Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award
The Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award is given for best original technical paper presented to or published by the Society during the two calendar years prior to the year of award by an ASME Member. Joint authorship is permissible provided all authors meet the requirements. One of the authors must be an ASME Member. The paper shall be specifically recommended for the award by a review committee or qualified individual. The award was established in 1914 by Henry Hess, Member and Vice President of the Society. In 2016, the name was changed to the Henry Hess Early Career Publication Award.
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| Form of Award: | $2,500, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | The author(s) must be one who was not yet 35 years of age or 10 years after terminal degree at the time the paper was presented to or published by the Society during the two calendar years prior to the year of the award. One of the authors must be an ASME Member. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | General Awards Committee (GAC) |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Henry Hess Early Career Publication Awardees
| 2025 | Xiaojia Shelly Zhang Zhi Zhao Chao Wang |
| 2024 | Eleonora Tubaldi Michael R. Bonthron |
| 2022 | Rundong Zhang, Shuai Wu, Qiji Ze |
| 2019 | Benjamin Werbner, Minhao Zhou, Grace D. O’Connell, R. Renee Zhao |
| 2018 | Mary H. Foltz, Craig C. Kage, Casey P. Johnson, Arin M. Ellingson |
| 1995 | J. Edward Colgate |
| 1993 | Mark T. Hanson |
| 1992 | Jeffrey S. Marshall |
| 1990 | Stephen E. Bechtel |
| 1988 | David L. McDowell |
| 1986 | Steven W. Shaw |
| 1984 | Richard C. Benson |
| 1980 | Bharat Bhushan |
| 1979 | Krishna C. Gupta |
| 1978 | Maria Comninou |
| 1977 | Robert J. Hannemann |
| 1976 | G.D. Gupta |
| 1974 | Lambert B. Freund |
| 1973 | Hazem A. Ezzat, Steve M. Rohde |
| 1972 | D.C. Gakenheimer |
| 1970 | T.L. Geers |
| 1969 | James R. Rice |
| 1967 | Richard E. Barrett |
| 1966 | Jerry R. Johanson |
| 1965 | J.F. Booker |
| 1964 | R.J. McGrattan |
| 1963 | A. Thiruvengadam |
| 1962 | Miklos Sajben |
| 1961 | J.E. Fleckenstein |
| 1960 | Gunnar Heskestad, Duane Olberts |
| 1959 | Victor Salesmann |
| 1955 | F. Freudenstein |
| 1952 | Warren Rohsenow |
| 1951 | John D. Stantz |
| 1949 | Gerhard Nothmann |
| 1948 | Hunt Davis |
| 1947 | Gilbert T. Rowe |
| 1946 | Martin Goland |
| 1945 | Bruce Del Mar |
| 1943 | Troels Warming |
| 1942 | Winston M. Dudley |
| 1941 | John Rettaliata |
| 1940 | Robert E. Newton |
| 1938 | Arthur C. Stern |
| 1937 | Leslie J. Hooper |
| 1936 | H.F. Mullikin, Jr. |
| 1935 | Stanley Mikiwa |
| 1934 | John Yellott, Jr. |
| 1933 | Townsend Tinker |
| 1932 | Edmund M. Wagner |
| 1931 | Montrose Drewry |
| 1930 | Ed S. Smith, Jr. |
| 1929 | Arthur M. Wahl |
| 1928 | M.D. Aisenstein |
| 1927 | William M. Frame |
| 1925 | Gilbert Schaller |
| 1924 | R.H. Heilman |
| 1923 | S.S. Sanford, S. Crocker |
| 1922 | R.H. Heilman, F.L. Kallam |
| 1921 | S. Logan Kerr |
| 1919 | E.D. Whalen |
| 1916 | L.B. McMillan |
| 1915 | Ernest Hickstein |