Honors & Awards

VOGT RADIOCHEMISTRY SCHOLARSHIP

James R. Vogt Radiochemistry Scholarship is for an undergraduate or one graduate student enrolled in or proposing to undertake research in radio-analytical chemistry or analytical chemistry or analytical applications of nuclear science.

James R. Vogt

Dr. James R. Vogt spent most of his professional career at the University of Missouri. At the time of his death, he was Program Manager for Nuclear Analysis at the Research Reactor Facility and was Professor of Nuclear Engineering. Dr. Vogt's contributions to the field of radioanalytical chemistry were many and they have been recognized internationally by his appointments to the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry and of Radiochemical and Radioanalytical Letters and as a member of the International Program Committee on Modern Trends in Activation Analysis. The latter committee organizes the major international activation analysis conference held every four years. However, Dr. Vogt will be best remembered as the inspiration and organizer of the "Missouri" Conferences that, during the passing years, became the major forum for radioanalytical chemistry and its applications in the United States. These conferences (Nuclear Methods in Environment and Energy Research) were held as ANS Topical Meetings in 1971, 1974, 1977, and 1980, at the University of Missouri. The popularity and the increasing international character of these conferences resulted in the last "Missouri" conference being held as an International ANS Topical Conference in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in 1984. Dr. Vogt was also a member of the Program Committee for the 1978 and 1980 ANS Topical Meetings held in Mayaguez, PR. Thus, in a major sense, Jim Vogt was responsible for the growth in international stature of these ANS Topical Meetings in radioanalytical chemistry over the past decades. At the time of this death, he was a member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry to be held in Kona, Hawaii, April 1987. This ANS Topical Meeting was a major conference involving the Pacific Rim countries and was co-sponsored by ten international societies, in addition to ANS. This conference was the direct successor to the "Missouri" conferences and the previous Mayaguez ANS Topicals.

Award Winners

2021 - Madison Allen

2018 - Robert Olsen

2017 - Austin Mullen

2016 - Hadyn Daughtery

2015 - Ashlyn Victoria Jones

2014 - Megan Elizabeth Deeds

2012 - Chad B Durant

2010 - Sarah Elizabeth Bender

2009 - Richard Aaron Clark

2008 - Michael Alex Brown

2007 - Nicole Catherine Bodkin

2006 - Sonal Joshi

2005 - Benjamin Wade Harmon

2004 - Alexis Dawn Lazarine

2003 - Amanda M Johnsen

2002 - Rachel Sarah Popelka

2001 - Alexis Dawn Lazarine

2000 - Rosara Faith Payne

Radiation Science & Technology Award

Description

The Radiation Science and Technology Award recognizes meritorious research or basic development from which there is a particularly significant industrial application. The work may have been performed at any time in the past; it must have been fully published in an established scientific journal, and the results of the efforts must have been practically established although not necessarily in widespread use at the time the award is given. The award will be presented to an individual who is determined to have made the most outstanding creative application of radiation sciences and engineering principles. This award consists of a plaque and a monetary award of $2,000. The award is presented during the ANS Winter Meeting.

Background
This award was established in 1967 to recognize meritorious research or basic development from which there is particularly significant industrial application. The work may have been performed at any time in the past; it must have been fully published in an established scientific journal, and the results of the efforts must have been practically established although not necessarily in widespread use at the time the award is given.

Award Winners

2022 - Lin-Wen Hu

2021 - Anna Erickson

2020 - Kenan Unlu

2019 - Areg Danagoulian

2018 - Ling-Jian Meng

2017 - Lawrence Townsend

2015 - William Dunn

2014 - Dean Mitchell

2009 - Rolf L. Zeisler

2006 - Gunter H.R. Kegel

2004 - George H. Miley

2001 - Richard G. Helmer

2000 - Lane A. Bray

1996 - Amares Chatt

1993 - Allen Brodsky

1993 - Shiori Ishino

1990 - Martin Berger

1989 - Payasada Kotrappa

1989 - John C. Dempsey

1988 - Ari Brynjolfsson

1987 - B. Stephen Carpenter

1987 - William L. McLaughlin

1985 - John H. Hubbell

1984 - Robin P. Gardner

1983 - Harold E. Johns

1982 - Russell L. Heath

1981 - Howard O. Menlove

1980 - William S. Lyon, Jr.

1979 - John W. Cleland

1978 - Charles Artandi

1977 - Enzo Ricci

1977 - Richard L. Hahn

1976 - Godfrey N. Hounsfield

1975 - Joseph Silverman

1974 - Harold Berger

1973 - Arthur Rupp

1972 - Powell Richards

1971 - Bernard Manowitz

1969 - Raymond C. Goertz

1968 - Robert F. Nystrom

1967 - A. J. Tavendale

1967 - G. T. Ewan

GOZANI FAMILY GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

The Gozani Family Graduate Scholarship was established in 2020 by the Isotopes and Radiation Division (IRD) for students enrolled in or proposing to undertake research in radioanalytical chemistry, analytical chemistry, or analytical applications of nuclear science.

Dr. Tsahi Gozani, PhD

Dr. Tsahi Gozani has authored more than 250 papers in technical journals and conference proceedings. He is the inventor and/or the co-inventor on eight patents (plus 3 pending) in the area of explosives and nuclear material detection.

Dr. Gozani was promoted to ANS Fellow in 1990, for his original and innovative contributions to the development of non-destructive methods for the detection of nuclear materials relevant to nuclear safeguards, nuclear assay methods for online analysis of coal and other minerals, and nuclear methods for the detection of explosives in airline luggage.

Dr. Gozani recently retired from Rapiscan Laboratories where he served as President, CTO, and chief scientist. In addition to sitting on the Phoenix board, he provides technical consultation to Phoenix scientists and engineers. He earned his DSc in Reactor/Neutron Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH). He has developed and implemented active, non-intrusive assay and inspection techniques for nuclear materials and other threats relevant to defense and homeland security.