Joint Awards
ASME members may be eligible and qualified to receive various other engineering awards. These awards may be classified as being for specific or general engineering achievements. A listing of the two types are given below. Nomination procedures for the joint awards are quite varied. For the six awards listed below, ASME nominates one engineer who will generally be in competition with those submitted by other societies:
The Hoover Medal is jointly awardedby five engineering societies to engineers in recognition of great, unselfish civic and humanitarian services.
The Sperry Award is jointly awarded by six engineering societies in recognition of advancing the art of transportation.
National Medal of Science: Annual. Submit nomination directly to ASME by March 1 of the year preceding the award.
James Watt International Medal: Biennial. Submit nomination directly to ASME by March 1 of an even-numbered year for award the following odd-numbered year.
Alfred Noble Prize: Annual. Submit nomination to Honors and Awards Committee of appropriate Technical Division. Nomination from this committee must be received by October 1 of the year preceding the award.
Joan Hodges Queneau Award: Annual. Submit nomination to Honors and Awards Committee of the Technology and Society Division. Same deadlines as for the Noble Prize.
Kelvin Gold Medal: Triennial. Submit nomination directly to ASME by October 1 of second year before award (i.e., October 1, 2002 for 2004 award, etc.)
Niels Bohr International Gold Medal: Triennial. Submit nomination directly to ASME by October 1 of second year before award (i.e., October 1, 2001 for 2003 award, etc.)
Nominations for all other awards may be submitted directly to the Joint Award Board which administers the particular award. Members or committees may obtain a more complete description of any particular Joint Award upon request to: CustomerCare@asme.org
| Joint Engineering Awards (for achievements in special fields) | ||||
| Field | Honor and Founding Date | Qualifications | *Participating Bodies | *Administered By |
| Aeronautics | Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1928) | Contribution to the advancement of aeronautics | ASME, SAE, AIAA | AIAA |
| Atomic Energy | Niels Bohr International Gold Medal (1955) | Outstanding work by an engineer or physicist for the peaceful utilization of atomic energy | DI | |
| Environmental Conservation | Joan Hodges Queneau Award (1976) | Outstanding contribution by an engineer in behalf of environmental conservation | NAuS | |
| Heat Transfer | Max Jakob Memorial Award (1961) | Eminent achievement in heat transfer | ASME, AIChE | ASME |
| Invention | National Inventors Hall of Fame (1973) | Outstanding U.S. patented invention | NIHF | |
| Literature | Alfred Noble Prize (1929) | Outstanding technical paper by an author under 31 | ASME, ASCE, AIME, IEEE, WSE | ASCE |
| Manufacturing |
ASME/SME M. Eugene Merchant Manufacturing Medal (1986) | Significant influence and responsibility for improving the productivity and efficiency of the manufacturing operation | ASME/SME |
ASME Committee on Honors |
| Solid Fuels | Percy Nicholls Award (1942) | Notable scientific or industrial achievement in the field of solid fuels | ASME, AIME | AIME/ASME |
| Transportation |
Elmer A. Sperry Award (1955) |
Contribution to the advancement of transportation by land, air or sea |
ASME, ASCE, IEEE, SNAME, SAE, AIAA | ASME |
| Joint Engineering Awards (for general engineering achievements) | |||
| Honor and Founding Date | Qualifications | *Participating Bodies | *Administered By |
| Hoover Medal (1930) | Great, unselfish, non-technical services by an engineer to humankind | ASME, ASCE, AIME, IEEE, AIChE | ASME |
| James Watt International Medal (1936) | Worldwide eminence in the application of science furthering the progress of mechanical engineering | IMechE | |
| John Fritz Medal (1902) | Notable scientific or industrial achievement in any field of pure or applied science | Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration | |
| Kelvin Gold Medal (1920) | Distinguished service in the application of science to engineering | ICE | |
| National Medal of Science (1959) | Outstanding contributions to knowledge in the physical, biological, mathematical or engineering sciences | AAES | |
| Society of Women Engineers Award | Outstanding contribution by a woman in any field of engineering | SWE | |
| Washington Award (1916) | Accomplishments which promote the happiness, comfort, and well-being of humanity | ASCE, AIME, ASME, IEEE, NSPE | WSE |
| *KEY FOR ABOVE TABLES | |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 12700 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 200, Reston, VA 20191 |
| AIChE | American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston VA 20191-4344 |
| AIME | American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 12000 East Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO 80112 |
| AMA | American Management Association, 160 Broadway, New York, NY 10019 |
| ASCE | American Society of Civil Engineers, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA 20191-4400 |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Two Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 |
| IDA | Dansk Ingeniorforening (Danish Society of Engineers) Kalvebod Brygge 31-33/ 1780 Copenhagen V |
| ICE | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) One Great George Street, Westminster, London, SW1P 3AA |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 |
| IMechE | Institute of Mechanical Engineers (Great Britain), 1 Birdcage Walk, Westminster, London SW1H 9JJ |
| NAuS | National Audubon Society, 225 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 |
| NIHF | National Inventors Hall of Fame, 371 Highland Park, NW, North Canton, OH 44720 |
| NSPE | National Society of Professional Engineers, 1420 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-2715 |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 15096-0001 |
| SME | Society of Manufacturing Engineers, One SME Drive, P.O. Box 930, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930 |
| Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration with the address 12999 E. Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO 80112 | |
| SNAME | Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, 1452 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 |
| SWE | Society of Women Engineers, 203 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1675, Chicago, IL 60601 |
| UET | United Engineering Trust, Three Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 |
| WSE | Western Society of Engineers, 1111 Burlington Avenue, Suite 108, Lisle, IL 60532 |