To recognize and honor members of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering under 40 years of age on July 1 of the year in which the award is presented, for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession and to stimulate professional achievement.

The Awards

Young Researcher Award was endowed by New Holland North America Inc., New Holland, Pennsylvania. The New Holland Young Researcher Award recognizes dedicated use of scientific methodology to seek out facts or principles significant to the agricultural engineering profession

Young Extension Worker Award, recognizes outstanding success in motivating people to acquire knowledge, skills and understanding towards the improvement of agricultural operations.

Young Educator Award was endowed by the family and friends of ASABE Past President and Fellow, A.W. Farrall, who was associated with Michigan State University's Agricultural Engineering Department. The A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award honors outstanding success in motivating others in the application of engineering principles to the problems of agricultural engineering.

Young Designer Award, is sponsored by Sunkist Growers, Inc. The Sunkist Young Designer Award honors the development of a technical plan that influences agricultural engineering progress, as evidenced by use in the field.

Selection

The following committees are responsible for selecting award recipients with final approval by the
M-102 Awards Coordinating Committee:
l M-114 - New Holland Young Researcher Award Committee;
l M-115 - A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award Committee;
l M-116 - Sunkist Young Designer Award Committee; and
l M-117 -Young Extension Worker Award Committee.

The award consists of an engraved walnut plaque to be presented to an individual for each young engineering award at the Annual International Meeting of the Society.

NOTE:  Those nominating a candidate will be advised if their candidate is selected. Each nominee will be considered by the award committee for two additional years if not selected the year nominated. If a candidate attains 40 years of age prior to July 1 of the year in which the award is to be presented, thus no longer complying with age criteria, he/she will be dropped from consideration.

Eligibility for an Award

The recipient shall be a member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The recipient shall have made noteworthy contributions to agricultural engineering as described above under
"Purpose of the Award." The candidate must be under the age of 40 prior to July 1 of the year in which the award is presented.  

YOUNG ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS l Young Designer l Young Educator l Young Researcher and l Young Extension Worker

The Young Engineering Achievement Awards were established in 1972 to honor members of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering under 40 years of age on July 1 for outstanding contributions to the advancement of the profession and to stimulate professional achievement. There are four separate Engineering Achievement Awards to honor individuals pursuing different lines of endeavor.

Sunkist Young Designer Award
The Sunkist Young Designer Award honors the development or creation of a technical plan which is materially influencing agricultural engineering progress, as evidenced by use in the field. The sponsor is Sunkist Growers, Inc. of Ontario, California.
1972	James L. Fouss, Jr.		1991	Brian R. McMahon
1973	Douglas L. Bosworth		1992	Timothy R. Royer
1974	John E. Morrison, Jr.		1993	Paul A. Meyer
1975	Ronald T. Noyes		1994	Yang Tao
1976	Roger W. Curry		1995	No recipient
1977	Richard W. Hook		1996	No recipient
1978	John C. Knobloch		1997	No recipient
1979	Gustaaf M.L. Persoons		1998	Henry A. Affeldt, Jr.
1980	David C. Moffitt		1999	No recipient
1981	Roger P. Rohrbach		2000	No recipient
1982	John A. Collier		2001	Jim Thomas Noonan
1983	Terrill W. Woods		2002	Tom Pearson
1984	Robert E. Fox		2003	Brian L. Roy
1985	No recipient		2004	Daniel J. Burke
1986	No recipient		2005	Brian J. Maas
1987	Larry G. Wells		2006	Dohn W. Pfeiffer
1988	No recipient		2007	Miles Keaton
1989	Charles E. Sukup		2008	Nathan A. Mariman
1990	David A. Dull

