Charles T. Main Student Leadership Award

The Charles T. Main Student Leadership Award recognizes current undergraduate ASME Student Members whose leadership and service qualities have contributed for a period of at least one year: to the programs and operations of a Student Section of the Society; to enhancing student activities within his/her department; to other related activities and services related to mechanical engineering students at his/her institution; the engineering profession and ASME.


The nomination for this award would be expected to substantiate the leadership and service qualities of the nominee by reference to the nominee’s Student Section offices, organizational assignments, creative programs and activities, departmental activities such as student recruitment, etc. and community service and leadership in other organizations.

All nominations should be accompanied by supporting documentation.

References should include three letters from the following individuals: a peer; a Student Section Advisor; a Corporate ASME Member or Faculty Member.
 One of the references must be an ASME Member. 

Submit Nomination Here
Nomination Instructions
Nomination Tips

Form of Award:

$3000, vermeil medal (1st), certificate, and a $750 travel allowance to attend the award presentation

$2000, silver medal (2nd), certificate, and a $750 travel allowance to attend the award presentation.

Up to eight $500 honorable mentions certificates may be awarded to qualified candidates.

Limitations: No more than two nominees from the same institution will be accepted.
Nomination Deadline: February 15
Email: persaudl@asme.org
Administrative Responsibility: General Awards Committee
Awarded By: Committee on Honors

 

Charles T. Main Awardees

FIRST PLACE (VERMEIL MEDAL)

1925 Clement R. Brown
Catholic University of America
1960 John W. McDaniel
Rice Institute
1996 Joseph G. McElhaney
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1926 W.C. Taylor
Johns Hopkins University
1961 Lester W. Wurm
Kansas State University
1997 Fionna K. Murray
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1928 Robert M. Meyer
Newark College of Engineering
1962 David W. Wieting
Lamar State College of Technology
1998 Peter J. Umbdenstock
Mississippi State University
1930 Jules Podnosoff
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
1963 Robert Lafayette Ash
Kansas State University
1999 Angela Carr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1931 Robert E. Klise
University of Michigan
1967 Muzzamil Niazi
Wichita State University
2000 Michele A. Monnier
University of Dayton
1932 Marshall Anderson
University of Michigan
1968 Terry Dean Schmidt
University of Washington
2001 Andrea C. Hoth
Valparaiso University
1933 George D. Wilkinson, Jr.
Newark College of Engineering
1970 Steve H. Woodard
Arizona State University
2002 Amip Shah
Rowan University
1934 Philip P. Self
Colorado State College
1971 James M. Singleton
University of Alabama
2003 Jill C. Anderson
Boston University
1935 G. Lowell Williams
Lafayette College
1972 Harold Chapin Lowe
University of Kansas
2004 Stephen J. Klick
Boise State University
1937 Allan P. Stern
Case School of Applied Science
1973 Gary Patrick Pezall
University of Wisconsin, Madison
2005 Mandy Brogdon
University of Dayton
1938 Edward W. Connelly
University of Detroit
1974 Adrian P. Villa
Clarkson College of Technology
2006 Adeodato I. Botello-Arredondo
University De Guanajuato
1939 James H. Bright
Lehigh University
1976 Scott Elliot Baker
Purdue University
2007 Daniel Joseph Hanna
Drexel University
1940 Frank de Pould
Case School of Applied Science
1977 Charles S. Tamarin
Columbia University
2008 Vince D. Romanin
University of Dayton
1941 John J. Balun
University of Detroit
1978 Emily Earle
Auburn University
2009 Brianne M. Wilburne
The Pennsylvania State University
1942 Bernard J. Isabella
Case School of Applied Science
1979 Richard A. Ferraro
State University of NY at Buffalo
2010 Nathaniel Dale Taylor
Drexel University
1943 Mitchell C. Kazen
University of Detroit
1980 Russell S. Colvin
Louisiana Technical University
2011 Danielle P. Jacobson
Drexel University
1944 Fred M. Piaskowski
University of Detroit
1981 Scott H. Buehrer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2012 Caitlin A. Correll
Cooper Union College
1945 Jack Drandell
Southern Methodist University
1982 Brenda B. Elarbee
University of South Florida
2013 Leila C. Aboharb
Drexel University
1946 Victor S. Rykwalder
University of Detroit
1983 Stephen A. Hight
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
2014 Meredith A. Campbell
Daniel Webster College
1947 Alvaro R. Boera
Stevens Institute of Technology
1984 Linda-Marie Hubbard
University of Rochester
2015 Jonathan Jennings
University of Missouri
1948 Earle Duane Stewart
University of Pittsburgh
1985 Anne Bazan
Western New England College
2016 Hind Hajjar
American University of Beirut
1949 Stanley M. Kuvacheff
University of Detroit
1986 Mark A. Meili
Kansas State University
2017 Gemma Iruegas
Universidad Panamericana Campus Aguascalientes
1950 Richard T. Johnson
University of Detroit
1987 Keith G. Benedict
University of Southern Indiana
2018

