Charles T. Main Student Leadership Award

The Charles T. Main Student Leadership Award recognizes current undergraduate ASME Student Members whose leadership and service qualities have contributed for a period of at least one year: to the programs and operations of a Student Section of the Society; to enhancing student activities within his/her department; to other related activities and services related to mechanical engineering students at his/her institution; the engineering profession and ASME.

The nomination for this award would be expected to substantiate the leadership and service qualities of the nominee by reference to the nominee’s Student Section offices, organizational assignments, creative programs and activities, departmental activities such as student recruitment, etc. and community service and leadership in other organizations.

All nominations should be accompanied by supporting documentation.

References should include three letters from the following individuals: a peer; a Student Section Advisor; a Corporate ASME Member or Faculty Member.
 One of the references must be an ASME Member. 

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Form of Award:	$3000, vermeil medal (1st), certificate, and a $750 travel allowance to attend the award presentation $2000, silver medal (2nd), certificate, and a $750 travel allowance to attend the award presentation. Up to eight $500 honorable mentions certificates may be awarded to qualified candidates.
Limitations:	No more than two nominees from the same institution will be accepted.
Nomination Deadline:	February 15
Email:	persaudl@asme.org
Administrative Responsibility:	General Awards Committee
Awarded By:	Committee on Honors

 

Charles T. Main Awardees

FIRST PLACE (VERMEIL MEDAL)
1925	Clement R. Brown Catholic University of America	1960	John W. McDaniel Rice Institute	1996	Joseph G. McElhaney Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1926	W.C. Taylor Johns Hopkins University	1961	Lester W. Wurm Kansas State University	1997	Fionna K. Murray Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1928	Robert M. Meyer Newark College of Engineering	1962	David W. Wieting Lamar State College of Technology	1998	Peter J. Umbdenstock Mississippi State University
1930	Jules Podnosoff Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn	1963	Robert Lafayette Ash Kansas State University	1999	Angela Carr Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1931	Robert E. Klise University of Michigan	1967	Muzzamil Niazi Wichita State University	2000	Michele A. Monnier University of Dayton
1932	Marshall Anderson University of Michigan	1968	Terry Dean Schmidt University of Washington	2001	Andrea C. Hoth Valparaiso University
1933	George D. Wilkinson, Jr. Newark College of Engineering	1970	Steve H. Woodard Arizona State University	2002	Amip Shah Rowan University
1934	Philip P. Self Colorado State College	1971	James M. Singleton University of Alabama	2003	Jill C. Anderson Boston University
1935	G. Lowell Williams Lafayette College	1972	Harold Chapin Lowe University of Kansas	2004	Stephen J. Klick Boise State University
1937	Allan P. Stern Case School of Applied Science	1973	Gary Patrick Pezall University of Wisconsin, Madison	2005	Mandy Brogdon University of Dayton
1938	Edward W. Connelly University of Detroit	1974	Adrian P. Villa Clarkson College of Technology	2006	Adeodato I. Botello-Arredondo University De Guanajuato
1939	James H. Bright Lehigh University	1976	Scott Elliot Baker Purdue University	2007	Daniel Joseph Hanna Drexel University
1940	Frank de Pould Case School of Applied Science	1977	Charles S. Tamarin Columbia University	2008	Vince D. Romanin University of Dayton
1941	John J. Balun University of Detroit	1978	Emily Earle Auburn University	2009	Brianne M. Wilburne The Pennsylvania State University
1942	Bernard J. Isabella Case School of Applied Science	1979	Richard A. Ferraro State University of NY at Buffalo	2010	Nathaniel Dale Taylor Drexel University
1943	Mitchell C. Kazen University of Detroit	1980	Russell S. Colvin Louisiana Technical University	2011	Danielle P. Jacobson Drexel University
1944	Fred M. Piaskowski University of Detroit	1981	Scott H. Buehrer Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2012	Caitlin A. Correll Cooper Union College
1945	Jack Drandell Southern Methodist University	1982	Brenda B. Elarbee University of South Florida	2013	Leila C. Aboharb Drexel University
1946	Victor S. Rykwalder University of Detroit	1983	Stephen A. Hight Worcester Polytechnic Institute	2014	Meredith A. Campbell Daniel Webster College
1947	Alvaro R. Boera Stevens Institute of Technology	1984	Linda-Marie Hubbard University of Rochester	2015	Jonathan Jennings University of Missouri
1948	Earle Duane Stewart University of Pittsburgh	1985	Anne Bazan Western New England College	2016	Hind Hajjar American University of Beirut
1949	Stanley M. Kuvacheff University of Detroit	1986	Mark A. Meili Kansas State University	2017	Gemma Iruegas Universidad Panamericana Campus Aguascalientes
1950	Richard T. Johnson University of Detroit	1987	Keith G. Benedict University of Southern Indiana	2018	Brandon Graham Rowan University
1952	Israel E. Rubin Cooper Union School of Engineering	1988	Kelli L. Kowaleski University of New Hampshire	2019	Sandy Karam Notre Dame University-Louaize
1953	Peter Ashurkoff Princeton University	1989	Kirk W. Olsen University of Akron	2020	Jad Hakim Notre Dame University
1954	John B. Pendergrass, Jr. Carnegie Institute of Technology	1990	Darleen Centala California State University, Long Beach	2021	Arya Vyavahare MKSSS’s Cummins College of Engineering for Women
1955	Richard J. Slember Cooper Union School of Engineering	1991	Mark D. Conner University of Alabama, Birmingham	2022	Marcus Lanne Purdue University
1956	Marion J. Balcerzak University of Detroit	1992	Maria D. Guerra The City College, CUNY	2023	Sajon Seaberg Purdue University
1957	Joseph P. Hunter University of Detroit	1993	Carol J. Bates Purdue University
1958	Frank D. Sams Clemson Agricultural College	1994	Robert R. Vallance Virginia Polytechnic Institute
1959	James L. Benson University of Vermont	1995	John C. Schiffer University of Akron

