ASME Life Member Walter O. Bowman III was honored with the Project Management Institute's highest and most prestigious individual award, the PMI Fellow Award. The institute is the world's largest professional association for the advancement and advocacy of the project management profession. The award recognizes and honors a PMI member who has made sustained and significant contributions to PMI and to the profession of project management for more than a decade. Since the founding of PMI in 1969, Bowman is only the 43rd person to receive the PMI Fellow Award. Bowman has more than 40 years of practical experience in project and executive management of high technology and business projects in industry and academia. Bowman, who also has received PMI's Project Management Professional certification, is the co-founder and executive director of the Pittsburgh Project Management Center, a subsidiary of ConsultUSA Inc. He has been a member of ASME since 1968.

Warren R. DeVries, director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Design, Manufacture and Industrial Innovation, Engineering Directorate, was awarded the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering's 2004 Distinguished Service Award in October. DeVries, who is an ASME Fellow and former member of the Society's Board of Governors, was recognized "for his engineering educational excellence, pioneering research in material removal processes and systems, and outstanding leadership of the NSF Division that is the primary advocate for the manufacturing sector," according to the university. DeVries currently leads U.S. efforts aimed at enabling advances in engineering education and research at universities, and fostering innovation in technology-based small businesses. Currently a member of ASME's Committee on Finance and Investment, DeVries has held a number of posts within the Society over the years, including senior vice president of the Council on Engineering, vice president of the Manufacturing Technical Group and chair of the Textile Engineering Division. He has been an ASME member since 1977.

Autar K. Kaw, Ph.D., a mechanical engineering professor from the University of South Florida, received the 2004 Florida Professor of the Year Award. It is the only U.S. award given explicitly for undergraduate teaching and mentoring. The award is presented by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT). Kaw was given the award for influencing his students by complementing instruction with technology and integrating real-world problems and research projects into classroom projects, said Rajiv Dubey, the university's mechanical engineering department chair. Kaw's areas of expertise include the mechanics of composite materials, elasticity, engineering education research, thermal stress, graphical user interfaces for engineering problems, and Web-based instruction. His textbook, "Mechanics of Composite Materials," was published in 1997. Kaw served from 1989–90 was ASME student section advisor at the University of South Florida and the Florida West Coast Section's college relations representative. He has been an ASME member since 1987.

Naomi E. Leonard, marine roboticist and professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, was selected as one of the recipients of the 2004 MacArthur Fellowship. Leonard is currently involved in building miniature, autonomous underwater vehicles that mimic schooling fish. The MacArthur Fellowship, which is financed by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is a five-year, $500,000 grant to individuals who show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work. Fellows are selected for their originality, creativity, and the potential to do more in the future. The stipend, which carries no restrictions, is designed to provide seed money or venture capital for intellectual, social and artistic endeavors. Leonard has been an ASME member since 1994.

Mark R. Martin, P.E., was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in the November 2004 election. Martin, an ASME Life Member, has served on the board of directors of the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and is currently on the NSPE Legislative and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Leadership Development Task Force. Martin is currently chair of ASME's Engineering Public Policy Committee and secretary for the ASME Arkansas Section, where he also serves as the government relations chair. He was a member of the ethics panel at the 2004 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and RD&D Expo. Martin has been an ASME member since 1997.

Space education pioneer Helen L. Reed, Ph.D., has been named professor and head of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University. Reed, an ASME Fellow, comes to Texas A&M from Arizona State University, where she was professor, associate director of the ASU NASA Space Grant Program, director of the ASU satellite lab, and vice chair for graduate programs for the mechanical and aerospace engineering department. Reed plans to continue pursuing space education activities at Texas A&M. She is program manager for MIMIC, a national student satellite mission to Mars that is aiming for launch around 2011. Her research areas include nanosatellite design, satellite constellations and formation-flying technologies, boundary-layer transition and flow control, hypersonic and supersonic flow, micropropulsion/ propulsion, computational fluid dynamics, and micro aerial vehicles. Reed is on the Science Advisory Board of the National Institute of Aerospace, and is deputy co-chair of the National Space Grant Student Satellite Initiative Steering Committee. She has been an ASME member since 1984.

Sean F. Wu, Ph.D., has been inducted into the Asian Academy Hall of Fame by the board of directors of the Asian Leaders Association. The Asian Academy Hall of Fame was created to draw attention to outstanding Asian-Americans so that they may serve as role models for young people throughout the world. The goal of the Hall of Fame is to bring diverse Asian-American communities together and pay tribute to those who have made a substantial difference to their culture and society. Wu, an ASME Fellow, was recognized for his contributions in acoustics and noise control in mechanical engineering that brought visibility to Asian-Americans, and for his extensive community involvement. Wu, the Charles DeVlieg Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University in Detroit, has served in a number of ASME posts, including chair and vice chair of the Noise Control and Acoustics Division and the Per Bruel Gold Medal Chair for the ASME Honors and Awards Committee. He has been a member of ASME since 1988.

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