ASME Medal
Award
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The ASME Medal, created in 1920, is the highest award bestowed by the ASME (founded as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers) Board of Governors for "eminently distinguished engineering achievement".[1][2] The award has been presented every year since 1996 (first medalist was awarded in 1921), and it consists of a $15,000 honorarium,[2] a certificate, a travel supplement not to exceed $750, and a gold medal inscribed with the words, "What is not yet, may be".[3]
Awarded forhighest award bestowed to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.”
CountryUnited States
Presented byASME
RewardsCertificate, honorarium and Medal
| ASME Medal | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | highest award bestowed to recognize “eminently distinguished engineering achievement.” |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | ASME |
| Rewards | Certificate, honorarium and Medal |
| First award | 1920 |
| Website | |
ASME also gives out a number of other awards yearly, including the Edwin F. Church Medal, the Holley medal, and the Soichiro Honda medal.[4]
List of recipients
Source: ASME
- 1921: Hjalmar G. Carlson
- 1922: Frederick A. Halsey
- 1923: John R. Freeman
- 1926: Robert Andrews Millikan
- 1927: Wilfred Lewis
- 1928: Julian Kennedy
- 1930: W. L. R. Emmet
- 1931: Albert Kingsbury
- 1933: Ambrose Swasey
- 1934: Willis Carrier
- 1935: Charles T. Main
- 1936: Edward Bausch
- 1937: Edward P. Bullard, Jr.
- 1938: Stephen J. Pigott
- 1939: James E. Gleason
- 1940: Charles F. Kettering
- 1941: Theodore von Karman
- 1942: Ervin G. Bailey
- 1943: Lewis K. Sillcox
- 1944: Edward G. Budd
- 1945: William F. Durand
- 1946: Morris E. Leeds
- 1947: Paul W. Kiefer
- 1948: Frederick G. Keyes
- 1949: Fred L. Dornbrook
- 1950: Harvey C. Knowles
- 1951: Glenn B. Warren
- 1952: Nevin E. Funk
- 1953: Crosby Field
- 1954: E. Burnley Powell
- 1955: Granville M. Read
- 1956: Harry F. Vickers
- 1957: Llewellen M.K. Boelter
- 1958: Wilbur H. Armacost
- 1959: Martin Frisch
- 1960: C. Richard Soderberg
- 1962: Philip Sporn
- 1963: Igor I. Sikorsky
- 1964: Alan Howard
- 1965: Jan Burgers
- 1967: Mayo D. Hersey
- 1968: Samuel C. Collins
- 1969: Lloyd H. Donnell
- 1970: Robert Rowe Gilruth
- 1971: Horace Smart Beattie
- 1972: Waloddi Weibull
- 1973: Christopher C. Kraft, Jr.
- 1974: Nicholas J. Hoff
- 1975: Maxime A. Faget
- 1976: Raymond D. Mindlin
- 1977: Robert W. Mann
- 1979: Jacob P. Den Hartog
- 1980: Soichiro Honda
- 1981: Robert S. Hahn
- 1983: Jack N. Binns, Sr.
- 1984: Aaron Cohen
- 1985: Milton C. Shaw
- 1986: Orlan W. Boston
- 1987: Philip G. Hodge
- 1988: Eric Reissner
- 1989: William R. Sears
- 1990: Harley A. Wilhelm
- 1992: Daniel C. Drucker
- 1993: Richard H. Gallagher
- 1996: Robert C. Dean, Jr.
- 1997: Bernard Budiansky
- 1998: Frank Kreith
- 1999: H. Norman Abramson
- 2000: Arthur E. Bergles
- 2001: Warren M. Rohsenow
- 2002: Leroy S. "Skip" Fletcher
- 2003: Norman R. Augustine
- 2004: Bradford W. Parkinson
- 2005: Robert E. Uhrig
- 2006: Richard J. Goldstein
- 2007: Dean L. Kamen
- 2008: Frank E. Talke
- 2009: Nam Pyo Suh
- 2010: John Abele
- 2011: C. Daniel Mote, Jr.
- 2012: Jan D. Achenbach
- 2013: Siavouche Nemat-Nasser
- 2014: Van C. Mow
- 2015: James R. Rice
- 2016: J. N. Reddy
- 2017: Zdeněk P. Bažant
- 2018: Thomas J.R. Hughes
- 2019: Reginald I. Vachon
- 2020: Subra Suresh
- 2021: Pol D. Spanos
- 2022: Katepalli R. Sreenivasan
- 2023: Huajian Gao
- 2024: Adrian Bejan