Hunter Levan is undoubtedly one of the brightest young engineers in the niche thermal processing industry of aluminum brazing. He helps to produce some of the most complicated, custom, one-of-a-kind brazed aluminum heat exchangers for some of the world's most prominent companies.

Hunter's knowledge and experience rival that of others who have been in the industry twice as long. A very pleasant individual to work with, he has been a part of installing, validating, and successfully operating the world’s largest vacuum aluminum brazing furnace over the past three years. This increased the maximum size of the company's product by 50 percent and allowed Chart Industries to have a competitive advantage in the cryogenic gas processing market. The installation of the new furnace was completed on time and under budget.

Nominated by: Ipsen, USA