RADIATION PROTECTION AND SHIELDING DIVISION
_____________________________________________
The Radiation Protection and Shielding
Executive Committee on November 1978 approved the first version of the manual
for the Honors and Award committee.н The
document was revised again in 1979, 1984, 1990, 1991.н This revision of the document was approved by
the Executive Committee on November 1997.
We, the Honors and Award Committee,
express our gratitude to Dr. Kenneth Shultis at
Michael H.
Momeni, Ph.D.
Chair, Honors and Award Committee
June 1998.
Table of Contents
ANS FELLOW
1.3
PROCEDURES
DIVISION
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL
2.3
SCHEDULE
3.3
SCHEDULE
RADIATION
PROTECTION AND SHIELDING DIVISION
5.2
PROCEDURES
ATTACHMENT
1: FELLOWS
ATTACHMENT 2: PAST RECIPIENTS OF
DIVISION SERVICE AND
PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
ATTACHMENT
3: PAST
BEST PAPER AWARD RECIPIENTS
ATTACHMENT 4: PAST DIVISION CHAIRMEN
ATTACHMENT 5: ROCKWELL AWARD RECIPIENTS
ATTACHMENT 6: Everitt P. Blizard Memorial Scholarship
The American Nuclear Society established
in 1954 the honor of Fellow of the Society.
The objective was to recognize members for distinguished contributions
to the advancement of nuclear science and engineering or of applied arts and
science. Elevation to the status of
Fellow is attained through peer recognition and election by the Board of
Directors. Newly elected Fellows are
formally inducted into ANS Fellowship by the President of the Society. The Fellows are presented with a certificate
at the Awards luncheon either at the Annual or Winter Meeting of the Society.
The honor of being accorded the highest
membership grade of the Society is reserved for senior members of good
reputation who shall:
1.
be
at least thirty-five (35) years of age;
2.
have
served as an active voting member of the Society for five (5) or more years;
and
3.
Have
compiled a professional record of experience marked by significant contribution
to the advancement of one or more of the various technical disciplines served
by the society.
The promotion of Fellow requires a
willingness and formal acceptance on the part of the candidate to be designated
as an ANS Fellow. In addition, members
of the Society Honors and Awards Committee, under whose purview the Fellowship
program is conducted are excluded as nominators of, as
well as candidates for, Fellow during their respective terms of office. Radiation Protection and Shielding Division
(RPSD) members who are fellows are listed in attachment 1.
Nominations are made on a standard form
"Nomination For Fellow Member," available
from the Executive Office of ANS. Five
sponsors of Member
or Fellow grade are required, one of which must be a Fellow. One sponsor shall be designated as the
principal sponsor. Sponsors of a given
candidate should be broadly dispersed geographically and only one should
normally be from the home institution of the candidate.
The worthiness of a given candidate for
advancement to Fellow grade is determined by a critical review and assessment
of submitted credentials and qualifications.
Thus, the nomination package should be carefully prepared. In the process of review and selection,
emphasis is placed on excellence of achievement. The documentation should include:
1.
Notable
original research or invention;
2.
Scientific or technical leadership in a
nuclear enterprise of substantial scope;
3.
Superior teaching or contributions to improve
education which is marked by high intellectual accomplishments, effective
consulting of students, and recognition by colleagues and students;
4.
Outstanding
leadership in engineering design, construction, and operation of major
equipment or facilities; or
5.
Distinguished
contributions in areas of health, safety, and regulation.
Evidence of the candidate's contributions
shall be submitted by a written recommendation
from the sponsors and others
as appropriate.н The recommendation
should specify the candidate's outstanding accomplishments and contributions to
the nuclear science.н A bibliography of
major publications and documentation of participation in symposia and
conferences should be included.
At least annually, the Honors and Awards
Committee of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division should screen the
list of Division members and selects one or more members for nomination. A suitable individual, preferably a Fellow,
is solicited to become principal sponsor and take responsibility for the
nomination that includes preparing the nomination forms. The committee may
provide blank forms to the sponsor. Such
a procedure can also be initiated upon request for a nomination originating
outside the committee if, in the judgment of the committee, the nominee is
sufficiently qualified.
