Professor Jun Ni was conferred the William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. This award is presented to an individual for developing or contributing significantly to an innovative manufacturing technology, the implementation of which has resulted in substantial economic and/or societal benefits.
 
Professor Jun Ni, for pioneering development of innovative models and algorithms for maintenance policy design, and integrating statistical methods with control algorithms in machining and assembly processes that resulted in substantially higher accuracy and productivity improvements in many factories.
 
The William T. Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award, a total of 18 honored, was established in 1990 by the ASME Manufacturing Engineering Division and the Alcoa Company to recognize an individual or team for developing or contributing significantly to an innovative manufacturing technology, the implementation of which has resulted in substantial economic or societal benefits. 

see also http://www.asme.org/Governance/Honors/SocietyAwards/William_T_Ennor_Manufacturing.cfm