Mentoring Award

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The Mentoring Award recognizes individuals, organizations, or groups within the Society who excel in encouraging others to reach their goals and set exemplary mentorship standards. This award celebrates those who inspire and guide fellow members, serving an impactful role in fostering professional growth and development. By highlighting outstanding mentorship, the award aims to highlight mentoring activities and recognize mentors' vital contributions to the Society's success and advancement.

Eligibility

Nominees must be current members of ASNT in good standing for at least the past five (5) years. Nominees must have made an outstanding contribution as a mentor. These contributions can be through a variety of channels or types of mentoring activities. Mentoring can be a one-to-one experience or an individual can mentor a group. Eligibility for the Award acknowledges mentoring in the following categories:

  • Individual: Assisting one or more individuals to reach their goals in the NDT industry that they may have not otherwise attained.

  • Group: Providing positive guidance to a group such that a goal of significant value to ASNT or to the NDT industry is achieved by that group.

  • Indirect: Providing mentoring opportunities for others by creating an environment that fosters and encourages such relationships with a positive outcome.

Selection

The Awards and Honors Council selects up to five recipients each year.

Nomination

All nominations shall be in the form of a letter with the following information:

  • Name, address and business affiliation of nominee.

  • Tangible and specific information defining how, when, and to whom the nominee has demonstrated how members have been influenced to reach goals they may have otherwise not sought or been able to reach.

  • The letter must clearly indicate the mentoring category (individual, group, or indirect).

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Recipients

2024 Recipients

2023

  • Flynn Spears

  • Israel Vasquez

  • Amanda Young

2022

  • Jean O. Bridge

  • Graham Knowles

  • Russell Pack

  • Robert Rich

  • Mark J. Sabolik

2020

  • Scott Cargill

  • Dr. John C. Duke, Jr.

  • Roger Engelbart

  • Dr. Roman Maev

  • Scott Rose

2019

  • Antoinette Bailey

  • Richard Bossi

  • Kathy Ferguson

  • Sal Razi

  • Ryan Spencer

2018

  • Mohammed Abufour

  • Jennifer Anaya

  • Anish Poudel

  • Timothy Roach

  • Marvin Trimm

2017

  • David Blosser

  • David Culbertson

  • Juan Diaz

  • Jerry Fulin

  • William Spaulding

2016

  • David Bajula

  • Claudia Kropas-Hughes

  • John Morris

  • Yicheng “Peter” Pan

  • Robert Potter

2015

  • Eugene V. Charpia

  • Edward P. Dukich

  • Dr. Gary E. Georgeson

  • George Howard

  • Dan S. Kerr

2014

  • Tsuchin Philip Chu

  • Donald Cosgrove

  • Anthony Gatti

  • George Hopman

  • Shant Kenderian

  • Deal Moore

  • Joseph Rose

2013

  • Christopher Black

  • Danny Keck

  • Fred Lockwood

  • Michael McGloin

  • Michael Mullan

2012

  • Michael Allgaier

  • Martin Anderson

  • Victor Hernandez

  • Frederick Hoyt

  • Glenn Light

2011

  • James S. Davis

  • Darrell Harris

  • Stuart Kleven

  • Paul Meyer

  • Marybeth Miceli

2010

  • William F. Via, Jr.

  • Robert W. Smilie

  • David H. Mitchell

  • John Nyholt

2009

  • Sreenivas Alampalli

  • Gary R. Elder

  • Greg A. Hudkins

  • George W. Johnson

  • Ricky L. Morgan

2008

  • Ronald T. Nisbet

2007

  • Richard A. Bottari

  • Charles N. Jackson, Jr.

  • Scott D. Miller

  • Larry G. Olsen

2006

  • Raymond G. Morasse

  • Emmanuel P. Papadakis

  • Paul J. Zombo

2005

  • Leonard J. Garcia, Sr.

  • Charles J. Hellier, III

  • Vincent F. Roding

  • Stephen M. Senne

  • Emogene Springer

2004

  • Robert E. Cameron

  • Eddywayne Messmer

2003

  • Ed E. Edgerton

  • Michael L. Turnbow

2002

  • Joseph Dewton

  • Fred J. Padilla

2001

  • Fred M. Kilpela

  • Syl Viaclovsky

  • Frederick Raco, Jr.

  • William Klene

  • David R. Quattlebaum, Jr.

2000

  • Frank Iddings

  • Eugene Monks

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