The SAMPE Delmonte Award for Excellence was established by John Delmonte in 1981. It is intended to encourage outstanding contributions in the field of materials and processes throughout the world; to acknowledge major achievements by honoring distinguished individuals in the field of materials and processes; and disseminate those technical achievements among the members of the materials and processes community.

Application submissions may be completed by an individual or a team responsible for the most significant impact of the achievement or commercialization, or the most significant impact of the material or technology if not yet commercialized. A nominee's primary qualification must be an outstanding contribution to the field of materials and processes. This includes areas of engineering, science, research and production. The candidate's work will be evaluated based on high technical achievement, benefit to the material and process engineering community and innovative or of breakthrough quality.

The award of $1000 will be presented at SAMPE '08. To be considered for this award, an application must be submitted by January 15, 2008. The application can be downloaded from the SAMPE website to mail or fax or can be submitted electronically.

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SAMPE Delmonte Award Recipients

1982        Warren M. Jensen, Boeing

1983        Sidney W. Street, HITCO

1984        John P. Tipton, General Electric

1985        Dave Diveche, Naval Surface Weapons Center
                 Honorable Mention:
                 Hatso Imide, Case Western Reserve
                 Leo Windecker, U.P. Research
                 Bill Long and Helen Moeller, Babcock & Wilcox

1986       Clyde H. Sheppard, Boeing

1987       Roscoe A. Pikes, United Technology Research Center

1988       Alphonsus Pocius, 3M

                Honorable Mention:
                Carl Zweben, General Electric
                Michael Piggott, University of Toronto

1989       Dennis E. Nolen, DuPont
                Allied Signal 5-person team:
                D.C. Prevorsek
                G.A. Harpell
                Y.D. Kwon
                H.L. Li
                S.A. Young

1991       George S. Springer, Stanford University

2006       Samuel J. Dastin, Dastin Associates