Student Section Advisor Award

The outstanding Student Section Advisor Award recognizes the leadership and service qualities of a Student Section Advisor who has completed at least 3 academic years as a Student Section Advisor prior to nomination for the award.

A nomination for this award is expected to substantiate the leadership and service qualities of the nominee by reference to accomplishments in at least the following areas: (a) encouraging engineering students to become Student Members as the initial step in their program of professional development; (b) providing guidance to the Student Section on the activities and programs that will stimulate interest in the profession; and (c) creating a professional awareness in the Student Members which will inspire them to upgrade to Member before graduation and to maintain a continuous active membership in ASME.

The award was established in 1990 as the Faculty Advisor Award in a dual effort by the Committee on Honors and the Council on Member Affairs to bring recognition to the Student Section Advisors for their contributions to perpetuating ASME. In 2000, the award was renamed the Student Section Advisor Award. Funding for this award was provided by the Old Guard Committee of ASME.  In 2003, Lynden David made a generous contribution to enhance the recognition given to district nominees who fulfill the eligibility requirements. These nominees (one from each district) receive a plaque, certificate and $500 honorarium.

Form of Award:

$1500, Silver Medal, Certificate and Travel expense supplement to attend the meeting presentation.

Limitation(s): Student Section Advisor must have completed at least 3 academic years as a Student Section Advisor prior to nomination for the award.
Administrative Responsibility: District Leaders
Nomination Deadline: March 1
Nomination Sent To: District Leader
Nomination Approved By: General Awards Committee (GAC)
Committee Chair: G.A. Anderkay
Phone Number: 212-591-7094
Email: mckivorf@asme.org
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

 

STUDENT SECTION ADVISOR AWARD RECIPIENTS

1992 Richard A. Fitz
San Diego State University		 2006 Debendra K. Das
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
1993 M. Sathyamoorthy
University of Texas at Tyler		 2007 Ronald S. Adrezin
University of Hartford
1994 Paul C. Lam
University of Akron		 2008 James P. O'Leary
Tufts University
1995 Charles F. Reinholtz
Virginia Polytechnic Institute		 2009 Timothy C. Scott
University of Virginia
1996 Richard R. Johnson
North Carolina State University		 2010 Zbigniew Marian Bzymek
University of Connecticut
1997 Latif Jiji
City College of New York
1998 Chittaranjan Sahay
State University of New York at Binghamton
1999 Shirley T. Fleischmann
Grand Valley State University
2000 Kenneth L. Gentili
Tacoma Community College
2001 Abel-Hernandez-Guerrero
University of Guanajuato at Salamanca
2002 Massimo Capobianchi
Gonzaga University
2003 Ghatu Subhash
Michigan Technological University
2004 Beth Ann Todd
University of Alabama
2005 Lanier S. Cauley
University of South Alabama