American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME)

Awards

Jul 24, 2020
AIME funds the annual conference of 25 awards, including Honorary Membership. Many of these carry the namesake of icons within the AIME disciplines of mining, metallurgical, and petroleum engineering, the iron and steel industry, and materials science.
 
AIME's Member Societies also have separate awards programs. Click on their organizational acronym to learn more: SME, TMS, AIST, SPE.
 
Additionally, the members of the AIME family are eligible for the 18 joint engineering Society honors at the bottom of the below.
 
Important Notes:
 
  • See eligibility for all honors below and guidelines and history on individual pages. Most of these honors are administered by staff at one or more of AIME's Member Societies. Deadlines and procedures can vary for each, so you may be directed to their websites as well for additional details.
  • There are no limitations regarding nationality or membership in the AIME Member Societies, but preference is given to members. If a committee member is nominated, they will either find a replacement committee member so that they can resign for the year or remove their nomination until their term is up. Candidate must be living or passed away prior to May 1st of the nomination year.
  • No AIME Major Award winner is eligible to be nominated for another AIME Major Award until 9 years shall have elapsed, and the nomination support package shall conspicuously reference work in a new field or significant new accomplishments in the field for which the original award was made.
  • AIME Board members are exempt from receiving AIME awards.
 
 
AIME Awards
 
AIME Honorary Membership
All Member Societies
 
AIME Presidential Citation
All Member Societies
 
AIME Rossiter W. Raymond Memorial Award
All Member Societies
 
AIME Charles F. Rand Memorial Gold Medalmajor award
All Member Societies
 
AIME Robert Earll McConnell Awardmajor award
All Member Societies
 
AIME Environmental Stewardship Distinguished Service Award
SME, TMS, and AIST Only
 
AIME James Douglas Gold Medalmajor award
SME and TMS only
 
AIME Mineral Economics Award
SME and TMS only
 
AIME Mineral Industry Education Award
SME and TMS only
 
AIME Frank F. Aplan Award
SME and TMS only
 
Percy Nicholls Award
SME and ASME only
 
AIME Hal Williams Hardinge Awardmajor award
SME Only
 
AIME Erskine Ramsay Medalmajor award
SME Only
 
AIME Robert H. Richards Awardmajor award
SME Only
 
AIME William Lawrence Saunders Gold Medalmajor award
SME Only
 
AIME Robert Peele Memorial Award
SME Only
 
AIME Howard N. Eavenson Award
SME Only
 
AIME Daniel C. Jackling Award
SME Only
 
AIME Champ Mathewson Award
TMS Only
 
AIME Robert Lansing Hardy Award
TMS Only
 
AIME Benjamin F. Fairless Awardmajor award
AIST Only
 
AIME J.E. Johnson, Jr. Award
AIST Only
 
Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award
AIST Only
 
AIME Anthony F. Lucas Gold Medalmajor award
SPE Only
 
AIME DeGolyer Distinguished Service Medal
SPE Only
 
 
Joint Engineering Society Awards
 
Hoover Medal
All Member Societies
 
Alfred E. Noble Prize
All Member Societies, Raymond Award Recipient Only
 
Washington Award
All Member Societies
 
American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) Awards
All Member Societies
 
National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Awards
All Member Societies
 
National Science Foundation (NSF) Honorary Awards
All Member Societies
 
National Inventors Hall of Fame
All Member Societies
 
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
All Member Societies
 
Sloan Industry Fellowships
All Member Societies
 
 

Source: http://aimehq.org/programs-/honors-awards