Awards

SAVIAC recognizes outstanding achievement and service to the community

Director's Service Awards

These awards are given by the SAVIAC Director in recognition of SAVIAC community members who have dedicated time and service to the advancement of SAVIAC through different SAVIAC annual forums.  These awards are presented each year at the annual symposium.  Award recipients are determined solely by the SAVIAC Director. 

Lifetime Achievement Award

2008- Nominations Open

This award is established by SAVIAC to honor individuals who, through a lifetime of professional dedication, have made outstanding contributions to the knowledge of, or practice in, the field of shock and vibration.

The Award Criteria and Governing Charter are available. You may download a pdf of the Nomination Ford and submit it to:

SAVIAC
Attn: Lifetime Achievement Award Nomination
PO Box 185
Arvonia, VA. 23004

FAX:    (434) 581-3037

Those interested in submitting nominations should submit the nomination form by June 30, 2007. The award committee may contact the references indicated on the form.

Past Lifetime Achievement Award winners:

2007        Howard Gaberson
2006        Peter Stein
2005        Rudy Scavuzzo
                Robert Bort
                William Forehand
2004        Eric Ungar
                Jerry Sullivan
2003        George O'Hara

Mel Baron Award

    2007 - Nominations Closed

    2008 - Nominations Open

This annual award was established by SAVIAC in 1998 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding technical contributions to the field of shock and vibration in computational structural dynamics and related specialties. This award also may be given in recognition of an individual’s lifetime achievements whose cumulative effect has been to advance the state of the art in the field. Demonstrated personal leadership and contributions to the shock and vibration community are considered as well. 

This award was established by SAVIAC to honor Dr. Melvin L. Baron for his technical contributions and leadership in computational structural dynamics and related specialties in the field of shock and vibration.  The Award Criteria and Governing Charter are available. You may download a pdf of the Nomination Form and submit it to:

SAVIAC

ATTN: Baron Award Committee

PO Box 165

Arvonia, VA 23004

FAX:    (434) 581-3037

Those interested in submitting nominations should submit the nomination form by June 30, 2008. The award committee may contact the references indicated on the form.

Past Mel Baron Award winners:

2007        John DeRuntz
2006        Frank DiMaggio
2004        David Smallwood
2003        Ivan Sandler
2002        George O'Hara
2001        Tom Geers
2000        Walter Pilkey
1999        Ted Belytschko
1998        Gene Sevin

Henry Pusey Award

    77th Symposium - Nominations Closed

    78th Symposium - Nominations Open

The Henry C. Pusey Award is presented for the outstanding paper in the field of shock and vibration presented during the last calendar year.  The award is presented at the annual Shock & Vibration Symposium.

Criteria for Award: The paper would be well presented and well written in a manner consistent with the status of the award, and should make a significant technical contribution as well as advance the state-of-the-art in the author’s field.

You may download a pdf of the Nomination Form and submit it to:

SAVIAC

ATTN: Herny Pusey Award Nomination

PO Box 165

Arvonia, VA 23004

FAX:    (434) 581-3037

Those interested in submitting nominations should submit the nomination form by June 30, 2008.

Past Henry Pusey Award winners:

2007        Eric Hansen, Darren Tennant, Robert Smilowitz, Jim Weeks (Weidlinger Assocaites)
2006        Graeme Birkhead (Qinetiq)
2005        Tim Edwards (Sandia National Labs)
2004        Kjell Ahlin (Blekinge Institute of Technology)
2003        Troy Tanner (NGNN) & Dan Inman (VA Tech)
2002        Tim Edwards (Sandia National Labs)
2001        John Przybysz and Fred Costanzo (NSWCCD)
2000        Erik Rasmussen (NSWCCD), Paula Lemmen & Gert-Jan Meijer (TNO Center for Mech. Engineering)
1999        1.  Kazuhisa Kuda (Japan Defense Agency) & Ray Daddazio (Weidlinger Asso.)
                2.  Angel Urbina, Norman Hunter (Los Alamos National Lab) and Tom Paez (Sandia National Lab)
1998        David Smallwood (Sandia National Labs)
1997        Doug Taylor (Taylor Devices) & Nicos Makris (Univ. of Cal - Berkeley)
1996        Tom Paez (Sandia National Labs) & Norm Hunter (Los Alamos National Lab)
1995        William Hughes, Mark McNelis, & Jerome Manning (NASA Lewis Research Center)
1994        Vald Valentekovich (Wyle Labs)
1993        Norman Fitz-Coy (University of Florida)
1992        Vesta Bateman (Sandia National Labs)