Duane P. Jordan Early Career Award
Established in 1994, this award honors exceptional early-career engineers who have demonstrated rapid professional advancement, a commitment to continued education, leadership within ASME, including those involving engineering students and early career engineers, and active volunteer service in their communities.
The Old Guard Early Career Award was renamed the Duane P. Jordan Early Career Award in 2022.
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| Form of Award: | $5,000, paid membership for life and plaque (First Place) $2,000, paid membership for life and plaque (Second & Third Runners-up) |
| Limitation(s): | The applicant must be a current ASME Member who has received a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering no less than four (4) years and no more than eight (8) years before the application deadline, February 1 annually. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Duane P. Jordan Early Career Award Committee |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 |
| Email: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Award By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Duane P. Jordan Early Career Awardees
| 2025 | Richard L. Hollenbach III |
| 2024 | Shreyas Hegde |
| 2023 | Richard A. Clayson |
| 2022 | Bryan Maldonado |
| 2021 | Nicole Salloum |
| 2020 | Simon Pun |
| 2019 | Lee Clemon |
| 2018 | Michael P. Brundage |
| 2017 | Katie Correll |
| 2016 | Nathaniel Taylor |
| 2015 | Twishansh Mehta |
| 2014 | Andres E. Rondon Marin |
| 2013 | Jared B. Garrison |
| 2012 | Anita Rebarchak |
| 2011 | Julie A. Kulik |
| 2010 | Aaron J. Ryan |
| 2009 | Kalan R. Guiley |
| 2008 | Jennifer R. Jewers |
| 2007 | Candice A. Bauer |
| 2006 | Catherine Q. Lengsfeld |
| 2005 | Howard Berkof |
| 2004 | Matthew L. Robinson |
| 2003 | Kenneth P. Horne |
| 2002 | Susan M. Shumate |
| 2000 | John T. Maine |
| 1999 | Connie J. Buynacek |
| 1997 | Jeff A. Gessaman |
| 1996 | Robert E. Lund |
| 1995 | Brian K. Miller |
DUANE P. JORDAN EARLY CAREER AWARD RUNNERS-UP
| 2022 | Omar Kheir |
| 2021 | Nishant Trivedi |
| 2020 | Harsheel Panchasara |
| 2019 | Tran Mah-Paulson Kushi Sellahennedige |
| 2018 | Bodhayan Dev Daniel Preston |
| 2017 | Mohammad E. Haque |
| 2016 | Bryony L. DuPont Kyle M. Richter |
| 2014 | Jennifer S. Cooper |
| 2013 | Scott J. Curran Ryan M. Neil |
| 2011 | Eduardo J. Barrientos |
| 2008 | Annmarie Connor Eric J. Ruggiero |
| 2006 | Timo Marquez Arreaza |
| 2005 | Joel Gillard Stacy R. Sanning |
| 2004 | Mark R. Martin John Randazzo |
| 2003 | Blake T. Larson Matthew L. Robinson |
| 2002 | Crystal Heshmat Mira K. Sahney |
| 2000 | Alison T. Nack Craig D. Redding |
| 1999 | Brandon G. Muramatsu Jan E. Shumate |
| 1997 | Diana L. Gerrish Donald H. Mathews III |
| 1996 | John M. Siegel |
| 1995 | Larry C. Dickinson Lisa M. Meline |