HONORARY MEMBERS
Robert A. Bennett
For innovative leadership and outstanding accomplishments in the natural gas utilities industry; and for exemplary service to ASME as secretary-treasurer for over 20 years, including guiding the Society through transitional periods with financial challenges.
Nancy D. Fitzroy
For tireless efforts and lasting influence as an advocate of the mechanical engineering profession, particularly career-long mentoring of women and other underrepresented groups, dedicated service to the ASME Foundation, focused ASME leadership for strong links with industry, and technical excellence in the fields of fluid flow and heat transfer.
ASME MEDALIST
Frank E. Talke
For lifetime contributions to the understanding of the tribology and mechanics of magnetic recording disk and tape drives, for pioneering efforts in the development of color drop-on-demand inkjet printing technology, and for bridging academic and industrial research.
ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
BERGLES-ROHSENOW YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD IN HEAT TRANSFER
Laurent Pilon
For significant contributions to heat, mass and radiation transfer in foams, nanocomposite materials and biological systems.
DANIEL C. DRUCKER MEDAL
Thomas C. T. Ting
For significant contributions to the analyses of wave propagation in elastic-plastic materials and in nonlinear isotropic elastic solids, and for extending and consolidating Stroh formalism for anisotropic elastic materials and contributing to the analyses of composite materials and surface waves.
THOMAS A. EDISON PATENT AWARD
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou
For addressing the significant health problem of articular cartilage repair through the invention of a patented technology, the only implant used worldwide to treat focal cartilage lesions in the knee.
WILLIAM T. ENNOR AWARD
Chunghorng R. Liu
For seminal research on the integrity and fatigue performance of finish machined surfaces which led to significant economic, reliability and safety benefits for load-carrying components made of hardened steels.
FLUIDS ENGINEERING AWARD
Ching-Jen Chen
For contributions in computational fluid dynamics through the creation of the finite analytic method; and for promoting the engineering use of the turbulence model, exploring the effects of magnetic field on blood flows and pioneering the magnetic micro-pump design.
FREEMAN SCHOLAR AWARD
William K. George
For the paper “Is There an Asymptotic Effect of Initial and Upstream Conditions on Turbulence”.
Joseph C. Klewicki
For the paper "Reynolds Number Dependence and Scaling of the Turbulent Boundary Layer."
Y.C. FUNG YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
Gabriel A. Silva
For fundamental contributions to tissue engineering in the Central Nervous System.
MELVIN R. GREEN CODES AND STANDARDS MEDAL
Kenneth R. Balkey
For extraordinary leadership and tireless effort in advancing the acceptance of ASME codes and standards within the United States and internationally through workshops, meetings and enhanced coordination.
HEAT TRANSFER MEMORIAL AWARD
GENERAL
Lawrence A. Kennedy
For significant contributions to combustion, plasma and the thermal sciences, particularly to the fundamental understanding and applications of filtration combustion, non-equilibrium plasma, catalytic combustion and nano-structures.
ART
Leon R. Glicksman
For outstanding contributions to energy efficient buildings and to the establishment of scaleup principles and heat transfer mechanisms in fluidized beds.
SCIENCE
Gang Chen
For seminal theoretical and experimental contributions in the field of transport mechanisms at micro and nanometer scales, with applications to energy conversion devices; and pioneering work on nanoengineered materials with high and low thermal conductivities.
MAYO D. HERSEY AWARD
Leon M. Keer
For pioneering research and distinguished contributions in contact mechanics, particularly the modeling of surface interaction, friction, adhesion, wear and fracture of bodies under concentrated contacts, as well as crack initiation and rolling-contact fatigue.
PATRICK J. HIGGINS MEDAL
Morris Klimboff
For outstanding leadership as an innovator of new product consensus standards and model code development, and for extensive contributions to numerous technical specifications for plumbing products that protect the health and safety of the public.
HOLLEY MEDAL
David G. Lilley
For exemplary contributions to the development of the science and engineering of fire research, advancing the knowledge of fires, their growth, fire accident prediction and practical aspects of fire investigation, that has resulted in greater public safety and reliability from a wide range of fuels use and application.
SOICHIRO HONDA MEDAL
Robin Stuart Sharp
For seminal contributions to the understanding of road vehicle dynamics, including the stability and control of motorcycles, vehicle and tire vibrations, passive and active suspension system design, minimum time optimization of racecars, steering control, driver behavior and handling qualities, application of multibody modeling methods and tire modeling techniques.
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AWARD
Dionissios N. Assanis
For significant contributions as an educator, researcher and administrator in the field of internal combustion engines, particularly the development of a center of excellence for advanced studies and research, the development of combustion modeling and simulation techniques, and the sharing of research results through publications and presentations.
ASME JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER COMPANIES, INC. MEDAL
Klod Kokini
For an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, as evidenced in academic work and affiliations with professional associates, which has had a transformative impact on the discipline of engineering.
