Nomination Form

The Calvin W. Rice Lecture was rounded in 1934 to honor the man who served as Secretary of the Society from 1906 to 1934. It is intended to continue the effort for which Calvin W. Rice was known, to increase understanding among engineers of various countries.

The Knowledge and Community Board of Directors is responsible for selecting the speaker for the Calvin W. Rice Lecture. In order to obtain a broad group of candidates from which it can make a selection, the Board requests each Technical Division to propose the name of at least one person each year. The Board chooses a Lecturer based on the information it has obtained about the candidates from the Divisions and elsewhere.

After the Board selects the Lecturer and an agreement of acceptance has been reached, the President of ASME sends the Lecturer a formal invitation to deliver the Rice Lecture at a scheduled Technical Division conference. The Rice Lecture is usually given annually but there is no restriction on the number of lectures in a given year.

The Board looks for a Lecturer and topic, which fit the purpose of the Rice Lecture. It is also important that the quality and prestige of the Lecture be continued on a high level. Preference should be given to a Lecturer whose accomplishments have been achieved abroad.

Society Policy P-14.11 pertains to the granting of Life Membership to a Rice Lecturer. Corporate members of ASME will receive life membership in their grade of membership. Non-members must be recommended for membership by the Admissions Committee and will receive life membership in the grade recommended, but not a grade higher than Member. In the event the recipient is already a life member, an engrossed certificate will be presented.

The award consists of a $2,500.00 Honorarium, intended to offset expenses incurred to present the Lecture, a certificate and a lifetime membership with ASME.

