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Awards
2025 Winners
A. Howard Hasbrook Award
This award recognizes an individual who has provided noteworthy data or design with respect to safety, survivability or crashworthiness relevant to aircraft or space vehicles.
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2025 Award Winner:
Angus Rupert
Ross McFarland Student Award
This award is given to the author of the best student research paper accepted by the AsMA Scientific Program Committee that reports on a significant achievement in biomedical engineering.
2025 Award Winner:
Cyril Mani
Professional Excellence Award
This award recognizes an individual who has produced outstanding research accomplishments or technical and/or research management achievements important to life sciences and/or biomedical engineering of a number of years.
2025 Award Winner: Michael Schmidt
LSBEB Special Presidential Citation/Recognition Award
Established in 2018 by President Dwight Holland, this discretionary award honors individuals whose exceptional financial, academic, or organizational support has significantly contributed to the revitalization and sustained success of LSBEB.
2025 Award Winner:
Sara Rothrock
Research and Development Innovation Award
This award is given to an individual
who has demonstrated innovative life sciences and/or biomedical engineering research as related to the design or development of aerospace medical equipment or systems.
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2025 Award Winner:
George Pantalos
Previous Award Winners
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LSBEB Ross McFarland Student Award - Past Winners
2025 Cyril Mani
2024 Tejal Gala
2023 Cyril Mani
2022 James Mitchell
2021 Jacob Kintz
2020 Michael Van Akin
2019 Stephen MacLean
2018 Tess Morris-Paterson
2017 Thomas Oh
2016 Charles Laing
2015 Alaina Brinley
2014 Marc Studer
2013 Maggie Coppini
2012 Rebecca Blue
2011 Binoj Thankappan
2010 Nilsson Holguin
2009 Savitha Shekar
2008 Jennyfer Lecompte
2007 Carlos Cardillo
2006 Michael F. Harrison
2005 Angelo Karavalos
2004 Roger Kolegard
2003 Mikael Gronkvist
2002 Azfar Samin
2001 Tara Rutley
2000 Peter H. U. Lee
1999 Helen Wright
1998 Linda Davrath
1997 Mitchell Graber
1996 Maria Joao R. Oliveria
1995 Chris P.A. Doe
1994 Keith A. Engelke
1993 Marty R. Pecaric
1992 Ann-Elise Lindeis
1991 Thomas Mullen
1990 Hussein Fadlallah
1989 Jennifer A. Foster
1988 Nadia C. Greenidge
1987 Kristin N. Swenson
1986 Cyrus Whinnery
1985 Dianne A. Williams
1984 None
1983 None
1982 Robin Dodge
1981 John Charles
1980 Sarah Haskins
1979 Ronald D. Reed
1978 Robert Shaffstall
1977 Henry W. Mertens
1976 Jimmy W. Adams
1975 S. Rositano & B. Rattner
2026 LSBEB Award Solicitation
January 21, 2026 Deadline
The AsMA Life Sciences and Biomedical Engineering Branch (LSBEB) Awards Chair is soliciting nominations for three 2026 LSBEB awards:
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Professional Excellence
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A. Howard Hasbrook (Safety Award)
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Research, Development, and Innovation
Note: There is a separate procedure for the LSBEB Ross McFarland Student award.
To nominate someone for an award, you must be an active member of LSBEB.
Please contact the LSBEB Membership Committee Chair Onur Sahin, osahin.tx@gmail.com if you need to check your status.
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The nominee does not have to be a member of the LSBEB
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Late nominations will not be considered for the current year
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Non-Winners: Nominations will remain in the list of candidates for 3 years
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Self-nominations will not be considered
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This is a significant opportunity for you to recognize your colleagues’ achievements, encourage students’ progress, or honor those who helped shape your success. Please send your candidates starforster@yahoo.com via e-mail or complete the nomination form below, no later than January 21,
2026 please.
Thanks for your continuing support