Outstanding Researcher Award

For a distinguished member of the composites community who has made a significant impact on the science and technology of composite materials through a sustained research effort over a number of years.  Nominations may come from any current Member.  However, either the nominator or co-nominator must be a past award winner or Fellow.  Check: https://www.asc-composites.org/outstanding-researcher-award​

1988
Dr. John C. Halpin
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

1989
Dr. Nicholas J. Pagano
Air Force Research Laboratory

1990
Dr. Kenneth L. Reifsnider
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1991
Dr. James M. Whitney
University of Dayton

1992
Dr. Edward L. Stanton
PDA Engineering

1993
Dr. R. Byron Pipes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

1994
Dr. Don Adams
University of Wyoming

1995
Dr. C.T. Sun
Purdue University

1996
Dr. Isaac Daniel
Northwestern University

1997
Dr. George S. Springer
Stanford University

1998
Dr. Tsu-Wei Chou
University of Delaware

1999
Dr. Charles W. Bert
The University of Oklahoma

2000
Dr. Albert S. Wang
Drexel University

2001
Dr. T. Kevin O'Brien
US Army Research Laboratory

2002
Dr. Alfred C. Loos
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2003
Dr. Christos C. Chamis
John H. Glenn NASA Research Center

2004
Dr. J. N. Reddy
Texas A&M University

2005
Dr. Michael W. Hyer
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2006
Dr. Robert L. Sierakowski
Air Force Research Laboratory

2007
Dr. Jack R. Vinson
University of Delaware

2008
Dr. Robert M. Jones
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2009
John W. Gillespie Jr.
University of Delaware

2010
Dr. Erian Armanios
University of Texas at Arlington

2011
Dr. Michael R. Wisnom
University of Bristol

2012
Dr. Paul A. Lagace
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2013
Dr. Anthony M. Waas
University of Michigan

2014
Dr. Scott R. White
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2015
Dr. Suresh Advani
University of Delaware

2017
Dr. Ramesh Talreja
Texas A & M University

2019
Dr. Samit Roy
University of Alabama

2020
Dr. Zdenek Bazant
Northwestern University

2021
Dr. Ajit Roy
Air Force Research Laboratory

2023
Dr. Daniel Wagner
Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel