Industry Awards & Recognition

2020	Alfred Noble
2018	David Siskind, Ph.D.
2004	Jack Loizeaux

Distinguished Service Award: An award of merit given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of explosives engineering.

2024	Mick Lownds
2023	Paul Sterk	2009	Larry Cornelius	2014	David Siskind
2022	Roger Holmberg	2007	Dr. Alday Andrews	1993	Darrell Brown
2020	Ronald Thomas	2005	Claude Cunningham	1992	Richard Dick
2019	Ronald Elliott	2004	David Bednar	1991	Melvin Cook
2018	Michael Cechanski	2003	Stan Lippincott	1990	Frank Chiappetta
2017	Dale Preece	2002	Harold Sheeran	1988	Deane Boddorff
2016	Dr. Cameron McKenzie	2000	Philip Berger, Sr.	1986	Richard Ash
2015	William A. Hustrulid	2000	Lewis Oriard	1985	"Bud" Oppermann
2014	John Floyd	1999	René Morin	1984	William Small
2014	Arlene Chafe	1998	Paul Rydlund	1983	Tom Dowling
2013	Wolfgang W. Thum	1997	Richard Walker	1982	Joe Dannenburg
2012	Catherine T. Aimone	1996	Roger Prescott	1981	Clifton Livingston
2011	Dr. Charles Dowding	1995	Robert Hopler	1980	Pers-Anders Persson

 

Industry Service Award: This Award is given for dedicated service over time to the ISEE and the industry at large.  Those recognized do not necessarily fall into the qualifications of other awards.

2024	Tom Jenkins Doug Rudenko	2019	Paul Downing	2016	Dale Ramsey
2023	Steve Harris	2019	David True	2015	Ron Mask
2022	Charlie Pollard Jeff Taylor	2018	Paul Worsey	2013	Robert B. Hopler
2020	Joseph Hejny	2017	Tom Watts	2011	Jon F. Stiehr

 

President's Award: Presented to those who have unselfishly contributed time and talent to ISEE.

2024	Robert A. Farnfield Joshua M. Hoffman
2023	Ryan Brogden Seth Burns	2008	Isabel Margarita Castro	1998	Lyle Dennis
2022	Ralph Burnham Kelly Ratliff Brian Lewis Ron Gilbert	2008	Vicente Huélamo Arias	1998	Donald Hall
2020	Joseph Nawrocki Michael Chiurato	2007	Phyllis Renz	1998	Bud Jenkins
2019	Mark Dean	2007	Corry Goumans	1998	Lance McAnuff
2019	Melvin Fletcher	2007	Richard Mainiero	1998	Gordon Revey
2019	Cristian Rodriguez	2006	John Brulia	1997	Craig Copping
2018	Catherine Johnson	2006	Jon Stiehr	1997	Marlyn King
2017	Travis Davidsavor	2006	Mickey Bradley	1997	Bjorn Jonsson
2017	Walt Partridge	2005	David Harrison	1997	Larry Trask
2016	Doug Hoy	2005	Dale Preece	1996	John Higgins
2016	Tom Jenkins	2004	Duane Niesen	1996	John Wiegand
2015	Brad Brown	2004	Jack Eloranta	1995	Don Dergantz
2015	Lawrence Mirabelli	2004	Mike Koehler	1995	Jerry Wallace
2015	Enrique Munaretti	2003	David Holberg	1995	John Loviza
2014	Debra Satkowiak	2003	Takis Katsabanis	1995	Dale Ramsey
2014	Stephen Chung	2003	Walter Duke	1994	Dennis Kisthart
2014	Bill O’Brien	2002	Mario Karfakis	1993	Dick Wampler
2013	Kevin H. Waldock	2022	Paul Worsey	1993	Paul Sterk
2013	Lon D. Santis	2022	Phyllis Hasser	1993	Don Matthews
2012	Kenneth E. Eltschlager	2001	James Redyke	1992	Wes Bender
2012	Braden T. Lusk	2001	Daniel Leach	1992	Robert Hopler
2012	Dr. Terrence Matts	2001	Sandra K. Penttinen	1991	Mike Cave
2011	Cameron Thomas	2000	David Baldauf	1991	Rodger Bayer
2011	Robert McClure	2000	Charles Greening	1991	Randy Wheeler
2010	Piet Halliday	2000	Mick Lownds	1990	Terri Barton
2010	Kevin Hachmeister	1999	Tom Clark	1990	Richard Dooley
2009	Robert K. Taylor	1999	Evans Bildstein	1989	Paul Yeager
2009	Christopher Hyle	1998	Philip Berger, Jr.	1989	Monica Froedge
		1998	Roger Sprague	1989	Tom Watts
		1998	William Woodside	1987	Richard Dick
		1998	Gordon Coleman

 

Blaster’s Leadership Award: Presented to those who exemplify the blaster in the field and have given generously of time and talents in helping fellow blasters.

