Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
| ASME Unit: | Dynamic Systems & Control Division |
| Date Established: | 1996 |
| Achievement: | This award is given biennially (even years) by the Dynamic Systems and Control Division of ASME to a DSCD member for either excellent sustained contributions or for an outstanding major, singular contribution in innovative applications of dynamic systems, measurement, or control in engineering practice. |
| Limitations: | Nominees selected for the Awards must have been primary members of the DSCD for at least 5 consecutive years prior to receiving the Award and have been an active contributor of the DSCD.Each Award may not be given to the same individual more than once. Any member of the DSCD Honors Committee whose term on the nominating committee includes a portion of the period in any selection cycle between the first call for nominations for an award and the final selection of the awardee is ineligible for nomination for these awards. |
| Nomination Deadline: | 6/30 |
| Form of Award: | Plaque or framed certificate suitable for wall hanging and a citation specific to the awardee. |
| Frequency of Award: | Every other year |
| Administrative: | Dynamic Systems & Control Division |
| Level of Award: | Division |
| Selected By: | Dynamic Systems and Control Honors & Awards Committee |
| Selecting Process: | The DSCD will make annual solicitations for nominations for the appropriate Awards by advertising sufficiently in advance by at least an email to the DSCD members. The H&A Committee shall select the Award recipients; notify them of their selection and the need to attend the Award presentation; and arrange for the plaques/certificates to be available at the Award presentations. |
| Funding: | The Award is funded from a draw from the DSCD Custodial Fund with a cash award in an amount of at least $750.00, but less than the cash award for the Rufus Oldenburger Award. The DSCD Executive Committee may change the amounts of the cash awards at any time. |
| Date Created: | 12/4/2008 |
| Date Modified: | 11/8/2012 |
| Contact Name: | Roberto Horowitz |
| Contact Email: | horowitz@me.berkeley.edu |
| Contact Phone: | (510) 643-7013 |
Winners of the Charles Stark Draper Innovative Practice Award
| 1996 | Davorin D. Hrovat |
| 1998 | Daniel E. Whitney |
| 2002 | John J. Moskwa |
| 2004 | No Award |
| 2006 | Suresh Joshi |
| 2008 | Steven E. Shladover |
| 2010 | Bradley E. Paden |
| 2012 | Anthony M. Phillips |
| 2014 | Ranjan Mukherjee |
| 2016 | Andrew Alleyne |
| 2018 | Anna Stefanopoulou |
| 2020 | Reza Moheimani |
| 2022 | Rajesh Rajamani |
| 2024 | Junmin Wang |