The George Westinghouse Award, named after George Westinghouse, was given by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for outstanding contributions to engineering education. It was awarded to "a young engineering educator of outstanding ability to recognize and encourage his or her contributions to improving engineering teaching".
The award was established by the Westinghouse Foundation in 1946, last issued in 1999 and consisted of an honorarium and a certificate.
Recipients The following people received the George Westinghouse Award:
1940: Ray A. Simpson - Hoover Dam 1946: James N. Goodier 1947: B. Richard Teare, Jr. 1948: Hunter Rouse 1949: Joseph Marin 1950: Rolf Eliassen 1951: Glenn Murphy 1952: Gordon S. Brown 1953: Edward F. Obert 1954: Thomas J. Higgins 1955: Robert R. White 1956: Milton C. Shaw 1957: Robert E. Greybal 1958: Willis W. Harman 1959: Max S. Peters 1960: R. Byron Bird 1961: David C. White 1962: Paul M. Naghdi 1963: Mac E. Van Valkenburg 1964: Cedomir M. Sliepcevich 1965: John G. Truxal 1966: Ali B. Cambel 1967: Charles L. Miller 1968: Klaus D. Timmerhaus 1969: Arthur E. Bryson, Jr. 1970: Ali A. Seireg 1971: Charles E. Wales 1972: Jack P. Holman 1973: Martin D. Bradshaw 1974: Joseph Bordogna 1975: Donald G. Childers 1976: Jerome B. Cohen 1977: Roger A. Schmitz 1978: C. Judson King 1979: J. Michael Duncan 1980: William B. Krantz 1981: Leroy S. "Skip" Fletcher 1982: Stephen J O'Brien 1983: Frank P. Incropera 1984: Phillip C. Wankat 1985: Sunder H. Advani 1986: Gerald W. Clough 1987: John H. Seinfeld 1988: Thomas F. Edgar 1989: Kenneth E. Case 1990: Y.A. Liu 1991: Magdy F. Iskander 1992: Nicholas A. Peppas 1993: Rajendra Singh 1994: Gretchen Kalonji 1995: Denice Denton 1996: C. Stewart Slater 1997: Cristina H. Amon 1998: James P. Schaffer 1999: Pradeep K. Khosla
See also
List of engineering awards
References
External links Westinghouse's principal foundation for the company's social investments.