Jeff Ge, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University, has received the ASME Machine Design Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). The award is considered one of the highest honors in the field of machine design.
“This is the highest accolade in the machine design field,” said Ge. “I am tremendously honored and humbled by what this award represents.”
The ASME Machine Design Award was established in 1958 and is typically given annually to recognize outstanding contributions to application, research, development, and teaching within machine design. Recipients receive $1,000, a plaque, and a certificate.
P. Scott Carney, chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University, commented on Ge’s achievement: “I am pleased but not surprised to see Jeff honored for his leadership and advancement of the field of machine design. His scholarly contributions to computer-aided design and his breakthrough insights have led the field and placed Stony Brook University’s mechanical engineering program on a world stage. His ongoing service as an editor-in-chief affirms our place there.”
Ge joined Stony Brook University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1993 and has held several leadership roles including department chair. His research focuses on CAD/CAM, machine design, robotics, geometry, and motion.
“This award is also a recognition for the contributions of all of my former and current students and collaborators,” said Ge. “I now have an even stronger sense of responsibility to continue this legacy, and to keep pushing the state of art in machine design and its impact on solving real world problems to improve quality of life.”
Ge is also recognized as a Fellow of ASME. He has chaired key committees within ASME and IFToMM. Additionally, he served as co-editor for the ASME Journal of Mechanical Design between 2021–2024 and is founding Editor-in-Chief for ASME Letters in Translational Robotics.
His previous honors include receiving the ASME Mechanisms and Robotics Award in 2021 as well as being awarded the ASME AT Yang Memorial Award in Theoretical Kinematics in both 2022 and 2025.
Reflecting on his career milestone, Ge stated: “Reading the list of past recipients has been a humbling experience. I have read the machine design textbooks written by some of the recipients when I was an undergraduate student. Both my doctoral thesis advisor and my postdoctoral advisor are also on the list. I feel my work is now part of a larger and continuing legacy that includes not only the work of the award recipients but also those of their students and collaborators.”
