About SAME Awards & Recognition
SAME annually presents medals and awards to individuals and organizations from the public and private sectors in recognition of achievement in support of the A/E/C profession, national security objectives, and the SAME Strategic Plan.
Nominations for SAME awards will open in December. The winners will be recognized during the 2025 JETC in Louisville, KY. (May 13-15).
Additional information about each SAME national award and medal, as well as past recipients, can be found using the tabs below.
Recognized during JETC
| Post Awards | |
|---|---|
| Industry-Government Engagement Post Award (IGE) | For excellence and leadership in supporting the Society’s Industry-Government Engagement (IGE) Plan |
| STEM Excellence Post Award (Large, Medium and Small Posts) |
For Excellence and Execution in supporting STEM |
| Individual Awards | |
|---|---|
| Bliss Medal | For excellence in education and student mentoring |
| Gerald C. Brown Mentoring Award | For outstanding mentoring efforts from a Fellow |
| Gibson Veteran Transition Medal | For superior efforts in assisting uniformed personnel transition to the private sector |
| Goethals Medal | For preeminence in engineering, design or construction |
| Industry-Government Engagement Individual Award (IGE) | For excellence and leadership in supporting the Society’s Industry-Government Engagement (IGE) Plan |
| Leader Development Award | For distinguished performance in the area of leader development |
| Member Recruitment Champion Award | For superior efforts in recruiting new members into the society at the Post level |
| Paul R. Smith NCO Medal | For outstanding leadership and contributions to military engineering |
| Post Service Medal | For significant and faithful service to SAME at the Post level |
| STEM Champion Award (Individual) | For excellence and leadership in supporting STEM |
| Student Leadership Medal | For outstanding Leadership in support of student professional development and mentoring |
| Urbahn Medal | For preeminence in architecture |
| Walter O. Bachus Gold Medal | For SAME lifetime achievement |
| Young Professional Leadership in Engineering Excellence Award | For achievements of young professionals |
| Young Professional Medal | For outstanding leadership and accomplishments in support of the SAME mission |
| Company Awards | |
|---|---|
| J.W. Morris Corporate Member Award (Large Business) | For eminent contributions to SAME by a Sustaining Member organization |
| Robert B. Flowers Small Business Award | For eminent contributions to SAME by a Small Business Sustaining Member |
| Seymour S. Greenfield Sustaining Member Award (Medium Company) | For eminent contributions to SAME by a Sustaining Member organization |
| Miscellaneous | |
|---|---|
| Design Awards | For design excellence in the built environment for planned and constructed works throughout the world |
| President’s Medal | For outstanding SAME leadership and accomplishment |
| Toulmin Medal | For most outstanding article written for The Military Engineer by an SAME member |
Presented at SB
| Small Business Award, Large Business Award and Industry Small Business Advocate Award, PSBLO Award | |
|---|---|
| Small Business Award | For eminent contributions to small business |
| Large Business Award | For eminent contributions to small business |
| Industry Small Business Advocate Award | For eminent contributions to small business |
| Post Small Business Liaison Officer Award | For eminent contributions to small business |
Please contact your chain of command for information about the Uniformed Service Awards nomination process. SAME provides a formal ceremony for recipients. Uniformed Service Awards Manual.
| U.S. Army | |
|---|---|
| Wheeler Medal | For outstanding contributions to military engineering |
| Sturgis Medal | For outstanding contributions to troop construction and/or base maintenance |
| Itschner Award | For most outstanding Army engineering company |
| U.S. Navy | |
|---|---|
| Moreell Medal | For outstanding contribution to military engineering |
| Shields Medal | For outstanding contributions to facility construction and/or maintenance |
| Peltier Award | For most outstanding Navy construction battalion |
| Toner Award | For outstanding contribution to military engineering |
| U.S. Marine Corps | |
|---|---|
| Outstanding Senior Engineer Officer | For outstanding contributions to military engineering |
| Outstanding Senior Engineer SNCO | For outstanding contributions to military engineering |
| U.S. Air Force | |
|---|---|
| Newman Medal | For outstanding contributions to military engineering |
| Goddard Medal | For outstanding contributions to military engineering, including troop construction, base maintenance and contingency engineering |
| Curtin Award | For most outstanding Air Force engineering group or squadron |
| U.S. Coast Guard | |
|---|---|
| Oren Medal | For outstanding contributions to military engineering |
| Sargent Medal | For outstanding contributions to civil engineering or facilities engineering |
| Cowart Award | For most outstanding Coast Guard facilities engineering and civil engineering units |
| U.S. Public Health Service | |
|---|---|
| Green Medal | For outstanding contributions to public health engineering |
| Hollis Medal | For outstanding contributions to public health engineering |
| Cumming Award | For most outstanding Public Health Service engineering or science organization |
| Miscellaneous | |
|---|---|
| David M. Fraser Award | For engineering excellence and leadership by an USMA First Class Cadet |
| National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | |
|---|---|
| Colbert Medal | For outstanding contribution to engineering through achievement in design, construction, administration, research, or development |
| Karo Award | For outstanding contribution in an engineering or scientific field |
Society Ball & Awards Gala
People remember the names of kings and presidents. But the names of those who surveyed, engineered, designed and built America—and helped build other nations—do not come quite so easily to mind. Yet the living conditions of people, the expanding world economy and the emergence of global stability are products of the remarkable gifts and the immeasurable contributions of engineers. Each year, SAME presents awards saluting individuals, companies, government agencies and uniformed teams and units whose achievements are making our Society, our private and public organizations, and our lives significantly better today.
The Gold Medal recognizes strong leadership. That’s something I’ve always tried to do. The award is something we should all strive for, but not rest once it is received. It’s just like being inducted into the Academy of Fellows in that you can’t sit back once you get there, but instead, stay active and relevant to the Society. There’s still so much more we can do to give back.
Col. Ronald Torgerson, P.E., PMP, CHPP, F.SAME, USAF (Ret.), 2017 Walter O. Bachus Gold Medal Recipient