The chair of the RPSD Executive Committee
prepares a letter of endorsement for each candidate and would be endorsed by
the RPSD Honors and Awards Committee.
1.4 SCHEDULE
Nominations are screened by the ANS
Honors and Awards Committee, and its favorable recommendations are forwarded to
the Society's Board of Directors for election. To be eligible for
consideration, approval, and subsequent recognition at the ANS Annual Meeting,
complete information must be submitted to ANS Headquarters by February 1. Similarly, to be eligible for recognition at
the ANS Winter Meeting, complete nominations must be received by August 1.
DIVISION
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL
Divisions should stimulate members to
participate in Society and Division activities.
They should also recognize excellence in such participation. One means for such recognition (and
stimulation) is awards to individuals.
Awards can be in recognition of excellence in professional accomplishment,
including submission of outstanding technical papers to meetings or to the
Society's journals. Awards can also
recognize outstanding support of or participation in Division or Society
activities. The following awards are
given annually by the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division:
This award may be presented to one or
more persons in the Division on an annual basis. The award is in recognition of
outstanding past or current service to the Society and/or Division by a member
of the Division. This award may be
characterized as a distinguished service award or outstanding service award.
This award may be given to one or more
individuals in the Division each year on the basis of outstanding past or
current professional contribution. The
basis for this award would usually be a major contribution to the state of the
art, an important publication, a major technical achievement, or a sustained
record of significant accomplishment and technical excellence.
The award will be a citation and either a
plaque, or other appropriate memento, with a pertinent inscription such as the
name of recipient, name of award, ANS logo, and Division name. Awards have been made to the individuals
listed in Attachment 2.
The Honors and Awards Committee will
solicit the Division membership annually for names for both of these
awards. The solicitation will be
announced in the Division Newsletter and members of the Honors and Awards
Committee may also make direct solicitations of individual Division
members. Sufficient information
supporting the nomination must be provided by the nominator both to inform the
Division Executive Committee of the nominee's qualifications as well as to
serve as the basis for an appropriate citation.
Documentation for the nominees (at a minimum, draft citations) will be transmitted to the
Honors and Awards Committee. The
Executive Committee makes the final selection of a nominated individual. The awards and certificates with appropriate
citations will be procured by the Honors and Awards Committee and presented
by the Division Chairperson,
usually at the Society's annual or winter meeting. The awards will be announced in the Division
column in RPSD Newsletter and ANS News.
1. Nominees
are to be obtained by the Honors and Awards Committee by first of March.
2. Nominations
(including supporting documentation) are presented to the RPSD Executive
Committee for approval at the Annual meeting.
3. The
Chair of the RPSD then notifies the selected recipients and prepares an announcement for ANS News.
4. The
Honors and Awards Committee prepares citations, certificates, and either
plaques, or other suitable mementos for the recipients. Figures 2.1 and 2.2 are examples of citation
certificates.
5. The
awards are presented at the next appropriate meeting.
The Honors and Awards Committee is
charged with the development of procedures for the selection of the
ьOutstanding Technical Pappers and the Best Technical Paper
. The selection applies to any
ANS Annual, or Winter, or Topical meeting in which the RPSD sponsors a
full complement of sessions. Both invited
and contributed papers are to be considered.
The authors of the best paper are awarded $100, to be divided equally
among the authors.
It is the responsibility of the members
of the Program Committee who review the papers for each of the RPSD sponsored
technical sessions to select at least three outstanding paper.
The Chair of the Program Committee is responsible for providing as soon as
possible to the Chair of the Committee the names of the selected papers.н These papers are the candidates (Outstanding
Papers) for the selection of the best paper.
The Chair of the H&A Committee
appoints a panel of judges and a chief judge to hear the presentation of each
of the outstanding papers.н Each judge
must evaluate all of the presentations according to the established
criteria.н The H&A Committee will
determine the recipient(s) of the Best Paper award based on the evaluation and
recommendation of the judges. The RPSD chairperson will award the recipient(s)
the monetary award when practicable.н At
the annual meeting, the Chairperson will also present the Best Paper Citation
and the Outstanding Paper Citation to the first listed authors or to a
designated representative of each of the papers.н The award will be announced in the Division
column in the Division Newsletter. The name of previously selected Best Paper
awards is listed in Attachment 3.
