2008 AMTA Awards

2008 Hall of Fame Awards

Donald T. Bray
Seymour S. Kremen, Ph.D., J.D. (presented posthumously)
Professor Sidney Loeb, Ph.D.

2008 Water Quality of the Year Award

James “Red” Weddell, P.E., Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

2008 Outstanding Member Award

Lance R. Littrell, P.E., Reiss Engineering, Inc.

2008 Membrane Facility Award

El Paso Water Utilities for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Groundwater Desalination Facility a joint project with the U.S. Army

2008 Robert O. Vernon Award

James Dickerson, Sweetwater Authority

2008/2009 AMTA/NWRI Fellowship

Evan Hatakeyama, University of Colorado at Boulder
William Shane Walker, University of Texas at Austin

2008 Presidential Awards

Steven J. Duranceau, Ph.D., P.E. (University of Central Florida, Florida)
Tom Seacord (Carollo Engineers, P.C., Idaho)
Lynne Gulizia (Toray Membrane USA, Inc., California)
Stuart McClellan (Successfully Applied Membranes, Florida)

2008 Recognition & Service Awards

James Medanich
Paul Shoenberger

2008 Best Paper Award

Donald E. Lindeman, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc. and Paul Mattausch, Collier County Utilities
“Optimizing Source Water Use in Collier County”

2008 Best Poster Award

Jonathan Brant, Ph.D., HDR Engineering, Inc.
“Assessing the Current Knowledge Base on Membrane Fouling in Desalination Applications”

2008 Best Student Poster Award

Eva Steinle-Darling, Ph.D., Stanford University
“Rejection of Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) by Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes: The Influence of PFC Chemistry, Membrane Type, Fouling, and Feed Water Characteristics”

Past Award Recipients

Every other year during our Biennial Conference, AMTA recognizes outstanding performance by individuals and companies furthering AMTA’s mission to advance the understanding and use of membrane technology to treat municipal, industrial, commercial, agricultural and waste waters. Below is a list of the awards and respective honorees since 1992.

HALL OF FAME AWARD given in recognition of pioneering and/or lifetime contribution by an individual to water supply or water reuse improvements:

1994 Langdon W. Owen (1972 NWSIA Co-Founder, California)

1994 William E. Warne (1972 NWSIA Co-Founder, California)

1994 Jack Jorgensen (1985-93 NWSIA Executive Director, Maryland)

1994 Bea Jorgensen (1985-93 NWSIA Executive Staff, Maryland)

1995 Walter L. Barnes (Desalting Consultant, North Carolina)

1996 Gordon F. Leitner (Leitner & Associates, Wisconsin)

1996 Floyd Meller (Meller Associates, Massachusetts)

1996 Richard A. Smith (Water Desalination Report, Maryland)

1998 Robert Carnahan (University of South Florida, Florida)

1998 Neil Cline (Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority, California)

2000 Ed Geishecker (Ionics, Inc., Massachusetts)

2000 Lou Beck (Department of Water Resources, California)

2002 Irving Moch, Jr. (I. Moch & Associates, Inc., Delaware)

2004 Ian C. Watson (RosTeK Associates, Inc., Florida)

2006 Richard G. Sudak (Separation Proccesses, Inc., California)

2006 Robert L. Riley (Separation Systems Technology, Inc., California)

2007 John E. Potts (Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc., Florida)

2007 C. Peter Darby (California)

2007 John E. Cadotte (The Dow Chemical Co./FilmTec Corp., Florida)

2008 Donald T. Bray (California)

2008 Seymour S. Kremen, Ph.D., J.D. (presented posthumously)

2008 Professor Sidney Loeb, Ph.D. (Israel)

WATER QUALITY PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD given in recognition of contribution by an individual in government, academia, research or related field to water supply improvement:

1992     Bill Katz (in recognition of the design of the reversal technique (EDR),
               “Triple Membrane” technique, privatization of Santa Barbara SWRO,
              and as founding member of AWWA’s Desalting Committee)

1996 Senator Paul Simon (U.S. Senate, Illinois)

1998 Paul Gagliardo (City of San Diego, California)

1998 Peter MacLaggan (Water Resource Consultant, California)

2000 Lou Beck (Department of Water Resources, California)

2002 Congresswomen Karen Thurman (5th Congressional District, Florida)

2004 Kevin Price, (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Colorado)

2006 James S. Taylor, Ph.D., P.E (University of Central Florida, Florida)

2008 James “Red” Weddell, P.E. (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas)

ROBERT O. VERNON AWARD given in recognition of contribution to water supply improvement by an individual working at a desalting or water reuse facility:

