Professor Jeff Ge of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been honored with the Dedicated Service Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This award recognizes voluntary service to the society and acknowledges "outstanding performance, demonstrated effective leadership, prolonged and committed service, devotion, enthusiasm, and faithfulness." The accolade was presented to Ge during the 2024 ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences held in Washington, DC from August 25 to 28.
"Jeff Ge was awarded the ASME Dedicated Service Award for his sustained contributions and visionary leadership in ASME’s Design Engineering Division, and Mechanisms and Robotics Executive Committees, and in support of the ASME Robotics community," stated Gloria Wiens, chair of ASME Robotics Technology Group who nominated Ge for this recognition. She further added that Ge played a pivotal role as a founding member of ASME's Technical and Engineering Communities: Robotics Technology Group. He led efforts in drafting the ASME Robotics Roadmap set to be published this fall.
Ge has actively participated in several committees within ASME. His roles have included membership on the Executive Committee of the ASME Design Engineering Division from 2015 to 2021 and serving as Committee Chair in 2020. Additionally, he spent three years on the executive committee of ASME Mechanisms and Robotics. Beyond these roles, he has organized and chaired numerous technical sessions at various ASME conferences.
In addition to his involvement with ASME, Ge boasts over 160 peer-reviewed publications across journals and conference proceedings. He is also recognized as a pioneer in integrating kinematics with computational geometry.
This recent award adds to Ge's list of accolades. He previously received another Dedicated Service Award from ASME in 2023. His other honors include the AT Yang Memorial Award for Theoretical Kinematics in 2022 and the Mechanisms and Robotics Award in 2021.
"I am honored and humbled by the award," expressed Ge. Reflecting on his long association with ASME since attending his first conference as a graduate student in 1990, he noted that "the ASME Design Engineering community has been my academic home since then."
Ge is also credited as a founding member of the ASME Technology Group on Robotics. Since 2021, he has served as co-editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design and currently holds the position of inaugural editor-in-chief for Letters in Translational Robotics.
— Angelina Livingi