ICNDT Awards

Since the 15th WCNDT in Rome, 2000, special recognition has been given to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service in their contributions to the various sectors of Non-Destructive Testing. As of now there are 5 awards each named after respected figures in the field of NDT. In addition, Honorary Memberships are also awarded during each WCNDT.

  • Roentgen Award

    Given for major contributions to the science and technology of NDT

  • Pawlowski Award

    Given for major contributions to promotion of NDT internationally

  • Havercroft Award

    Given for major contributions to NDT education, training and certification

  • Sokolov Award

    Given for major contributions to NDT research

  • ICNDT Young Achiever Award

    Given for achievement of young people under 35 in NDT

Please see below for a full list of all award recipients and runners up.

WCNDT No. Date Venue Award Winners
20th 27-31 May, 2024 INCHEON, Korea Roentgen Award Dr. Shant Kenderian
Pawlowski Award Dr. David Gilbert
Havercroft Award The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT)
Sokolov Award Prof. Roman Maev
Young Achiever Award Dr. Misty Haith and Dr. Hogeon Seo
19th 13-17 June, 2016 MUNICH, Germany Roentgen Award Prof. Tony Dunhill
Runners-up: NPO Energomash
Pawlowski Award Dr. Mike Farley
Runners-up: Prof. Vjera Krstelj, Dr. Makoto Ochiai, Dr. Vasily Sukhorukov
Havercroft Award Mr. Roger Lyon
Runners-up: Prof. Anatoly Gourvich
Sokolov Award Prof. Hermann Wüstenberg
Runners-up: Profs. Bruce Drinkwater and Paul Wilcox, and Valentin Kaloshin
Young Achiever Award Alexander Machikhin
Runners-up: Katy Milne
18th 16-20 April, 2012 DURBAN, South Africa Roentgen Award Profs. Peter Cawley and Michael Lowe (combined nomination); and Prof. Teruo Kishi
Pawlowski Award Mr. Douglas J Marshall
Havercroft Award Mr. Patrick Fallouey and Dr. Hajime Hatano (combined nomination)
Sokolov Award Prof. Chris Scruby
Young Achiever Award Dr. Alexey Efimov and Mr. Christopher Lane
17th 25-28 October, 2008 SHANGHAI, China Roentgen Award Prof. Vladimir L. Chakhlov
Runners-up: CIVA, the NDT simulation software; V Vengrinovich, V Artemiev
Pawlowski Award Tony Sonneveld and Gerhardt Aufricht
Runners-up: Xu Yongchang
Havercroft Award Z S Nikiforova, S A Popoudina, S I Zinovjeva and V V Levkovich
Runners-up: Nadezhda P. Biryukova
Sokolov Award Dr. Rong Seng Geng
Runners-up: Eduard S Gorkunov
Young Achiever Award Andrei Evgenievich
16th 31 Aug - 3 Sep, 2004 MONTREAL, Canada Roentgen Award Research Institute of Introscopy - JSC MSIA "Spectrum"
Runners-up: Tecnatom; Ewert/Redmer (BAM)
Pawlowski Award Giuseppe Nardoni
Runners-up: John Zirnhelt
Education, Training & Certification Award John Zirnhelt
Sokolov Award Dr. Baldev Raj
Runners-up: Anatoli Gourvich
Young Achiever Award Anish Kumar
Runners-up: Philippe Rubbers
15th 15-21 October, 2000 ROME, Italy Roentgen Award The American Society for NDT (ASNT)