Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award
The Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award was established as a division award in 1998. The Award was elevated to a Society award in 2001 to recognize a person who exemplifies the best in furthering engineering design education through vision, interactions with students and industry, scholarship and impact on the next generation of engineers, and a person whose action serves as a role model for other educators to emulate.
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| Form of Award: | $1000, vermeil medal and certificate |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Design Engineering Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Awardees
| 2001 | Ken Wallace | 2023 | Shorya Awtar |
| 2002 | Kenneth J. Waldron | ||
| 2003 | Woodie C. Flowers | ||
| 2004 | Clive L. Dym | ||
| 2005 | Gary L. Kinzel | ||
| 2006 | John S. Lamancusa | ||
| 2007 | Panos Y. Papalambros | ||
| 2008 | Kosuke Ishii | ||
| 2010 | Sridhar Kota | ||
| 2011 | Farrokh Mistree | ||
| 2012 | David Wallace | ||
| 2013 | Douglass J. Wilde | ||
| 2014 | Kevin Craig | ||
| 2015 | Alice M. Agogino | ||
| 2016 | Kathryn W. Jablokow | ||
| 2017 | Gül E. Okudan Kremer | ||
| 2018 | Alexander H. Slocum | ||
| 2019 | Janet K. Allen | ||
| 2020 | Jonathan Cagan | ||
| 2021 | Timothy W. Simpson | ||
| 2022 | Kamran Behdinan |