The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal is awarded to the young engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following receipt of the baccalaureate degree. Any person who, on July 1 of the year of the award, graduated not more than ten years from the regular engineering program of a recognized college or university shall be eligible for recognition.
PI TAU SIGMA AWARDS
In 1938, Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society) arranged with ASME for the joint award of the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. This medal is awarded for ourstanding achievement in mechanical engineering to a young engineer within ten years after graduation from the regular engineering course of a recognized college or university.
In 1944, the Charles Russ Richards Award was similarly established as a joint award of Pi Tau Sigma and ASME to recognize the outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering by the enginering graduate within twenty to twenty-five years following graduation. In 1978, the upper twenty-five year limit was removed.
In 1973, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME entered into a new agreement which continued the existing awards and added the Gustus L. Larson Award to honor engineering graduates for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering between ten and twenty years after graduation. Funding was provided from the ASME Ward S. and Editha Jacobs Fund.
The qualifications for the recipients of each of the three awards are identical except for the period of recognized achievements. In each case the recipient shall have received a baccalaureate degree from a regular engineering program of a recognized college or university and shall have attained outstanding achievement within the period stated for each award. Achievement shall be all or in part in any field, including industrial, educational, political, research, civic and artistic. The candidate's achievements will be examined for an application of basic engineering methods or principles.
The three awards are administered by a Joint Board of Award appointed by Pi Tau Sigma and ASME. The Chair is a Pi Tau Sigma appointee. The Board of Award provides forms and invites ASME Sections and other units to nominate for the awards. The Board of Award submits the names and records of the persons selected for the three awards to the ASME Committee on Honors for the formal selection of the recipients.
| Form Of Award: |
$1000, Gold Medal, Certificate and Travel supplement to attent the meeting presentation. |
| Limitation(s): |
Engineering Graduate |
| Administrative Responsiblility: |
Committee on Honors (COH) |
| Nomination Deadline: |
February 15 |
| Nomination Sent To: |
Special Awards Committee Chair |
| Special Award Committee Chair: |
A. Moutsoglou |
| Phone Number: |
605-688-6323 |
| Email: |
Alex.Moutsoglou@SDSTATE.EDU |
| Awarded By: |
Committee on Honors (COH) |
PI TAU SIGMA GOLD MEDALISTS
The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal is awarded to the young engineering graduate who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following receipt of the baccalaureate degree. Any person who, on July 1 of the year of the award, graduated not more than ten years from the regular engineering program of a recognized college or university shall be eligible for recognition.
| 1938 |
Wilfred E. Johnson |
1969 |
Henry K. Newhall |
2002 |
Assimina A. Pelegri |
| 1939 |
John Yellot, Jr. |
1970 |
Richard E. Barrett |
2003 |
Bogdan I. Epureanu |
| 1940 |
George A. Hawkins |
1971 |
James R. Rice |
2004 |
Kenneth A. Gall |
| 1941 |
R. Hosmer Norris |
1972 |
John F. Stephens III |
2006 |
Nicholas Fang |
| 1942 |
John T. Rettaliata |
1973 |
Christian E.G. Przirembel |
2009 |
A. John Hart |
| 1943-46 |
No award due to war |
1974 |
Jace W. Nunziato |
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| 1947 |
David Cochrane |
1975 |
Ted B. Belytschko |
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| 1948 |
Walter G. Vincenti |
1976 |
John S. Walker |
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| 1949 |
Phillip S. Myers |
1977 |
Richard E. Lovejoy |
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| 1950 |
Arthur P. Adamson |
1978 |
David A. Peters |
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| 1951 |
Warren M. Rohsenow |
1980 |
Doyle D. Knight |
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| 1952 |
Robert L. O'Brien |
1982 |
Polychronis-Thomas |
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| 1953 |
Merle Baker |
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Demetriou Spanos |
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| 1954 |
Emmett E. Day |
1984 |
Michael R. Muller |
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| 1955 |
Robert C. Dean, Jr. |
1985 |
Wing Kam Liu |
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| 1956 |
John A. Clark |
1986 |
Dimos Poulikakos |
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| 1957 |
Patrick McDonald, Jr. |
1987 |
David L. McDowell |
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| 1958 |
Allison E. Simons |
1988 |
Mark F. Hamilton |
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| 1959 |
Donald F. Hays |
1989 |
Steven M. Wilson |
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| 1960 |
George Hatsopoulos |
1990 |
Dionissios N. Assanis |
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| 1961 |
Ernest T. Selig |
1991 |
Yves H. Berthelot |
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| 1962 |
E. Bruce Lee |
1993 |
Melany L. Hunt |
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| 1963 |
Herbert Richardson |
1994 |
Zhigang Suo |
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| 1964 |
Richard L. Peskin |
1995 |
Thomas R. Kurfess |
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| 1965 |
John Bollinger |
1996 |
Gregory S. Chirikjian |
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| 1966 |
Jason R. Lemon |
1998 |
Wei Chen |
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| 1967 |
William O'Donnell |
1999 |
Margaret S. Wooldridge |
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| 1968 |
Randall F. Barron |
2000 |
Connie J. Buynacek |
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