1992 Bill Dunivin II (Orange County Water District, California)

1994 Lynn Bolin (City of Dunedin, Florida)

1996 Robert Oreskovich (Dare County Water, North Carolina)

1998 Byron Weightman (City of Fort Myers, Florida)

2000 Randy Hines (Jupiter Water System, Florida)

2000 Randy Garay (Collier County, Public Works Division, Florida)

2002 John Morton (City of Sarasota, Florida)

2004 Philip Noe (The Island Water Association, Florida)

2006 Steve Messner (Collier County Utilities, Florida)

2007 Brad Macek (City of Port St. Lucie, Florida)

2008 James Dickerson (Sweetwater Authority, California)

OUTSTANDING MEMBER, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD given in recognition of contribution to water supply improvement through individual effort in desalting or water reuse by an AMTA Member:

1994 Walter L. Barnes, Jr. (Desalting Consultant, North Carolina)

1994 William R. Mills, Jr. (Orange County Water District, California)

1996 John E. Potts (Kimley-Horn & Associates, Florida)

1998 Cloice Whitley (Harlingen Waterworks, Texas)

2000 Ian Watson (AEPI/RosTek, Inc., Florida)

2002 Afton Pumps (Harold Derr and David Derr , Texas)

2004 Reiss Environmental, Inc. (Florida)

2006 Carl Spangenberg ( Irvine Ranch Water District, California)

2007 Mehul Patel (Orange County Water District, California)

2008 Lance R. Littrell, P.E., (Reiss Engineering, Inc., Florida)

PRESIDENTIAL AWARD given to acknowledge individuals that have made significant contributions to the growth and development of the American Membrane Technology Association:

