Ben C. Sparks Medal

Ben C. Sparks Medal

The award was established in 1990 in memory of Ben C. Sparks, a devoted member of ASME and a dedicated teacher of mechanical engineering technology and mechanical engineering. It was endowed by student section contributions and contributions from industry, the engineering education community and groups within the Society.

Candidate(s) must have a record of accomplishment over an extended period of time; play a major role in fostering new, innovative applications and approaches to the teaching of mechanical engineering and/or engineering technology; or effectively inspire promising systemic change that would enhance the readiness of graduates to begin engineering practice in industry.

Candidate(s) must hold or have held academic appointments in departments that have in ABET-accredited (or substantially equivalent) degree programs or be engineer(s) in industry, government, or private practice who have made an exemplary contribution such degree programs.

The medal was established in memory of Ben C. Sparks, a devoted member of ASME and a dedicated teacher of mechanical engineering technology and mechanical engineering.

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Nomination Instructions

Form of Award:  $1000, bronze medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance
Limitation(s): Candidate(s) must hold or have held academic appointments in departments that have ABET-accredited (or substantially equivalent) degree programs or be engineer(s) in industry, government, or private practice who have made an exemplary contribution such degree programs.
Administrative Responsibility: Board on Education
Nomination Deadline: September 15
Nomination Sent To: Waterloo Tsutsui
Phone Number: (765) 494-3621
E-mail:

wtsutsui@purdue.edu

Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

Ben C. Sparks Medal Recipients

1991 Stanley M. Brodsky 2006 Alok K. Verma
1992 Elliot R. Eisenberg 2007 Charles J. Hurst
1993 Donald R. Haworth 2009 Scott G. Danielson
1994 John A. Weese 2013 Robert Warrington
Allan T. Kirkpatrick
Scott G. Danielson
Walter W. Laity
1997 Gary R. Crossman 2014 Timothy W. Simpson
1998 Mulchand S. Rathod 2015 Christopher A. Mattson
Carl D. Sorensen
1999 Philip E. Doepker 2016 Allen H. Hoffman
2000 Mark A. Pagano 2017  Steven W. Beyerlein
2001 Kenneth J. Fisher 2018  David R. Wallace
2002 Chittaranjan Sahay 2020 Michael M. Umbriac
Jesse Austin-Breneman
Daniel R. Cooper
Panos Y. Papalambros
2003 Mohammad A. Zahraee 2021 Sarim Naji Al-Zubaidy 
2004 Frank A. Gourley 2022 Arun R. Srinivasa  
2005 George Sehi    

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