Honoree Shows His Support for ASMEs Awards Program

Honoree Shows His Support for ASME's Awards Program Honoree Shows His Support for ASME's Awards Program Honoree Shows His Support for ASME's Awards Program William Wepfer William W. Wepfer, PhD, the beneficiary of the 2015 Edwin F. Church Medal, is exhibiting his help for ASME's endeavors to perceive present and future pioneers in building training. Dr. Wepfer, a long-lasting ASME volunteer and supporter, has charitably given the $2,500 honorarium he got as victor of the decoration to the ASME Honors Awards Program. Wepfer, the Eugene C. Gwaltney Jr. Seat of the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, was named as the beneficiary of the 2015 Edwin F. Church Medal for his model administration of one of the biggest mechanical designing projects in the United States, and for his endeavors in progressing mechanical building training through visionary activities and considerable direction of the accreditation procedure. Set up in 1972, the Edwin F. Church Medal is granted to a person for prominent help in expanding the worth, significance and appeal of mechanical building training. Wepfer, an ASME Fellow and senior VP of the Society's Public Affairs and Outreach Sector, will get the honor during the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Education Leadership Summit (MEED 2015), to be held March 12-14 in Newport Beach, Calif. Wepfer, who got the ASME Dedicated Service Award in 2009, has served in different limits during his 40 years as an ASME part, including as VP of Education, individual from the Committee on Engineering Accreditation, seat of the Atlanta Section, and partner proofreader of ASME's Journal of Energy Resources Technology. He is additionally an individual of ASHRAE and ABET. For more data on the ASME Honors and Awards Program, visit www.asme.org/about-asme/get-included/praises grants.