2024	Paul Sterk	2011	James Elkin	1999	Gerald Maki
2023	Bill Necker	2010	John Crawford	1998	Michael Burrell
2022	Mike Cave	2009	Michael Barber	1997	Mel Babcock
2020	Ben Donnachie Richard Hosley Jr.	2008	Steve Case	1996	Ronald Thomas
2019	Donald McNeil	2007	Victor Sterner	1995	Loren Samsel
2018	Nancy C Allen	2006	Thomas Barkley	1994	Larry Mirabelli
2017	David Creek	2005	Allen Hale	1994	James Heinlen
2016	Billy Zimmerman	2004	Larry Wardrip	1993	Dick Daniel
2015	James H Redyke	2003	John Capers	1993	Tom Short
2014	John Wiegand	2002	Gerald Dilley	1992	Lewis Oriard
2013	Paul V. Sterk	2001	Ken Pruss	1991	Conny Postupak
2012	Aldwin B. Williams	2000	Danny Osburn

 

Driller of the Year Award: Recognizes a drill operator with a high moral character and whose body of work demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to compliance and safety; work ethic; performing quality work; is a team player; and communication skills.

2024	Rick Henry North America Chad Edwards  North America Wayan Rahayudha Australasia
2023	Mick Martin Australasia
2022	Nathan Craig Australasia Michael Machia North America
2020	George Aday

Drilling Industry Leadership Award: Recognizes owner/operators of mines and/or contractors (their engineers and managers), supplier/vendors (of equipment, tools and systems), consultants, and academia of high moral character who have given extraordinary amount of their time and knowledge to advance the drilling industry with application, technology, engineering or field work.

2022	John Vynne	2017	Jim Peterson	2015	William Hissem
2019	Donald Thompson	2016	Patrick Ryan	2014	Alan Hooper
2018	Pat Garven	2016	Christopher Ryan	2013	James E. Dawson

 

Paper of the Year: recognizes professional and compositional excellence in demonstrating research validity and application, grammatical and formatting consistency, and overall writing expertise. The award is based on the paper content only and not the live research presentation during the sessions.

2024	Nathan Skopak Use of a Scaled Concrete Model to Determine the Origins of Air Overpressure
2023	Mark Herman  Anisometric Blast Wave Propagation of Geometric Charges in Breaching Applications
2022	Juan Navarro Blastability Index to Assess Fragmentation from Drill Monitoring Data in Bench Blasting
2020	Travis A. Davidsavor and David A. Provost Direct Stress Monitoring of Pipelines and Development of Limitations - A Case Study
2019	Gonzalo Marias Increase in Production and Dilution Control in Narrow Vein Ore Bodies
2018	Ryan Brogdent Learning From the Ammonium Nitrate Vehicle Explosion at Angellala Creek
2017	Eric Gerst Optimized Drilling Through Automation Honorable Mention: M. Ramezani; S. Nouranian; I. Bell; B. Sameti; and S. Tafazoli Fast Rock Segmentation Using Artificial Intelligence to Approach Human-Level Accuracy
2016	Co-authors: Dr. Catherine Aimone-Martin; Brent Meins Strain-Based Instrumentation for Marine Terminal Rock Blasting Honorable Mention: Rajagopal Balachander; Hindupur Srinivas Venkatesh; G. Gopinath Tunnel Excavation on the Abutment of Existing Dam
2015	Co-authors: R. Castedo; I. del Castillo; L.M. López; J.A. Sanchidrián; and P. Segarra Rock-to-Sensor Transmissibility of Vibrations, Part 2 Honorable Mention: Ashlin Pillay, Iwata Osamu "Electronic Detonators Delivering the Advance in Hong Kong
2014	Co-authors: Donald J. Berger, P.E. Rock Solid Solutions; and Jennifer Williams, P.E. URS Corporation Blasting a Diversion Tunnel through the Abutment of a ‘Meta-Stable’ Dam Honorable Mention: Dale Ramsey, Senex Explosives Pinkerton Tunnel Open Cut Project