Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award
The Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award is presented for the best current original paper or papers (not published elsewhere) which has/have been presented before ASME and/or published by ASME during the two calendar years immediately preceding the year of the award. The paper(s) should clearly demonstrate that the science and engineering technologies outlined in the paper, resulted in a significant contribution to the manufacturing processes and systems for the design or application of machine tools, gauges, dimensional measuring instruments, or new manufacturing technologies and metrology approaches.
Papers by multiple authors are eligible. The award shall be made annually if warranted.
The award was established in 1954 by Frederick S. Blackall, Jr., Fellow and Seventy-second President of the Society.
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: | $1000 and plaque |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Manufacturing Engineering Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | December 15 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors |
| 2025 | Gary J. Cheng Licong An Xingtoa Liu Haozheng Qu Sen Xiang |
| 2024 | Shilan Jin Satish T.S. Bukkapatnam Sean Hayes Yu Ding |
| 2023 | Xiao-Ming Zhang Dong Zhang Markus Meurer Thomas Bergs Han Ding |
| 2022 | Josef Mayr Jan Konvicka Joel Purtschert Konrad Wegener |
| 2020 | Chabum Lee Pablo Hernández Becerro David Schranz Christian Buesser |
| 2019 | Burak Sencer Shingo Tajima |
| 2018 | Sripati Sah Numpon Mahayotsanun Michael Peshkin Jian Cao Robert X. Gao |
| 2017 | Hai T. Nguyer Hui Wang Jie Ren S. Jack Hu Albert J. Shih Bruce L. Tai |
| 2014 | Mingyang Li Robert G. Landers Ming C. Leu Lie Tang |
| 2013 | Caner Eksioglu Zekai M. Kilic Yusuf Altintas |
| 2012 | Rui Zhou Jian Cao Kornel F. Ehmann Chun Xu |
| 2011 | O. Burak Ozdoganlar Sinan Filiz |
| 2010 | Dalong Gao Ugur Ersoy Robin Stevenson Pei-Chung Wang |
| 2009 | Robert J. Hocken Jimmie A. Miller K. Scott Smith Bethany A. Woody |
| 2008 | Andrew E. Honegger Shiv G. Kapoor Richard E. DeVor |
| 2007 | Yung C. Shin Yinggang Tian |
| 2006 | Y. Lawrence Yao I. Cevdet Noyan Wenwu Zhang |
| 2005 | Yong Huang Steven Y. Liang |
| 2004 | Jose F. Hurtado Shreyes Melkote |
| 2003 | Ihab Hanna Scott A. Hucker Robin Stevenson Guoxian Xiao |
| 2002 | Charalabos C. Doumanidis Yong-Min Kwak |
| 2001 | Woncheol Choi Thomas R. Kurfess |
| 2000 | Barney E. Klamecki |
| 1999 | Jamal Sheikh-Ahmad John A. Bailey |
| 1998 | Shounak M. Athavale John S. Strenkowski |
| 1997 | William J. Endres Richard E. DeVor Shiv G. Kapoor |
| 1996 | William R.D. Wilson Tse-Chi Hsu Xiubao Huang |
| 1995 | Jerzy Kozak K.P. Rajurkar Bin Wei |
| 1994 | David A. Stephenson |
| 1993 | Changsheng Guo Stephen Malkin Fershid Engineer |
| 1992 | Guangming Zhang |
| 1991 | Eiji Usui Masami Masuko Akihiko Hirota Takahiro Shirakashi Takeaki Kitagawa |
| 1990 | Jiri Tlusty |
| 1989 | Lucian Kops M. Helmi Attia |
| 1988 | Betzalel Avitzur Rensen Wu Samuel H. Talbert Ye T. Chou |
| 1986 | David A. Dornfeld Elijah Kannatey-Asibu, Jr. |
| 1985 | Paul K. Wright |
| 1984 | Chunghorng R. Liu Moshe M. Barash |
| 1983 | Richard E. DeVor William A. Kline Igbal A. Shareef |
| 1982 | Nam P. Suh Bruce M. Kramer |
| 1981 | Ranga Komanduri Robert H. Brown |
| 1980 | Robert A. Thompson Subbiah Ramalingam John D. Watson |
| 1975 | Sindre Holoyen C. Dan Mote, Jr. |
| 1974 | S.P. Loutrel N.H. Cook |
| 1971 | William P. Koster Louis J. Fritz |
| 1968 | Kuo-King Wang Shien-Ming Wu Kazuaki Iwata |
| 1967 | J. Hopenfeld R.R. Cole |
| 1965 | Robert S. Hahn |
| 1963 | E.G. Thomsen A.G. MacDonald |
| 1962 | W.A. Mohn |
| 1961 | Joseph R. Roubik |
| 1960 | B. Popper David W. Pessen |
| 1958 | S.A. Tobias Wilfred Fishwick |
| 1957 | Bei T. Chao Kenneth J. Trigger |
| 1956 | Orlan W. Boston William W. Gilbert |
| 1955 | Carl J. Oxford, Jr. John A. Cook |