Brandon Graham
Rowan University

1952 Israel E. Rubin
Cooper Union School of Engineering
1988 Kelli L. Kowaleski
University of New Hampshire
2019

Sandy Karam
Notre Dame University-Louaize

1953 Peter Ashurkoff
Princeton University
1989 Kirk W. Olsen
University of Akron
2020 Jad Hakim
Notre Dame University
1954 John B. Pendergrass, Jr.
Carnegie Institute of Technology
1990 Darleen Centala
California State University, Long Beach
2021 Arya Vyavahare
MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women 
1955 Richard J. Slember
Cooper Union School of Engineering
1991 Mark D. Conner
University of Alabama, Birmingham

2022


 
Marcus Lanne
Purdue University

 
1956 Marion J. Balcerzak
University of Detroit
1992 Maria D. Guerra
The City College, CUNY
2023
Sajon Seaberg
Purdue University
1957 Joseph P. Hunter
University of Detroit
1993 Carol J. Bates
Purdue University
   
1958 Frank D. Sams
Clemson Agricultural College
1994 Robert R. Vallance
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
   
1959 James L. Benson
University of Vermont
1995 John C. Schiffer
University of Akron
   

SECOND PLACE (SILVER MEDAL)

1984 Douglas L. Wahl
Oregon Institute of Technology
1997 Lindy Hou
The City College, CUNY
2010 Bianca L. Covington
University of Alabama
1985 Scott E. Cooper, Jr.
University of NC at Charlotte
  M. Christine Roberts
Utah State University
2011 Kenneth Schnautz
University of Southern Indiana
1986 Andre L. Boehman
University of Dayton
1998 Angela Carr
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
2012 Hardik Tiwari
Birla Institute of Technology and Science
1987 Mark V. Martin
University of Oklahoma
1999 Michelle M. Hurler 2013 Sarah E. Johnson
The University of Alabama
1988 Robert R. Hardman
University of Alabama, Birmingham
2000 Chad W. Jansen
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2014 Claire Harper
The University of Alabama
1989 Tina A. Williams
Louisiana Technical University
2001 Faye M. Tomimbang
Florida Institute of Technology
2015 Caleb Amy
Georgia Institute of Technology
1990 Anne Marie East
University of South Florida
2002 Stephani Ferrufino
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2016 Eduardo Guevara
National and Autonomous University of Mexico
1991 Richard L. Case
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2003 Laura E. Basehore
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
2017 Jithu Paulose
Federal Institute of Science and Technology
1992 Sara L. Farrar
Colorado State University
2004 Aaron J. Ryan
Pella Corporation
2018 Joseph Pechstein
Milwaukee School of Engineering
1993 Kathryn D. Jorgensen
Brigham Young University
2005 Justin M. Crapps
Mississippi State University
2019 Abhijith J. Kumar
Federal Institute of Science and Technology
1994 Connie J. Bleidorn
University of Dayton
2006 Amanda M. Thomas
Virginia Tech
2020 Adam Hernandez-Miranda
University of Guanajuato
  Daniel J. Engert
Colorado State University
2007 Danielle Williams
Virginia Tech
2021
 
Samantha Hoover
Milwaukee School of Engineering
 
1995 Priya Rangaswamy
University of Illinois-Champaign
2008 Jesse Aaron Huguet
University of Abama
2022 Toukir A. Chowdhury
Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
1996 Wade D. Vinson
University of Houston
2009 Eduardo Jose Barrientos
Universidad Simon Bolivar
2023 Sam Gibson
 University of Nebraska–Lincoln 
 
       
2024
 
Rythin Varghese
           

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