Founders Award
| ASME Unit: | Nondestructive Evaluation, Diagnosis and Prognosis |
| Date Established: | 1999 |
| Achievement: | Exemplary achievement in NDE and engineering |
| Limitations: | |
| Nomination Deadline: | May 1 |
| Form of Award: | |
| Frequency of Award: | Biannual |
| Administrative: | NDE Engineering Division Executive Committee |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | Division Executive Committee |
| Selecting Process: | |
| Funding: | Executive Committee |
| Date Created: | 10/8/2000 |
| Date Modified: | 8/23/2012 |
| Contact Name: | Henrique Reis |
| Contact Email: | h-reis@illinois.edu |
| Contact Phone: | 217-333-1228 |
Founders Award Recipients
| 2001 | Ajit Mal, University of California (Los Angeles) |
| 2003 | Joseph L. Rose, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2005 | Eckhardt Schneider, Fraunhofer IZFP |
| 2007 | Michael J. Farley |
| 2007 | Doosan Babcock |
| 2007 | Spenser H. Bush - Posthumous |
| 2015 | Henrique Reis - University of Illinois |
| 2017 | Tibikram Kundu - University of Arizona, Tucson |
| 2018 | Victor Giurgiutiu - University of South Carolina |
| 2019 | Peter Cawley - Imperial College |
| 2020 | Peter B. Nagy |
| 2021 | Francesco Lanza di Scalea |
| 2022 | Michael Lowe |