2006)
Julia Laskin Appointed to American Society for Mass Spectrometry Board of Directors (announced 4/1/2006)
2005 Awards
PNNL Team Receives Two ChemLuminary Awards for Volunteer Efforts (announced 10/20/2005)
Three PNNL Researchers Win Industrial Innovation Awards (announced 8/25/2005)
Sriram Somasundaram Receives ASME Dedicated Service Award (announced 5/19/2005)
2005 Fellowships
Steve Bruemmer Elected Fellow in National Association of Corrosion Engineers (announced 11/1/2005)
Sotiris Xantheas Named American Physical Society Fellow (announced 11/1/2005)
Five PNNL Researchers Elected Fellows by AAAS (announced 10/20/2005)
John April Named Fellow in American Society of Civil Engineers (announced 10/19/2005)
César Izaurralde Elected Fellow of American Society of Agronomy (announced 10/1/2005)
PNNL Scientist Appointed to Royal Chemistry Society (announced 5/16/2005)
2005 Elected Positions and Offices
Yong Wang to Chair Program Committee for ACS Petroleum Chemistry Division (announced 12/1/2005)
Gary L. Smith Re-Elected to ASTM International Committee C26 on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle (announced 9/1/2005)
2004 Awards
PNNL Scientist Selected for National Academy Symposium
Yong Wang chosen as one of only 86 in the nation to participate in pioneering engineering event.
(announced 9/4/2004)
PNNL Research Team Wins Industrial Innovation Award (announced 6/25/2004)
Alan Waltar Receives American Nuclear Society 2004 Public Communication Award (announced 6/15/2004)
Kevin Rosso Awarded Mineralogical Society of America Award for 2004 (announced 12/16/2003)
2004 Fellowships
PNNL Scientist Named AVS Fellow (announced 11/17/2004)
PNNL Scientist Appointed American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists Fellow (announced 11/17/2004)
Tom Ackerman and Paul Ellis Elected Fellows by American Association for the Advancement of Science (announced 10/31/2004)
Don Bihl and Bruce Napier Named Fellows of Health Physics Society (announced 8/19/2004)
Russell Jones Elected Fellow of NACE International, the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (announced 4/14/2004)
Gary Smith and Denis Strachan Elected Fellows of American Ceramic Society (announced 4/14/2004)
Jean Futrell, Battelle Fellow, Elected Fellow of American Physical Society (announced 2/9/2004)
2004 Elected Positions and Offices
Gary L. Smith Appointed Chair of ASTM International Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle (announced 5/13/2004)
2003 Awards
Dean Matson Receives American Chemical Society Regional Industrial Innovation Award (announced 4/22/2003)
Landis Kannberg Named Columbia Basin Section ASME Engineer of the Year (announced 2/1/2003)
Richard Smith Receives American Chemical Society National Award for Creative Work in Analytical Chemistry (announced 1/1/2003)
David Dixon Receives American Chemical Society 2003 National Award (announced 1/1/2003)
2003 Fellowships
Greg Exarhos Named Fellow of American Vacuum Society (announced 10/23/2003)
Darrell Fisher and Paul Stansbury Named Fellows by Health Physics Society (announced 6/10/2003)
Darby Stapp Appointed Fellow by Society for Applied Anthropology (announced 4/1/2003)
Prabhakar Singh Named Fellow of American Ceramic Society (announced 3/12/2003)
Society of Vacuum Coaters Elects Pete Martin as Mentor (announced 3/1/2003)
Deborah Dickman Elected Fellow of Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (announced 2/1/2003)
David Geist Appointed Fellow in American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (announced 2/1/2003)
Bruce Kay and Charles Peden Elected Fellows of American Vacuum Society (announced 2/1/2003)
2003 Elected Positions and Offices
John Abrefah Appointed to Two National Committees (announced 9/23/2003)
2002 Awards
Allison Campbell Selected by American Chemical Society as One of the Most Promising Young Female Chemists in the Nation (announced 1/1/2002)
Shawn Knowles Named 2002 Young Leader of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (announced 1/1/2002)
Steven Doctor Recognized by International Society of Optical Engineering and the NDE Organizing Committee (announced 1/1/2002)
2002 Fellowships
David Dixon Named Fellow of American Physical Society (announced 6/1/2002)
Robert Schenter Elected Fellow in American Nuclear Society (announced 1/1/2002)
2002 Elected Positions and Offices
Walt Laity Elected Vice President, Engineering Education (announced 11/1/2002)
Glenn Hollenberg Appointed to Nominating Committee of American Ceramic Society (announced 8/1/2002)
Walter J. Apley Elected to ANS Nationall Board of Directors (announced 8/1/2002)
Tom Tenforde Elected President of National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (announced 5/1/2002)
Judith Ann Bamberger Elected Vice Chair of Coordinating Group on Fluid Measurements (announced 2/1/2002)
Evelyn Hirt Elected to Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society Board of Governors
Steven Parker President of National Association of Energy Engineers
2001 Awards
Jeffery Dagle Named Tri-Cities Engineer of the Year for 2001 (announced 1/1/2001)