Note: the period for nominations for 2015 WJTA-IMCA Awards ended September 15, 2015.
Members are invited to submit candidates for special awards presented by the WJTA-IMCA to honor a company, organization, or individual who has made a significant contribution to the industry through accomplishments that directly enhance waterjet technology and/or industrial cleaning.
Award recipients will be selected by the WJTA-IMCA Awards Committee and honored at a presentation ceremony on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, in conjunction with the 2015 WJTA-IMCA Conference & Expo in New Orleans.
A list of previous award recipients appears below:
1981 | Pioneer Award - Jacob Frank |
1983 | Pioneer Award - H.D. Stephens |
1985 | Pioneer Award - William Cooley, D.Sc. |
1987 | Pioneer Award - Norman Franz, Ph.D. |
1989 | Pioneer Award - Richard Paseman |
1991 | Pioneer Award - John H. Olsen, Ph.D. |
1993 | Pioneer Award - Fun-Den Wang, Ph.D. Safety Award - David Summers, Ph.D., and NLB Corporation Service Award - George A. Savanick, Ph.D. and Mohan Vijay, Ph.D. Technology Award - Mohamed Hashish, Ph.D., Autoclave Engineers and Hammelmann Corporation |
1995 | Pioneer Award - George Rankin Safety Award - Autoclave Engineers Service Award - Thomas J. Labus Technology Award - Thomas J. Kim, Ph.D. |
1997 | Pioneer Award - David A. Summers, Ph.D. Service Award - Andrew F. Conn, Ph.D. Technology Award - Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Louis |
1999 | Pioneer Award - Mohamed Hashish, Ph.D. Safety Award - Bruce Wood Service Award - John Wolgamott Technology Award - Ryoji Kobayashi, Ph.D. |
2001 | Pioneer Award - George A. Savanick, Ph.D. Technology Award - Richard Ward |
2003 | Pioneer Award - Pat DeBusk Service Award - Mohamed Hashish, Ph.D. Technology Award - Ernest S. Geskin, Ph.D. |
2005 | Pioneer Award - Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Louis Safety Award - TurtleSkin WaterArmor Service Award - NLB Corporation Technology Award - Jay Zeng, Ph.D. |
2007 | Pioneer Award - Forrest Shook Safety Award - Vacuum Equipment Safety Committee Service Award - Tony Fuller and Jim Petillo Technology Award - Mamidala Ramulu, Ph.D. |
2009 | Pioneer Award - John Wolgamott Safety Award - Gary W. Toothe and Philip Stein Service Award - Bill McClister Technology Award - Seiji Shimizu, Ph.D. |
2011 | Pioneer Award - Bill McClister Technology Award - Jerry Zink |
2013 | Pioneer Award - Kenneth C. Carroll Safety Award - WOMA Corporation |