To be presented at the Monday Keynote; 11:10am East Ballroom
Gerard Ateshian, Ph.D.
Columbia University
For contributions to the study of cartilage structure-function relationships, the role of interstitial fluid pressurization in cartilage friction, and the role of synovial fluid in cartilage wear as induced by fatigue failure; and for co-developing the widely-used open-source finite element software FEBio.
To be presented at the Thursday Keynote; 12:10pm East Ballroom
Samuel Graham, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Maryland
For pioneering contributions to the fields of thermal science and advanced electronics; for leadership in advancing engineering research and education; and for sustained contributions addressing the strategic needs of the United States through federal advisory boards.
To be presented at the Thursday Keynote; 12:10pm East Ballroom
M. Cynthia Hipwell, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University
For innovation and thought leadership impacting industries from hard disk drives to education to robotics; and for leadership in the development of nanoscale technologies for performance and reliability improvement.
To be presented at the Thursday Keynote; 12:10pm East Ballroom
Daniel Inman, Ph.D.
University of Michigan
For a lifetime of service to the engineering community, including decades of work as an editor of multiple ASME journals; for an outstanding research record resulting in numerous widely-cited publications; and for the supervision of 71 Ph.D. students to completion.
To be presented at the Thursday Keynote; 12:10pm East Ballroom
Xin Zhang, Ph.D.
Boston University
For pioneering metamaterials and microsystems that establish structural design as a governing mechanism for functional performance; and for translating these principles into transformative technologies in photonics, acoustics, and medical imaging, fundamentally redefining the scope and impact of mechanical engineering.