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.

• Charlie Mason • Menasco Aerospace Ltd.

• Pete Bailey • GE Aircraft Engines
• Bob Thompson • GE Aircraft Engines
• Jim Whalen • GE Aircraft Engines

• Charlie Barrett • Metal Improvement Company

• Dr. Kisuke Iida • Meiji University

• Dr. M.C. Sharma • Maulana Azad College of Technology

• Dr. Ing. R. Kopp • Institute Metal Forming of RWTH

• Dipl. Phys. Wolfgang Linnemann • Kugelstrahlzentrum Aachen

• Andrew Levers • British Aerospace Airbus

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Ken I’Anson • Progressive Technologies

2008

• Holger Polanetzki • MTU Aero Engines