Ephraim Suhir Awarded by ASME
In 1944, Pi Tau Sigma and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers established the Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award to recognize outstanding achievement in mechanical engineering by an engineer twenty years or more following graduation.
Ephraim Suhir has been selected as the 1999 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award recipient. Ephraim is Chair of CPMT TC-15 (New Technology Directions) and Chairs several international meetings joint with CPMT and ASME.
The award consists of a $1000 honorarium, certificate and travel supplement for two days. Formal presentation of the award is scheduled to take place at the Members and Students Luncheon, Wednesday, November 17, during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress, November 14-19, 1999, at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee.
--submitted by David L. Belden, ASME