Adrian Bejan, an ASME Fellow, received the title of Doctor of Science Honoris Causa from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, "for outstanding originality, challenges to conventional thinking, impact on modern thermal sciences, and for his pivotal role as promoter of constructal theory, entropy generation minimization and European scientific culture." Bejan, a longtime supporter of ASME, has been awarded a number of Society honors. He has been an ASME member since 1973.

In January, Thomas A. Cruse joined the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio as its new chief technologist. In his new post, Cruse serves as the primary advisor on science and technology (S&T) and the primary authority for the technical content and quality of the S&T portfolio to the AFRL commander, Maj. Gen. Paul Nielsen. Cruse, an ASME Fellow, served in a number of posts during his years at ASME, including chair of the Applied Mechanics Division and the Timoshenko Medal Chair for the Society's Honors and Awards Committee. He has been an ASME member since 1968.

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