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