2025 Award Recipients

Service and technical awards

Elaine Bowman Distinguished Service Award

Recipients:

Evan Bloomfield

Evan Bloomfield

Manuela Malfanti

Manuela Malfanti

Nafiseh Ebrahimi

Nafiseh Ebrahimi

Suryani

Suryani

Harsh Zala


Joyce Wright Industry Impact Award

Recipient:

Abigail Amu

Abigail Amu


Oliver Moghissi Asset Integrity Management Award

Recipients: 

Hasan Sabri

Hasan Sabri

Faisal Mohammed Al-Abbas

Faisal Mohammed Al-Abbas

Tom Pickthal


Early Career Excellence Award 

Recipient: 

Abdullah M. Al-Ratoee

Abdullah M. Al-Ratoee


Distinguished Organization Award 

Recipients: 

Belzona

BP

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)

Penspen

Petronas


Willis Whitney Technical Achievement Award

Recipient: 

Narasi Sridhar

Narasi Sridhar


Oladis Troconis de Rincón Field Applied Technology Award

Recipients: 

Warren Green

Warren Green

Karthik Krishnan

Karthik Krishnan

Nicolas Larche

Nicolas Larche

Christina Norris

Christina Norris

Helena Alves


Fellow Honor

Recipients: 

David Bastidas

David Bastidas

Ronald Bianchetti

Ronald Bianchetti

Bruce Brown

Bruce Brown

Tingyue Gu

Tingyue Gu

Julio Maldonado

Julio Maldonado

Roberto Malfanti

Roberto Malfanti

Jeremy Moloney

Jeremy Moloney

R.G. Pillai

R.G. Pillai

Lee Smith

Lee Smith

Dominique Thierry

Dominique Thierry

Yu Yan

Yu Yan

Marc Wilms

Marc Wilms


Christopher M. Fowler Award for International Cooperation

Recipient:

Roger Francis

Roger Francis


Russell Brannon & John Keane Signature Award

Recipient: 

Bill Hedges

Bill Hedges


AMPP Awards Educator Award - Richard Drisko

Recipient:

Sjon Westre

Sjon Westre


AMPP Annual Conference + Expo

Recipient: Adsorption of Model Inhibitor Compound Characterized Using Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring

Kushal Singla

Kushal Singla


Materials Performance or CoatingsPro Magazine 

Recipient: Christer Oepstad and Steve Liebhart - Defining Solvent Free Coatings - a Volatile Subject Michael Winter, et al

Christer Oepstad

Christer Oepstad

Steve Liebhart

Steve Liebhart


Ivy M. Parker Best Paper in CORROSION journal Award 

Recipients: Ryan Katona, Erin Karasz and Rebecca Schaller - A Review of the Governing Factors in Pit-to-Crack Transitions of Metallic Structures

Ryan Katona

Ryan Katona

Rebecca Schalle

Rebecca Schaller


Project awards

Outstanding Engineering in the Area of Materials Protection or Remediation

Recipient: Deepwater Corrosion Services Cathodic Protection Retrofit of LLOG Who Dat Semi-Submersible – Offshore Gulf of Mexico

Structure owner: LLOG Exploration

Engineer: Sami Abu-Zahra

Title: S. Turpin

Community Service Award

Recipient: The Way at Laumeier Sculpture Park – Sappington, Missouri, USA 

Structure owner: Laumeier Sculpture Park 

Contractor: Blackline Construction 

Applicator: Coatings Unlimited 

Title: D. Ferrell 

Coating material supplier: Carboline 

Outstanding Achievement in Coatings Work in a Fixed Shop Project – in honor of Eric Kline

Recipient: Texas Shipyard – Galveston, Texas, USA 

Contractor/applicator: BHI Coatings 

Title: Y. Burova 

Coating material supplier: Belzona Houston 

Engineer: Belzona Houston 

Consultant: Stefan Trosclair

Excellence in Technical Support of Materials Protection Systems

Recipient: Cylindrical Pressure Vessel – La Porte, Texas, USA 

Structure owner: Belzona Houston 

Contractor: BHI Coatings 

Title: Y Burova     

Coating material supplier: Belzona Houston 

Excellence in Management of a Complex Materials Protection Project – in honor of George Campbell 

Recipient: Octopus Mountain 160-ft Communication Tower Recoating – Kitsap, Washington USA 

Structure owner: NAVFAC 

Contractor: Site Master 

Coating material supplier: Sherwin Williams 

Title: B Wilson 

Consultant: DPSI