Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME’s first president, provides an opportunity for a leader in pure and/or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture on a subject of broad interest to engineers. The Thurston Lecture was elevated to a Society award in 2000.
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| Form of Award: | $500, plaque, certificate, and a $500 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Technical and Engineering Communities (TEC) Sector |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 15 |
| E-mail: |
persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | General Awards Committee (GAC) |
Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Awadees
| 2025 | Gang Bao |
| 2024 | Xin Zhang |
| 2023 | Ramamoorthy Ramesh |
| 2022 | Robert O. Ritchie |
| 2021 | M. Cynthia Hipwell |
| 2020 | Andrew Alleyne |
| 2019 | Yonggang Huang |
| 2018 | Guruswami Ravichandran |
| 2017 | Mohammed A. Zikry |
| 2016 | Romesh C. Batra |
| 2015 | Horacio D. Espinosa |
| 2014 | Ken P. Chong |
| 2013 | John A. Rogers |
| 2012 | Zhigang Suo |
| 2011 | Francis C. Moon |
| 2010 | Ares J. Rosakis |
| 2009 | Huajian Gao |
| 2008 | Vijay K. Dhir |
| 2007 | Wing Kam Liu |
| 2006 | Sia Nemat-Nasser |
| 2005 | Savio L-Y. Woo |
| 2004 | Bharat Bhushan |
| 2003 | Yogesh Jaluria |
| 2002 | Elias P. Gyftopoulos |
| 2001 | John W. Hutchinson |
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS (DIVISIONAL LEVEL)
| 2000 | Duncan Dowson |
| 1999 | Adrian Bejan |
| 1998 | Van C. Mow |
| 1997 | Raymond Viskanta |
| 1996 | Don P. Giddens |
| 1995 | Paul Cooper |
| 1994 | Robert M. Nerem |
| 1993 | Chang-Lin Tien |
| 1992 | John H. Lienhard |
| 1991 | Frank Kreith |
| 1990 | Jack S. Kilby |
| 1989 | Stephen J. Kline |
| 1988 | Stephen H. Crandal |
| 1987 | Simon Ostrach |
| 1986 | Daniel C. Drucker |
| 1985 | Yuan-Cheng B. Fung |
| 1984 | Robert A. Frosch |
| 1983 | Ernst R. G. Eckert |
| 1982 | Hans M. Mark |
| 1981 | John Erik Jonsson |
| 1980 | Milton S. Plesset |
| 1979 | W. Dale Compton |
| 1978 | Allen F. Rhodes |
| 1977 | Robert C. Dean, Jr. |
| 1976 | Chauncey Starr |
| 1975 | Myron Tribus |
| 1974 | Robert W. Emmons |
| 1973 | Henry M. Paynter |
| 1972 | George F. Carrier |
| 1971 | Milton C. Shaw |
| 1970 | Jacob P. Den Hartog |
| 1969 | Jacob Ackeret |