Percy W. Nicholls Award

At a joint Fuels Meeting of the ASME Fuels Division and the AIME Coal Division in St. Louis, Missouri in 1942, the fall after Percy Nicholls died, the first Percy Nicholls Award was presented. This award was established by the two divisions to commemorate the outstanding contributions that Nicholls had made in the science and technology of fuels utilization.

Currently, The Percy W. Nicholls Award, established in 1942, funded by AIME and ASME in alternating years, is given for notable scientific or industrial achievement in the field of solid fuels. The award shall consist of a certificate, appropriately inscribed with the name of the award, the name of the recipient, and the citation of the achievement for which the award is being conferred.  

ASME Unit:	Power Division
Date Established:	1942
Achievement:	Notable scientific or industrial achievement in the field of solid fuels.
Limitations:	This award is given once per year. Nominees must be currently registered ASME or SME members with registered interest in the Power Division.
Nomination Deadline:	Open April 1 Close June 1
Form of Award:	Certificate
Frequency of Award:	Annual
Administrative:	Power Division & SME Awards Committee
Level of Award:	Division
Selected By:	Percy Nicholls Awards Committee
Selecting Process:	Nominations are submitted to SME. The Awards Committee reviews and selects the top candidate for the award. Nominations for the Percy Nicholls Award should contain the following information: Completed nomination form including demographic and contact information for both the nominee and the principal nominator. Up to five letters of support detailing the nominee’s qualifications for the award (no longer than 2 pages each). Nominee’s biography (2 page maximum). Nominee’s CV/resume (abbreviated version – 3 page maximum). List of papers/publications (abbreviated version – 3 page maximum). Appropriate award citation. All nominations submitted will be considered active nominations for a period of three years. Nominations must be submitted online in accordance with the guidelines.
Funding:	Power Division & SME
Date Created:	1942
Date Modified:	N/A
Contact Name:	Jamie Hart
Contact Email:	Hartje@asme.org
Contact Phone:	281-810-5453

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Percy W. Nicholls Award Recipients

2023	David G. Osborne
2022	Michael A. Karmis
2021	No Award
2020	No Award
2019	No Award
2018	No Award
2017	No Award
2016	No Award
2015	Yoginder Paul Chugh
2014	Yiannis Levendis
2013	Barbara J. Arnold
2012	No Award
2011	Sukumar Bandopadhyay
2010	Ashwani K. Gupta
2009	William Beck
2008	George A. Richards
2007	Peter J. Bethell
2006	John L. Marion
2005	Gerald H. Luttrell
2004	Dr. Hisashi (Sho) Kobayashi
2003	J. Brett Harvey
2002	L. Douglas Smoot
2001	Robert E. Murray
2000	Klaus R. G. Hein
1999	Peter T. Luckie
1998	No Award
1997	Frank F. Aplan
1996	Adel F. Sarofim
1995	Joseph W. Leonard, III
1994	Robert H. Essenhigh
1993	Robert L. Frantz
1992	Richard W. Borio
1991	Raja V. Ramani
1990	Richard W. Bryers
1989	Albert W. Duerbrouck
1988	János M. Beér
1987	Leonard G. Austin
1986	Gordon H. Gronhovd
1985	David A. Zegeer
1984	George K. Lee
1983	E. Minor Pace
1982	James R. Jones
1981	Jack A. Simon
1980	George W. Land
1979	William N. Poundstone
1978	Albert F. Duzy
1977	H. Beecher Charmbury
1976	Richard B. Engdahl
1975	No Award
1974	George P. Cooper
1973	Samuel M. Cassidy
1972	Charles H. Sawyer
1971	George E. Keller
1970	Richard C. Corey
1969	David R. Mitchell
1968	W. T. Reid
1967	Martin A. Elliott
1966	C. T. Holland
1965	L. F. Deming
1964	Carroll F. Hardy
1963	James R. Garvey
1962	Charles E. Lawall
1961	Otto de Lorenzi
1960	Carl E. Lesher
1959	Homer H. Lowry
1958	Willibald Trinks
1957	John Blizzard
1956	Chester A. Reed
1955	Ralph Hardgrove
1954	John F. Barkley
1953	Henry F. Hebley
1952	Harry F. Yancey
1951	Albert R. Humford
1950	Julian E. Tobey
1949	Lawrence A. Shipman
1948	Ralph A. Sherman
1947	Howard N. Eavenson
1946	Arno C. Fieldner
1945	Thomas A. Marsh
1944	James B. Morrow
1943	Henry Kreisinger
1942	Ervin G. Bailey