IPCE Conference Awards

Five prestigious internationally recognized honors are given at the biennial International Pipeline Conference. These awards are very well recognized amongst the Pipeliner community. Individuals who have obtained these honors have demonstrated significant contributions to the pipeline industry.

Each winner is carefully selected by a nomination committee who thoroughly reviews each application. Selection of the winners is a usually a highly competitive process, typically leading to a very challenging decision for the final winner among high caliber candidates. The winners will be honored throughout the conference including an invitation to an exclusive ASME Dinner, a letter and memento. The Distinguished Lecturer has been awarded since 2012, the Lifetime Achievement Honor since 2016 and the Young Pipeline Professional Honor since 2018.

We encourage you to review the honor details below and solicit nominations (even self) for the awards. If you are unsure or would like some guidance, please email Kim Miceli at micelik@asme.org. If you have a name suggestion for a particular award, feel free to send a note to Kim Miceli.

Distinguished Lecturer:

Winner: Dr. Thomas Bubenik;
Nominator: Tara Podnar McMahan

Lifetime Achievement:

Winner: Dr. Joe Zhou;
Nominator: Jennifer Klementis

Business Excellence Award:

Winner: Shawn Laughlin
Nominator: Molly Laughlin Doran

Young Pipeliner Award:

Winner: Dr. Jialin Sun
Nominator: Dr. Sherif Hassanien

GPA 2024 Winner:

The TransMountain Pipeline Expansion Project

Global Pipeline Award (GPA) Finalists:

Management of Circumferential and Off-axis Cracking with Magnetic-based Micron ILI Technology for Oil and Gas Pipelines, Novitech

Sustainable Management and Control of Integrity Risks in a Complex Environment: KP-235 - Early Landslide Warning System: Leveraging a Dynamic Model for Assessing Landslide Threats, Ocensa

PipeSentry Suite of Products, Pipesense

MFL-A and MFL-C Data Fusion – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Elevate the Reliability of ILI Metal Loss Integrity Assessments to a New Level, Based on 3-Dimensional Corrosion Profiles, Rosen