1.
At
each Winter Meeting Paper Review and selected Topical Meeting Paper Review, the
Paper Review Committee nominates at least three outstanding papers from the
Division sponsored technical sessions. The Program Review Committee also
recruits session chairs. After the paper-review meeting ,
the Chair of the RPSD Program provides to the H&A Committee chair the list
of papers, the name of the session chairmen and a copy of each selected
outstanding paper.
2.
The
Honors and Awards chair advises the lead author of each paper by letter. The Chair also advises the lead authors that
the list of the papers will
be published in RPSD Newsletter unless the authors would object
to the announcement.
3.
The
Honors and Awards chair appoints at least three division personnel to serve on
the judging panel and a chief judge about 6 weeks before the meeting. The H&A Committee chair provides to each
of the judges a written evaluation instruction and a copy of each Outstanding
Papers. An example of the evaluation
form is shown in Fig. 3.1.
The Chief Judge collects and compiles the
evaluations from each of the judges. Then based on consultation with the other
judges, the Chief Judge recommends to the H&A chair the name of the authors
and the title of the selected best paper. The chief judge will send the
documentation for the selection to the H&A Committee chair for archiving of
the results.н
If the Chief Judge
could not achieve consensus among the judges for the selection of the Best
Paper, then the Chair would
select the Best Paper after consultation with the Chief Judge and
a careful review of the evaluations.
4.
The
H&A Committee chair informs the RPSD chairperson the name of the award
winner. The chairperson then informs the winner by telephone. The monetary award will be mailed or
presented when practicable.
5.
The
H&A Committee chair informs the lead authors of the outstanding papers
(non-winning papers) of the name of the winner within 4 weeks following the
meeting.
6.
The
H&A Committee chair sends thank-you letter to judges within 4 weeks of
meeting.
7.
The Committee chair obtains engrossed certificates
from ANS headquarters and provides them to the RPSD chairperson for signature
prior to the annual or winter meeting.
Figure 3.2 shows as an example a copy of the certificate. Each of the authors of the Outstanding
Papers, nominated for the Best Paper Award, would receive a citation and a
letter of appreciation from the H&A Committee chair.
RADIATION PROTECTION AND SHIELDING
DIVISION
Author:____________________________________________
Title:________________________________________________
Date:____________________
SUBJECT MATTER 4 3 2 1 Rating
(*Comprehensives)
Clarity in describing the state of the art
PRESENTATION Method
Alternative criteria for review papers
Overall
Rating
(sum of above)
Reviewer
________________________
Fig.
3.1 An
example of the rating form used for judging the Best Paper.
This award is given to each outgoing
chairperson of the RPSD by his successor when the chairmanship changes hands.
The award is either an inscribed gavel,
gavel plaque, or other suitable memento. The inscription should bear the
recipient's name, the Society logo, the name of the division, and the date.
All previous RPSD chairs have received
gavels or gavel plaques in recognition of their service to the division. The
names of the previous chairpersons of the RPSD are listed in Attachment 4.
The H&A Committee chair would assist
the RPSD chairperson-elect to procure the award. This award is presented during the Annual
Meeting at the RPSD Executive Committee Meeting.
5.1
BACKGROUND
The award for a Lifetime Achievement, or
the Rockwell Award, is based on long-term contribution in research, development
of technology, or education in radiation measurement, protection, shielding,
and dosimetry.
It is expected that most recipients will have been long-time active
members of the American Nuclear Society.
Moreover, most recipients will be authors of publications that made
significant contributions to the science of radiation protection and shielding.
The monetary reward for Lifetime Achievement Award is $500 and it would be
accompanied by a suitable citation and plaque. The name of
the past Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are listed in Attachment
5.
The Lifetime Achievement recognition is
awarded no more than once and usually less each year. The award may be given posthumously.
Nominations, accompanied by supporting documentation, can be made by any ANS
member to the Chairperson of the RPSD.
