Internal Combustion Engine Technical Community Early Career Award
This is an ICE Technical Community award that honors internal combustion engine and aftertreatment related research and development for early career engineers. This award is specifically created to recognize early career researchers in academia, national labs, and industry who have made tremendous contributions to the ICE community. The recipient need not be a member of the ICE Technical Community, but we hope that they would engage with the technical community in some capacity.
Nomination Form
Form of Award: Certificate-usually laminated onto a walnut board; honorarium for travel expenses and registration fee for the conference
Up to 1 award per year/conference
The nominator for the Early Career Award is required to fill out the form here, and submit to Dr. Andrea Strzelec strzelec@uscar.org.
Nomination Form
Form of Award: Certificate-usually laminated onto a walnut board; honorarium for travel expenses and registration fee for the conference
| ASME Unit: | Transportation Systems Division (TSD) |
| Date Established: | February 1, 2024 |
| Achievement: | Outstanding technical achievements towards internal combustion engine research by an early career researcher. |
| Limitations: | Does not need to be a technical community member. |
| Nomination Deadline: | May 1st |
| Nominator: | Must be an ICE technical community member |
| Form of Award: | Certificate-usually laminated onto a walnut board; honorarium for travel expenses and registration fee for the conference |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | Transportation Systems Division |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | ICE Technical Community Leadership Team |
| Selecting Process: | Nominations are screened and approved by the ICE Technical Community Leadership Team |
| Funding: | Internal Combustion Engine Technical Community Custodian Account |
| Contact Name: | Dr. Andrea Strzelec |
| Contact Email: | strzelec@uscar.org |
The nominator for the Early Career Award is required to fill out the form here, and submit to Dr. Andrea Strzelec strzelec@uscar.org.
Eligible candidates are expected to have contributed, with an independent research profile, to their field. The nomination deadline must be no more than 10 years after the date of receiving the individual’s final degree (e.g., BS, MS, Ph.D.).
2025 Winners
Pinaki Pal
Senior Research Scientist,
Advanced Propulsion and Power Department
Argonne National Laboratory
2024 Winners
Muhsin Ameen
Principal Research Scientist,
Transportation & Power Systems Division
Argonne National Laboratory