The Michael Garvey Award

The award is presented every year at Furnace Solutions for the best paper. It is presented in memory of Michael Garvey

Sponsored by Guardian Industries

Michael died in a climbing accident in 2008. He was 27 years old. I recruited Michael as a summer intern at our DeWitt, Iowa plant where he got what can only be described as “rave reviews” from the team there.  After he completed his Master’s he joined our Carleton, Michigan facility and then moved to work for me in our Glass Technology Group in Carleton. Michael worked on a wide range of projects and with all levels of the company. He was an extremely motivated, dedicated and technically gifted glass technologist.
He moved back to the UK and was a key member of the Goole process team and quickly earned their respect.
Michael presented a paper at FS-3 and made a very good impression on the audience and members of the MTC. This award is indeed sponsored by Guardian, but it came about thanks to Chris Windle, Geoff Evans and the other members of the MTC and shows the “people matter” side of the SGT.
Michael cared about everything he did and everyone he worked with.

Winners 2025 FS19

 The Michael Garvey Award was won by joint winners Paul Bingham Hallam University 
and Alessandro Monteforte K2-CO₂

Previous Winners

FS18 2024  Fabrice Fasilow from AGC
FS17 2023  Sven Roger Kahl from Ardagh
FS16 2022 Lara Edison from Encirc
FS15 2021 Rob Ireson from Glass Futures
FS     2020 Covid19 No award
FS14 2019 Ms Burcin Gul from Sisecam
FS13 2018 Giorgio Minestrini STARA Glass
FS12 2017 Tunc Goruney from Sisecam
FS11 2016 Stuart Hakes from FIC UK
FS10 2015 Joaquin de Diego Rincon of Praxair
FS9 2014 Erik Muijsenberg Glass Service INC Czech Rep
FS8 2013 Trevor Wilson DSF
FS7 2012 Wolfgang Cieleback  Ardagh Germany