Soichiro Honda Medal
The Soichiro Honda Medal recognizes an individual for an outstanding achievement or a series of significant engineering contributions in developing improvements in the field of personal transportation.
Attention shall be concentrated on the brilliance of the achievement or on the overall effect of a series of contributions-- not on the individual. The achievement should be of such public importance as to be worthy of the gratitude of society and to call forth the admiration of engineers.
As a result of a generous unrestricted donation to ASME by Honda Motor Company, Ltd., in 1980, the Society established the Soichiro Honda Medal in recognition of Mr. Honda'/s exemplary achievements in the field of personal transportation in 1983.
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Form of Award: | $7,500 honorarium, vermeil medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance |
Limitation(s): | None |
Administrative Responsibility: | Energy Conversion Technical Group |
Nomination Deadline: | October 1 |
E-mail: | persaudl@asme.org |
Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Soichiro Honda Medalists
1984 | John P. Stapp | |
1985 | Shoichi Furuhama | |
1986 | Lloyd L. Withrow | |
1987 | Felix Wankel | |
1988 | Arthur F. McLean | |
1989 | Shunichi Ohigashi | |
1990 | Charles M. Heinen | |
1991 | Hans C. List | |
1992 | Hiroyuki Hiroyasu | |
1993 | Phillip S. Myers | |
1994 | James Ellis Hall | |
1995 | Joseph M. Juran | |
1996 | Karl J. Springer | |
1997 | Jack D. Benson | |
1999 | John B. Heywood | |
2000 | Franz F. Pischinger | |
2001 | Robert C. Stempel | |
2002 | John H. Johnson | |
2003 | Robert F. Sawyer | |
2004 | Rolf D. Reitz | |
2005 | Barry J. Cooper | |
2006 | David E. Foster | |
2007 | Wallace R. Wade | |
2008 | Robin Stuart Sharp | |
2009 | David F. Merrion | |
2010 | Thomas W. Asmus | |
2011 | John J. Mooney | |
2012 | Priyaranjan Prasad | |
2013 | John C. Wall | |
2014 | Thomas Morel | |
2015 | Thomas D. Gillespie | |
2016 | Bahram Khalighi | |
2017 | John E. Dec | |
2018 | Ashwani K. Gupta | |
2019 | Masayoshi Tomizuka | |
2020 | Asad M. Madni | |
2022 | Subir Chowdhury | |
2023 | Huei Peng | |
2024 | Hongtei Eric Tseng |