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Accolades abound at the 2009 Honors and Awards ceremony
By Linda Holeman, Associate Editor, The Leading Edge
SEG President Larry Lines presents the Maurice Ewing Medal to David W. Strangway.
Peter Duncan, Chairman, SEG Honors and Award Committee and past SEG president, brought his usual verve and finesse to the 2009 Honors and Awards Ceremony on Sunday, 25 October. His witty anecdotes and snappy delivery kept the mood light and the more than 500 attendees entertained.
The relaxed atmosphere did not detract from the significance of the award recipients’ achievements. Said Duncan, “
The distinguished recipients of this year’s awards are role models for excellence in our profession, and the Society is proud to honor their contributions at this Annual Meeting…they deserve our praise for advancing the science of geophysics, improving the quality of geophysics education, and enhancing our ability to apply geophysics.”
2009 SEG Honors and Award recipients Maurice Ewing Medal: David Strangway
Honorary Membership: Samir Abdelmoaty, Don Steeples, and Sally Zinke
The Cecil Green Enterprise Award: Tom LaFehr and Kwok Chan
Reginald Fessenden Award: Keeva Vozoff
J. Clarence Karcher Award: Haiyan Zhang and Bogdan Nita
Life Membership: Rosemary Knight, David Monk, María Ángela Capello, Panos Kelamis, and Aldo Vesnaver
Distinguished Achievement: The Gocad Research Group and the Gocad Consortium, Nancy Universite´
Larry Lines surprises Honors awards Chairman (and emcee extraordinaire) Peter Duncan with an award for his outstanding contributions to SEG.
Best Paper in Geophysics: Hafedh Ben-Hadj-Ali, Stéphane Operto, and Jean Virieux
Honorable mention, Geophysics: Luke J. W. Pinson, Timothy J. Henstock, Justin K. Dix, and Johnathan M. Bull
Frank Adler, Reda Baina, Mohamed Amine Soudani, Pierre Cardon, and Jean-Baptiste Richard
Andrey Bakulin, Alexander Sidorov, Boris Kashtan, and Mikko Jaaskelainen
Guojian Shan and Biondo Biondi
Best Paper in The Leading Edge (co-winners):Jean-Paul van Gestel, Jan H. Kommedal, Olav I. Barkved, Ivan Mundal, Roger Bakke, and Kevin D. Best
Vidar Storvoll and Ivar Brevik
Best Oral Paper Presented at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas:Andrey Bakulin and Albena Mateeva
Oral Paper Honorable Mention at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Jim Simmons
Best Poster Paper Presented at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Elizabeth A. LaBarre and Thomas L. Davis
Poster Paper Honorable Mention at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Gustavo Catao Alves, Andre Bulcao, Djalma Manoel Soares Filho, Carlos Eduardo Theodoro, Luiz A. Santos, and Marcos Gallotti Guimaraes
Best Oral Paper Presented by a Student at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las
Vegas: Tristan van Leeuwen and Wim A. Mulder
Best Oral Paper Presented by a Student Award of Merit at SEG's 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Robert A. Eso, Scott Napier, Felix J. Herrmann, and Douglas W.Oldenburg
Best Poster Paper Presented by a Student at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Mostafa Naghizadeh and Mauricio D. Sacchi
Best Poster Paper Presented by a Student Award of Merit at SEG’s 78th Annual Meeting—Las Vegas: Bradley C. Wallet
International Science and Engineering Fair Distinguished Achievement Award: Alexander Kendrick, Los Alamos High School
