Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal
The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following graduation with a baccalaureate (bachelors) degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. The award is bestowed for overall outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field during the set period of time.
PI TAU SIGMA AWARDS
In 1938, Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society) arranged with ASME for the joint award of the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. This medal is awarded for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering to an engineer within ten years after graduation from the regular engineering course of a recognized college or university.
In 1944, the Charles Russ Richards Award was similarly established as a joint award of Pi Tau Sigma and ASME to recognize the outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering by graduating 20 years or more.
In 1973, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME entered into a new agreement which continued the existing awards and added the Gustus L. Larson Award to honor engineering graduates for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering between ten and twenty years after graduation. Funding was provided from the ASME Ward S. and Editha Jacobs Fund.
The qualifications for the recipients of each of the three awards are identical except for the period of recognized achievements. In each case the recipient shall have received a baccalaureate degree from a regular engineering program of a recognized college or university and shall have attained outstanding achievement within the period stated for each award. Achievement shall be all or in part in any field, including industrial, educational, political, research, civic and artistic. The candidate'/s achievements will be examined for an application of basic engineering methods or principles.
The three awards are administered by a Joint Board of Award appointed by Pi Tau Sigma and ASME. The Chair is a Pi Tau Sigma appointee. The Board of Award provides forms and invites ASME Sections and other units to nominate for the awards. The Board of Award submits the names and records of the persons selected for the three awards to the ASME Committee on Honors for the formal selection of the recipients.
Nomination Form
Nomination Instructions
| Form of Award: |
$1000, gold medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): |
The nominee must be a person who has received the baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related field within ten calendar years from the year of the award. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 15 |
| Nomination SentTo: | Ravi Ravichandran |
| Phone Number: | 626-395-4101 |
| E-mail: | PTSaward@caltech.edu |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
PI TAU SIGMA GOLD MEDALISTS
The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following graduation with a baccalaureate (bachelors) degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. The award is bestowed for overall outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field during the set period of time.
| 1938 | Wilfred E. Johnson | 1969 | Henry K. Newhall | 2002 | Assimina A. Pelegri |
| 1939 | John Yellot, Jr. | 1970 | Richard E. Barrett | 2003 | Bogdan I. Epureanu |
| 1940 | George A. Hawkins | 1971 | James R. Rice | 2004 | Kenneth A. Gall |
| 1941 | R. Hosmer Norris | 1972 | John F. Stephens III | 2006 | Nicholas Fang |
| 1942 | John T. Rettaliata | 1973 | Christian E.G. Przirembel | 2009 | A. John Hart |
| 1943-46 | No award due to war | 1974 | Jace W. Nunziato | 2010 | David L. Burris |
| 1947 | David Cochrane | 1975 | Ted B. Belytschko | 2011 | David Saintillan |
| 1948 | Walter G. Vincenti | 1976 | John S. Walker | 2012 | Amos G. Winter V |
| 1949 | Phillip S. Myers | 1977 | Richard E. Lovejoy | 2013 | Randy H. Ewoldt |
| 1950 | Arthur P. Adamson | 1978 | David A. Peters | 2014 | Ibrahim T. Ozbolat |
| 1951 | Warren M. Rohsenow | 1980 | Doyle D. Knight | 2015 | Neil P. Dasgupta |
| 1952 | Robert L. O'/Brien | 1982 | Polychronis-Thomas | 2016 | David L. Henann |
| 1953 | Merle Baker | 1982 | Pol D. Spanos | 2017 | Shannon K. Yee |
| 1954 | Emmett E. Day | 1984 | Michael R. Muller | 2018 | Nenad Miljkovic |
| 1955 | Robert C. Dean, Jr. | 1985 | Wing Kam Liu | 2019 | Jesse Capecelatro |
| 1956 | John A. Clark | 1986 | Dimos Poulikakos | 2020 | David G. Kwabi |
| 1957 | Patrick McDonald, Jr. | 1987 | David L. McDowell | 2021 | Yangying Zhu |
| 2022 | R. Renee Zhao | ||||
| 1958 | Allison E. Simons | 1988 | Mark F. Hamilton | ||
| 1959 | Donald F. Hays | 1989 | Steven M. Wilson | ||
| 1960 | George Hatsopoulos | 1990 | Dionissios N. Assanis | ||
| 1961 | Ernest T. Selig | 1991 | Yves H. Berthelot | ||
| 1962 | E. Bruce Lee | 1993 | Melany L. Hunt | ||
| 1963 | Herbert Richardson | 1994 | Zhigang Suo | ||
| 1964 | Richard L. Peskin | 1995 | Thomas R. Kurfess | ||
| 1965 | John Bollinger | 1996 | Gregory S. Chirikjian | ||
| 1966 | Jason R. Lemon | 1998 | Wei Chen | ||
| 1967 | William O'/Donnell | 1999 | Margaret S. Wooldridge | ||
| 1968 | Randall F. Barron | 2000 | Connie J. Buynacek |