Nominations Now Being Accepted for Nine Society Awards

Nominations Now Being Accepted for Nine Society Awards Nominations Now Being Accepted for Nine Society Awards Nominations Now Being Accepted for Nine Society AwardsNomination deadlines for nine ASME awards including the Ralph Coats Roe Medal, the Fluids Engineering Award and the Freeman Scholar will fall during the months of August and September.Nominations for the Ralph Coats Roe Medal, which recognizes an outstanding contribution toward a better public understanding and appreciation of the engineers worth to contemporary society, are due Aug. 15. The award consists of a $12,000 honorarium, a gold medal and a certificate. Nominations should be submitted to Ozden Ochoa, the Ralph Coats Roe Medal chair, by e-mail at oochoatamu.edu. For more information on the criteria for the medal, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/ralph-coats-roe-medal. The Fluids Engineering Award recognizes outstanding contributions, over a period of years, to the engineering profession and, in particular, to the field of fluids engineering through research, practice or teaching. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Aug. 30 is the deadline to submit a nominierung to Fluids Engineering Award chair, Khaled Hammad, at khaled.j.hammadgmail.com. To learn more about the award, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/fluids-engineering-award.Sept. 1 is the nomination deadline for seven other awards the Freeman Scholar, the Edwin F. Church Medal, the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award, the Patrick J. Higgins Award, the H.R. Lissner Medal, the Van C. Mow Medal, and the Ben C. Sparks Medal. The Freeman Scholar Award, which is presented biennially in even-numbered years, honors a person of significant expertise in fluids engineering who is expected to review a topic in his or her specialty, write a review article for the Journal of Fluids Engineering, and present a p lenary lecture during the Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. The award consists of a $10,000 honorarium and a certificate. Nominations should be submitted to the ASME Committee on Honors, Fran McKivor at mckivorfasme.org. For more information, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/literature-awards/freeman-scholar-award.The Edwin F. Church Medal, which commemorates eminent service in increasing the value, importance and prestige of mechanical engineering education, consists of a $2,500 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Nominations should be submitted to Kenneth Ball, the Edwin F. Church Medal chair, at ballgmu.edu. Visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/edwin-f-church-medal to learn more about the award.The Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award recognizes young investigators who are pursuing research in bioengineering and have demonstrated significant potential to make substantial contributions to th e field. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate and should be e-mailed to award chair Jeffrey Holmes at holmesvirginia.edu. mora information on the Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award is available at www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/y-c-fung-young-investigator-award. The Patrick J. Higgins Award, which honors an individual who has contributed to the enhancement of standardization of ASME Codes Standards or Conformity Assessment, consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Nominations should be submitted by e-mail to the award chair, Pete DeMarco, at pete.demarcoiapmo.org. For more information on the Patrick J. Higgins Award, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/patrick-j-higgins-award. The H.R. Lissner Medal honors outstanding achievements in the area of bioengineering in the form of significant contributions. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Nominations should be e-mailed to Noshir Langrana, the H.R Lissner Medal chair, at langranarutgers.edu. To learn more about the award, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/h-r-lissner-medal.The Van C. Mow Medal, which is bestowed upon an individual for significant contributions to the field of bioengineering and the bioengineering community, consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Nominations must be submitted to the Van C. Mow Medal chair, Ray Vanderby, at vanderbysurgery.wisc.edu. More information on the medal is available online at www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/van-c-mow-medal. The seventh award, the Ben C. Sparks Medal, recognizes eminent service to mechanical engineering or engineering technology education through outstanding contributions that bring innovative, authentic, practice-based, engineering design/build experi ences to undergraduate students. The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium, a bronze medal and a certificate. Nominations must be submitted to award chair Raju Dandu at rdanduksu.edu. To learn more, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/participate/honors-awards/achievement-awards/ben-c-sparks-medal.For more information on ASME Honors and Awards, visit the programs web page at www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards.