The Shot Peener of the Year Award Recipients

Since 1992, The Shot Peener has given The Shot Peener of the Year award to individuals in our industry that have made significant contributions to the advancement of shot peening. We’ve listed the year of the award, the recipient and their place of employment at the time they received the award.

2011

• James Kernan, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center

2010

• Herb Tobben • Clemco Industries

2009

• Michele Bandini • Peen Service

2008

• Holger Polanetzki • MTU Aero Engines

• Ken I’Anson • Progressive Technologies

• Kumar Balan • Wheelabrator Group
• Dr. John Cammett • Naval Aviation Depot

• Marsha Tuftt • GE Aircraft Engines
• Prof. Dr. -Ing Helmut Wohlfahrt • Retired

• Walter Beach • Peening Technologies of Connecticut
• Dr. Eng. Katsuji • Meiji University

• Paul Prevey • Lambda Research
• Dr. Niku-Lari • IITT International

• David Francis • Metal Improvement Company
• Shaker Meguid • University of Toronto

• Dr. David Kirk • Coventry University, U.K.
• Dale Lombardo • GE Aircraft Engines
• Bill Miller • The Boeing Company

• Jonathan Clarke • Delta Air Lines
• Prof. Lothar Wagner • Technical University of Brandenburg

• Andrew Levers • British Aerospace Airbus

• Dipl. Phys. Wolfgang Linnemann • Kugelstrahlzentrum Aachen

• Charlie Mason • Menasco Aerospace Ltd.