(Competitive) Distinctions & Awards – Dr. San Andres and Former Students

Name

Society

Distinction

         Contribution

 

 

Luis San Andres

ASME – Fluids Engineering Divison

2025 Henry R. Worthington Medal

For groundbreaking analytical and experimental work evaluating the performance and dynamic response of pump annular seals, advancing the stability of rocket engine turbopumps and engineered multiple phase pumps for subsea oil and gas production facilities

ASME – Tribology Division

2023 Mayo D. Hersey Award

For sustained and innovative research that has significantly enhanced the rotordynamic performance of gas bearings and their application to oil-free turbomachinery.

 

ASME – IGTI

2022 Aircraft Engine Technology Award

For Outstanding Contributions to Air  Breathing Propulsion Through Inspiring Leadership, Education, and Research Having Major Impacts on Aircraft Engine Operational Capability, Performance, and Design

Keun Ryu

Global Power & Propulsion Society

2022 Early Career Award

Foil Bearings and NL Rotordynamics

Sung-Hwa Jeung

ASME Tribology Division

2020 Burt Newkirk Investigator Award 

Dampers in Rotordynamics and Collaborative Eng.

Tae-Ho Kim

ASME Tribology Division

2013 Burt Newkirk Investigator Award 

Foil Gas Bearings

Deborah Osborne- Wilde

ASME Tribology Division

2004 Marshal Peterson Young Investigator Award

Gas Bearings and Seals

Sergio Diaz

ASME Tribology Division

2003 Burt Newkirk Investigator Award 

Squeeze Film Dampers

Nicole Zirkelback

Texas A&M University

1998 Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Gas Annular and Face Seals

Andy Alcantar, Jose Torres, Bryan Rodriguez

Mechanical Engineering Department

2021 Graduate Student Fellowship

Turbocharger RDs

Wonbae Jung

Mechanical Engineering Department

2020 Graduate Summer Research Grant

Turbocharger RDs

Tingcheng Wu

Mechanical Engineering Department

2019 Graduate Student Fellowship

CFD Labyrinth Seals

Xueliang Lu

Mechanical Engineering Department

2018 Innovation Graduate Student Award

Wet pocket damper seals

 

Several graduate and undergraduate students earned STLE scholarships and fellowships, Turbomachinery Lab fellowships, travel awards to the ASME Turbo-Expo Conference, and TAMU travel awards to conferences.