RECORD OF CALVIN W. RICE LECTURES AWARD RECIPIENTS

2007	LUC H. GERAETS, SUEZ Nuclear Activities, Belgium GEORGE TSATSARONIS, Technical University of Berlin, Dept. of Energy Engineering, Germany KUNIYUKI KITAGAWA, Eco Topia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Japan
2006	ALDO STEINFELD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Energy Technology, Switzerland Title: “Solar Thermochemical Production of Hydrogen-Present Status and Future Prospects” AND KOHEI SUZUKI, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan Title: “Earthquaked damage to industrial facilities and anti-earthquake technolog from experiences in Japan”
2005	Prof. Yoichiro Matsumoto, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan Title: "Medical Application in Fluids Engineering"
2004	Dr. Torgeir Moan from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Title: ”Risk-based Management of the Safety of Offshore Structures” AND Dr. Peter W. Bearman, Imperial College, London, England Title:  “Vortex-Induced Vibration of Ocean Structures”
2002	Dr. Jean Bataille from Ecole Central De Lyon, France Title: “Two-Phase Oxymoron”
2001	D Norio Arai from Nagoya University, Nagoya Japan. Title:  “Emission Sources & Formation/Destruction of N²O”
2000	Dr. Peter Walker from the University College London, United Kingdom. Title: “ The award was presented to Dr. Walker at the Summer Bioengineering
1999	Dr. Panagiotis Drakatos, from the University of Patras, in Patras, Greece. Title: “ Diagnostic Reliability in the Environment Technology”
1996	HEKI SHIBATA, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan Title: "Seismic Hazards and Damage: Avoiding Disaster through Simulations and Experience".
1995	PROFESSOR SHOICHI FURUHAMA, President, Musashi Institute of Technology Title: "Problems of Forcasting the Future of Advanced Engines and Engine Characteristics of the Hydrogen Injection with LH2 Tank and Pump"
1994	DR. JOHN H. HORLOCK, Honorary Professor, Warwick University Title: "Combined Power Plants -Past, Present and Future"
1993/1994	DR. JOHN EIRWYN FFOWCS WILLIAMS, Rank Professor of Engineering, University of Cambridge Title: ‘ no record of paper title’
1993	JOHN G. COLLIER Chief Executive, Nuclear Electric plc Title: 'Nuclear Power: Its Future in an Uncertain World"
1992	P. L. B. OXLEY, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia Title: " Some Tribological Aspects of Metal Working Processes
1991	HEINZ W. HAHN, Ginsterweg, Germany. Title: The Automotive Diesel Engine -Its Future Development and Role in the Powertrain Management System
1990	MEINR  AD K. EBERLE, Professor, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Switzerland Title: Diesel Engine Design for Reliability, Cost Effectiveness and Environmental Acceptability -An outlook
1989	FRITZ  PHILIPS, Chairman of the Board, N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, Eindhoven, Netherlands Title: Fiftieth Anniversary of Sterling Engine Technology
1988	KONSTANTIN V. FROLOV, Vice President, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR. Title: Plans for Revamping the Man-Sector in the Soviet Union
1987	TAKASHI SUZUKI, Managing Director, Hino Motors, Tokyo, Japan Title: Future Diesel Engines -Problems, Technologies, and Challenges
1986	BERNARD CROSSLAND, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland Title: Philosophical Thoughts on Standards for High Pressure Systems
1985	CECIL C. J. FRENCH, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, plc, West Sussex, England Title: Engineers for the 90's and Beyond -Challenges and Opportunities
1984	HAROLD H. ANDERSON, Design Consultant, Bridge of Allan, Scotland Title: Sixty Years of Centrifugal Pumps.
1982	SIR WILLIAM REDE HAWTHORNE, Churchill College, Cambridge, England Title: World Energy Versus the Environment -Conflict or Compromise
1981	JOHN H. ARGYRIS, The University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, West Germany Title: Some Glimpses of Software as an International Effort
1980	DONALD L. MORDELL, Canadian College of Advanced Engineering Practice, Montreal, PQ Canada. Title: The Engineered World and the World of Engineers.
1979	FRITI-BOF I. NIORDSON, Professor of Solid Mechanics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. Title: Optimal Design of Mechanical Structures
1978	YASUNDO TAKAHASI-Il, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley. Title: The Impact of LSI Technology on Control Engineering
1963	L. ROTHERHAM, Member for Research, Central Electricity Generating Board London, England Title: Some High-Temperature Research Problems for an Expanding Electrical Power Industry
1961	O.A. SAUNDERS, City and Guilds College, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England. Title: Some Reflections on Progress in Engineering Heat Transfer Science
1956	D. F. GALLOWAY, Director of Research, Production Engineering Research Association of Great Britain Leicestershire, England Title: Production Engineering Research and its Practical Application in Great Britain
1955	SIR HUGH E. C. BEAVER, Chairman of the Government Committee of Enquiry Into the Nature, Causes, and Effects of Air Pollution, United Kingdom Title: Air Pollution. The Growth of Public Opinion
1953	J. FOSTER PETREE, Editor, Engineering, London, England. Title: The Position of the Technical Press in Relation to Industry
1952	LYNDALL F. URWICK, Chairman, Urwick, Orr &Partners, Ltd., London, England Title: Management's Debts to the Engineers
1952	PIER0 FERRERIO, Chairman and President, Edison Company, Milan, Italy. Title: Past, Present, and Future of the Italian Power Industry
1951	FREDERICK OEDERLIN, Managing Director, Charge of Engineering, Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Winterthur, Switzerland. Title: Engineering Achievements in Switzerland, and Their Background
1950	LUIGI BROGLIO, Professor of Theory in Aeronautical Structures, University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Chief of the Aeronautical Department of Structure Air Ministry, Rome; Visiting Professor, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Title: The Method of Equivalence Applied to Engineering and to Mathematical Physics
1948	FRANK MARTINUZZI, Director of Research, Coordinator on Gas Turbines, Italian National Research Council, Rome, Italy. Title: Continental and American Gas Turbine and Compressor Calculation Methods Compared
1944	K. Y. CHEN, China-Defense Supplies, Inc. Washington, DC Title: What Postwar China Hopes for from the United States Engineers
1939	R. E. BALLESTER, Engineer and Director of Irrigation. Argentina Title: Some Technical and Economic Aspects of the Argentine
1938	WILLIAM B. BARCLAY, Consulting Metallurgist, Mond Nickel Company, London, England. Title: Some Metallurgical Contributions to Engineering Progress
1936	HILDING THORNEBOHM, SKF Industries. Goteborg, Sweden. Title: Modem Tolerance Requirements and Their Scientific Determination
1935	ADOLF MEYER Brown Boveri and Company, Baden, Switzerland. Title: The Velox Boiler and Its Possibilities for Plants on Land and Sea
1934	JOHN H. FINLEY, The New York Times, New York, NY. Title: Dr. Calvin W. Rice's Contribution to International Friendliness