The Technical Fabrication Contest was founded in 2012 and honors technicians who fabricate a particular device in each year’s contest guidelines. Entrees are submitted for presentation at the AOPA National Assembly encouraging students, practitioners, and technicians to display their outstanding devices. The fabricators are given free rein in terms of final shape and cosmetic finishing and must include a description specifying the issues addressed in the design of the device. Devices are displayed during the AOPA National Assembly and winners are announced during the annual business meeting.
AOPA OPTA Technical Fabrication Contest Winners
2019 Technical Fabrication Contest – Below knee prosthesis
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Michael Stull Practitioner Runner-up, Dennis Haun Technician 1st Place, Matt Hierstetter Technician Runner-up, Chris Koressel Student 1st Place, Dustin McBride Student Runner-up, Michael Brandon
2019 Technical Fabrication Contest – Articulating AFO
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Brian Demain Practitioner Runner-up, Dennis Haun Technician 1st Place, Matt Hierstetter Student 1st Place, Wesley Fong Student Runner-up, Sachin Kawankar
2018 Technical Fabrication Contest – Below knee prosthesis
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Loren Schubert Practitioner Runner-up, Tony Ward Technician 1st Place, Ramen Landon Technician Runner-up, Desmond Cook Student 1st Place, Mackinley Burrell Student Runner-up, Molly Jeffers
2018 Technical Fabrication Contest – Articulating AFO
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Anton Kruglov Practitioner Runner-up, K0ji Duncan Technician 1st Place, Ramen Landon Technician Runner-up, Desmond Cook Student 1st Place, Robert Hinks Student Runner-up, Wesley Fong
2017 Technical Fabrication Contest – Below knee prosthesis
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Pankaj Sinha, CPO Practitioner Runner-up, Tony Ward, CPO Technician 1st Place, Darrell Johnston, CTO Technician Runner-up, Christopher Meyer Student 1st Place, Matt Mausner Student Runner-up, Andrew Maurer
2017 Technical Fabrication Contest – Articulating AFO
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Anton Kruglov, CPO Practitioner Runner-up, Wes Golay Technician 1st Place, Darrell Johnston, CTO Technician Runner-up, Steven Werkheiser Student 1st Place, Zach Golay Student Runner-up, Matthew Mausner
2016 Technical Fabrication Contest – Articulating AFO
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Rich Federman, CO Practitioner Runner-up, Aaron Norell, BOCO, BOCP, CO Technician 1st Place, Michael Brandon Technician Runner-up, Tim Cunningham Student 1st Place, Steve Daley Student Runner-up, Todd Nakano
2016 Technical Fabrication Contest – BK Socket & Foot
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Michael Stull, BOCP Practitioner Runner-up, Julianne Gupta, CPO Technician 1st Place, Darrin Snowden, CPA, CTP Technician Runner-up, Michael Brandon Student 1st Place, Ashley Rinck Student Runner-up, Allison Snooks
2015 Technical Fabrication Contest – Articulating AFO
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Tommy Coronado, CPOA Practitioner Runner-up, Brian DeMain, CPO Technician 1st Place, Dan Lopez, ROPT Technician Runner-up, Paul Mindenann Student 1st Place, Mary Walsh Student Runner-up, Kenneth O’Mera
2014 Technical Fabrication Contest – “Energy” Lower Extremity Prosthesis or Orthosis
Nicole Gibson
2013 Technical Fabrication Contest – Partial Foot Prosthosis
Category Recipient Practitioner 1st Place, Ferhan Maher Practitioner Runner-up, Mike Openshaw Technician 1st Place, Mark Scheibelhut Technician Runner-up, Don Pierson Student 1st Place, Vincenzo Demarinis Student Runner-up, Tanner Brogden School of the Year Francis Tuttle Technology Center People’s Choice Brian Killen & Yann Paitel
2012 Technical Fabrication Contest – BK Swim Prosthesis
Category Recipient Professional 1st Place, Joseph Young Professional 2nd Place, Chris Carlson Professional 3rd Place, Svetoslav Terziyski Student 1st Place, Malerie Turner Student 2nd Place, Michael Ruch Student 3rd Place, Tanner Brogden
