1423 Powhatan St., Suite 1
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Phone (703) 836-6727
Fax (703) 836-7491
Email: asnehq@navalengineers.org

 

ASNE is the leading professional engineering society for engineers, scientists and allied professionals who conceive, design, develop, test, construct, outfit, operate and maintain complex naval and maritime ships, submarines and aircraft and their associated systems and subsystems.  ASNE also serves the educators who train the professionals, researchers who develop related technology, and students who are preparing for the profession.  Society activities provide support for the U.S. Navy; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Merchant Marine and U.S. Army.

ASNE is the seventh oldest technical society in the United States.  It was founded in 1888 by a group of naval engineering pioneers, most of them officers of the U.S. Navy's Engineering Corps, who sought a unified approach to their profession in order to make the most of new advances in technology. The purposes of ASNE are:           

  • to advance the knowledge and practice of naval engineering in public and private applications and operations,
  • to enhance the professionalism and well-being of members, and
  • to promote naval engineering as a career field.

For 125 years, the Society’s objectives have been strengthened and preserved to meet the changing needs of a time-honored profession. Today ASNE conducts a variety of technical meetings and symposia, publishes the highly regarded Naval Engineers Journal and a number of other technical proceedings and publications, and fosters professional development and technical information exchange through technical committees, local section activities and cooperative efforts with government organizations and other professional societies.

The Society's annual meeting, ASNE Day, is typically held in February of each year in the Washington, DC, area. The meeting features major addresses by high level industry and government leaders and panel discussions by leading members of the profession.  It also includes presentation and discussion of technical papers on a variety of timely naval engineering topics, presentation of the Society's prestigious annual awards and a large exposition with government and industry exhibits covering the full spectrum of naval engineering technology. ASNE Day is highlighted by the Society’s annual Honors Gala, attended by hundreds of executives and senior managers from both government and industry.

Our website is designed to not only serve our members, but also to support scholars, students and others interested in the varied field of naval engineering.  We welcome your suggestions on ways we can improve your experience. 

This award is named in honor of Ensign Joshua K. Watson, USN, a distinguished U.S. Naval Academy Mechanical Engineer, USNA 2019 graduate, and ASNE member.  Ensign Watson’s heroic actions and personal sacrifice of his life were instrumental in saving numerous lives during the December 2019 terrorist attack and shooting at the Naval Aviation Schools Command at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.  The ASNE Award is  awarded annually to the Midshipman who is adjudged best in those courses which are most basic to Naval Engineering. The winner receives an engraved dress sword, an award certificate, and three years membership in ASNE.

PAST WINNERS:

 

2021

Midshipman Preston Rhodes, USN

2020

Midshipman Christian P. McKittrick, USN

2019

Midshipman Bennitt Lee Hermsen, USN

2018

Midshipman Rachel Fortner, USN

2017

Midshipman Joshua Lim, USN

2016

Midshipman First Class Jessica Abby Rodriguez, USN

2015

Midshipman First Class Nicholas Wareheim Coeller, USN

2014

Midshipman Alexander Stuart Yachanin, USN

2013

Midshipman Sean Haley Philbin, USN

2012

Midshipman Sam Tan Wei Shen, USN

2011

Midshipman Clark Lowell Hayes, USN

2010

Midshipman Patrick Michael Cooper, USN

2009

Midshipman Jordan Onque Blake, USN

2008

Midshipman Gregory Madison Veteto, USN

2007

Midshipman Timothy J. Emge II, USN

2006

Midshipman Mark May Powers, USN

2005

Midshipman David P. Hodapp, USN

2004

Midshipman Eric D. Brege, USN

2003

Midshipman Brent Matthew Peterson

2002

Midshipman Erich Charles Frandrup, USN

2001

Midshipman Andrew W. Sause, USN

2000

Midshipman Jeffrey A. Stewart, USN

1999

Midshipman Britt William Boughey, USN

1998

Midshipman Kenneth Young Chong, USN

1997

Midshipman Timothy Allen Erickson, USN

1996

Midshipman Cale Hollis Young, USN

1995

Midshipman Robert Sean McHenry, USN

1994

Midshipman Paul Robert Algoso, USN

1993

Midshipman Jeremy Christopher Rich, USN

1992

Midshipman Trevor Nigel Tyler, USN

1991

Midshipman Marc Russell Delao, USN

1990

Midshipman Scott Allen Roza, USN

1989

Midshipman Scott William Pappano, USN

1988

Midshipman James E. Horten, USN

1987

Midshipman Roger John Hillarides, USN

1986

Midshipman Daniel James Merzke, USN

1985

Midshipman Eric Edward Bowman, USN

1984

Midshipman Dean A. Miller, USN

1983

Midshipman Kevin J. McCarthy, USN

1982

Midshipman Joseph G. Capstaff, USN

1981

Midshipman Richard A. Peterson, Jr., USN

1980

Midshipman Frederick Fay Schultz, USN

1979

Midshipman Stephen Ferrel Clark, USN

1978

Midshipman John Clarke Orzalli, USN

1977

Midshipman James Lewis Warren, USN

1976

Midshipman Scott Willard Goodson, USN

1975

Midshipman Bruce Edward Beuchel, USN

1974

Midshipman Richard Guilford Clark, USN

1973

Midshipman Dan Michael Stover, USN

1972

Midshipman Patrick Owen Riley, USN

1971

Midshipman Robert Arthur Capra, USN

1970

Midshipman Michael B. Pate, USN

1969

Midshipman Jack Kenneth Edgar, USN

1968

Midshipman James David von Suskil, USN

1967

Midshipman Alan Douglas Burkhart, USN

1966

Midshipman David Lee Gurgel, USN

1965

Midshipman Frederick Nels Broberg, USN

1964

Midshipman Walter W. Kesler, USN

1963

Midshipman Daniel K. Hennessy, USN

1962

Midshipman Andrew Peter Sundberg, USN

1961

Midshipman Richard M. Butrovick, USN

1960

Midshipman Dennis Walter Brezina, USN

1959

Midshipman Alan Michael Chodorow, USN

1958

Midshipman Franklin F. Alverez, USN