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Awards
The Department of Mechanical Engineering regularly reviews and submits nominations for a wide range of internal, university-level, and external awards that recognize excellence in teaching, research, service, mentorship, and professional impact.
This page is intended to provide faculty with a consolidated view of awards that are commonly considered on a recurring basis. Inclusion on this list does not guarantee nomination in a given year but reflects awards the department actively monitors.
This list is intended as a reference and may not be all-inclusive. Additional award opportunities are regularly considered as they arise.
Recent MEEN Awards
ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials
AIAA Aerospace Power Systems Award
AIAA Pendray Aerospace Literature Award
AIAA Piper General Aviation Award
AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Award
AIAA Space Automation & Robotics
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
ASEE Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award
ASEE Chester F. Carlson Innovation in Engineering Education Award
ASEE Curtis W. McGraw Research Award
ASEE Early Achievement in Education Award
ASEE Ferdinant P. Beer and E. Russell Johnston Jr. Outstanding New Mechanics Educator Award
ASEE Frederick J. Berger Award
ASEE Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant
ASEE National Engineering Award
ASEE National Engineering Technology Teaching Award
ASEE SED/INCOSE Outstanding Systems Engineering Educator Award
ASHRAE Developing Leader Award
ASHRAE YEA Inspirational Leader
ASME Adaptive Structures & Material Systems
ASME Allan Kraus Thermal Management Medal
ASME Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award
ASME Blackall Machine Tool & Gage Award
ASME C.D. Mote, Jr. Early Career
ASME Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award
ASME CIE Distinguished Service Award
ASME CIE Excellence in Research Award
ASME Frank Kreith Energy Award
ASME George Westinghouse Gold Medal
ASME George Westinghouse Silver Medal
ASME Gustus L Larson Memorial Award
ASME Heat Transfer Memorial Award
ASME IGTI Aircraft Engine Technology Award
ASME IGTI Dilip. R. Ballal Early Career Engineer Award
ASME Internal Combustion Engine Award
ASME James Harry Potter Gold Medal
ASME Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. Medal
ASME Lifetime Achievement Award
ASME Marshall B. Peterson Award
ASME Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy & Roland V. Fitzroy Medal
ASME Old Guard Early Career Award
ASME Per Bruel Gold Medal for Noise Control & Acoustics
ASME Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
ASME Robert M. Nerem Education and Mentorship Medal
ASME Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award
ASME Savio L-Y Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal
ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award
ASME Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Division Award
ASME Thomas Edison Patent Award
ASME Thomas J.R. Hughes Young Investigator Award
ASME Thomas K. Caughey Dynamics Medal
ASME William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award
ASME Worcester Reed Warner Medal
ASME Y.C. Fung Young Investigator Award
ASME Yeram S. Touloukian Award
BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award
Combustion Institute Research Excellence Award
ECS Battery Division Early Career Award
ECS Battery Division Research Award
ECS Battery Division Technology Award
ECS Electronics and Photonics Division Award
ECS Energy Technology Division Research Award
ECS Energy Technology Division Supramaniam Srinivasan Young Investigator Award
Franklin Institute: Benjamin Franklin Medal
Franklin Institute: Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
IEEE Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education
IEEE Biomedical Engineering Award
IEEE Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award
IEEE Early Academic Career Award in Robotics & Automation
IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement
IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award
IEEE Lofti A. Zadeh Award for Emerging Technologies
IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies
IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
IEEE Pioneer in Robotics & Automation Award
IEEE Robotics & Automation Technical & Field Award
IEEE Transportation Technologies Award
IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award
MRS Innovation Materials Characterization Award
MRS Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science
MRS Mid-Career Researcher Award
MRS Outstanding Young Investigator Award
SES Nanocarbons Division Richard E. Smalley Research Award
SPIE A.E. Conrady Award in Optical Engineering
SPIE Aden and Marjorie Meinel Technology Achievement Award
SPIE Chandra S. Vikram Award in Optical Metrology
SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics
SPIE Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Award in Optical Design
STLE Raymond L. Thibault Award
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