Society Awards 2021

Abstract

The ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering has a tradition of annually publishing papers contributed by winners of the medals offered by the ASME Bioengineering Division, namely, the Lissner, Woo, Nerem, Mow, and Fung medals. Four of these papers appear in this special issue, with one to follow (for the Lissner medal) in the future. Here, we describe these medals and briefly introduce the winners.The H. R. Lissner Medal recognizes outstanding achievements in the field of bioengineering. These achievements may be in the form of (1) significant research contributions in bioengineering

(2) development of new methods of measuring in bioengineering

(3) design of new equipment and instrumentation in bioengineering

(4) educational impact on the training of bioengineers

and/or (5) service to the bioengineering community, in general, and to the Bioengineering Division of ASME, in particular. The Bioengineering Division of ASME established the H. R. Lissner Award as a divisional award in 1977. It was upgraded to a society award in 1987, made possible by a donation from Wayne State University, and is named in honor of Professor H. R. Lissner of Wayne State University for his pioneering work in biomechanics that began in 1939.