HONORARY MEMBERS (2006)
Alva L. Addy
For a lifetime of internationally distinguished research in fluid dynamics and national advocacy of quality and innovation in engineering education; and for more than two decades of superb leadership of a nationally recognized academic department.
James R. Welty
For outstanding technical accomplishments in the area of fluidized bed research, highly regarded textbooks and publication record, impressive credentials as a teacher and extensive service to ASME.
Ward O. Winer
For over 40 years of research and leadership in the science and engineering of tribology; for innovative leadership in mechanical engineering education at Georgia Institute of Technology, as well as fostering interdisciplinary programs in bioengineering and paper science and technology; and for the advancement of international programs in mechanical engineering and nuclear radiological engineering.
ASME MEDALIST (2006)
R. J. Goldstein
For pioneering and distinguished accomplishments in the field of heat transfer with applications to air-breathing engines, and his many contributions to the broad field of mechanical engineering.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS (2006)
BERGLES-ROHSENOW YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD IN HEAT TRANSFER
Wilson K. S. Chiu
For research in computational and experimental heat transfer, particularly chemical vapor deposition systems.
PER BRUEL GOLD MEDAL FOR NOISE CONTROL AND ACOUSTICS
Cyril M. Harris
For outstanding contributions to the acoustical design of concert halls, opera houses and theatres; and for authoring a series of seminal handbooks that provide educators and practitioners with design methods for noise and vibration control.
DANIEL C. DRUCKER MEDAL
Alan Needleman
For seminal contributions in the area of nonlinear mechanical response and failure of solids, structures and materials.
THOMAS A. EDISON PATENT AWARD
Charles Alexander Garris
For the invention of a pressure exchanging ejector that pioneers a novel energy transfer process with the potential to save energy and reduce the environmental impact of a wide range of energy-intensive technologies.
WILLIAN T. ENNOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AWARD
Jyotirmoy Mazumder
For pioneering leadership in the commercialization of laser-aided manufacturing, including the closed loop direct metal deposition process through which functional components can be made directly from the computer-aided design rendering.
FLUIDS ENGINEERING AWARD
Wolfgang A. Rodi
For your groundbreaking contributions to “Fluids Engineering through the Development and Application of Turbulence Models over the past 30 years, including your Algebraic Stress and Reynolds Stress Models”, which have greatly advanced accurate computations of practical fluids engineering problems.
FREEMAN SCHOLAR AWARD
Promode R. Bandyopadhyay
For his application entitled, “Biorobotics: Implementing Swimming and Flying in Nature in to Engineering”
Y.C. FUNG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Beth A. Winkelstein
For outstanding bioengineering research, particularly current efforts to identify biomechanical determinants for prolonged painful responses.
HENRY LAURENCE GANTT MEDAL
Charla K. Wise
For distinguished achievements in management, and for service to society and the community.
MELVIN R. GREEN CODES AND STANDARDS MEDAL
J. Robert Sims, Jr.
For exemplary leadership in the advancement of ASME codes and standards, including the technical development of new ASME standards and services for the industrial sector and promoting the global recognition of ASME.
HEAT TRANSFER MEMORIAL AWARD
SCIENCE
Arun Majumdar
For pioneering contributions to micro-nano scale heat transfer research and education, and for outstanding services to the ASME Heat Transfer Division.
ART
C. Thomas Avedisian
For significant advances in the understanding of complex thermal processes associated with fluids in the metastable state, thermal processes in droplet combustion, and impingement of droplets and jets at solid surfaces.
GENERAL
Kambiz Vafai
For outstanding contributions to and leadership in research on convection in porous media, convection in enclosed fluids, and flat-shaped heat pipes.
MAYO D. HERSEY AWARD
Koji Kato
For innovative contributions to tribology, ranging from fundamental science to useful applications; for significantly impacting the education of tribologists; and for effectively fostering international cooperation.
SOICHIRO HONDA MEDAL
David E. Foster
For contributions to research in particle formation, mixing and oxidation in diesel engine combustion, including seminal contributions to homogeneous charge compression ignition engine combustion as affected by fuels and engine operating conditions; and for significant public service at the national level and efforts in educating engineers on an international level.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AWARD
N. Richard Dunteman
For technical leadership in the design, development and application of one of the most popular locomotive engines for clients worldwide; and for pioneering work in developing the AC drive diesel electric locomotive.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC. MEDAL
Abel Hernandez-Guerrero
For tireless dedication to improving cross-cultural understanding, particularly between the U.S. and Mexico, through the founding of and continued involvement in a unique short-term exchange program between the University of Guanajuato in Mexico and Texas A&M University.
WARNER T. KOITER MEDAL
Pierre Suquet
For pioneering work in elastoplasticity, homogenization theory and numerical methods; and contributions to the applied mechanics community through various leadership positions.
