Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME’s first president, provides an opportunity for a leader in pure and/or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture on a subject of broad interest to engineers. The Thurston Lecture was elevated to a Society award in 2000.
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Form of Award: | $500, plaque, certificate, and a $500 travel allowance |
Limitation(s): | None |
Administrative Responsibility: | Technical and Engineering Communities (TEC) Sector |
Nomination Deadline: | February 15 |
E-mail: |
persaudl@asme.org |
Awarded By: | General Awards Committee (GAC) |
Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Awadees
2024 | Xin Zhang |
2023 | Ramamoorthy Ramesh |
2022 | Robert O. Ritchie |
2021 | M. Cynthia Hipwell |
2020 | Andrew Alleyne |
2019 | Yonggang Huang |
2018 | Guruswami Ravichandran |
2017 | Mohammed A. Zikry |
2016 | Romesh C. Batra |
2015 | Horacio D. Espinosa |
2014 | Ken P. Chong |
2013 | John A. Rogers |
2012 | Zhigang Suo |
2011 | Francis C. Moon |
2010 | Ares J. Rosakis |
2009 | Huajian Gao |
2008 | Vijay K. Dhir |
2007 | Wing Kam Liu |
2006 | Sia Nemat-Nasser |
2005 | Savio L-Y. Woo |
2004 | Bharat Bhushan |
2003 | Yogesh Jaluria |
2002 | Elias P. Gyftopoulos |
2001 | John W. Hutchinson |
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS (DIVISIONAL LEVEL)
2000 | Duncan Dowson |
1999 | Adrian Bejan |
1998 | Van C. Mow |
1997 | Raymond Viskanta |
1996 | Don P. Giddens |
1995 | Paul Cooper |
1994 | Robert M. Nerem |
1993 | Chang-Lin Tien |
1992 | John H. Lienhard |
1991 | Frank Kreith |
1990 | Jack S. Kilby |
1989 | Stephen J. Kline |
1988 | Stephen H. Crandal |
1987 | Simon Ostrach |
1986 | Daniel C. Drucker |
1985 | Yuan-Cheng B. Fung |
1984 | Robert A. Frosch |
1983 | Ernst R. G. Eckert |
1982 | Hans M. Mark |
1981 | John Erik Jonsson |
1980 | Milton S. Plesset |
1979 | W. Dale Compton |
1978 | Allen F. Rhodes |
1977 | Robert C. Dean, Jr. |
1976 | Chauncey Starr |
1975 | Myron Tribus |
1974 | Robert W. Emmons |
1973 | Henry M. Paynter |
1972 | George F. Carrier |
1971 | Milton C. Shaw |
1970 | Jacob P. Den Hartog |
1969 | Jacob Ackeret |