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    Percy W. Nicholls Award

    At a joint Fuels Meeting of the ASME Fuels Division and the AIME Coal Division in St. Louis, Missouri in 1942, the fall after Percy Nicholls died, the first Percy Nicholls Award was presented. This award was established by the two divisions to commemorate the outstanding contributions that Nicholls had made in the science and technology of fuels utilization.

    Currently, The Percy W. Nicholls Award, established in 1942, funded by AIME and ASME in alternating years, is given for notable scientific or industrial achievement in the field of solid fuels. The award shall consist of a certificate, appropriately inscribed with the name of the award, the name of the recipient, and the citation of the achievement for which the award is being conferred.  
    ASME Unit: Power Division
    Date Established: 1942
    Achievement: Notable scientific or industrial achievement in the field of solid fuels.
    Limitations: This award is given once per year. Nominees must be currently registered ASME or SME members with registered interest in the Power Division.
    Nomination Deadline: Open April 1
    Close June 1
    Form of Award: Certificate
    Frequency of Award: Annual
    Administrative: Power Division & SME Awards Committee
    Level of Award: Division
    Selected By: Percy Nicholls Awards Committee
    Selecting Process:

    Nominations are submitted to SME. The Awards Committee reviews and selects the top candidate for the award. Nominations for the Percy Nicholls Award should contain the following information:

    1. Completed nomination form including demographic and contact information for both the nominee and the principal nominator.
    2. Up to five letters of support detailing the nominee’s qualifications for the award (no longer than 2 pages each).
    3. Nominee’s biography (2 page maximum).
    4. Nominee’s CV/resume (abbreviated version – 3 page maximum).
    5. List of papers/publications (abbreviated version – 3 page maximum).
    6. Appropriate award citation.


    All nominations submitted will be considered active nominations for a period of three years. Nominations must be submitted online in accordance with the guidelines.
    Funding: Power Division & SME
    Date Created: 1942
    Date Modified: N/A
    Contact Name: Jamie Hart
    Contact Email: Hartje@asme.org
    Contact Phone: 281-810-5453

    Percy W. Nicholls Award Recipients

    2023 David G. Osborne
    2022 Michael A. Karmis
    2021 No Award
    2020 No Award
    2019 No Award
    2018 No Award
    2017 No Award
    2016 No Award
    2015 Yoginder Paul Chugh
    2014 Yiannis Levendis
    2013 Barbara J. Arnold
    2012 No Award
    2011 Sukumar Bandopadhyay
    2010 Ashwani K. Gupta
    2009 William Beck
    2008 George A. Richards
    2007 Peter J. Bethell
    2006 John L. Marion
    2005 Gerald H. Luttrell
    2004 Dr. Hisashi (Sho) Kobayashi
    2003 J. Brett Harvey
    2002 L. Douglas Smoot
    2001 Robert E. Murray
    2000 Klaus R. G. Hein
    1999 Peter T. Luckie
    1998 No Award
    1997 Frank F. Aplan
    1996 Adel F. Sarofim
    1995 Joseph W. Leonard, III
    1994 Robert H. Essenhigh
    1993 Robert L. Frantz
    1992 Richard W. Borio
    1991 Raja V. Ramani
    1990 Richard W. Bryers
    1989 Albert W. Duerbrouck
    1988 János M. Beér
    1987 Leonard G. Austin
    1986 Gordon H. Gronhovd
    1985 David A. Zegeer
    1984 George K. Lee
    1983 E. Minor Pace
    1982 James R. Jones
    1981 Jack A. Simon
    1980 George W. Land
    1979 William N. Poundstone
    1978 Albert F. Duzy
    1977 H. Beecher Charmbury
    1976 Richard B. Engdahl
    1975 No Award
    1974 George P. Cooper
    1973 Samuel M. Cassidy
    1972 Charles H. Sawyer
    1971 George E. Keller
    1970 Richard C. Corey
    1969 David R. Mitchell
    1968 W. T. Reid
    1967 Martin A. Elliott
    1966 C. T. Holland
    1965 L. F. Deming
    1964 Carroll F. Hardy
    1963 James R. Garvey
    1962 Charles E. Lawall
    1961 Otto de Lorenzi
    1960 Carl E. Lesher
    1959 Homer H. Lowry
    1958 Willibald Trinks
    1957 John Blizzard
    1956 Chester A. Reed
    1955 Ralph Hardgrove
    1954 John F. Barkley
    1953 Henry F. Hebley
    1952 Harry F. Yancey
    1951 Albert R. Humford
    1950 Julian E. Tobey
    1949 Lawrence A. Shipman
    1948 Ralph A. Sherman
    1947 Howard N. Eavenson
    1946 Arno C. Fieldner
    1945 Thomas A. Marsh
    1944 James B. Morrow
    1943 Henry Kreisinger
    1942 Ervin G. Bailey