Ralph Coats Roe Medal
The Ralph Coats Roe Medal, established in 1972, recognizes an outstanding contribution toward a better public understanding and appreciation of the engineer’s worth to contemporary society.
The successful candidate is expected to give an authoritative lecture in his/her field at a general session during the ASME Annual Meeting.
Ralph Coats Roe was a pioneer and innovator in the design and construction of highly efficient power plants and advanced desalting processes. He was an inspiration to his colleagues by his great achievements through self-education in highly sophisticated technologies.
The medal was endowed by Burns and Roe, Inc., the corporation founded by Ralph Coats Roe.
| Form of Award: | $12,000, gold medal, certificate and a travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | None |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
| Nomination Deadline: | September 15 |
| E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Ralph Coats Roe Medalists
| 1974 | Emilio Q. Daddario |
| 1975 | Walter Sullivan |
| 1977 | Robert C. Seamans, Jr. |
| 1978 | David Perlman |
| 1979 | William D. Carey |
| 1980 | Melvin Kranzberg |
| 1981 | Carl Sagan |
| 1982 | Samuel C. Florman |
| 1983 | Tracy Kidder |
| 1984 | Lee Iacocca |
| 1985 | David Dooling, Jr. |
| 1987 | T. Lindsay Baker |
| 1988 | Cong. Donald L. Ritter |
| 1989 | John H. Lienhard |
| 1990 | Jeremy Bernstein |
| 1991 | Henry J. Petroski |
| 1992 | Frank Kreith |
| 1993 | Mary Lowe Good |
| 1995 | John Noble Wilford |
| 1996 | Norman R. Augustine |
| 1997 | Cong. George E. Brown, Jr. |
| 1998 | Paul B. MacCready |
| 1999 | Edward Wenk, Jr. |
| 2000 | Barry I. Hyman |
| 2001 | N. Jan Davis |
| 2002 | Dean Kamen |
| 2003 | Vernon J. Ehlers |
| 2004 | William A. Wulf |
| 2005 | Winfred M. Phillips |
| 2006 | Bernard Amadei |
| 2007 | Roop L. Mahajan |
| 2008 | Shirley Ann Jackson |
| 2009 | Bonnie J. Dunbar |
| 2010 | Charles M. Vest |
| 2011 | Ioannis N. Miaoulis |
| 2012 | Bill Nye |
| 2013 | G. Wayne Clough |
| 2014 | Adam Hart-Davis |
| 2015 | Freeman A. Hrabowski, III |
| 2016 | James J. Duderstadt |
| 2017 | Adrian Bejan |
| 2018 | Gwynne Shotwell |
| 2019 | Charles F. Bolden Jr. |
| 2020 | William S. Hammack |
| 2021 | Burt Rutan |
| 2022 | Aprille J. Ericsson |
| 2023 | Winston Oluwole Soboyejo |
| 2024 | Madiha El Mehelmy Kotb |
| 2025 | Calvin Mackie |