Burt L. Newkirk Award
The Burt L. Newkirk Award is given to an individual who has not passed his/her fortieth birthday on July 1 of the year in which the award is conferred and who is an ASME member at the time of nomination. It is given to one who has made notable contributions to the field of tribology in research or development as evidenced by important tribology publications.
Tribology for this award is defined as pertaining to the science and technology associated with surfaces in contact and relative motion with each other. It covers all the fundamentals associated with the field of friction, lubrication and wear. It embraces all the technological aspects of bearings, brakes, clutches, gears, etc.
The award was named after Burt L. Newkirk who made notable achievements in the theory and application of tribology during his industrial career and was an outstanding teacher following his retirement from industry.
| Form of Award: | $1000 and Certificate |
| Limitation(s): | The individual must be under the age of 40 and an ASME member at the time of nomination |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Tribology Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| Nomination Sent To: | Burt L. Newkirk Award Committee Chair |
| Special Award Committee Chair: | M. Kotzalas |
| Phone Number: | (330) 471-2086 |
| Email: | michael.kotzalas@timken.com |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
BURT L. NEWKIRK AWARD RECIPIENTS
| 1976 | Francis E. Kennedy, Jr. | 1992 | Thomas N. Farris | 2007 | Lior Kogut |
| 1977 | Steve M. Rohde | 1994 | Srinivasan Chandrasekar | 2008 | Michael Nosonovsky |
| 1978 | Pradeep Gupta | 1996 | Christopher DellaCorte | 2009 | Robert W. Carpick |
| 1979 | Thomas A. Dow | 1997 | Chiao-Ping Ku | 2010 | C. Fred Higgs III |
| 1980 | Stuart H. Lowenthal | 1998 | Timothy C. Ovaert | 2011 | Robert L. Jackson |
| 1982 | Dennis F. Li | 1999 | Rohit S. Paranjpe | 2012 | Ashlie Martini |
| 1983 | Bharat Bhushan | 2000 | Steven R. Schmid | 2013 | Tae Ho Kim |
| 1984 | Hooshang Heshmat | 2001 | Andreas A. Polycarpou | 2014 | Bart Raeymaekers |
| 1986 | Itzhak Green | 2002 | Thierry A. Blanchet | 2015 | David Burris |
| 1987 | Pawan K. Goenka | 2003 | Sergio E. Diaz | 2016 | Aaron Greco |
| 1988 | Kyriakos Komvopoulos | 2004 | W. Gregory Sawyer | 2019 | Alison C. Dunn |
| 1990 | Michael M. Khonsari | 2005 | Michael R. Lovell | ||
| 1991 | Farshid Sadehi | 2006 | Mitjan Kalin |