Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award

The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME’s first president, provided 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.

Form of Award:	$500, plaque, certificate, and a travel expense supplement not to exceed $500
Limitation(s):	None
Administrative Responsibility:	Engineering Sciences Segment
Nomination Deadline:	February 21
Nomination Sent To:	Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Committee Chair
Committee Chair:	A.M. Rajendran
Phone Number:	662- 915-5770
E-mail:	raj@olemiss.edu
Awarded By:	Committee on Honors (COH)

ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS

Wing Kam Liu

2001	John W. Hutchinson	2013	John A. Rogers
2002	Elias P. Gyftopoulos	2014	Ken P. Chong
2003	Yogesh Jaluria	2015	Horacio D. Espinosa
2004	Bharat Bhushan	2016	Romesh C. Batra
2005	Savio L-Y. Woo	2017	Mohammed A. Zikry
2006	Sia Nemat-Nasser	2018	Guruswami Ravichandran
2007	Wing Kam Liu	2019	Yonggang Huang
2008	Vijay K. Dhir
2009	Huajian Gao
2010	Ares J. Rosakis
2011	Francis C. Moon
2012	Zhigang Suo

ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS (DIVISIONAL LEVEL)

2000	Duncan Dowson	1984	Robert A. Frosch
1999	Adrian Bejan	1983	Ernst R. G. Eckert
1998	Van C. Mow	1982	Hans M. Mark
1997	Raymond Viskanta	1981	John Erik Jonsson
1996	Don P. Giddens	1980	Milton S. Plesset
1995	Paul Cooper	1979	W. Dale Compton
1994	Robert M. Nerem	1978	Allen F. Rhodes
1993	Chang-Lin Tien	1977	Robert C. Dean, Jr.
1992	John H. Lienhard	1976	Chauncey Starr
1991	Frank Kreith	1975	Myron Tribus
1990	Jack S. Kilby	1974	Robert W. Emmons
1989	Stephen J. Kline	1973	Henry M. Paynter
1988	Stephen H. Crandal	1972	George F. Carrier
1987	Simon Ostrach	1971	Milton C. Shaw
1986	Daniel C. Drucker	1970	Jacob P. Den Hartog
1985	Yuan-Cheng B. Fung	1969	Jacob Ackeret

 

Resources

Achievement Nomination Form

Nomination Instructions