WARNER T. KOITER MEDAL
Richard D. James
For pioneering the modern vision of phase transformations and materials instabilities in solids, explaining how microstructures form and evolve, and demonstrating how to take advantage of this to design new active materials.
ROBERT E. KOSKI MEDAL
Nikolaus Wolfgang Backe
For leadership and distinguished contributions to fluid power and motion control, including the establishment of one of the world’s largest and renowned research laboratories in the field of fluid power. (2007)
Clifford R. Burrows
For outstanding and sustained contributions to research and education in the field of fluid power motion and control, many of which have benefited industry. (2008)
FRANK KREITH ENERGY AWARD
Ari Rabl
For more than three decades of outstanding and innovative research in diverse areas including solar ponds, concentrator optics, collector design, collector testing, radiation analysis, system design, and environmental impacts to quantify the benefits of solar energy.
JAMES N. LANDIS MEDAL
Dale E. Klein
For distinguished public service and eminent achievements in the advancement of nuclear power worldwide through education, research, and assurance of the safety and security of nuclear power plants; and for contributions to the formulation and execution of policy and plans for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons safety, and defense programs.
BERNARD F. LANGER NUCLEAR CODES AND STANDARDS AWARD
Christopher L. Hoffmann
For nearly three decades of distinguished contributions in the field of metallurgical engineering for the advancement of nuclear technologies, particularly research programs which advanced materials technology for nuclear reactor designs.
GUSTUS L. LARSON MEMORIAL AWARD
Ann Marie Sastry
For outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering within ten to twenty years following graduation.
H. R. LISSNER MEDAL
Noshir A. Langrana
For significant contributions to the growth of bioengineering and to the mission of ASME’s Bioengineering Division; and for work on spinal biomechanics, particularly the design and development of an artificial disc.
MACHINE DESIGN AWARD
Alexander H. Slocum
For breakthrough machinery designs and technologies that have extended the limits of machine-tools and systems, and for educating a generation of design engineers through landmark books and innovative teaching.
CHARLES T. MAIN STUDENT SECTION AWARD
GOLD
Vince D. Romanin
For four years of outstanding leadership in the University of Dayton’s Student Section, including serving as athletic chair, service chair and chair; and contributions as the District B Student Sections Committee representative.
SILVER
Jesse Aaron Huguet
For long-term leadership of the ASME Student Section at the University of Alabama, helping to provide a wide range of student activities; and, as chair, working with the other officers to enhance the experience.
M. EUGENE MERCHANT MANUFACTURING MEDAL OF ASME/SME
James B. Bryan
For dedication to the principles of precision engineering, development of the Bryan Principle, service to professional organizations, and invention of the fixed and telescoping ball bar for the evaluation of coordinate measuring machines and machine tools.
VAN C. MOW MEDAL
Scott L. Delp
For developing the world’s most widely used musculoskeletal simulation software, improving surgeries used to treat movement disorders and inventing core technology used in image-guided surgery systems; and for mentoring young scholars who have become academic leaders and serving as the founding chairman of Stanford University’s department of bioengineering.
NADAI MEDAL
Zdenek P. Bazant
For demonstrating spurious localization instability in strain-softening models of quasibrittle materials, devising a remedy by crack-band and nonlocal damage formulations, discovering and experimentally validating the energetic size effect law for such materials, and showing applications to particulate and fiber composites.
BURT L. NEWKIRK AWARD
Michael Nosonovsky
For outstanding theoretical research in nanotribology, adhesion, and tribology of functional bio-inspired surfaces, including the scale effect on friction and patterned nonadhesive surfaces using the Lotus effect.
OLD GUARD EARLY CAREER AWARD
Jennifer R. Jewers
For consistent exceptional leadership in ASME in the increasingly important areas of early career engineers, the Management Division and the Annual Meeting Steering Committee; and for demonstrated strong and continuing professional development resulting in high professional accomplishments.
RUNNERS-UP
Eric J. Ruggiero
For significant contributions to the technology of turbomachinery performance in the area of sealing and secondary leakage control. His extensive analytical and experimental work to develop new sealing technologies that will result in more efficient gas turbines, steam turbines, and aircraft engines.
Annmarie Connor
For contributions as an early career engineer in the field of mechanical engineering and the space industry, for continued leadership on the local, regional and national levels of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and commitment to the community.
RUFUS OLDENBURGER MEDAL
A. Galip Ulsoy
For seminal and pioneering contributions in the areas of control, robotics and signal processing, including iterative learning control theory, the passivity-based approach to mechanical systems control and intelligent control of multi-fingered hands.
PERFORMANCE TEST CODES
Joseph W. Milton
For developing, teaching and advancing the art and science of performance testing; for improving the efficiency of electrical power generation; and for leadership in the field of codes and standards.
MARSHALL B. PETERSON
David L. Burris
For notable contributions to polymer nanocomposites, polymer tribology, and measurement uncertainties in friction and wear; and for the development of novel in situ tribometers.
