The 2011 ASME Honors Assembly - "A Celebration of Engineering"

The ASME Honors Assembly, held each year in conjunction with the ASME Congress, is a multimedia program that showcases the work and contributions of some of today's leading engineers, educators, entrepreneurs and innovators. The ASME Honors and Awards program also recognizes distinguished service to ASME, outstanding engineering accomplishments and lifetime achievements. Admission to the Honors Assembly is free to all Congress attendees. A reception will follow.

Honors Assembly
Monday, November 14
5:30 p.m. -7:00 p.m
Colorado Convention Center, Lower Level
Sponsored by the Committee on Honors

View a video invitation to the ASME Honors Assembly

This year's Honors Assembly will recognize the achievements of:

		ASME Medal Clayton Daniel Mote Jr., Ph.D., Fellow University of Maryland For creating a comprehensive theory of the dynamics of flexible moving structures, such as bands and spinning discs, with extensive engineering applications to circular and band saws; and for remarkable leadership at two major universities.
		Dixy Lee Ray Medal Thad William Allen Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret) RAND Corporation For a lifetime of high-impact and distinguished accomplishments in environmental protection, including the outstanding management of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
		Kate Gleason Award Yvonne C. Brill Aerospace Consultant For expanding the frontiers of space through innovations in rocket and jet propulsion, including the invention of the hydrazine resistojet engine used for geosynchronous and low earth orbit communication satellites; and for having the foresight to champion the hybrid electro mono-propellant rocket engine.
		Melvin R. Green Codes and Standards Medal Thomas P. Pastor, P.E., Fellow HSB Global Standards For extraordinary leadership and tireless efforts in the development of market relevant standards products, the implementation of effective organizational and process enhancements, and in advancing the acceptance of ASME codes and standards and conformity assessment programs worldwide.
		M. Eugene Merchant Medal of ASME/SME Ranga Komanduri, Ph.D., Fellow Oklahoma State University For fundamental contributions in research and excellence in graduate student education and mentoring that have had a significant long-term influence on the efficacy of manufacturing processes, particularly the finishing of ceramic balls for high-speed and high-precision bearings and the chemical mechanical planarization of materials used in microelectronics, as reflected in more than 240 publications and 22 patents.
		Ralph Coats Roe Medal Ioannis N. Miaoulis, Ph.D., Member Museum of Science For seminal and leadership contributions to numerous governmental advisory panels, institutions of higher education, and professional and civic organizations devoted to helping people of all ages enhance their knowledge of engineering and technology and to inspiring the next generation of engineers, inventors and scientists.
		Honorary Member Adrian Bejan, Ph.D., Fellow Duke University For an extraordinary record of creative work, including the unification of thermodynamics and heat transfer; the conceptual development of design as a science that unites all fields; legendary contributions to engineering education; and, since 1996, the discovery and continued development of the constructal law.
		Honorary Member Joseph A. Falcon, P.E., Fellow J.A. Falcon & Associates For distinguished contributions to engineering practice including service as ASME president, and an initiator and member of ASME's Board on Minorities and Women, and the Leadership Intern Program; more than four decades of leadership in the international power industry; and service as an engineering, science and technology educator.
		Honorary Member Nathan H. Hurt, P.E., Fellow Retired For significant contributions in the nuclear industry, particularly the field of uranium enrichment; and in the broader mechanical engineering profession as an active member and distinguished past president of ASME.
		Honorary Member Junuthula N. Reddy, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow Texas A&M University For distinctive and pioneering contributions to research and education in applied and computational mechanics through the development of refined theories and as the author of well-received books on composite materials, continuum and applied mechanics, and computational methods.
		Honorary Member Paul J. Torpey, Fellow Retired For outstanding leadership in the electric utility research field that significantly advanced modern power systems, and for enlightened and insightful activities in engineering societies that improved the quality of the profession.

Honors Reception
7:00pm- 7:45pm
Colorado Convention Center

Honors Dinner
7:45pm- 10:30pm
Colorado Convention Center, Lower Level
Tickets - $85