ORR Early Career Award
| ASME Unit: | Materials Division (MD) |
| Date Established: | 2004 |
| Achievement: | Given by the Orr Family through the Materials Division of ASME to recognize early career research excellence in the areas of experimental, computational, or theoretical fatigue, fracture, or creep. Annually at IMECE. |
| Limitations: | Any researcher within 7 years of terminal degree working in experimental, computational, or theoretical fatigue, fracture, or creep can be considered for the Materials Division Orr Early Career Award. |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| Form of Award: | Medal and $3000 Honorarium and up to $750 travel reimbursement |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | Materials Division (MD) |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | Materials Division Executive Committee |
| Selecting Process: | Nominations will come from members of ASME. The nominator must use “ASME Unit Achievement Award form” to submit. In the form, qualification of nominee including the nominee’s contributions in the area of fatigue, fracture and/or creep research must be clearly stated. The nomination must accompany three reference letters including the one from the nominator. The Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee will present the nominations to the Materials Division Executive Committee for a final vote.
For information on nominations, visit the ASME Unit Award Nominations Page. |
| Funding: | Materials Division (MD) |
| Nominations should be submitted to: | Hareesh Tippur |
| Date Modified: | January 2023 |
| Contact Name: | Hareesh Tippur |
| Contact Email: | tippuhv@auburn.edu |
| Contact Phone: | 334-844-3327 |
ORR Early Career Award Recipients
| 2007 | Gabriel P. Potirniche, University of Idaho |
| 2008 | Diana A. Lados, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| 2009 | Dr. Frank W. Delrio, National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| 2010 | Vikas Tomar, Purdue University |
| 2011 | Samantha Daly, University of Michigan |
| 2012 | Shuman Xia, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2013 | Kiran N. Solanki, Arizona State University |
| 2014 | Jaafar El-Awady, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
| 2015 | Michael D. Sangid, Purdue University |
| 2020 | Kedar Kirane, Stony Brook University Yan Li, Dartmouth University |
| 2021 | Xueju “Sophie” Wang, University of Connecticut |