Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal

The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following graduation with a baccalaureate (bachelors) degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. The award is bestowed for overall outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field during the set period of time.

PI TAU SIGMA AWARDS

In 1938, Pi Tau Sigma (National Mechanical Engineering Honor Society) arranged with ASME for the joint award of the Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal. This medal is awarded for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering to an engineer within ten years after graduation from the regular engineering course of a recognized college or university.

In 1944, the Charles Russ Richards Award was similarly established as a joint award of Pi Tau Sigma and ASME to recognize the outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering by graduating 20 years or more.

In 1973, Pi Tau Sigma and ASME entered into a new agreement which continued the existing awards and added the Gustus L. Larson Award to honor engineering graduates for outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering between ten and twenty years after graduation. Funding was provided from the ASME Ward S. and Editha Jacobs Fund.

The qualifications for the recipients of each of the three awards are identical except for the period of recognized achievements. In each case the recipient shall have received a baccalaureate degree from a regular engineering program of a recognized college or university and shall have attained outstanding achievement within the period stated for each award. Achievement shall be all or in part in any field, including industrial, educational, political, research, civic and artistic. The candidate'/s achievements will be examined for an application of basic engineering methods or principles.

The three awards are administered by a Joint Board of Award appointed by Pi Tau Sigma and ASME. The Chair is a Pi Tau Sigma appointee. The Board of Award provides forms and invites ASME Sections and other units to nominate for the awards. The Board of Award submits the names and records of the persons selected for the three awards to the ASME Committee on Honors for the formal selection of the recipients.
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Nomination Instructions

Form of Award:

$1000, gold medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance

Limitation(s):

The nominee must be a person who has received the baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related field within ten calendar years from the year of the award.

Administrative Responsibility: Committee on Honors (COH)
Nomination Deadline: February 15
E-mail: persaudl@asme.org
Awarded By: Committee on Honors (COH)

PI Tau Sigma Gold Medalists

The Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering within ten years following graduation with a baccalaureate (bachelors) degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field. The award is bestowed for overall outstanding achievement in the mechanical engineering field during the set period of time.

1938 Wilfred E. Johnson
1939 John Yellot, Jr.
1940 George A. Hawkins
1941 R. Hosmer Norris
1942 John T. Rettaliata
1943-46 No award due to war
1947 David Cochrane
1948 Walter G. Vincenti
1949 Phillip S. Myers
1950 Arthur P. Adamson
1951 Warren M. Rohsenow
1952 Robert L. O'/Brien
1953 Merle Baker
1954 Emmett E. Day
1955 Robert C. Dean, Jr.
1956 John A. Clark
1957 Patrick McDonald, Jr.
1958 Allison E. Simons
1959 Donald F. Hays
1960 George Hatsopoulos
1961 Ernest T. Selig
1962 E. Bruce Lee
1963 Herbert Richardson
1964 Richard L. Peskin
1965 John Bollinger
1966 Jason R. Lemon
1967 William O'/Donnell
1968 Randall F. Barron
1969 Henry K. Newhall
1970 Richard E. Barrett
1971 James R. Rice
1972 John F. Stephens III
1973 Christian E.G. Przirembel
1974 Jace W. Nunziato
1975 Ted B. Belytschko
1976 John S. Walker
1977 Richard E. Lovejoy
1978 David A. Peters
1980 Doyle D. Knight
1982 Polychronis-Thomas
1982 Pol D. Spanos
1984 Michael R. Muller
1985 Wing Kam Liu
1986 Dimos Poulikakos
1987 David L. McDowell
1988 Mark F. Hamilton
1989 Steven M. Wilson
1990 Dionissios N. Assanis
1991 Yves H. Berthelot
1993 Melany L. Hunt
1994 Zhigang Suo
1995 Thomas R. Kurfess
1996 Gregory S. Chirikjian
1998 Wei Chen
1999 Margaret S. Wooldridge
2000 Connie J. Buynacek
2002 Assimina A. Pelegri
2003 Bogdan I. Epureanu
2004 Kenneth A. Gall
2006 Nicholas Fang
2009 A. John Hart
2010 David L. Burris
2011 David Saintillan
2012 Amos G. Winter V
2013 Randy H. Ewoldt
2014 Ibrahim T. Ozbolat
2015 Neil P. Dasgupta
2016 David L. Henann
2017 Shannon K. Yee
2018 Nenad Miljkovic
2019 Jesse Capecelatro
2020 David G. Kwabi
2021 Yangying Zhu
2022 R. Renee Zhao
2023 Akanksha K. Menon
2024 Raudel Avila

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