Marshall B. Peterson Award
The Marshall B. Peterson Award is given biennially in recognition of a young engineer in research as demonstrated by papers published in scientific journals of ASME and promise for pursuit of research in tribology. It is preferred, but not required, that the awardee’s research emphasis be on materials aspects of tribology, e.g. wear, friction materials, and solid lubricants.
The Research Committee on Tribology and the Tribology Division established this award in 1997.
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Nomination Instructions
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| Form of Award: | $2500 and certificate |
| Limitation(s): | Must be under the age of 30 at the time of the nomination deadline (i.e., February 1) in the year of the award being granted. |
| Administrative Responsibility: | Tribology Division |
| Nomination Deadline: | February 1 (biennially) |
| Email: |
persaudl@asme.org |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors (COH) |
Marshall B. Peterson Awardees
| 1998 | Wallace G. Sawyer |
| 2000 | Matthew P. Szolwinski |
| 2002 | Jiaxin Zhao |
| 2004 | Deborah A. Wilde |
| 2006 | Nicolas Fillot |
| 2008 | David L. Burris |
| 2010 | Andrew R. Konicek |
| 2012 | Melih Eriten |
| 2014 | Brandon A. Krick |
| 2016 | Harmandeep S. Khare |
| 2020 | Zhou Chen |
| 2024 | Tomas F. Babuska |