Soichiro Honda Medal

The Soichiro Honda Medal recognizes an individual for an outstanding achievement or a series of significant engineering contributions in developing improvements in the field of personal transportation.

Attention shall be concentrated on the brilliance of the achievement or on the overall effect of a series of contributions-- not on the individual. The achievement should be of such public importance as to be worthy of the gratitude of society and to call forth the admiration of engineers.

As a result of a generous unrestricted donation to ASME by Honda Motor Company, Ltd., in 1980, the Society established the Soichiro Honda Medal in recognition of Mr. Honda'/s exemplary achievements in the field of personal transportation in 1983.

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Form of Award:	$7,500 honorarium, vermeil medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance
Limitation(s):	None
Administrative Responsibility:	Energy Conversion Technical Group
Nomination Deadline:	October 1
E-mail:	persaudl@asme.org
Awarded By:	Committee on Honors (COH)

Soichiro Honda Medalists

1984	John P. Stapp
1985	Shoichi Furuhama
1986	Lloyd L. Withrow
1987	Felix Wankel
1988	Arthur F. McLean
1989	Shunichi Ohigashi
1990	Charles M. Heinen
1991	Hans C. List
1992	Hiroyuki Hiroyasu
1993	Phillip S. Myers
1994	James Ellis Hall
1995	Joseph M. Juran
1996	Karl J. Springer
1997	Jack D. Benson
1999	John B. Heywood
2000	Franz F. Pischinger
2001	Robert C. Stempel
2002	John H. Johnson
2003	Robert F. Sawyer
2004	Rolf D. Reitz
2005	Barry J. Cooper
2006	David E. Foster
2007	Wallace R. Wade
2008	Robin Stuart Sharp
2009	David F. Merrion
2010	Thomas W. Asmus
2011	John J. Mooney
2012	Priyaranjan Prasad
2013	John C. Wall
2014	Thomas Morel
2015	Thomas D. Gillespie
2016	Bahram Khalighi
2017	John E. Dec
2018	Ashwani K. Gupta
2019	Masayoshi Tomizuka
2020	Asad M. Madni
2022	Subir Chowdhury
2023	Huei Peng
2024	Hongtei Eric Tseng
2025	Peter K. Senecal