SECOND PLACE (SILVER MEDAL)
1984	Douglas L. Wahl Oregon Institute of Technology	1997	Lindy Hou The City College, CUNY	2010	Bianca L. Covington University of Alabama
1985	Scott E. Cooper, Jr. University of NC at Charlotte		M. Christine Roberts Utah State University	2011	Kenneth Schnautz University of Southern Indiana
1986	Andre L. Boehman University of Dayton	1998	Angela Carr Virginia Polytechnic Institute	2012	Hardik Tiwari Birla Institute of Technology and Science
1987	Mark V. Martin University of Oklahoma	1999	Michelle M. Hurler	2013	Sarah E. Johnson The University of Alabama
1988	Robert R. Hardman University of Alabama, Birmingham	2000	Chad W. Jansen University of Wisconsin-Madison	2014	Claire Harper The University of Alabama
1989	Tina A. Williams Louisiana Technical University	2001	Faye M. Tomimbang Florida Institute of Technology	2015	Caleb Amy Georgia Institute of Technology
1990	Anne Marie East University of South Florida	2002	Stephani Ferrufino Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2016	Eduardo Guevara National and Autonomous University of Mexico
1991	Richard L. Case University of Nebraska, Lincoln	2003	Laura E. Basehore Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	2017	Jithu Paulose Federal Institute of Science and Technology
1992	Sara L. Farrar Colorado State University	2004	Aaron J. Ryan Pella Corporation	2018	Joseph Pechstein Milwaukee School of Engineering
1993	Kathryn D. Jorgensen Brigham Young University	2005	Justin M. Crapps Mississippi State University	2019	Abhijith J. Kumar Federal Institute of Science and Technology
1994	Connie J. Bleidorn University of Dayton	2006	Amanda M. Thomas Virginia Tech	2020	Adam Hernandez-Miranda University of Guanajuato
	Daniel J. Engert Colorado State University	2007	Danielle Williams Virginia Tech	2021	Samantha Hoover Milwaukee School of Engineering
1995	Priya Rangaswamy University of Illinois-Champaign	2008	Jesse Aaron Huguet University of Abama	2022	Toukir A. Chowdhury Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology
1996	Wade D. Vinson University of Houston	2009	Eduardo Jose Barrientos Universidad Simon Bolivar	2023	Sam Gibson  University of Nebraska–Lincoln
				2024	Rythin Varghese