Recipients are elected by the Executive Committee of the Radiation
Protection and Shielding Division by 80% ballot of the members present at a
regularly scheduled meeting. After the election by the Executive Committee,
then the Chairperson of the RPSD would notify the recipient. The H&A Committee chair will prepare an
announcement of the award for ANS News.
The Chairperson of the RPSD will present the Lifetime Achievement Award
at an occasion selected by the Executive Committee.
Figure
4.1 shows as an example a citation for the Rockwell Award.
RADIATION SHIELDING AND PROTECTION DIVISION
The
Fellows of the American Nuclear Society
Mohammed A. Abdou
Raymond
E. Alcouffe
R. G. Alsmiller, Jr.
Ramon L. Ashley
Yousry Y. Azmy (2002)
John R.Beyster
Everitt P. Blizard
Charles J. Bridgman
Gordon L Brownell
Anthony R. Buhl
Dan G.
Cacucci
MaxW. Carbon
Bengt G. Carlson
Leland L. Carter
Arthur B. Chilton
Eric T. Clarke
C. E. Clifford
John C. Courtney
Gail de Planque
Gerard D. Saussure
Donald J. Dudziak
Charles M. Eisenhauer
Thomas S. Elleman
Ward W. Engle Jr.
Frank Feiner
Anthony H. Foderaro
Norman C. Francis
Ely M. Gelbard
Eugene Goldberg
Herbert J. Goldstein
Glen A Graves
Gordon E. Hansen
Luisa
F. Hansen
Donald R. Harris, Jr.
Robert J. Howerton
John H. Hubbell
Henry Hurwitz
Tomonori Hyodo
Dan T. Ingersoll
Francis S. Jana
W. Reed Johnson
William Kerr
William E. Kreger
Kaye D. Lathrop
Kenneth E. Lewis
Fred Maienschein
Betty F. Maskewitz
Charles W. Maynard
J. E.н
McLaughlin, Jr.
Walter Meyer
Dade W. Moeller
Ira L. Morgan
Karl Z. Morgan
Fred R. Mynatt
L. Manning Muntzing
Lothar W. Nordheim
Keran O'Brien
Sol Pearlstein
Robert W. Peelle
Johnн
W. Poston
Norman C. Rasmussen
Martin E. remley
A. David Rossin
Robert W. Roussin
Massimo Salvatores
Robert T. Santoro
Mohamed E. Sawan
Norman M. Schaeffer
Robert L. Seale
Kalman Shure
Lewis V. Spencer
Bernard L. Spinradнннннннн
Edward A. Straker
Davidн
K. Trubey
Nick Tsoulfanides
Edward A. Warman
Bernard W. Wehring
R. Michael Westfall
J. Ernest Wilkins, Jr.
C. E. Winters
PAST RECIPIENTS OF DIVISION SERVICE
AND PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
1997
William
T. Urban (S)
1998
Not
Awarded
1999
Not
Awarded
2000
Not
Awarded
2001
Not
Awarded
2002
Not
Awarded
2003 R. C. Little (T) and B. L. Kirk (S)
* (T) = Professional
Excellence; (S) = Service
PAST
BEST PAPER AWARD RECIPIENTS
June 1978:н
N.E. Hertel and
B. E. Wehring,
A. Dubi, S. A.
W. Gersti and D. J. Dudziak,
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, A Monte Carlo Method for Deep-Penetration
Shielding Problems Based onн Contribution
Theory.
November 1978:
R.C. Jotti and
T. L. Yang, Ebasco Services, and W. H. Rogers,
June 1979:
R.T. Santoro, R. A. Lillie, R. G. Alsmiller, and J. M. Barnes,
November 1979:
R.E.
MacFarlane,
ннннннн June 1980:
W.R. Johnson, W. H. Rasin,
G. E. Carlson, and M. Pope,
November 1980:
D.C. George, T. R. England, and R. J. LaBauve, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, and C. W.
Maynard, University of Wisconsin, Delayed Photon Sources for Shielding
Applications.
June 1981:
M.E. Sawan, G.
