Mechanics Award

ASME Unit:	Electronic & Photonic Packaging Division (EPPD)
Date Established:	1994
Achievement:	Excellence in the area of engineering and science of Structural Mechanics of electronic systems. Some of the key areas to be considered (one or more of these areas may be sufficient for a successful nomination)for the nominee include:
Limitations:	The award is only given to an individual one time
Nomination Deadline:	9/30
Form of Award:	Plaque
Frequency of Award:	Annual
Administrative:	EPPD
Level of Award:	Division
Selected By:	EPPD Awards Committee
Selecting Process:	The process will be initiated by the awards committee chair Request for nominations from the awards committee chair to the membership at large by May 15th. (Sample letter request for nominations) All nominations must be accompanied by a full resume and a 1 page summary matching the criteria mentioned above to the candidate accomplishments. Close nomination window by July 30th Awards committee to recommend candidates suitable for the awards to the executive committee by August 15th Executive committee vote and selection of the winner by August 30th. Winner notified by Chair of the Ex-com Award plaque to be presented to the winner at the IMECE if possible (if the winner is attending) otherwise mailed to him
Funding:	Custodial Account
Date Created:	12/8/2008
Date Modified:	1/24/2013
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1994	Peter Engel
1996	John Lau
1998	Dimitri Grabbi
2000	Bernd Michel
2002	Ryszard Pryputniewicz
2004	Andrew Tay
2005	Ganesh Subbarayan
2006	Jianmin Qu
2007	Yung-Cheng Lee
2008	Ricky Lee
2009	Prof. Jeffery Suhling
2010	Jointly awarded to Prof. Ifeanyi Charles Ume and Prof. Abhijit Dasgupta
2011	Prof. Cemal Basaran
2012	Suresh Sitaraman
2013	Pradeep Lall
2014	Krishna Darbha
2015	Prof. Bongtae Han
2016	Dr. Ephraim Suhir
2017	Dr. William T. Chen
2018	Prof. S.B. Park
2019	Abhijit Chandra
2020	Ravi V. Mahajan
2021	Prof. Kuo-Ning Chiang
2023	Douglas DeVoto