Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award
The Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award recognizes the leadership and service qualities of a Student Section Advisor who has completed at least 3 academic years as a Student Section Advisor prior to nomination for the award.
A nomination for this award is expected to substantiate the leadership and service qualities of the nominee by reference to accomplishments in at least the following areas:
Providing guidance to the Student Section on the activities and programs that will stimulate interest in the profession
Creating a professional awareness in Student Members which will inspire them to upgrade to Member before graduation and to maintain a continuous active membership in ASME
Encouraging Student Section officers to get involved and participate at ASME training, conferences and competitions
Acting as a liaison between the ASME and the Student Section members
Facilitating interaction of Student Members with the local ASME Section
Working with the department chair to encourage the support of the ASME Student Section activities
Supporting the Student Section and guiding students’ activities
Participating in ASME student related activities
The award was established in 1990 as the Faculty Advisor Award in a dual effort by the Committee on Honors and the Council on Member Affairs to bring recognition to the Student Section Advisors for their contributions to perpetuating ASME. In 2000, the award was re-designated the Student Section Advisor Award and in 2014 it became the Outstanding Student Section Advisor Award.
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Nomination Instructions
Nomination Tips
| Form of Award: |
$1500, silver medal, certificate, and a $750 travel allowance |
| Limitation(s): | ASME Student Section Advisor must have completed at least 3 academic years as a Student Section Advisor prior to nomination for the award. Must be an ASME Member. |
| Nomination Deadline: | March 1 |
| Email: | persaudl@asme.org |
| Nomination SentTo: | Leila Persaud |
| Phone Number: | 212-591-7071 |
| Administrative Responsibility: | General Awards Committee |
| Awarded By: | Committee on Honors |
Outstanding Student Section Advisor Awardees
| Year | Name |
| 2025 | Manohar Chidurala Western Kentucky University |
| 2024 | Paul O. Biney Prairie View A&M University |
| 2023 | Parisa Saboori Manhattan College |
| 2021 | Charbel Bou-Mosleh Notre Dame University-Louaize |
| 2020 | Jason Ash South Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| 2019 | Mohammad Mahinfalah Milwaukee School of Engineering |
| 2017 | Nadir Yilmaz Howard University |
| 2016 | Kok-Keung Lo The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
| 2015 | Selin Arslan Lawrence Technical University |
| 2014 | Antonios Kontsos Drexel University |
| 2013 | Richard A. Merz Lafayette College |
| 2012 | Rick Couvillion University of Arkansas |
| 2011 | Jay M. Samuel University of Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Zbigniew Marian Bzymek University of Connecticut |
| 2009 | Timothy C. Scott University of Virginia |
| 2008 | James P. O'/Leary Tufts University |
| 2007 | Ronald S. Adrezin University of Hartford |
| 2006 | Debendra K. Das University of Alaska at Fairbanks |
| 2005 | Lanier S. Cauley University of South Alabama |
| 2004 | Beth Ann Todd University of Alabama |
| 2003 | Ghatu Subhash Michigan Technological University |
| 2002 | Massimo Capobianchi Gonzaga University |
| 2001 | Abel-Hernandez-Guerrero University of Guanajuato at Salamanca |
| 2000 | Kenneth L. Gentili Tacoma Community College |
| 1999 | Shirley T. Fleischmann Grand Valley State University |
| 1998 | Chittaranjan Sahay State University of New York at Binghamton |
| 1997 | Latif Jiji City College of New York |
| 1996 | Richard R. Johnson North Carolina State University |
| 1995 | Charles F. Reinholtz Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
| 1994 | Paul C. Lam University of Akron |
| 1993 | M. Sathyamoorthy University of Texas at Tyler |
| 1992 | Richard A. Fitz San Diego State University |