The Mentoring Award recognizes individuals, organizations, or groups within the Society who excel in encouraging others to reach their goals and set exemplary mentorship standards. This award celebrates those who inspire and guide fellow members, serving an impactful role in fostering professional growth and development. By highlighting outstanding mentorship, the award aims to highlight mentoring activities and recognize mentors' vital contributions to the Society's success and advancement.
Eligibility
Nominees must be current members of ASNT in good standing for at least the past five (5) years. Nominees must have made an outstanding contribution as a mentor. These contributions can be through a variety of channels or types of mentoring activities. Mentoring can be a one-to-one experience or an individual can mentor a group. Eligibility for the Award acknowledges mentoring in the following categories:
Individual: Assisting one or more individuals to reach their goals in the NDT industry that they may have not otherwise attained.
Group: Providing positive guidance to a group such that a goal of significant value to ASNT or to the NDT industry is achieved by that group.
Indirect: Providing mentoring opportunities for others by creating an environment that fosters and encourages such relationships with a positive outcome.
Selection
The Awards and Honors Council selects up to five recipients each year.
Nomination
All nominations shall be in the form of a letter with the following information:
Name, address and business affiliation of nominee.
Tangible and specific information defining how, when, and to whom the nominee has demonstrated how members have been influenced to reach goals they may have otherwise not sought or been able to reach.
The letter must clearly indicate the mentoring category (individual, group, or indirect).
Deadline
Nominations are due 31 March.
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Recipients
Robert Feole
2025
Dr. Hossein Taheri
Kuldeep Sharma
Antionette Bailey
Stephen Bartlowe
Dr. Saptarshi Mukherjee
2024
Dr. Glenn Light
David Moore
Eddie Pompa
William Rose
Hussein Sadek
2023
Flynn Spears
Israel Vasquez
Amanda Young
2022
Jean O. Bridge
Graham Knowles
Russell Pack
Robert Rich
Mark J. Sabolik
2020
Scott Cargill
Dr. John C. Duke, Jr.
Roger Engelbart
Dr. Roman Maev
Scott Rose
2019
Antoinette Bailey
Richard Bossi
Kathy Ferguson
Sal Razi
Ryan Spencer
2018
Mohammed Abufour
Jennifer Anaya
Anish Poudel
Timothy Roach
Marvin Trimm
2017
David Blosser
David Culbertson
Juan Diaz
Jerry Fulin
William Spaulding
2016
David Bajula
Claudia Kropas-Hughes
John Morris
Yicheng “Peter” Pan
Robert Potter
2015
Eugene V. Charpia
Edward P. Dukich
Dr. Gary E. Georgeson
George Howard
Dan S. Kerr
2014
Tsuchin Philip Chu
Donald Cosgrove
Anthony Gatti
George Hopman
Shant Kenderian
Deal Moore
Joseph Rose
2013
Christopher Black
Danny Keck
Fred Lockwood
Michael McGloin
Michael Mullan
2012
Michael Allgaier
Martin Anderson
Victor Hernandez
Frederick Hoyt
Glenn Light
2011
James S. Davis
Darrell Harris
Stuart Kleven
Paul Meyer
Marybeth Miceli
2010
William F. Via, Jr.
Robert W. Smilie
David H. Mitchell
John Nyholt
2009
Sreenivas Alampalli
Gary R. Elder
Greg A. Hudkins
George W. Johnson
Ricky L. Morgan
2008
Ronald T. Nisbet
2007
Richard A. Bottari
Charles N. Jackson, Jr.
Scott D. Miller
Larry G. Olsen
2006
Raymond G. Morasse
Emmanuel P. Papadakis
Paul J. Zombo
2005
Leonard J. Garcia, Sr.
Charles J. Hellier, III
Vincent F. Roding
Stephen M. Senne
Emogene Springer
2004
Robert E. Cameron
Eddywayne Messmer
2003
Ed E. Edgerton
Michael L. Turnbow
2002
Joseph Dewton
Fred J. Padilla
2001
Fred M. Kilpela
Syl Viaclovsky
Frederick Raco, Jr.
William Klene
David R. Quattlebaum, Jr.
2000
Frank Iddings
Eugene Monks
