Robert T. Knapp Award
| ASME Unit: | Fluids Engineering Division (FED) |
| Date Established: | 1958 |
| Achievement: | Outstanding original paper resulting directly from analytical or laboratory research. |
| Limitations: | Papers must be presented to the Society under the auspices of the Fluids Engineering Division within two calendar years prior to the year of the award. Author(s) need not be ASME members. |
| Nomination Deadline: | 31-Dec |
| Form of Award: | Plaque |
| Frequency of Award: | Annual |
| Administrative: | Fluids Engineering Division (FED) |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | Fluids Engineering Division Honors Committee |
| Selecting Process: | Fluids Engineering Division Honors Committee solicits nominations from all ASME members. Each nominated paper goes through a formal peer review. The best candidates are discussed at a once-a-year meeting and the best (or none) is selected for the award |
| Funding: | Fluids Engineering Division custodian account |
| Year Created: | 1965 |
| Contact Name: | Haibo Dong |
| Contact Email: | hd6q@virginia.edu |
Winners of the Robert T. Knapp Award
| 2024 | Yuanwei Bin, George I. Park, Yu Lv, Xiang I.A. Yang. Large-Eddy Simulation of Separated Flows on Unconventionally Coarse Grids (IMECE2023-116879) - CFDTC |
| 2023 | Reza M. Ziazi, James A. Liburdy. Vortical Structures and Mixing Characteristics of Flow in Randomly Packed Porous Media during Transition to Turbulence (FEDSM2021-65432) - FMTC |
| 2022 | Jingsen Ma, Xiaolong Deng, Chao-Tsung Hsiao, Georges L. Chahine. Hybrid MPI-OpenMP Accelerated Euler-Lagrange Simulations of Microbubble Enhanced HIFU (FEDSM2021-65815) - MFTC |
| 2021 | Fayaz Rasheed, Elvis E. Dominguez-Ontiveros, Justin R. Weinmeister, Charlotte N. Barbier. Deep Learning for Intelligent Bubble Size Detection in the SNS Visual Target (IMECE2020-23164) - FMITC |
| 2020 | Shawn Aram, Andrew DeJong. Numerical Comparision between Steady and Sweeping Jets for Active Flow Control Applications (FEDSM2018-83083) - FMTC |
| 2019 | Haidong Liu, Zhongquan C. Zheng, Bryan Young. Three-Dimensional Computational Hydrodynamics Modeling for Algae Transport and Growth (FEDSM2017-69050) - CFDTC |
| 2018 | Hyunjin Yang, Surya P. Vanka, Brian G. Thomas. Hybrid Eulerian Eulerian Discrete Phase Model of Turbulent Bubbly Flow (IMECE2017-70337) - MFTC |
| 2017 | Shanti Bhushan, Manish Borse, Keith Walters, Crystal L. Pasiliao. Analysis of Turbulence Generation and Energy Transfer Mechanisms in Boundary Layer Transition using Direct Numerical Simulation (FEDSM2016-7795) - FASTC |
| 2016 | V. Chitta and D. K. Walters |
| 2015 | Rachelle L. Speth and Datta V. Gaitonde |
| 2014 | J. Gao, J. Chen, D. Guildenbecher and P. Reu |
| 2013 | A. Cihonski, J. Finn and S. Apte |
| 2012 | Y. Doron and M. Schultz |
| 2011 | Jiarong Hong |
| 2011 | Joseph Katz |
| 2011 | Michael P. Schultz |
| 2010 | M. Emst |
| 2010 | M. Sommerfeld |
| 2008 | Yutaka Abe |
| 2008 | Satoshi Matsumoto |
| 2008 | Shigeru Awazu |
| 2007 | Marina Campolo |
| 2007 | Andrea Cremese |
| 2007 | Alfredo Soldati |
| 2006 | Yi-Chih Chow |
| 2006 | Joseph Katz |
| 2006 | Francesco Sorrana |
| 2006 | Oguz Uzol |
| 2005 | Alexander F. Doll |
| 2005 | Mathias Heinrchs |
| 2005 | Grank Goldschmidtboeing |
| 2005 | Hans-Juergen Schrag |
| 2005 | Ulrich T. Hopt |
| 2005 | Peter Woias |
| 2004 | Michael P. Schultz |
| 2004 | Karen A. Flack |
| 2003 | Jeffery Taylor and |
| 2003 | Mark N. Glausner |
| 2002 | William K. George |
| 2002 | Xia Wang |
| 2002 | Luciano Castillo |
| 2002 | C.H. Hidrovo |
| 2001 | D.P. Hart |
| 2001 | D.P. Hart |
| 2000 | S.W. Coppen |
| 2000 | C.B. Rogers |
| 1999 | T. Manning |
| 1999 | S.K. Lele |
| 1998 | N. Sinha |
| 1998 | A. Hosangadi |
| 1998 | R. Lee |
| 1998 | B. York |
| 1998 | P. Cavallo |
| 1998 | S. Dash |
| 1997 | D.G. Dommermuth |
| 1997 | R.C.Y. Mui |
| 1996 | C. David Pruett |
| 1995 | N. Mangiavacchi |
| 1995 | R. Gundlapalli |
| 1995 | R. Akhavan |
| 1994 | P. Roache |
| 1993 | F.E. McCaughan |
| 1993 | H. Bedir |
| 1992 | M.A.Leschziner |
| 1991 | R.S. Meyer |
| 1991 | M.L. Billet |
| 1991 | J. W. Holl |
| 1985 | R.L. Street |
| 1985 | J.R. Koseff |
| 1980 | C. Brennen |
| 1979 | T. Morel |
| 1977 | A.J. Acosta |
| 1977 | C. Brennen |
| 1976 | R. L. Loehrke |
| 1976 | H.M. Nagib |
| 1975 | O. Furuya |
| 1974 | J.P. Johnston |
| 1973 | V. H. Arakeri |
| 1973 | A.J. Acosta |
| 1972 | G. Heskestad |
| 1971 | P. N. Shankar |
| 1970 | J.W. Holl |
| 1970 | A.J. Kornhauser |
| 1969 | L.R. Glicksman |
| 1968 | Milton Plesset |
| 1968 | R.E. Devine |
| 1967 | N.D. Shutter |
| 1967 | R.B. Messier |
| 1966 | Robert Hickling |
| 1965 | B. R. Parkin |