Professor Yonggang Huang from Northwestern University is elected as an Honorary Member (2021) of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Each year ASME elects no more than 5 honorary members. Since 2000 the mechanicians elected to the honorary members include:
- Alan Needleman (2018);
- Romesh Batra (2015);
- Pol Spanos (2014);
- Ted Belytschko (2013);
- Zdenek Bazant (2012);
- JN Reddy (2011);
- Sia Nemat-Nasser (2005);
- Tinsley Oden (2004);
- Jan Achenbach (2002).