Department Head George Lesieutre introduces Dr. David Miller, Chief Technologist, NASA, as Miller gives a seminar titled "NASA Technology Drive Exploration (and How You Can Get Involved)." Credit: Penn State College of Engineering.
George Lesieutre selected for 2025 ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award
May 12, 2025
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — George Lesieutre, professor emeritus of aerospace engineering and former associate dean in the College of Engineering at Penn State, has been selected to receive the 2025 Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
The award, established by ASME’s Aerospace Division in 1993 and elevated to a Society-level award in 2014, recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the science and technology of adaptive structures and materials systems, according to the society’s website. Lesieutre was honored “for pioneering contributions to adaptive structures technologies and their applications to flight structures” and for “key insights into electro-mechanical coupling,” according to the award notification letter. The award will be presented at the ASME SMASIS Conference in September 2025 in St. Louis.
Lesieutre’s contributions have been recognized with three ASME best paper awards, two keynote lectures at major ASME conferences and a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020. He also delivered the 2012 Adaptive Structures Plenary Keynote and the 2014 SDM Lecture, highlighting his leadership in the field.
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