Award of Excellence for Best Seminar Paper

Background:

The Award was established through an anonymous donation by an ISASI member who wished to acknowledge a paper at the annual seminar that made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of technical methodologies in aircraft accident investigation. The Award of Excellence for the Best Paper presented at the annual ISASI Seminar was established at the September 2005 International Council Meeting. The first award was made in 2006. The Excellence selection carries a US$500 prize. The Award is judged on applicability to the seminar theme, oral presentation, graphic support of the paper, and presentation within the time allotted.

Awards:

The following Award papers can be accessed on this ISASI web site from the Members Only tab and follow the Publications sub tab.

Displaying the Award of Excellence plaque presented by ISASI President Frank Del Gandio are, left to right, Michael Purcell, Michael Kutzleb, Del Gandio, and Olivier Ferrante.

2013 Award
Learning from Past Experiences
Capt. Harry Nelson, Airbus’s executive operational advisor for product safety.

2011 Award
AF447 Underwater Search and Recovery Operations A Shared Government-Industry Process
By Olivier Ferrante (BEA), Michael Kutzleb (Phoenix International), and Michael Purcell (WHOI)

Dr. Guan Wen-Lin, Frank Del Gandio, Christope Menez

2010 Award—ISASI 2010 Sapporo, Japan—ISASI Forum 2010 Oct/Dec issue, page 18
Close Cooperation in Investigations Has Improved Technical Partnership
By Dr. Guan Wen-Lin, Director of the investigation lab, Aviation Safety Council, Taiwan, and Christophe Menez, Head of the Engineering Department., Bureau d`Enquêtes et d`Analyses, France

2009 Award—ISASI 2009 Orlando, Florida—ISASI Forum 2009 Oct/Dec issue, page 20
Closing the Loop on the System Safety Process: The Human Factors Intervention Matrix (HFIX)
By Dr. Scott Shappell, Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, S.C. and Dr. Douglas Wiegmann, Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.

2008 Award—ISASI 2008 Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada—ISASI Forum 2009 Jan/Mar issue, page 6
DHC–6 Twin Otter Accident off the Coast of Moorea, French Polynesia
By Alain Bouillard, Investigator–in–Charge, Special Advisor to the BEA (Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation civile) and Arnaud Desjardin, Safety Investigator, BEA Engineering Department

2007 Award—ISASI 2007 Singapore—ISASI Forum 2007 Oct/Dec issue, page 4
International Cooperation and Challenges: Understanding Cross-cultural Issues
By Wen–Chin Li, Hong–Tsu Young, Thomas Wang, and Don Harris, Alain Bouillard and Arnaud Desjardin

2006 Award—ISASI 2006 Cancun, Mexico—ISASI Forum 2007 Jan/Mar issue, page 4
Appling Learned Investigation Lessons Anew
By Stéphane Corcos and Alain Agnesetti, BEA
(Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile)

2005 Award—ISASI 2005 Fort Worth, Texas
Wet Runway Operations
By Capt. Mohan Ranganathan