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CINDE Awards

W.E. Havercroft Award Technical Achievement Award Fellow of CINDE Scholarship Award Certificate of Appreciation
Alison Smit Bursary - Mohawk College Top Technical Award - Durham College Conference Award Nomination Procedure

W.E. Havercroft Award

Established in 1977, this award is named after William E. Havercroft who was widely recognized as a pioneer in the field of NDT in Canada. It is given to a member of CINDE who has made outstanding contribution towards NDT in Canada. Contributions may be in any area including technical, educational or managerial capacities. Recipients will receive a life-time membership with CINDE.

Past Recipients
1977William E. Havercroft
1978Victor Behal
1979Ernest A. Gill
1980Jan Van Den Andel
1981David Broom
1982Leo Spencer
1983William Tait
1984Edmund Bowe
1985Pat Walsh
1986Stewart DeWalle
1987Paul Bertrand Aubé
1988William R. Mercer
1990Norman G. Harding
1992Lynda B. Manzer
1993Derek Heath
1994Heini Leinberger
1995Nelson J. Godin
1997Dick Struk
1998Douglas J. Marshall
1999Henry (Hank) Andersen
2000Peter Brady
2002John Zirnhelt
2004Val Cecco
2006Al Higgins
2009Dent McIntyre
2010Jean Bussiere
2011Walter Weber

Technical Achievement Award

Established in 1983, this award is given to an individual who has made an outstanding technical contribution to NDT in Canada. Recipients are selected on the merit of their technical achievement and the resulting paper as published in a recognized technical journal. Recipients will receive a one (1) year membership (or extension if an active member) with CINDE.

Past Recipients
1983Derek Heath
1984Jan Van Den Andel
1985Fred L. Sharp
Gary Van Drunen
Val S. Cecco
1986Dr. Don K. Mak
1987Dr. E. Kalwa
Dr. K. Piekarski
1990William R. Mercer
1993Edward A. Ginzel
Robert K. Ginzel
1996Petru Ciorau
1997James Blackney
Michael Scott
Petru Ciorau
2009Petru Ciorau
2010Gilles Rousseau
2011Michael Moles

Fellow of CINDE

Established in 1983, this award is given to a CINDE member who has made continuous and significant contributions to the advancement of NDT / NDE in the scientific, technical, educational, managerial or related areas. Nominees must have at least 10 years membership in CINDE, with 5 continuous years of membership immediately prior to the nomination.

Past Recipients
1983David Broom
Derek Heath
Dick Struk
Edmund Bowe
Ernest A. Gill
George Shewchuk
Henry (Hank) Andersen
Herb Chapman
John Zirnhelt
Leonard E. Baxter
Marv Horenfeldt
Maurice O. Daly
Norman G. Harding
Pat Walsh
Victor G. Behal
William R. Mercer
1984Heini Leinberger
Herbert Heczko
Jan Van Den Andel
Murray Hearn
Russ A. Martin
Stewart DeWalle
Tony Nieberg
William H. Tait
1985Alex Pokomandy
Dr. Bruce Ball
Jim Martin
Paul Bertrand Aubé
1988Lynda B. Manzer
Nelson J. Godin
1990Doug W. Patterson
Norman LeBlanc
1992Ben Andress
1993Barry DeLong
Claude Konikow
Douglas Marshall
Douglas Taylor
William E. Havercroft
1994Peter Brady
1995Joseph J. Robichaud
Ron Richard
1997Alison Karuna
Angus Anderson
Cameron Miller
Douglas Whitely
Kris Seshardri
Sam Hazzi
William Kennedy
2001Bruce Metcalf
Mike Dudley
2002Jerry Slaba
2004Dave Russell
2007Cindy Finley
Richard Robichaud
2009David Craig
Dennis Domenichini
Petru Ciorau
2011Tim Auger
Tim Deagnon

Scholarship Award

This award is given to a member of CINDE to recognize outstanding academic achievements through the continuous advancement of their knowledge of nondestructive testing.

Past Recipients
2001Andjelko Tesic
2002Dana Martin

Certificate of Appreciation

This certificate identifies people as an Honorary Counsellor of the Canadian Institute for NDE in recognition of their dedicated service, continuous support and long-standing loyalty to the organization since the inception of the Canadian Institution for NDE.

Past Recipients
2007Stu deWalle

Alison Smit Bursary - Mohawk College

Through her diligent efforts, a partnership between the Canadian Institute for NDE and Mohawk College was recognized and in 2006 the Mohawk College Quality Engineering Technician - Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) Two-Year Diploma Program was established. The program was designed and driven by Alison. Alison was Past Chairman of Ontario Chapter and was an Alumni of Mohawk College. This award is presented once per year by Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology at the Engineering Technology Awards Presentations to a student in 1st year entering 2nd year of the program, who has been an Ontario resident for a minimum of 12 months and who meets the college academic requirements.

Past Recipients
2009Jonathon Gohm
2010Nicolae Turcas

Top Technical Award - Durham College

Past Recipients
2007Weixion Kuang
2008Christopher Azavedo
2009Yongxi Xiong

Conference Award

Past Recipients
2007Arnulfo Augustin

Nomination Procedure

Awards are given out at the Annual General Meeting. Anyone can submit an award nomination for someone who they feel is a deserving individual per the award criteria. If upon review of the Awards Committee it is decided that nominees are insufficiently qualified, then no award will be conferred.

Nominations for these awards should be submitted to the Awards Committee, care of CINDE National Office in Hamilton:

135 Fennell Avenue West
Hamilton, ON L8N 3T2
Fax: 905-574-6080
Email:

If you would like to nominate or apply, please fill out one of the following forms:




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