1992 Pat Burke (International Desalination Association, Massachusetts)

1992 Bill Everest (Boyle Engineering, California)

1992 Dave Furukawa (Separations Consultants, Inc., California)

1992 Jack Jorgensen (1985-93 NWSIA Executive Director, Maryland)

1992 Bea Jorgensen (1985-93 NWSIA Executive Staff, Maryland)

1992 William R. Mills, Jr. (Orange County Water District, California)

1992 Martin Rigby (Orange County Water District, California)

1992 Suseme H. Suemoto (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation)

1992 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

1992 Noble Waite (Orange County Water District, California)

1994 Steve Cappos (Fluid Systems, California)

1994 Edward P. Geishecker (Ionics, Massachusetts)

1994 Thomas Leahy III (City of Virginia Beach, Virginia)

1994 James Lozier (CH2M Hill, Arizona)

1996 Leon Awerbuch (Bechtel Corporation, Maryland)

1996 Edward Geishecker (Ionics, Massachusetts)

1996 William R. Mills, Jr. (Orange County Water District, California)

1996 Town of Jupiter Water System (Florida)

1998 Lynne Gulizia (Hydranautics, Inc., California)

1998 Robert Oreskovich (Dare County Water, North Carolina)

1998 David Brown (Jupiter Water System, Florida)

1998 David Derr (Afton Pumps, Inc., Texas)

2000 Robert Yamada (San Diego County Water Authority, California)

2000 Doug Eisberg (Progressive Composite Technologies, California)

2000 Robert Oreskovich (Dare County Water, North Carolina)

2000 Ben Movahed (WATEK Engineering Corporation, Maryland)

2000 Stuart McClellan (The Dow Chemical Company, Florida)

2002 Robert Yamada (San Diego County Water Authority, California)

2002 Ian C. Watson (RosTeK Associates, Inc., Florida)

2002 Ben Movahed (WATEK Engineering Corporation, Maryland)

2002 Doug Eisberg (Bekaert Progressive Composites, California)

2002 Janet L. Jaworski (Reiter Lowry Consultants, California)

2004 Tom Seacord (Carollo Engineers, P.C, Idaho.)

2004 Michael Pilutti (URS Corporation, Ohio)

2004 Rand y Truby (Hydranautics, California)

2006 Carl Behrens (City of Cape May, New Jersey)

2006 Steven J. Duranceau, Ph.D., P.E. (Boyle Engineering Corporation, Florida)

2006 Casimir F. “Casey” Jaworski (Jawle Consulting, Inc., Florida)

2006 Kelcia Mazana (Reiss Environmental, Inc., Florida)

2007 Doug Eisberg (Bekaert Progressive Composites, California)

2007 Ben Movahed, P.E (WATEK Engineering, Maryland)

2007 Ian C. Watson, P.E. (RosTek Associates, Inc., Florida)

2007 Bob Yamada (San Diego County Water Authority, California)

2008 Steven J. Duranceau, Ph.D., P.E. (University of Central Florida, Florida)

2008 Tom Seacord (Carollo Engineers, P.C., Idaho)

2008 Lynne Gulizia (Toray Membrane USA, Inc., California)

2008 Stuart McClellan (Successfully Applied Membranes, Florida)

MEMBRANE FACILITY AWARD given in recognition of engineering excellence in the design of a desalting facility:

1996 Jupiter Membrane Desalting WTP (Florida)

1998 Ian C. Watson, (AEPI/RosTek, Inc., California)

2000 Dick Sudak (Separation Processes, Inc., California)

2002 Boyle Engineering Corporation (Sarasota County T. Mabry Carlton Water Treatment Plant and USA largest electrodialysis membrane process in operation today, Sarasota, Florida)

2006 James City Service Authority - Five Forks Facility (Virginia)

2007 North Clackamas County Water Commission, Membrane Filtration Facility (Oregon)

2008 El Paso Water Utilities for the Kay Bailey Hutchison Groundwater Desalination Facility a joint project with the U.S. Army (Texas)

CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATION AWARD given in recognition of outstanding preparation and presentation of a technical paper at an AMTA Annual Conference:

1992 Michele Staples (1992 Biennial Conference in Newport Beach, California)

1994 Bob Yamada (1994 Biennial Conference in Palm Beach, Florida)

1996 Greg Leslie (1996 Biennial Conference in Monterey, California)

1998 Mike Mickley (1998 Biennial Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia)

2000 Wayne Bates (2000 Biennial Conference in Lake Tahoe, Nevada)

2002 Christopher J. Martin, P.E. (2002 Biennial Conference in Tampa, Florida)

2004 Robert Yamada (2004 Biennial Conference in San Antonio, Texas)

2006 Steven J. Duranceau, Ph.D., P.E. (2006 Biennial Conference in Anaheim, California)

2007 Roger Noack, P.E. (2007 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada)

2008 Donald E. Lindeman, P.E. & Paul Mattausch (2008 Joint Conference in Naples, Florida)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION AWARD given in recognition of outstanding preparation and presentation of a Workshop at an AMTA Annual Conference:

2002 Ben Movahed, P.E., D.E.E. (2002 Biennial Conference in Tampa, Florida)

CONFERENCE POSTER AWARD given in recognition of outstanding poster presentation on a technical paper at an AMTA Annual Conference:

1992 Eli Oklejas (1992 Biennial Conference in Newport Beach, California)

1994 Mike Mickley (1994 Biennial Conference in Palm Beach, Florida)

1996 Seungkwan Hong (1996 Biennial Conference in Monterey, California)

1998 Eric T. Wheatherly (1998 Biennial Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia)

2000 Robert Wright (2000 Biennial Conference in Lake Tahoe, Nevada)

2002 John C. Kiernan (2002 Biennial Conference in Tampa, Florida)

2004 James S. Bays (2004 Biennial Conference in San Antonio, Texas)

2006 Chuck D. Moody (2006 Biennial Conference in Anaheim, California)

2007 Jacimaria Batista, Ph.D. and Walter Johnson, P.E. (2007 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada)

2008 Jonathan Brant, Ph.D. (2008 Joint Conference in Naples, Florida)

CONFERENCE STUDENT POSTER AWARD given in recognition of outstanding student poster presentation on a technical paper at an AMTA Annual Conference:

2008 Eva Steinle-Darling, Ph.D., (2008 Joint Conference in Naples, Florida)

AMTA FELLOWSHIP AWARD given in cooperation with the National Water Research Institute (NWRI):

2007 Kendra Ruth Colyar (2007 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada)

2007 Eva Steinle-Darling (2007 Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada)

2008 Evan Hatakeyama (2008 Joint Conference in Naples, Florida)

2008 William Shane Walker (2008 Joint Conference in Naples, Florida)