HPS Accelerator Section

Health Physics Society
Accelerator Section

Contact: Linnea Wahl lewahl@lbl.gov

"Awards for Accelerator Health Physicists," by Ralph Thomas (June 2010)

H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award

Established in 2003, the H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award is presented each year at the annual Health Physics Society meeting to recognize outstanding student presentations on accelerator health physics. The winner receives a check and plaque.

The award is a tribute to H. Wade Patterson (1924-1997), who was the first president of the Accelerator Section of the Health Physics Society and is generally regarded as the first professional accelerator health physicist. His work at Lawrence Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories established him as one of the world's experts in shielding at high-energy accelerators. As a life-long educator and organizer of the first accelerator radiation protection training programs, Patterson is an apt role model for students aspiring to a career in accelerator health physics.

The following students have been honored to receive the H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award.

2011: Santosh Bhatt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Santosh Bhatt (left) receives congratulations from HPS Past President Howard Dickson (right) and Accelerator Section President Mike Grissom (left center) and President-Elect Rich Brey (right center).

2010: Michael I. Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Michael I. Hall (right) receives congratulations from HPS President Dick Toohey (center) and Accelerator Section President Linnea Wahl (left)

2009: Eric Burgett (winner), Georgia Institute of Technology
Neba Robinson Neba (honorable mention), Idaho State University

2008:

Deirdre Elder (winner), Colorado State University

Robert O'Brien (honorable mention), University of Nevada, Las Vegas

2007: Bryan Bednarz (winner), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Maxwell Ankrah (honorable mention), Idaho State University

2004: Vakhtang Makarashvili, Idaho State University

2003: John Shanahan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Lutz Moritz Memorial Award

Established in 2009, the Lutz Moritz Memorial Award is presented each year at the annual Health Physics Society meeting to recognize outstanding student presenations on accelerator health physics. The winner receives a check and plaque.

The award is a tribute to Lutz Moritz (1943-2008), who was a founding member of the Accelerator Section and served as president of the section in 1996. Lutz's distinguished career at TRIUMF, Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics, earned him an international reputation as Canada's foremost expert on accelerator radiation safety. He served on the board of the Canadian Radiation Protection Association and on many international review panels for important accelerator projects, including the Superconducting Super Collider, the CERN Large Hadron Collider, and the ORNL Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility. As a dedicated teacher and gifted researcher, Lutz will be remembered not only by those who knew him personally but also by the future generation of health physicists who will receive the Lutz Moritz Memorial Award.

The following students have been honored to receive the Lutz Moritz Memorial Award.

2011: Jeremy Rogers, Texas A&M University, College Station

Jeremy Rogers (left) receives congratulations from HPS Past President Howard Dickson (right) and Accelerator Section President-Elect Rich Brey (center).

2010: Samuel L. Brady, Duke University

Dr. Samuel L. Brady (right) and Dr. Terry Yoshizumi (left),
his graduate advisor at Duke University.

Health Physics SocietyAccelerator Section

"Awards for Accelerator Health Physicists," by Ralph Thomas (June 2010)

H. Wade Patterson Memorial Award

Lutz Moritz Memorial Award

Health Physics Society
Accelerator Section