Volume 6, Number 1
September 2008

INMM Awards

The 49th INMM Annual Banquet and Awards saw the following honors announced:

• Distinguished Service Award
  Howard O. Menlove, Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Senator, Pete V. Domenici, Senator of New Mexico
  Bernd Richter, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany
  John T. Mihalczo, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  
  
• Special Service Award
  International Safeguards Project Office, Brookhaven National Laboratory 
  
  
• J. D. Williams Student Paper Award
  1st place -- Andrew Benwell, University of Missouri, Columbia – paper title “A High Voltage Piezoelectric Transformer for Active Interrogation”
  2nd place -- Nathan C. Rowe, University of TN, Knoxville – paper title “Distributed Radiation Monitoring Via a Secure Wireless Sensor Platform”
  
  
• New Fellows for 2008
  Stephen Dupree, Sandia National Laboratories
  Gary Kodman, Unwin
  
  
• New Senior Members for 2008
  William Hopwood, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  Marco Marzo, Brazilian Nuclear Energy Commission, Brazil
  Debra McNeilly, NA-1, Defense Nuclear Security
  Thomas Pham, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  Katsuyuki Suzuki, Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co Ltd., Japan
  Grace Thompson, Sandia National Laboratories
  Taner Uckan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Raffle Winners
As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration, INMM held several raffles during the Annual Meeting. Here are the winners:

Monday AM Break -- One free 2009 INMM membership: Nicholas Smith, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev. USA

Monday PM Break -- $100 gift certificate to Hashani Spa at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort to be used over the dates of the INMM 50th Annual Meeting: Deno Photinakis, SAIC, Washington, DC USA

Tuesday AM Break -- $100 gift certificate to Catalina Steakhouse at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort to be used over the dates of the INMM 50th Annual Meeting: Benny Watts, Haselwood, Coalfield, Tenn. USA

Wednesday AM Break -- One free hotel night at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort to be used over the dates of the INMM 50th Annual Meeting: Sylvester Suda, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY USA

Thursday Anniversary Celebration -- One complimentary registration to the INMM 50th Annual Meeting in 2009: Larry Harris, NRC, Washington, DC USA
One hotel room upgrade during the INMM 50th Annual Meeting in Tucson, Arizona: Larry Satkowiak, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tenn. USA