2025 Recipients
2025 Medal and Award Recipients
Congratulations to the following distinguished awardees for 2025.
To learn more about nominating an individual for an ASQ medal - go to https://asq.org/about-asq/asq-awards.
THERE WERE NO RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD FOR 2025.
GENE KIM
IT REVOLUTION, PORTLAND, OREGON, usa
"For creating a groundbreaking approach to organizational management with Wiring the Winning Organization, bringing together modern ways of working like lean, DevOps, and agile into one universal approach that leaders of any size organization can use to enable their employees to excel and their organizations to thrive."
THERE WERE NO RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD FOR 2025.
AHMAD ELSHENNAWY
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, USA
“For remarkable accomplishments, commitment, passion and drive for the quality field, as exemplified through his scholarly research and educational endeavors, his publications and advising his students’ research on the field of quality, his numerous presentations promoting quality and improvement, his excellent character, and his support and ongoing relationships with his students, colleagues and fellow professional society members.”
THERE WERE NO RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD FOR 2025.
JUAN DU
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (GUANGZHOU), GUANGDONG, CHINA
"For exhibiting exceptional leadership, professionalism, and potential in the field of quality control for complex multi-stage manufacturing systems at a young age; for research methodologies that have addressed the real-world manufacturing challenges for quality improvement via data analytics with significant impacts."
Denise E. Robitaille
SOUTHBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETS, USA
"In recognition of a distinguished career in developing and implementing auditing and quality management standards; for outstanding leadership within the ISO standards community, and for recognition by her peers and clients for significant contributions to improving quality management processes."
ELIZABETH A. CUDNEY
MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA
"For exemplary leadership in designing and delivering curriculum to meet evolving educational needs and preparing students with Quality 4.0 skills to excel in data-driven industries through flexible, project-based, and competency-based learning."
YUNSIK CHOI
MEREDITH COLLEGE, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, USA
"Nurses perception of a hospital’s process improvement on patient satisfaction, Quality Management Journal, 31:2, 77-101."
LAWRENCE D. FREDENDALL
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA, USA
"Nurses perception of a hospital’s process improvement on patient satisfaction, Quality Management Journal, 31:2, 77-101."
QASEM FANDEM
Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
“Qasem is a specialist in mechanical equipment and currently serves as the Quality Manager at the Aramco China Office. He has made significant contributions to enhancing quality and inspection services, including the development of patented inspection technologies, authoring papers and publications, creating quality performance indices, and advancing processes. His work also includes contributions to quality standards and procedures, as well as technical studies that led to major process improvements.”
THERE WERE NO RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD FOR 2025.
THERE WERE NO RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD FOR 2025.
ZIGMUND BLUVBAND
ALD Advanced Solutions Ltd., Bnei Brak, Israel
"For outstanding performance and significant contributions as an organizer, leader, and innovator in the field of quality and reliability management. This includes leadership in advocating advanced risk management principles, promoting quality both nationally and internationally, and developing, implementing, and sharing novel methodologies and tools."
BARRETT C. CRANER
BARRETT CRANER, CONSULTANT, POST FALLS, IDAHO, USA
"For conspicuous, consistent, and long-term effort to reach out to US and international industrial personnel while teaching and mentoring in Quality management, especially in Risk Management, Design Control, Auditing, and other topics relevant to the Quality Profession."
JIANJUN SHI
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ATLANDA, GEORGIA, USA
"For the invention and implementation of in-process quality improvement methodologies that integrate data science and systems theory to analyze in-process sensing data, enabling root cause diagnosis, automatic compensation, and defect prevention across the automotive, aerospace, steel mill, and semiconductor industries."
FUGEE TSUNG
HKUST, HONG KONG
"For pioneering advanced statistical process control, significantly improving industrial system quality, and demonstrating exceptional academic leadership and impactful mentorship."