L. Ike Ezekoye to Receive Zamrik Medal

L. Ike Ezekoye to Receive Zamrik Medal L. Ike Ezekoye to Receive Zamrik Medal L. Ike Ezekoye to Receive Zamrik Medal L. Ike Ezekoye, PE, PhD ASME Life Fellow L. Ike Ezekoye, PE, PhD, will receive the 2015 S.Y. Zamrik PVP Medal on July 22 during the ASME Pressure Vessels Piping (PVP) Conference in Boston, Mass. The conference will take place July 19-25 at the Boston Park Plaza. Established as the Pressure Vessel and Piping Medal in 1980, the award was renamed the S.Y. Zamrik PVP Medal in 2010. The highest award given by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (PVPD), the medal is bestowed for outstanding contributions in the field of pressure vessel and piping technology including, but not limited to, research. Dr. Ezekoye, a consulting engineer, is being recognized for providing numerous services to ASME including Codes and Standards, and the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division; for long-term contributions to the PVPD Operations, Applications and Components Technical Committee; and for significant contributions to the design, analysis and maintenance of valves in nuclear power plants worldwide. A recognized authority on valves and related components, Ezekoye began his engineering career at Rockwell Manufacturing Co., where he rose quickly from a valve design engineer for the power industry to the position of research engineer within the valve engineering research (VER) department. At VER, he researched innovative valve design concepts and performed flow testing to determine their performance characteristics. He later joined the Westinghouse Water Reactor Division, where he spent most of his 30-year professional advancing the design and application of valves in nuclear power plants and the evaluation of valve failures. Since retiring from Westinghouse, Ezekoye has provided valve consulting services to Westinghouse Electric Co. in valve design and applications associated with launching of AP1000 nuclear power plants worldwide, supporting existing commercial nuclear power plant upgrades, and supporting the resolution of equipment reliability issues. A longtime member of the ASME, Ezekoye has served as secretary, vice chair and chair of the PVPD Operations, Applications and Components (OAC) Committee. He has organized, chaired and co-chaired many technical sessions, and served as an associate editor of the Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology. He is currently a member of PVPD Professional Development Committee. A licensed professional engineer, Ezekoye was named an ASME Fellow in 2000 and became an ASME Life Fellow in 2007. He received the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2004.