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CINDE Awards

W.E. Havercroft Technical Achievement Fellow of CINDE Scholarship Certificate of Appreciation
Alison Smit Bursary - Mohawk College Top Technical Student - Durham College Conference 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 1985Val S. Cecco
Gary Van Drunen
Fred L. Sharp
1986Dr. Don K. Mak 1987Dr. K. Piekarski
Dr. E. Kalwa
1990William R. Mercer
1993Robert K. Ginzel
Edward A. Ginzel
1996Petru Ciorau 1997Petru Ciorau
James Blackney
Michael Scott
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
1983Henry (Hank) Andersen
Leonard E. Baxter
Victor G. Behal
Edmund Bowe
David Broom
Herb Chapman
Maurice O. Daly
Ernest A. Gill
Derek Heath
Marv Horenfeldt
William R. Mercer
Dick Struk
Pat Walsh
John Zirnhelt
George Shewchuk
Norman G. Harding
1984Stewart DeWalle
Murray Hearn
Herbert Heczko
Heini Leinberger
Russ A. Martin
Tony Nieberg
William H. Tait
Jan Van Den Andel
1985Paul Bertrand Aubé
Dr. Bruce Ball
Jim Martin
Alex Pokomandy
1988Nelson J. Godin
Lynda B. Manzer
1990Norman LeBlanc
Doug W. Patterson
1992Ben Andress
1993Barry DeLong
Claude Konikow
Douglas Marshall
Douglas Taylor
William E. Havercroft
1994Peter Brady 1995Ron Richard
Joseph J. Robichaud
1997Cameron Miller
Sam Hazzi
Kris Seshardri
Angus Anderson
Douglas Whitely
William Kennedy
Alison Karuna
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

CINDE College Student Awards

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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