CastExpo 19 Award Winners

Howard F. Taylor Award: Richard Gundlach
Richard Gundlach, Element Materials Technology, won for his paper, "Influence of MN & S on the Microstructure of Cast Iron (18-091)"

Ray H. Witt Award
Thomas Mueller, Mueller Additive Manufacturing Solutions, won for his paper, "What Impact Will 3D Metal Printing Have on Investment Casting (18-109)"

Additive Manufacturing Division's Group Service Award
Flowserve Corp.

Additive Manufacturing Division's Technical Achievement Award
Jerry Thiel, University of Northern Iowa

Aluminum & Light Metals Division's Hall/Heroult Scientific Merit Award
Randy Oehrlein (left), Carley Foundry

Aluminum & Light Metals Division's Best Paper Award
(Left to right) Francis Caron, Xinyan Yan, Alcoa Technical Center; Quigui Wang and Devin Hess, GM Global Propulsion Systems for the paper "Evaluation of a New High -Temperature Cast Aluminum Alloy for Cylinder Head Applications (18-034)

Cast Iron Division's Outstanding Individual Service Award
Brandon Reneau (left), Caterpillar Inc.

Cast Iron Division's Group Service Award
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company

Cast Iron Division's Fred Linebarger Teaching Award
Greg Miskinis, Waupaca Foundry Co.

Cast Iron Division's Best Paper Award
Iulian Riposan (pictured), Stelian Stan, and Mihai Chisamera, Politechnica University of Bucharest, and Michael Barstow, consultant for the paper "Solidification Pattern of Silicon-Alloyed Ductile Cast Irons (18-022)"

Copper Alloy Division's David Kunkel Distinguished Service Award
Ivan Betcherman (left), retired, Ingot Metal Co. Ltd.

Engineering Division's Norris B. Luther Distinguished Service Award
Greg Bray, Electric Controls & Systems Inc.

Engineering Division's Plant Engineering Award
Emerson/Appleton Group

Lost Foam Casting Division's Ray Donahue Outstanding Individual Contribution Award
David Florine, AAM Castings

Lost Foam Casting Division's Industrial Contribution Award
ACH Foam Technologies

Melting Methods & Materials Division's Best Presentation Award
David Kasun (pictured), Kuttner LLC, and David Ailor, American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute, for the paper "The Status of North American Cupolas: Sustainable Melting for the Future (18-122)"

Molding Methods & Materials Division's Ezra Kotzin Service Citation
Stephen Neltner, REFCOTEC Inc.

Molding Methods & Materials Division's Best Paper Award
(Left to right) Scott Giese, University of Northern Iowa, Brodie Biersner, HA International LLC, and Sairam Ravi, University of Northern Iowa, for the paper "Case Study: Reducing Shrinkage in Aluminum Castings Using Thermal Management of PUCB Resin System (18-100)"

Molding Methods & Materials Division's Best Presentation Award
Mingzhi Xu, Missouri University of Science and Technology, for "Firing Time/Temperature Effect on Investment Shells Thermo-Mechanical Properties (18-050)"

Steel Division's Outstanding Individual Service Award
Robert Tuttle, Saginaw Valley State University

Steel Division's Best Paper Award
(Left to right) Mingzhi Xu, Ronald O'Malley, Laura Bartlett, and Soumava Chakraborty, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Women in Metalcasting Division's Award of Excellence
Kathy Hayrynen, Applied Process Inc.

AFS Award of Scientific Merit
John Tartaglia, Element Materials Technology

AFS Service Citation
George B. Kokos, Caterpillar Inc.

AFS Service Citation
Peter Satre, Allied Mineral Products

AFS Service Citation
Brian V. Smith, casting consultant

AFS Corporate Contribution Award
Carley Foundry Inc.

AFS Corporate Contribution Award
Elkem

AFS Millionaires Safety Award
Oil City Iron Works Inc., 3 million safe-hours

AFS Millionaires Safety Award
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co., 1 million safe-hours

AFS Millionaires Safety Award
Denison Industries, 1 million safe-hours

AFS Millionaires Safety Award
LeSueur Inc., 1 million safe-hours

Thomas W. Pangborn Gold Medal
Von L. Richards, Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering and Chancellors Professor at Missouri University of Science and Technology