Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Award
                        
                        
                            The Robert Henry Thurston Lecture, established in 1925 in honor of ASME’s first president, provides an opportunity for a leader in pure and/or applied science or engineering to present to the Society a lecture on a subject of broad interest to engineers. The Thurston Lecture was elevated to a Society award in 2000.
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Nomination Instructions
Nomination Tips
	
		
			| Form of Award: | $500, plaque, certificate, and a $500 travel allowance | 
		
			| Limitation(s): | None | 
		
			| Administrative Responsibility: | Technical and Engineering Communities (TEC) Sector | 
		
			| Nomination Deadline: | February 15 | 
		
			| E-mail: 
 | persaudl@asme.org 
 | 
		
			| Awarded By: | General Awards Committee (GAC) | 
	
Robert Henry Thurston Lecture Awadees 
	
		
			| 2025 | Gang Bao | 
		
			| 2024 | Xin Zhang | 
		
			| 2023 | Ramamoorthy Ramesh | 
		
			| 2022 | Robert O. Ritchie | 
		
			| 2021 | M. Cynthia Hipwell | 
		
			| 2020 | Andrew Alleyne | 
		
			| 2019 | Yonggang Huang | 
		
			| 2018 | Guruswami Ravichandran | 
		
			| 2017 | Mohammed A. Zikry | 
		
			| 2016 | Romesh C. Batra | 
		
			| 2015 | Horacio D. Espinosa | 
		
			| 2014 | Ken P. Chong | 
		
			| 2013 | John A. Rogers | 
		
			| 2012 | Zhigang Suo | 
		
			| 2011 | Francis C. Moon | 
		
			| 2010 | Ares J. Rosakis | 
		
			| 2009 | Huajian Gao | 
		
			| 2008 | Vijay K. Dhir | 
		
			| 2007 | Wing Kam Liu | 
		
			| 2006 | Sia Nemat-Nasser | 
		
			| 2005 | Savio L-Y. Woo | 
		
			| 2004 | Bharat Bhushan | 
		
			| 2003 | Yogesh Jaluria | 
		
			| 2002 | Elias P. Gyftopoulos | 
		
			| 2001 | John W. Hutchinson | 
	
ROBERT HENRY THURSTON LECTURE AWARD RECIPIENTS (DIVISIONAL LEVEL)
	
		
			| 2000 | Duncan Dowson | 
		
			| 1999 | Adrian Bejan | 
		
			| 1998 | Van C. Mow | 
		
			| 1997 | Raymond Viskanta | 
		
			| 1996 | Don P. Giddens | 
		
			| 1995 | Paul Cooper | 
		
			| 1994 | Robert M. Nerem | 
		
			| 1993 | Chang-Lin Tien | 
		
			| 1992 | John H. Lienhard | 
		
			| 1991 | Frank Kreith | 
		
			| 1990 | Jack S. Kilby | 
		
			| 1989 | Stephen J. Kline | 
		
			| 1988 | Stephen H. Crandal | 
		
			| 1987 | Simon Ostrach | 
		
			| 1986 | Daniel C. Drucker | 
		
			| 1985 | Yuan-Cheng B. Fung | 
		
			| 1984 | Robert A. Frosch | 
		
			| 1983 | Ernst R. G. Eckert | 
		
			| 1982 | Hans M. Mark | 
		
			| 1981 | John Erik Jonsson | 
		
			| 1980 | Milton S. Plesset | 
		
			| 1979 | W. Dale Compton | 
		
			| 1978 | Allen F. Rhodes | 
		
			| 1977 | Robert C. Dean, Jr. | 
		
			| 1976 | Chauncey Starr | 
		
			| 1975 | Myron Tribus | 
		
			| 1974 | Robert W. Emmons | 
		
			| 1973 | Henry M. Paynter | 
		
			| 1972 | George F. Carrier | 
		
			| 1971 | Milton C. Shaw | 
		
			| 1970 | Jacob P. Den Hartog | 
		
			| 1969 | Jacob Ackeret |