Denver X-ray conference awards

During the plenary session of the 65^th Annual Denver X-Ray Conference, the following awards were presented. The 2016 Birks Award was presented to Alan C. Huber, Amptek, Inc., and Jacob (Nate) Sherman (awarded posthumously). The 2016 Robert L. Snyder Student Travel Awards were given to the following nine students; Valentina Aguilar, Quan Kuang, Yifeng Ling, Lara Maldanis, Scott McCormack, Adelita Mendoza, Sixberth Mlowe, Jing Zhang, He Zhang. The 2016 Hanawalt Award was presented to Matteo Leoni and Paolo Scardi, University di Trento, Trento, Italy. Dr. Leoni was present to receive the award. Dr. Scardi accepted his award and presented his Hanawalt Award Lecture at the XTOP2016 Conference, Brno, Czech Republic, 4-8 September 2016. The 2016 Jerome B. Cohen Student Award did not have a recipient. For further information, visit the Web page, http://www.dxcicdd.com/