Presented annually since 1958, the Gold Medal is given to an individual who has made a significant naval engineering contribution in a particular area during the past five years.

Presented annually since 1977, the Harold E. Saunders Award honors an individual whose reputation in naval engineering spans a long career of notable achievement and influence.

Originally presented in 1980, the Frank G. Law Award is given to an individual whose longtime dedication and service to the Society is deemed worthy of special recognition.

Presented annually since 1987, the Claud A. Jones Award is given to a fleet or field engineer who has made significant contributions to improving operational engineering or material readiness of our maritime forces during the past three years.

The Frank C. Jones Award, named for RADM Frank C. Jones, a past President of ASNE, is presented for major achievements in Maintenance and Alteration. The award recognizes Naval Engineering professionals who, over a period of the last ten years, culminating in the most recent previous year, have substantially and significantly contributed to their agency's intermediate and/or depot-level ship maintenance and/or alteration programs that involve the complex work of managing, planning, preparation and/or execution of extensive repairs, overhauls, upgrades and/or modernizations.

Established in memory of Mandell and Lester Rosenblatt, the Rosenblatt Young Naval Engineer Award is presented to persons less than 35 years of age who have demonstrated remarkable, early professional achievement in one or more areas of naval engineering.

The Anil Raj Excellence in Engineering Innovation Award nominee[s] (can be a Team Award) shall have made noteworthy contributions to advancing the field of engineering by clearly demonstrating: Sustained innovative contributions to improving technical excellence, engineering solutions or superior management expertise. The nomination should cite specific evidence of the nominee (or team)’s professional leadership and should include an assessment of the innovative contributions, designs or creative solutions to the field of naval architecture and marine engineering. Specific evidence of the innovative engineering contributions, technical excellence, or noted superior innovative management expertise should be submitted to the award selection committee.

The Solberg Award, presented annually since 1967, is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to naval engineering through personal research during the past three years.

Presented annually since 1967, the “Jimmie” Hamilton Award recognizes the best original technical paper published in Naval Engineers Journal during that award year. The NEJ Editorial Board selects the paper based on professionalism of subject matter, depth of treatment, importance and lasting value, clarity of composition and style, and individual effort.