A. Moses, and G. L. Kulcinski, University of
Wisconsin, Time-Dependent Radiation Damage to the First Wall of a Heavy Ion
Beam Fusion Reactor with Porous Tube Protection.
December 1982:
A.T. Luksic and
W. L. Bunch,
нннннннн June 1982:
L.J. Perkins,
November 1982:
G.P. Estes, R. C. Little, R. E. Seaman
and P. D. Soran, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Air
Transport in Connection With the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Dose Reevaluation Effort.
June 1983:
D. Ingersoll,
November 1983:
L.L. Carter, Westinghouse
B.H. Weren,
Westinghouse Electric Corp., and J. E. Faulkner, Advanced Energy Systems, (,n) Neutron Source in Commercial High Level Waste.н
Note: If you would know the correct sequences of the names for this paper, please inform the RPSD H&A Committee Chair.
June 1984:
R.L. Childs and W. A. Rhoades,
November 1984:
J.M. Rich, J. L. Westbrook, and G. P. Lahti, Sargent & Lundyн Engineers, Radiological Aspects of
Hydrogen-Addition Water Chemistry at BWRS.
June 1985:
NOTE: After this meeting, RPSD selected the
best paper at the fall meeting and at selected topical meetings.
November 1985:
R.E. Maerker
and B. L. Broadhead,
November 1986:
A.H. Fero, Neutron
and Gamma-Ray Flux Calculations for the VENUS PWR Engineeringн Mockup.
November 1987:
J.K. Shultis
and R. E. Faw, Kansas State University, Use of Skyshine Response Functions for Collimated and Shielded
Gamma-Ray Sources.
November 1988:
S.K. Bhatnagar,
Stone and Webster, Simplified Determination of Radiation Environment Outside BSW Penetrations.нн нNote: If you would know the correct sequences
of the names for this paper, please inform the RPSD H&A Committee Chair.
November 1989:
нн
(RPSD did not select the best paper at this meeting.
November 1990:
C. Eisenhauer,
National Institute of Standards & Technology, Slab Transmission and
Reflection for Point Source and Point Detector.
November 1991:
N.J. Morley and M. S. ElGenk,
November 1992:
Note: If you would know the author and the
title of the paper, please inform the Chair of the RPSD H&A Committee.
November 1993:
K.J. Heider and
K. J. Morrissey, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Determining Yankee Nuclear
Power Station Neutron Activation.
November 1994:
Walter A. Roberts,
November 1995:
M.D. DeHart, 0. W. Herman, and Cecil V.
Parks.
November 1996:
N.E. Hertel, M.
Evans, J. A. Mulholland, H. M. Coward, Georgia Tech.,
D. A. Burge, Westinghouse SRC, Radiological Assessment of a Mixed-Waste
Incinerator.
November
1997:
D.G. Napolitano, N.J. Romano at NAC
International, N.E. Hertel at Georgia Institute of
Technology and Y.J. Yu at Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Shielding Analysis
of the NAC-MPC Storage System.
April 1998 Topical Meeting:
нннннннн T.M. Evans
and J.S. Hendricks,
An Enhanced Geometry-Independent Mesh
Weight Window Generator for MCNP.
нннннннн November 1998:
Michael P. Valenzano,
Kenneth G. Veinot, and Nolan Hertel,ннннн
Neutron
Measurements in the Vicinity of a Self-Shielded PET Cyclotron
K. M. Richardson, L. W. Townsend, E. N. Zapp,
Annual Doses to Interplanetary Astronauts
From Large Solar Particle Events: 1987-1993
November 1999:
ннннннннн G.Patrick, Roberson, Harry E. Martz and David T. Nisius
ннннннннн Assay of Contained Waste Using Active and Passive
Computed Tomography
нн
1986Theodore Rockwell II
1987Arthur B. Chilton
1989Herbert Goldstein
1991David K. Trubey
1995Norman Schaeffer (presented in 1996)
Everitt P. Blizard Memorial Scholarship
AWARD
RECIPIENTS
1998
Brian
P. Hanson,
1999
Roland
R. Benke,
2000
Christopher
S. Melhus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2001
Jennifer
L. Hoff,
2002
Not
Awarded
2003
Kevin
Patrick Lynn,