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.
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Nomination Instructions
Nomination Tips
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 |
Nomination Sent To: | Leila Persaud |
Phone Number: | 212-591-7071 |
E-mail: |
persaudl@asme.org |
Awarded By: | General Awards Committee (GAC) |
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS
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 | 2020 | Andrew Alleyne |
2009 | Huajian Gao | 2021 | M. Cynthia Hipwell |
2010 | Ares J. Rosakis | 2022 | Robert O. Ritchie |
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 |