Jubilee Review: The 65 Years of the ASME Machine Design Award (1958–2023)

Abstract As the top award in the field of machine design, the ASME Machine Design Award enjoys its prestige and prominence. In the past 62 years since 1958 when the award was established, a total of 59 eminent scholars received this honor. This paper is to review this prestigious award, present all 59 recipients with their prominent contributions to the field, and acts as a document for preserving the history. Reviewing these awards in the past 62 years and following the tracks of these recipients, one can see the development in the field. In particular, novel contributions and great establishments in the field of mechanical engineering and in the machine design and development could be seen from the tracks of the awards. This will help other fields who are interested in the study of mechanical engineering and in the historical development of the mechanical engineering.