The Arthur L. Williston Medal is presented for the best paper submitted in the annual competition on a subject chosen to challenge the engineering abilities of engineering students in conformance with the annual contest guidelines. 

A contestant must be an ASME Student Member or Associate Member who received a baccalaureate degree not more than two years before the deadline date for submission of papers. In 1987, the award was expanded to recognize second- and third-place papers.

Arthur L. Williston, ASME Member, established the medal in 1954.

ARTHUR L. WILLISTON MEDAL RECIPIENTS 

First Place
1956	John A. Welsh	1973	Frank H. Roubleau, Jr.	1990	Robert J. Stehlik
1957	Walter P. Logeman	1974	James J. Callas	1991	Matt Pruszynski
1959	Rowe A. Girardini	1976	Enud David Laska	1992	Sean L. Neilson
1960	Marc Fishbein	1977	Harry W. Groot	1993	Neil G. Whitbeck
1961	James R. Stewart	1978	Jitendra S. Goela	1994	Michael J. Zinngrabe
1962	Charles H. Recht	1979	Steven E. Stephens	1995	Daniel A. Fletcher
1964	Kenneth E. Gawronski	1980	Charles S. Macaulay	1996	Jeffrey M. Otto
1965	LaRoux K. Gillespie	1982	John H. Pilarski	1997	Laura R. Foster
1966	Eddie R. Howe	1983	Max R. Casada	1998	Darrick A. Dean
1967	L. Thomas Cooper III	1984	Eddie E. Ferrer	1999	Matthew E. Myers
1968	Frank A. Ralbovsky	1985	Henry M. Quillian III	2001	Amip Shah
1969	Arlo Fossum	1986	Stephen J. Schoonmaker	2002	Anne M. Hines
1970	Steven H. Carlson	1987	Thomas C. Davis	2003	David L. Damm
1971	James A. Willms	1988	Brian T. Reisenauer	2004	Marie H. Hoffman
1972	Dennis L. Sandberg	1989	Christian L. Struble	2005	Valerie Stringer
				2006	Tyler E. Schnug
				2007	Michael Steel
Second Place
1988	Michael E. Kennedy	1994	Jeffrey Craig Morris	1999	Donna L. Hall
1989	David A. Walker	1995	Connie J. Bleidorn	1999	Donna L. Hall
1990	Randall W. Meinert	1995	Connie J. Bleidorn	2001	David L. Damm
1991	Kenneth Skoug III	1996	Che J. Barnes	2002	Andrew E. Karl
1992	Gilroy S. Ames	1997	Kenneth P. Horne	2003	Scott A. Fisher
1993	Wade LaGrenade		Elizabeth M. Mastal	2005	John Q. Bolton
				2006	Amanda M. Thomos
				2007	Lori Michelle Neidig
Third Place
1988	John Ellenz	1993	Daniel A. Fletcher	1998	Aaron Marsh
1989	Deborah S. Schenberger	1994	John C. Schiffer	1999	Koh Boon Kiat
1990	John E. Davison	1995	Anthony T. Lomma	2001	Anne Hines
1991	Kathleen A. Conley	1996	Ookyong Kim	2003	Christopher L. Murphy
1992	Kingman Tang	1997	Brian D. Myers	2006	Joy K. Adjorlolo
				2007	Danielle Kimberly Williams