JAMES HARRY POTTER GOLD MEDAL
Merle C. Potter
For making a renowned impact on thermodynamics through 42 years of outstanding teaching and through published textbooks on thermal sciences and applied mathematics; and for research on energy consumption in dwellings and industrial plants.
PRESSURE VESSEL AND PIPING MEDAL
Arturs Kalnins
For significant contributions to the field of pressure vessel and piping technology, particularly for advancing the state of the art in the development of new design curves for torispherical heads and primary stress limits on the basis of plasticity, the developed design-by-analysis tools for pressure vessel design and the development of the KSHEL computer programs for analysis of thin shells of revolution, for static loading, including metal plasticity, free vibration, buckling and creep.
DIXY LEE RAY AWARD
Peter Maggiore
For contributions to environmental remediation by combining legal requirements with sound scientific and engineering principles, as demonstrated by seeking as well as participating in independent peer reviews and independent technical assessments.
CHARLES RUSS RICHARDS MEMORIAL AWARD
Guruswami Ravichandran
For outstanding achievements in mechanical engineering within ten to twenty years following graduation.
RALPH COATS ROE MEDAL
Shirley Ann Jackson
For significant contributions to science and technology through success in pioneering roles; for leadership and creativity that inspires others to pursue these critically needed careers; and for notable public service, and contributions to the nation and mankind.
SAFETY CODES AND STANDARDS MEDAL
Louis Bialy
For over 15 years of commitment to the development and promotion of safety codes and standards for elevators, for contributing technical expertise and for leadership in the formulation of policies and procedures.
R. TOM SAWYER AWARD
Theodore H. Okiishi
For sustained and substantial contributions to the IGTI, for an outstanding record in the furtherance of gas turbine education, and for achievements and advancements in gas turbine compressor aerodynamic research.
RUTH AND JOEL SPIRA OUTSTANDING DESIGN EDUCATOR AWARD
Kosuke Ishii
For significant contributions to engineering design education through innovation in the structure and presentation of the Stanford Design for Manufacturability course series, used as a model for courses in many other institutions; and for the instruction of doctoral students who transfer the philosophy to others.
STUDENT SECTION ADVISOR AWARD
James P. O'leary
For over 14 years of devoted service as the Student Section advisor at Tufts University, including organizing numerous major events and mentoring students and faculty from multiple institutions.
J. HALL TAYLOR MEDAL
Joel G. Feldstein
For professionalism and leadership in consensus building for pressure equipment codes and standards, and for technical excellence in the advancement of standards for welding in pressure vessel and piping construction.
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD
Vijay K. Dhir
For seminal and path-breaking contributions to the science and engineering of phase-change heat and mass transfer with boiling and multiphase flows, which have had a long-lasting and significant impact on a diverse set of critical applications.
TIMOSHENKO MEDAL
Sia Nemat-Nasser
For fundamental theoretical and experimental contributions in dynamic stability; deformation and failure modes of materials; nano-electro-chemo-mechanical characterization and modeling of ionic polymer metal composites; and composites with integrated tuned electromagnetic functionality, self-healing and self-sensing.
FRANK VON FLUE AWARD
General Electric Company
For developing, educating and advancing innovative engineers and technical leaders who drive and promote innovation and imagination to advance technology in all areas.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE GOLD MEDAL
Edwin A. Harvego
For distinguished service and eminent achievements in the advancement of nuclear power through extensive research and contributions to the design and development of current and future nuclear power plants for electrical production and other applications within the power field.
LITERATURE AWARDS
BLACKALL MACHINE TOOL & GAGE AWARD
Andrew E. Honegger
Shiv G. Kapoor
Richard E. Devor
For the paper, “A Hybrid Methodology for Kinematic Calibration of Micro/Meso-Scale Machine Tool (mMTs).”
GAS TURBINE AWARD
Budimir Rosic
John Douglas Denton
For the paper, “The Control of Shroud Leakage Loss by Reducing Circumferential Mixing.”
WORCESTER REED WARNER MEDAL
Ashwani K. Gupta
For fundamental research and development efforts on the revolutionary high temperature air combustion technology, resulting in colorless or green flame combustion with demonstrated significant energy savings, reduced pollution and better product quality using fossil and low grade fuels.
ARTHUR L. WILLISTON MEDAL
FIRST
Raymond M. Meyer, IV
For the paper, “The Retrieval and Refinement of Petroleum from Canadian Oil Sands as it Relates to Defense of the United States.”
SECOND
Walter S. Fredenhagen, III
For the paper, “Iris Scanning.”
THIRD
Christopher L. Cohoat
For the paper, “Homeland Defense: A Practical, Technological Solution.”
PRIME MOVERS AWARD
George Simons
Heidi Ochsner
Ruth MacDougall
Allen Dusault
La Ronda Bowen
For the paper, “Air Quality and Climate Change: Hard Choices.” | 
