2017 Winners

Innovation: Amercoat One Single-Component Epoxy

Corrosion Control Category: Coatings and Linings

Recipients: David Curran, James McCarthy, Kamlesh Sheth - PPG Protective and Marine Coatings, East Point, Georgia, United States

Web sites: ppg.com and ppgpmc.com

Innovation: Computer Assisted DFT Measurement Drone

Corrosion Control Category: Testing

Recipient: Tariq Rashid, Robert Dahlstrom - Apellix Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Web site: apellix.com

Innovation: Corrosion Djinn™ – Galvanic Corrosion Risk Prediction

Corrosion Control Category: Materials Design

Recipient: Alan Rose - Corrdesa LLC Newnan, Georgia, United States

Web site: djinntools.com and corrdesa.com

Innovation: CorrReader Test Point Surveyor

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipient: Matt Bechberger, Elizabeth Nicholson, Peter Nicholson, Pat Yaremko - Cathodic Technology, Ltd. Bolton, Ontario Canada;Mengxiong Li - SANO Technologies Corp., Ltd. Beijing, China

Web site: cath-tech.com

Innovation: CorTalk® uDL2 Micro Data Logger

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipient: Jerry Chilibecki, Tony da Costa - Mobiltex Technologies Inc. Calgary, Alberta Canada

Web site: mobiltex.com

Innovation: ECS In-Line Corrosion Detector

Corrosion Control Category: Testing

Recipient: Engineered Corrosion Solutions, LLC St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Web site: ecscorrosion.com

Innovation: FiGS - Field Gradient Sensor

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipient: John Robert Vinje, Jens Christofer Werenskiold, Harald Osvoll - FORCE Technology Norway AS, Hvalstad, Norway

Web site: figs.no

Innovation: Schlumberger Microbial InstaCheck

Corrosion Control Category: Testing

Recipient: James R. Fajt - Schlumberger, Houston, Texas, United States

Web site: slb.com

Innovation: Sensor Suite for Aircraft Corrosion Monitoring

Corrosion Control Category: Instrumentation

Recipient: Jeff Demo, Fritz Friedersdorf, James Garrett - Luna Innovations, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Web site: devstore.lunainc.com

Innovation: Soluble Salt Profiler

Corrosion Control Category: Instrumentation

Recipient: Daniel Frydman, Graham Hopper, John Maguire, Anthony Marshall, Michael Sellars, Michael Shanahan, Paul Stansfield - Elcometer Limited, Droylsden, Manchester, United Kingdom

Web site: elcometer.com

2015 Winners

Innovation: Activated Zinc Rich Epoxy Primer

Corrosion Control Category: Coatings and Linings

Recipient: Hempel Protective R&D Group, Conroe, Texas, USA

Web site: www.hempel.com

Innovation: Alumina-Forming Austenitic Alloy Family

Corrosion Control Category: Materials Design

Recipients: Michael P. Brady, Yukinori Yamamoto, Bruce A. Pint, Govindarajan Muralidharan, and Philip J. Maziasz - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
John H. Magee, Samuel J. Kernion, David A. Helmick, and Timothy R. Armstrong - Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

Web sites: www.ornl.gov and www.cartech.com

Innovation: EonCoat

Corrosion Control Category: Coatings and Linings

Recipients: Tony Collins and Sameer Patel - EonCoat LLC, Pompano Beach, Florida, USA

Web site: www.eoncoat.com

Innovation: MicroMax® GPS300 Portable Current Interrupter

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipients: Ken Reindel, Dan Huslig, Chris Jones, and Randall Sears - American Innovations, Austin, Texas, USA

Web site: www.aiworldwide.com/micromax

Innovation: RODIS Robotic ILI with SIPEC™

Corrosion Control Category: Integrity Assessment

Recipients: Kamalu Koenig, Ph.D. and Owen Malinowski - Structural Integrity Associates, Inc., San Jose, California, USA
Brian Carlson and Tyler Powell - Diakont, San Diego, California, USA

Web sites: www.structint.com and www.diakont.com

Innovation: Terahertz Corrosion/Coating Measurement Instrument

Corrosion Control Category: Coatings and Linings

Recipients: Anis Rahman, Ph.D. and Aunik K. Rahman - Applied Research & Photonics, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Kenneth B. Tator, P.E. - KTA-Tator, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Web site: arphotonics.net

Innovation: TRITON® Triple Coupon AC/DC Test Station

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipients: Jordan Groody and Jerome Edinger - Bass Engineering, Longview, Texas, USA

Web site: www.bass-eng.com

Innovation: Watchdog SentraLink CP Remote Monitor

Corrosion Control Category: Other -- Data Acquisition and Monitoring

Recipients: Dan Hughes, Karl Gemperli, and Jamey Hilleary - Elecsys Corp., Olathe, Kansas, USA

Web site: www.elecsyscorp.com

2014 Winners

Innovation: 3D Structured Light

Corrosion Control Category: Integrity Assessment

Recipients: Joseph Summa - Technical Toolboxes, Houston, Texas, USA
Matt Bellis - Seikowave, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Web site: www.technicaltoolboxes.com and www.seikowave.com

Innovation: Bullhorn RM4150 Rectifier Monitor

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipients: Jaco Botes - American Innovations, Austin, Texas, USA

Web site: www.aiworldwide.com

Innovation: CermaClad™ High-Speed Large-Area Metal Cladding

Corrosion Control Category: Coatings and Linings

Recipients: MesoCoat, Inc., Euclid, Ohio, USA

Web site: www.mesocoat.com

Innovation: In-Line Inspection for Water Pipelines

Corrosion Control Category: Integrity Assessment

Recipients: Margaret Hannaford, P.E. - Hetch Hetchy Water and Power Division, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, Moccasin, California, USA

Web site: www.sfwater.org

Innovation: Multi-Analytic Risk Visualization (MARV™)

Corrosion Control Category: Integrity Assessment

Recipients: Francois Ayello,  Swati Jain, Shan Guan, Vinod Khare, Gerry Koch, and Narasi Sridhar - DNV GL, Dublin, Ohio, USA

Web site: www.dnvgl.com

Innovation: N2-Blast®—Corrosion Inhibiting System

Corrosion Control Category: Materials Design

Recipients: South-Tek Systems, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Web site: www.southteksystems.com

Innovation: PosiTector Interchangeable Probes

Corrosion Control Category: Testing

Recipients: DeFelsko Corp., Ogdensburg, New York, USA

Web site: www.defelsko.com

Innovation: PowerMag 1000

Corrosion Control Category: Cathodic Protection

Recipients: John Bollinger - Farwest Corrosion Control Co., Gardena, California, USA

Web site: www.farwestcorrosion.com

Innovation: Robotic Internal Inspection Machine

Corrosion Control Category: Integrity Assessment

Recipients: Russ Langley, Dale Davis, David Paulley, James Huggins, Darrell Davis, Michael O’Neill, and J. David Carter - CRTS, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Web site: www.coatingrobotics.com

Innovation: Ultra High Strength CRA SM2535-140™

Corrosion Control Category: Materials Design

Recipients: Masayuki Sagara, Yohei Otome, Naoki Sawawatari, Hisashi Amaya, and Masaaki Igarashi - Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan

Web site: www.tubular.nssmc.com