Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award

The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture was established in 1925 in honor of Robert Henry Thurston, first president of ASME and a farseeing leader in science and engineering. The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, presented annually at the International Mechanical Engineering Congress, provides an outstanding leader in pure or applied science or engineering with the honor of presenting to the Society a lecture that encourages stimulating thinking on a subject of broad technical interest to engineers. The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture was elevated to a Society award in 2000.

Form of Award: $500, Plaque Certificate, and Travel expense supplement to attend the meeting presentation. 
Limitation(s): None
Administrative Responsibility: Basic Engineering Technical Group
Nomination Deadline: January 15
Nomination Sent To: Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Committee Chair
Committee Chair: M.F. Horstemeyer
Phone Number: 662-325-5449
E-mail: mfhorst@cavs.msstate.edu
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

 

ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS

2000 Duncan Dowson
2001 2001 John W. Hutchinson
2002 2002 Elias P. Gyftopoulos
2003 2003 Yogesh Jaluria
2004 Bharat Bhushan
2005 Savio L-Y. Woo
2006 Sia Nemat-Nasser
2007 Wing Kam Liu
2008 Vijay K. Dhir
2009 Huajian Gao
2010 Ares J. Rosakis
2011 Francis C. Moon

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