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HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT SOCIETY

Distinguished Scientist Award

The Distinguished Scientist Award is given to an individual or to a research team of two or more individuals who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of hypervelocity science.

The process for selection is based on a list of candidates generated by members of the Board of Directors and from the previous Awards Committee. The Chairman also solicits input from the HVIS membership at large through a formal mailing or through the HVIS Newsletter. The list of candidates are determined at least one year before the award is made. A nomination is comprised of a formal letter of nomination and supporting information about the candidate.

Once the list of candidates is determined, the Committee goes through several rounds of voting to identify the winner. Past committees have used different approaches, but generally the criteria for selection includes:

  • Technical recognition
  • Importance of work
  • Scope of work
  • Current work
  • Service to the HVIS Society

The recipient(s) for the Distinguished Science Award is selected at least three months prior to the HVIS meeting in order to give the recipient sufficient time to prepare an acceptance keynote speech to be given at the upcoming Symposium. Once the award recipient(s) has been determined, the Chairman notifies the President of the Society. The President will obtain a concurrence from the Board and then notify the award recipient(s) formally in writing.

The award consists of a plaque citing the accomplishments of the award recipient(s) and a monetary remuneration set by the Board of Directors. The recipient(s) also receives free registration at future HVIS meetings.

Distinguished Scientist Award Recipients

  • Alexander C. Charters (General Research Corporation), 1989
  • Alois J. Stilp and Volker Hohler (Ernst-Mach-Institut), 1992
  • James R. Asay (Sandia National Laboratories), 1994
  • Burton G. Cour-Palais (NASA-JSC), 1996
  • Hallock F. Swift (Physics Applications, Inc.), 1998
  • Charles E. Anderson, Jr. (Southwest Research Institute), 2000
  • Dennis L. Orphal (International Research Associates, Inc.), 2003
  • Lalit C. Chhabildas (Sandia National Laboratories), 2005
  • Gordon R. Johnson (Southwest Research Institute), 2007
  • Peter H. Schultz (Brown University), 2010

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given to an individual(s) whose paper, presented at a Hypervelocity Impact Symposium and published in the proceedings, is ranked best. The criteria for selection includes:

  • Originality
  • Difficulty of research
  • Importance of research
  • Excellence of the written paper

Candidates for the award are nominated by Chairpersons preceding over upcoming Symposium technical sessions. Nominations are typically made at the manuscript review meeting held approximately four months prior to the Symposium. The nominations are presented to the Awards Committee who rank for final selection. The Society President is then notified for concurrence.

The recipient(s) for the Best Paper Award is announced at the upcoming Symposium.

The award consists of a plaque and a monetary remuneration.

Best Paper Award Recipients

  • 1989: D. L. Orphal and R. R. Franzen, Penetration Mechanics and Performance of Continuous and Segmented Rods Against Confined Glass and Ceramic Targets
    A. J. Piekutowski, A Simple Model for the Formation of Debris Clouds
  • 1992: C. E. Anderson, Jr., D. L. Littlefield, and J. D. Walker, Long-Rod Penetration, Target Resistance, and Hypervelocity Impact
    D. A. Crawford and P. H. Schultz, The Production and Evolution of Impact Generated Magnetic Fields
  • 1994: D. A. Crawford, M. B. Boslough, T. G. Trucano, and A. C. Robinson, The Impact of Periodic Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter
  • 1996: D. E. Grady and M. E. Kipp, Fragmentation Properties of Metals
  • 1998: M. D. Furnish, L. C. Chhabildas, and W. D. Reinhart, Time-Resolved Particle Velocity Measurements at Impact Velocities of 10 km/s
  • 2000: J. M. Dahl and P. H. Schultz, Measurement of Stress Wave Asymmetrics in Hypervelocity Projectile Impact Experiments
  • 2003: T. J. Vogler, T. F. Thornhill, W. D. Reinhart, L. C. Chhabildas, D. E. Grady, L. T. Wilson, O. A. Hurricane, and A. Sunwoo, Fragmentation of Materials in Expanding Tube Experiments
  • 2005: R. A. Clegg, D. M. White, W. Riedel, and W. Harwick, RCS-Based Ballistic Limit Curves for Non-Spherical Projectiles Impacting Dual-Wall Spacecraft Systems
  • 2007: C. S. Alexander, L. C. Chhabildas, W. D. Reinhart, and D. W. Templeton, Changes to the Shock Response of Fused Quartz Due to Glass Modification
  • 2010: G. A. Shvestsov, A. D. Matrosov, S. V. Fedorov, A. V. Babkin, and S. V. Ladov, Effect of External Magnetic Fields on Shaped-Charge Operation