A. W. Farrall Young Educator Award
The A.W. Farrall Young Educator Award honors outstanding success in motivating others to apply engineering principles to the problems of agricultural engineering. It is endowed by the family and friends of ASABE Past President and Life Fellow, A.W. Farrall, who was associated with Michigan State University's Agricultural Engineering Department.
1972	Paul K. Turnquist		1990	No recipient
1973	Donald M. Edwards		1991	Eldon R. Muller
1974	E. Paul Taiganides		1992	No recipient
1975	Bobby L. Clary		1993	J. Bruce Litchfield
1976	Larry J. Segerlind		1994	A. Dale Whittaker
1977	No recipient		1995	David D. Jones
1978	David B. McWhorter		1996	Scott A. Shearer
1979	Thomas L. Thompson		1997	Paul H. Heinemann
1980	Dennis E. Buffington		1998	No recipient
1981	Dennis D. Schulte		1999	No recipient
1982	Denny C. Davis		2000	Sue E. Nokes
1983	Gary W. Krutz		2001	Ann Lee Kenimer
1984	Robert J. Gustafson		2002	Marybeth Lima
1985	Albert R. Jarrett		2003	Kyle R. Mankin
1986	R. Paul Singh		2004	D. Raj Raman
1987	W. David Shoup		2005	Jean Suzanne VanderGheynst
1988	No recipient		2006	Bradley P. Marks
1989	Marvin L. Stone		2007	Stacy L. Hutchinson
			2008	Amy Kaleita

New Holland Young Researcher Award
The New Holland Young Researcher Award recognizes dedicated use of scientific methodology to seek out facts or principles significant to the agricultural engineering profession. It is endowed by New Holland North American, Inc., New Holland, Pennsylvania.
1972	Robert B. Fridley		1993	Saied Mostaghimi
1973	Roscoe L. Pershing		1994	Digvir S. Jayas
1974	Dennis R. Heldman		1995	Yen-Con Hung
1975	Charles T. Haan		1996	Sundaram Gunasekaran
1976	C. Gene Haugh		1997	Robert W. Bottcher
1977	Edward A. Hiler		1998	Mark A. Eiteman
1978	Billy J. Barfield		1999	Bernard A. Engel
1979	Louis D. Albright		2000	Dwayne R. Edwards
1980	David B. Smith		2001	Hongwei Xin
1981	R. Wayne Skaggs		2002	William D. Batchelor
1982	David W. Smith		2003	Ruihong Zhang
1983	David R. Thompson		2004	No Recipient
1984	Michael R. Overcash		2005	Vijay Singh
1985	David T. Hill		2006	No recipient
1986	No recipient		2007	Indrajeet Chaubey
1987	No recipient		2008	Suat Irmak
1988	No recipient		2009
1989	No recipient		2010
1990	David E. Brune		2011
1991	Lalit R. Verma		2012
1992	Ronald E. Pitt		2013

Nolan Mitchell Young Extension Worker Award
The Nolan Mitchell Young Extension Worker Award, named in honor of crop drying pioneer, Nolan Mitchell, recognizes outstanding success in motivating people to acquire knowledge, skills, and understanding to improve agricultural operation. Aerotech, Inc., of Lansing, Michigan, is the sponsor.
1973	Bryon H. Nolte		1991	David P. Shelton
1974	Myron D. Paine		1992	David W. Kammel
1975	L. Bynum Driggers		1993	Larry W. Turner
1976	Peter D. Bloome		1994	Robert D. Grisso
1977	William Mayfield		1995	Kenneth J. Hellevang
1978	George A. Duncan		1996	Richard Derksen
1979	Donald R. Price		1997	Gregory D. Jennings
1980	Allen R. Rider		1998	John M. Shutske
1981	Don D. Jones		1999	Thomas G. Franti
1982	Gerald R. Bodman		2000	Dirk E. Maier
1983	Loren E. Bode		2001	Lawrence M. Risse
1984	James C. Barker		2002	Bruce J. Lesikar
1985	William E. Field		2003	Robert T. Burns
1986	Elbert C. Dickey		2004	Brent W. Auvermann
1987	Megh R. Goyal		2005	No Recipient
1988	Allen G. Smajstria		2006	Timothy S. Stombaugh
1989	Raymond L. Huhnke		2007	Kevin M.Keener
1990	Larry D. Jacobson		2008	William F. (Bill) Hunt, III