Honors & Awards

NCSD Awards

Each year the NCSD Honors and Awards Committee solicits written nominations for the Distinguished Service and Technical Excellence Awards.

Distinguished Service

For outstanding service in carrying out the activities of the NCSD, including leadership in governance functions, the development of its technical program, the organization of topical meetings, workshops and tutorials, professional consensus standards, and other functions performed by special committees.

Technical Excellence

For outstanding contributions in the development and application of nuclear criticality safety (NCS) technology. These contributions include, but are not limited to: 1) the performance and evaluation of experimental measurements pertinent to NCS, 2) the development of analytical and computational NCS methods, 3) notable NCS engineering applications such as the definition of upset conditions for complex fissile systems and/or the establishment of novel reactivity control strategies, 4) the development of the technical bases for effective and useful NCS guides, standards and regulations, and 5) the development and conduct of NCS education and training programs in these technical areas.

Past NCSD Award Winners

Year	Distinguished Service Award Winners	Technical Excellence Award Winners
2023	Lon Paulson	John Miller
2022		John Bess
2021
2020
2019	Deborah A. Hill	David K. Hayes
2018	Douglas G. Bowen	Gary A. Harms
2017	Jerry E. Hicks	Cecil V. Parks, Stephen M. Bowman, Bradley T. Rearden
2016	Brian Kidd	Cecil Parks for John Milhalczo
2015	Mike Dunn for Cecil Parks	Forrest Brown
2014	Larry L. Wetzel
2013	Bonnie Rumble	Calvin Hopper
2012	Fitz Trumble for Rob Frost	Jerry McKamy for Steve Clement
2011
2010	Michael Crouse for Fitz Trumble	Luiz Leal
2009	Mikey Brady-Raap
2008	Calvin Hopper	Richard McKnight
2007	Michael Westfall	Robert Rothe
2006	Robert E. Wilson	David P. Heinrichs
2005	Hans Toffer	Thomas P. McLaughlin, Shean P. Monahan, Norman L. Pruvost Vladimir V. Frolov, Boris G. Ryazanov, Victor I. Sviridov
2004	Adolph Garcia	Jim Morman
2003	Mark DeHart	Jerry McKamy
2002	George Bidinger	Tom Reilly
2001	Robert Busch	Lester Petrie
2000	Francis Alcorn	Blair Briggs
2000	Valerie Putman

How to Submit Nomination

Anyone can nominate a deserving NCSD member. The NCSD Honors & Awards (H&A) Committee is soliciting written nominations from NCSD members. The submittal should indicate which award and include the name, affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of both the candidate and the sponsor. Up to 500 words of written narrative should describe how the candidate has met the criteria for the award in sufficient detail as to provide the information for the extended citation. The deadline for submitting a nomination is August 31.

The H&A Committee will confirm the qualifications of nominees and select the awardees by consensus. Submit nominations to James Cole at jrcole@sandia.gov.

Download the Nomination Form here.