FRANK KREITH ENERGY AWARD
Roland Winston
For pioneering and developing a fundamentally new branch of applied optics called nonimaging optics, which revolutionized the understanding, design and impact of solar concentrators, and led to the design of a variety of practical devices.
JAMES N. LANDIS MEDAL
Harold R. Denton
For accomplishments in reactor regulation, licensing, and construction during his long tenure at the Nuclear Regulatory Commissions’ Reactor Regulation Branch, his demonstrated leadership in safety and performance for a large percentage of today’s U.S. nuclear power generation, and for his threat assessment and community responsiveness in the aftermath of Three Mile Island.
BERNARD F. LANGER NUCLEAR CODES AND STANDARDS AWARD
Warren H. Bamford
For outstanding leadership in the incorporation of linear elastic fracture mechanics in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section XI as a means for pressure boundary flaw acceptance in nuclear power plants.
GUSTUS L. LARSON AWARD
Narayana R.V. Aluru
For outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering within ten to twenty years following graduation
H. R. LISSNER MEDAL
Peter A. Torzilli
For outstanding achievements in the study of mechanics, solute transport and mechanobiology of normal and injured articular cartilage, and biomechanics of the knee and shoulder; as well as mentoring of young bioengineers and dedicated service to ASME (Presentation at the 2006 Summer Bioengineering ConferenceAmelia Island, Florida, June 21-25, 2006)
MACHINE DESIGN AWARD
Itzhak Green
For outstanding achievements and dedication to excellence in design education, innovation, service and research, including cumulative and sustained contributions to analysis, experimental verification, and modeling of machines and triboelements.
CHARLES T. MAIN STUDENT SECTION AWARD
GOLD
Adeodato I. Botello-Arredondo
For outstanding leadership as chair of the ASME Student Section at the Universidad de Guanajuato at Salamanca, and his tireless effort to promote the Society’s objectives.
SILVER
Amanda M. Thomas
For dedicated and distinguished service to ASME and the Virginia Tech Student Section over a four-year period; for fostering the spirit of service and cooperation within the Society; and for a deep commitment to supporting K-12 activities, professional development, environmental responsibility and diversity.
M. EUGENE MERCHANT MANUFACTURING MEDAL OF ASME/SME
Yoram Koren
For outstanding contributions to the science, education and practice of manufacturing through innovations in reconfigurable manufacturing systems, robotics and manufacturing system control; and for establishing reconfigurable manufacturing as a worldwide scientific discipline..
VAN C. MOW MEDAL
Robert L. Sah
For outstanding accomplishments in research on the bioengineering of joints and cartilage, and the application of basic knowledge to regenerative therapy; and contributions to bioengineering. Community, through education, mentoring and service.
NADAI MEDAL
Richard M. Christensen
For outstanding contributions to mechanics of materials and heterogeneous media, theory of viscoelasticity, properties of polymers and non-Newtonian rheology, and wave propagation..
BURT L. NEWKIRK AWARD
Mitjan Kalin
For significant research and development contributions in tribology of mechanical systems.
OLD GUARD YOUNG ENGINEERS AWARD
WINNER
Catherine Q. Lengsfeld
For outstanding and dedicated service within ASME for nearly nine consecutive years, demonstrated professional success and consistent devotion to her profession.
RUNNER-UP
Timo Marquez Arreaza
For leadership in increasing the importance and awareness of the area of sustainable development in the context of engineering, societal impacts of technology and youth engagement, and for continuing professional development resulting in high professional accomplishment.
RUFUS OLDENBURGER MEDAL
J. Karl Hedrick
For seminal contributions to nonlinear estimation and control; and pioneering work on vehicle dynamics and control which has significantly influenced dynamicists, control theorists and engineers worldwide.
PERFORMANCE TEST CODES MEDAL
John W. Siegmund
For four decades of exemplary dedication to ASME Performance Test Codes activities, including the development of the Handbook on Water Technology for Thermal Power Systems.
MARSHALL B. PETERSON AWARD
Nicolas Fillot
For pioneering research concerning wear and solid lubrication, from the point of view of modeling individual third body particle behavior, to contribute to a better explanation and utilization of existing methodologies for wear prediction.
PI TAU SIGMA GOLD MEDAL
Nicholas Fang
For outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years of graduation.
JAMES HARRY POTTER GOLD MEDAL
Richard O. Buckius
For outstanding and innovative contributions in the areas of thermodynamics education through the authoring of textbooks and highly effective teaching; and in research through scholarship in the fields of thermodynamics of heat transfer, energy and combustion systems.
PRESSURE VESSEL AND PIPING MEDAL
Michel J. Pettigrew
For significant contributions as an engineer, researcher, and teacher in the field of pressure vessel and piping technology, particularly for advancing state-of-the art development of flow-induced vibration technology with emphasis on two-phase flows and vibration damage caused by fretting wear, and for influence and achievements within the profession and technical community internationally.
