(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.