Shot Peener of the Year Award

Since 1992, The Shot Peener has given The Shot Peener of the Year Award to individuals in our industry that have made significant contributiions to the advancement of shot peening. Below is listed the year of the award, the recipient and their place of employment at the time they received the award. To place someone in nomination for an upcoming award email your suggestion to Jack Champaigne.

Year
 Recipient Company/Organization
2009 Michelle Bandini Peen Service
2008 Holger Polanetzki MTU Aero Engines
2007 Ken l'Anson Progressive Technologies
2006 Kumar Balan
Dr. John Cammett		 Wheelabrator Group, Burlington, Ontario
Materials Engineeering Division, Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point, NC
2005 Marsha Tufft
Prof. Dr. -Ing. Helmut Wohlfahrt 		GEAE
Technical University of Braunschweig
2004
 Walter Beach
Dr. Eng. Katsuji Tosha 		Peening Technologies of Connecticut
Meiji University
2003
 Paul Prevey
Dr. Niku-Lari 		Lambda Research
IITT International
2002
 David Francis
Shaker Meguid 		Metal Improvement Company
University of Toronto
2001
 Dr. David Kirk
Dale Lombardo
Bill Miller 		Coventry University, U.K.
GE Aircraft Engines
The Boeing Company
2000
 Jonathan Clarke
Prof. Lothar Wagner 		Delta Air Lines
Technical University of Brandenburg
1999
 Andre levers British Aerospace Airbus
1998
 Dipl. Phys. Wolfgang Linnemann Kugelstrahlzentrum Aachen
1997
 Dr. Ing. R. Kopp Institute Metal Forming of RWTH
1996
 Dr. M.C. Sharma Maulana Azad College of Technology
1995
 Dr. Kisuke Iida Meiji University
1994
 Charlie Barrett Metal Improvement Company
1993
 Pete Bailey
Bob Thompason
Jim Whalen 		GE Aircraft Engines
1992
 Charlie Mason Menasco Aerospace Ltd.