DIXY LEE RAY AWARD
Richard Pombo
For the promotion of peer-reviewed scientific and engineering information in initiating, fostering and completing legislation dealing with the environment in general and endangered species in particular.
CHARLES RUSS RICHARDS MEMORIAL AWARD
Ramesh K. Agarwal
For outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering twenty years or more following graduation.
RALPH COATS ROE MEDAL
Bernard Amadei
For founding Engineers Without Borders-USA and for pioneering an innovative educational program that couples engineering education and professional practice with the needs of humanity and the natural environment to fulfill the organization’s service vision.
SAFETY CODES AND STANDARDS MEDAL
Herschell E. Godwin, Jr.
For more than 20 years of significant contributions to the art of elevator and escalator engineering, including writing A17 Safety Codes and chairing the B44.1/A17.5 Elevator and Escalator Electrical Equipment Standard Committee.
R. TOM SAWYER AWARD
Erio Benvenuti
For support of the International Gas Turbine Institute activities and as a distinguished leader in gas turbine and turbomachinery technology development including advanced design and experimental analysis, as a mentor of high integrity to young engineers, and as an advocate for safe, efficient gas turbine design and operation.
BEN C. SPARKS MEDAL
Alok K. Verma
For outstanding leadership in mechanical engineering technology education, including a high level of scholarly activity, dedicated service to ASME, significant contributions to programs and curriculum development, and the promotion of a strong relationship between mechanical engineering technology and mechanical engineering programs.
RUTH AND JOEL SPIRA OUTSTANDING DESIGN EDUCATOR AWARD
John S. Lamancusa
For significant contributions as the co-developer and director of the Learning Factory at Penn State, which integrates design, manufacturing and business realities into the engineering curriculum through real projects and a state-of-the-art, hands-on learning laboratory.
STUDENT SECTION ADVISOR AWARD
Debendra K. Das
For 14 years of devoted service as the ASME Student Section Advisor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, mentoring students and promoting ASME activities and continued involvement in the Society.
J. HALL TAYLOR MEDAL
Thomas P. Pastor
For distinguished leadership and professionalism in the technical development of ASME codes and standards for boiler and pressure vessels; and for engineering expertise in the design and inspection of pressure equipment.
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD
Sia Nemat-Nasser
For distinguished contributions as a world leader in the art of experimental, theoretical and computational applied mechanics, including biomimetic multifunctional materials.
TIMOSHENKO MEDAL
Kenneth L. Johnson
For pioneering research and innovative experiments in the area of contact and adhesive mechanics; and for contributions to the understanding of and providing practical solutions for issues pertinent to the railroad industry.
YERAM S. TOULOUKIAN AWARDS
Johanna Levelt Sengers
For advancing the theoretical understanding of thermodynamics of pure fluids and mixtures near critical points, and for applying that understanding to improve practical predictions and correlations of thermodynamic properties for industrial processes and electrical power cycles.
FRANK VON FLUE AWARD
William F. Ranson, III
For providing outstanding lifelong learning programs for the University of South Carolina, ASME and the mechanical engineering community through dedication and leadership as an educator, administrator and researcher.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE MEDAL
GOLD
Ben T. Zinn
For outstanding contributions to low-emissions combustor development and improved understanding of unsteady combustion phenomenon in power generating combustion devices, and for his collaborative approached to fundatmental research that has lead to practical solutions, which have had a substanstive impact on industry and the practice of engineering.
LITERATURE AWARDS (2006)
BLACKALL MACHINE TOOL & GAGE AWARD
Y Lawrence Yao
I. Cevdet Noyan
Wenwu Zhang
For the paper, “Microscale Laser Shock Peening of Thin Films, Parts 1 and 2”
GAS TURBINE AWARD
Ivor J. Day
Christopher Freeman
Thomas Scarinci
For the paper “Passive Control of Combustion Instability in a Low Emissions Aeroderivative Gas Turbine”
MELVILLE MEDAL
Raj M. Manglik
Juntao Zhang
Additive Adsorption and Interfacial Characteristics of Nucleate Pool Boiling in Aqueous surfactant Solutions.
WORCESTER REED WARNER MEDAL
James G. Simmonds
For seminal contributions to the linear and nonlinear theory of plates and shells, and an extensive body of expository journal publications and books on solid mechanics and applied mathematics.
ARTHUR L. WILLISTON MEDAL
FIRST
Tyler E. Schnug
For the paper, “The Future Direction of ASME”.
SECOND
Amanda M. Thomas
For the paper, “Survival of Engineering Professional Societies.”
THIRD
Joy K. Adjorlolo
For the paper, “The Professional Society For Early Career Engineers." | 
