Edward F. Obert Award
The Edward F. Obert Award recognizes an outstanding paper on thermodynamics presented during the preceding two calendar years. The award shall be made for a paper presented at the Advanced Energy Systems Division’s International Mechanical Engineering Congress symposium on energy systems analysis (so long as the symposium continues). The award shall be presented at the following ASME Congress.
The award was established in 1987 as a division award until 1995 when it was elevated to a Society award.
| Form of Award: | A $5,000 honorarium, a certificate, and a travel supplement not to exceed $750 |
| Limitation(s): | All papers must be written during the preceding two years of Congress presentation. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Advanced Energy Systems Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | March 1 |
| Nomination Sent To: | Edward F. Obert Award Committee Chair |
| Committee Chair: | D.D. Boettner |
| Phone Number: | 845-661-0948 |
| E-mail: | boettnerd@aol.com |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
EDWARD F. OBERT AWARD RECIPIENTS
| 1997 | Thomas P. Anderson | 2007 | Andrea Lazzaretto |
| 1998 | Andrea Lazzaretto | Andrea Toffolo | |
| George Tsatsaronis | 2010 | Noam Lior | |
| 1999 | Masaru Ishida | Na Zhang | |
| Takahiro Suzuki | 2012 | Michael R. von Spakovsky | |
| Masashi Yamamoto | Charles E. Smith | ||
| 2000 | Anthony J. Bowman | 2014 | Hameed Metghalchi |
| Richard A. Gaggioli | Ghassan J. Nicolas | ||
| David Paulus, Jr. | Mohammad Janbozorgi | ||
| David H. Richardson | 2016 | Sara Cosentino | |
| 2001 | Elias P. Gyftopoulos | Adriano Sciacovelli | |
| 2002 | Cristian Carraretto | Vittorio Verda | |
| Alberto Mirandola | 2017 | Luca Rivadossi | |
| Anna Stoppato | Gian P. Beretta | ||
| 2003 | Luis M. Serra | 2018 | Andrea Toffolo |
| Antonio Valero | Andrea Lazzaretto | ||
| Vittorio Verda | Sergio Rech | ||
| 2004 | Adrian Bejan | 2019 | John H. Lienhard V |
| Sylvie Lorente | 2020 | Henry A. Long III | |
| Ting Wang |