Awards and Honors

AWARDS AND HONORS IN THE FIELDS OF RELATIVITY AND COSMOLOGY:

Recipient of a NASA grant in the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics program (1999-2001). Awarded for theoretical work in General Relativity geometrically relating electromagnetism and gravitation and designing an experiment to detect predicted effects.  Contract for $100,000 for the study “Search for Effects of an Electrostatic Potential on Clocks in the Frame of Reference of a Charged Particle.” The proposal submission was peer-reviewed by a committee of scientists from National Labs and Academia. The research was completed and published. Dr.

Mensa Colloquium 2006: Revolution in Cosmology – Oct. 6-8, 2006, Albany NY. Ringermacher created and hosted this event.  Speakers included: Brian Greene (Columbia U.), Lee Smolin (Perimeter Inst., Canada), Jeremiah Ostriker (Princeton U.), Vera Rubin (Carnegie Inst.). There were 320 registered and paid attendees for a selfsupported non-profit conference.

Washington University Magazine, Winter, 2004: Washington University Magazine published an interview article in the Winter 2004 issue celebrating Dr. Ringermacher’s love of Physics and his eclectic interests and activities in that regard.

Awards and Honors in Nondestructive Testing:

Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing
Dr. Ringermacher named a Fellow of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing in 2010.

United Technologies Research Center Special Achievement Award
Dr. Ringermacher received the United Technologies Research Center Special Achievement Award for “Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Science and Technology” 1987.

UTRC Special Achievement Award
United Technologies Research Center Special Achievement Award for “Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of Science and Technology” 1995.

United Technologies Research Center nomination for UTRC Fellow award
United Technologies Research Center nomination for UTRC Fellow award, 1996.

Technical Achievement Award for Advances in Thermal Imaging American Society of Nondestructive Testing
American Society of Nondestructive Testing, 2001 Annual Technical Achievement Award for Advances in Thermal Imaging.

Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Session Chair for Laser NDE and TeraHertz Imaging
Chairman, Laser NDE / TeraHertz Sessions of 1987-present Annual Meetings on “Progress in Quantitative NDE.”

NRC Research Fellowship Program (1980-1981)
NRC Research Fellowship Program (1980-1981).Ringermacher, H.I.; Heyman, J.S.

Mensa Education and Research Foundation Copper Black Award for Advances in Thermal Imaging 2003
The Mensa Foundation has named Dr. Harry Ringermacher of Delanson, New York the winner of the 2003 Copper Black Award. The Copper Black Award is presented annually to the Mensa member who has made the most outstanding creative achievement during the year. Ringermacher’s work in transient infrared imaging technology has revolutionized the thermal imaging field.

Mensa Education and Research Foundation Copper Black Award for Creative Achievement in Advancements in Digital X-Ray Technology 2007
This is Dr. Ringermacher’s second time winning the Copper Black Award.

Los Alamos Graduate Fellow
Los Alamos Summer Graduate Fellow (1969-1971). Research was performed in low-temperature physics under Drs. E. F. Hammel and W. E. Keller
studying the superfluid properties of liquid helium films. Also, engineering assistance was provided in improving the flow characteristics of liquid hydrogen in a hydrogen flow-loop target for the Los Alamos Meson Facility.

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Guest Editor
Guest Editor, Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation, special issue on “Advances in Laser Ultrasonics,” Vol. 9 (Dec. 1990).

Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation Editorial Board
Editorial Board of Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation (1992-present).

ASNT Journal, Research in Nondestructive Evaluation Editorial Board
Commissioned to serve on the editorial board of The American Society for Nondestructive Testing Journal, “Research in Nondestructive Evaluation”
from 1992 through present.

American Academy of Thermology, “Sir William Herschel Medal”, for Lifetime Achievement in Thermal Imaging
American Academy of Thermology, “Sir William Herschel Medal”, for Lifetime Achievement in Thermal Imaging (2005)