Honors Supplement
Award Details


OUTSTANDING YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
(Unit of Award: DYNAMIC SYSTEMS & CONTROL DIVISION (DSCD))

Date Established 1995
Achievement Recognized This award is given biannually by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division of ASME to a DSCD member who will not have reached his/her 40th birthday until after the date the award is scheduled to be presented, and who as a mechanical engineering professional, has demonstrated outstanding research contributions, either basic or applied, in fields of interest to the DSCD
Limitations Nominees selected for the Awards must have been primary members of the DSCD for at least 5 consecutive years prior to receiving the Award and have been an active contributor of the DSCD. Each Award may not be given to the same individual more than once. Any member of the DSCD Honors Committee whose term on the nominating committee includes a portion of the period in any selection cycle between the first call for nominations for an award and the final selection of the award recipient is ineligible for nomination for these awards.
Nomination Deadline 09/15
Form of Award Certificate in leatherette   Glass plaque   Wood plaque   
Frequency of Presentation Each Award is to be given biannually at the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition
Administrator of Award Dynamic Systems & Control Division
Recipients Selected By Dynamic Systems and Control Executive Committee
Selection Process The DSCD will make annual solicitations for nominations for the appropriate Awards by advertising sufficiently in advance by at least an email to the DSCD members. The H&A Committee shall select the Award recipients; notify them of their selection and the need to attend the Award presentation; and arrange for the plaques/certificates to be available at the Award presentations.
Funding Availability The Award is funded from a draw from the DSCD Custodial Fund with a cash award in an amount of at least $500.00, but less than the cash award for the Rufus Oldenburger Award. The DSCD Executive Committee may change the amounts of the cash awards at any time
Past Award Recipients
1995 Homayoon Kazerooni
1997 Tsu-Chin Tsao
1999 Gary J. Balas
2001 Matt Franchek
2003 Andrew Alleyne
2005 Anna Stefanopoulou
2007 Bin Yao
2009 Douglas Adams


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212-591-7863
ulvilar@asme.org

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