Pioneer Award

Congratulations to the IOR 2024 Pioneer Award Recipients

Varadarajan Dwarakanath

Varadarajan Dwarakanath

Baojun Bai

Baojun Bai

Mojdeh Delshad

Mojdeh Delshad

Stephane Jouenne

Stephane Jouenne

IOR 2024 Pioneer Awards Committee

Randy Seright, New Mexico Tech, Chair

Bob Enick, University of Pittsburgh

Rick Hutchins, Gel Solutions International

Gary Jerauld, BP Retired

Bill Rossen, Delft University Emeritus


Past Pioneers

2022

Torsten Clemens
Russell T. Johns
Clarence A. Miller
Tadeusz W. Patzek

2020

Dr. Paul L. Bondor
Jill S. Buckley
Robert M. Enick
Clayton J. Radke

2018

Anil K. Ambastha
Tor Austad
M.R. Fassihi
Gary Jerauld
Sunil Kokal
Patrick McGuire

2016

Richard Donald Hutchins
Sadanand D. Joshi
Jenn-Tai Liang
Lanny Schoeling
Ali A. Yousef

2014

Dr. Betty Felber
Dr. S.A. (Raj) Mehta
Dr. Karl Miller
Dr. Ahmad Moradi
Dr. Norman R. Morrow

2012

Chun Huh
Brij Maini
Malcom Pitts
Bill Rossen

2010

Jeff Jones
Dr. R. Gordon Moore
Demin Wang
David Zornes

2008

Dr. Dwight L. Dauben
Dr. Kishore K. Mohanty
Dr. Randall Scott Seright
Dr. Kenneth S. Sorbie
Dr. Michael R. Todd

2006

Jae H. Bae
Don W. Green
Hossein Kazemi
Franklin M. Orr
Gary A. Pope

2004

Phillip J. Closmann
Harry Surkalo
G. Paul Willhite

2002

Howard Ferrell
S.M. Farouq Ali
W.L. ‘Bill’ Martin
George L. Stegemeier
W.C. ‘Carey’ Hardy

2000

Bob Barnett
Larry W. Lake
Richard ‘Dick’ Nelson
Burton ‘Burt’ B. Sandiford

1998

William E. Brigham
C. Robert Fast
George J. Hirasaki
Thomas K. Perkins

1996

Robert S. Schechter
Lowell R. Smith
Ben Sloat
Fred J. Stalkup

1994

J.C. Melrose
Necmettin Mungan

1992

Ted R. Blevins
R.C. Earlougher
Henry J. Ramey Jr.
Arlie M. Skov

1990

W. Barney Gogarty
John P. Heller
Joseph J. Taber

1988

E.R. Brownscombe
Elmond L. Claridge
H.R. Froning
R.L. Reed

1986

Robert J. Blackwell
Ben H. Caudle
Lincoln F. Elkins
Claude R. Hocott
Michael Prats

1984

Francis R. Conley
Lloyd E. Elkins
Ted M. Geffen
L.W. Holm
Howard A. Koch Jr.
Fred H. Poettmann
R. Vincent Smith
P.L. Terwilliger
L.W. Welch Jr.
Philip D. White

2020 IOR Pioneer Awards Video