Danny MacCallum and Jerry Knorovsky were recognized for their poster, "Iso-intensity Contours vs. Power for a 500 W Nd:YAG Laser". The poster was awarded first place in the professional/commercial category.
Sandia wins three R&D 100 awards - Superhydrophobic Coating submitted by Jeff Brinker and his group wins one of the awards.
Saundra Monroe earned an individual NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence for exceptional leadership to ensure W76-1 material and processing issues are effectively addressed and critical project milestones are satisfied.
Erik D. Spoerke and Bonnie McKenzie won First Place at the Science as Art Competition at the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.
Brad Boyce and Richard Grant won Second Place at the Science as Art Competition at the 2006 MRS Spring Meeting in San Francisco.
Rod Williamson, Dave Melgaard, and Greg Shelmidine, The American Vacuum Society awarded Best Paper for their paper titled "Dynamic Melt Rate Control On A Laboratory Scale VAR Furnace Without Load Cell Feedback", 2001
Mike Hosking, Jill Glass, John Stephens, and Paul Vianco, American Welding Society's Robert L. Peaslee Brazing Award, 2001 for "Microstructural and Mechanical Characterization of Actively Brazed Alumina Tensile Specimens"
Ray Goehner has been elected Technical Committee Chairman of the International Centre For Diffraction Data (ICDD).
American Ceramic Society
American Physical Society
Ron Loehman
Gordon Pike
Bruce Tuttle
Stephen FoilesASM International (formerly American Society for Metals)
Somuri Prasad
Mike Hosking
Liz HolmAmerican Society for Testing & Materials
Bill HammetterAmerican Welding Society
Jerry Knorovsky
Charles Robino
Mike Hosking
International Centre for Diffraction Data
Ray GoehnerSociety of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
Somuri Prasad