Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award
The Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Award was established as a division award in 1998. The Award was elevated to a Society award in 2001 to recognize a person who exemplifies the best in furthering engineering design education through vision, interactions with students and industry, scholarship and impact on the next generation of engineers, and a person whose action serves as a role model for other educators to emulate.
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: |
$1000, vermeil medal and certificate |
| Limitation(s): |
None |
| Administrative Responsibility: |
Design Engineering Division |
| Nomination Deadline: |
February 14 |
| E-mail: |
persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: |
Committee on Honors (COH) |
Ruth and Joel Spira Outstanding Design Educator Awardees
| 2001 |
Ken Wallace |
2023 |
Shorya Awtar |
| 2002 |
Kenneth J. Waldron |
2024 |
Shanna R. Daly |
| 2003 |
Woodie C. Flowers |
2025 |
Amaresh Chakrabarti |
| 2004 |
Clive L. Dym |
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| 2005 |
Gary L. Kinzel |
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| 2006 |
John S. Lamancusa |
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| 2007 |
Panos Y. Papalambros |
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| 2008 |
Kosuke Ishii |
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| 2010 |
Sridhar Kota |
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| 2011 |
Farrokh Mistree |
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| 2012 |
David Wallace |
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| 2013 |
Douglass J. Wilde |
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| 2014 |
Kevin Craig |
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| 2015 |
Alice M. Agogino |
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| 2016 |
Kathryn W. Jablokow |
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| 2017 |
Gül E. Okudan Kremer |
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| 2018 |
Alexander H. Slocum |
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| 2019 |
Janet K. Allen |
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| 2020 |
Jonathan Cagan |
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| 2021 |
Timothy W. Simpson |
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| 2022 |
Kamran Behdinan |
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