Nominate a coworker or colleague who has made an exceptional contribution to the fields of explosives or drilling for one of the International Society of Explosives Engineers most prestigious awards.
The Awards
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.
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.
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.
Distinguished Service Award: An award of merit given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of explosives engineering.
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.
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.
President's Award: Presented to those who have unselfishly contributed time and talent to ISEE.
* All nominations must include a photo and personal bio. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Please note that the nomination period closes October 30th, 2023.
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Paper of the Year
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