2026 Award Recipients

Service and technical awards

Elaine Bowman Distinguished Service Award

Recipients:

Mario Celant

Mario Celant

Douglas C. Hansen

Douglas C. Hansen

Marco De Marco

Marco De Marco

Marco Ormellese

Marco Ormellese

Sunilkumar D Kahar

Joyce Wright Industry Impact Award

Recipients:

Ashley Caria

Ashley Caria


Educator Award - Herbert Uhlig

Recipients:

Brendy Rincon Troconis


Educator Award - Richard Drisko

Recipients:

Zoë Coull

Zoë Coull


Oliver Moghissi Asset Integrity Management Award

Recipients:

Mohsen Achour

Mohsen Achour

Carlos Palacios

Carlos Palacios

Thiago Mesquita

Thiago Mesquita

Shelly Zhou

Shelly Zhou

Samuel Okulaya


Early Career Excellence Award

Recipients:

Amrutha MS

Ryan Katona


Distinguished Organization Award

Recipients:

Belzona Alabama

Bin Quraya Company

China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Company Southwest Company

Consulting Services Department

Materials Corrosion & Inspection Organization


Willis Whitney Technical Achievement Award 

Recipients:

Nick Birbilis


Oladis Troconis de Rincon Field Technology Award 

Recipients:

Roberto Morana

Roberto Morana

Orlando Salas 

Orlando Salas 

Anil Kumar Chikkam

Anil Kumar Chikkam

Ahmad Raza Khan Rana & Graham Brigham

Abdullah Al Nami


Fellows Honor

Recipients:

Nayef Alanazi

Nayef Alanazi

Yoon-Seok Choi

Yoon-Seok Choi

James F. Dante

James F. Dante

Mariano Iannuzzi

Mariano Iannuzzi

Bjorn Helge Morland

Bjorn Helge Morland

Xiangyang Zhu

Xiangyang Zhu

Sublime Ningshen

Sublime Ningshen

Helena Alves

Adhulhameed Al-Hashem

Brian Dale Chambers

Philippe Marcus

George Ian Winning

Dake Xu


Christopher M. Fowler Award for International Cooperation 

Recipients:

Sandy Williamson

Sandy Williamson


Russell Brannon & John Keane Signature Award

Recipients:

Kenneth B. Tator


Best Conference Paper

Winner: Characterizing Environmental Severity and Atmospheric Corrosivity Categorization in Alaska

Raghu Srinivasan

Dr. Raghu Srinivasan

Jozek Hunter

Jozef Hunter

Lawrence Giron

Lawrence Giron Jr.


John Fitzgerald III

Winner: Assessment of Inductive AC Interference Mitigation Strategies by Ahmed Mahgoub


Ivy Parker

Winner: Investigation of Iron Dissolution Mechanism in Acidic Solutions with and without Dissolved CO2—Part I: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Measurements” by Luntao Wang, Huiru Wang, Negar Moradighadi, Alain Pailleret, Srdjan Nešić and Philippe Marcus


AMPP Craftmanship Award

Recipients:

Michael Magro Tavas

Alan Griffiths

Wayne Antonenko

John Smith

David Lebrun

Ron Vasilik

Evan Linquito

Ralph Cox


Robert Baboian Successful and Innovative Field Application of Corrosion Technology Award

Recipient:

Leila Es Sebar

Project awards

Outstanding Engineering in the Area of Materials Protection or Remediation

Recipient: Redefining Ni Alloy Boundaries

Excellence in Coating Craftsmanship

Project in honor of E. Crone Knoy and Charles Munger

Recipient: High Falls Gorge Steel Painting

Outstanding Achievement in Coatings Work in a Fixed Shop

Project in honor of Eric Kline

Recipient: Pinnacle Manufacturing

Excellence in Management of a Complex Materials Protection

Project in honor of George Campbell

Recipient: Arraiján Tank Farm, Panamá

Recognition of Excellence in Aesthetic Merit in a Coatings Project

Project in honor of William Johnson

Recipient: BIGO del Porto di Genova

Community Service Award

Recipient: USS Midway