2010 SAE Awards Ceremony: Honoring Excellence

SAE Awards Ceremony:
Honoring Excellence
…a special gathering to honor those who have contributed
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2010 SAE Awards Ceremony:
Honoring Excellence
Andrew Brown, Jr.,
PhD, PE, FESD, NAE
2010 President
SAE International
Executive Director &
Chief Technologist
Delphi
David L. Schutt, PhD
Chief Executive Officer
SAE International
Welcome and Opening Remarks....................................................................Andrew Brown, Jr.
2010 SAE International President
Emcee...........................................................................................................Shirley Ann Minehart
SAE International
Honors and Awards
SAE Medal of Honor.....................................................................................................................2
SAE Fellows....................................................................................................................................4
Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award.................................................9
Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) Award...................................................10
Excellence in Engineering Education Award...........................................................................11
Forest R. McFarland Award........................................................................................................12
Franz F. Pischinger Powertrain Innovation Award.................................................................16
Henry Ford II Distinguished Award for Excellence in
Automotive Engineering..........................................................................................................17
J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders............................................................................19
John Johnson Award for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines.......................................20
Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award....................................................................21
Max Bentele Award for Engine Technology Innovation.........................................................22
Myers Award for Outstanding Student Paper..........................................................................23
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award..........................................................................................25
Rumbaugh Outstanding Student Leader Award......................................................................27
Russell S. Springer Award...........................................................................................................28
SAE/AISI Sydney H. Melbourne Award for Excellence in the
Advancement of Automotive Sheet Steel...............................................................................29
SAE Delco Electronics Intelligent Transportation Systems Award.......................................30
SAE/Timken-Howard Simpson Automotive Transmission and
Driveline Innovation Award..................................................................................................31
Technical Standards Board Outstanding Contribution Award.............................................32
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SAE Medal of Honor
The SAE Medal of Honor pays tribute to a living SAE member for unique and significant
contributions to the Society by strengthening or adding to its ability to further its
purpose. Unlike other SAE awards that recognize technical achievements or outstanding
accomplishments in the various fields of mobility engineering, this award honors an
individual for their contributions to the overall SAE organization. The significance of the
contributions shall have been tested over time and shall be regarded as a major factor in
the Society’s success.
Established in 1986, this award is administered by the Medal of Honor Award Committee
and consists of a framed medallion made of precious metals.
2010 Recipient
Joseph M. Colucci
President
Automotive Fuels Consulting, Inc.
Joseph M. Colucci retired October 1, 1995 after 36 years with
the General Motors Research & Development Center (formerly
the General Motors Research Laboratories). He is now
President of Automotive Fuels Consulting, Inc. of Clarkston,
Michigan. He provides consulting services related to
automotive fuels. When Mr. Colucci retired, he was Executive
Director, Materials Research, a position he had assumed on
September 1, 1992. Prior to that he had been Department
Head, Fuels and Lubricants, a position he held for 20 years. During that period he led
General Motors’ efforts to improve commercial fuel and lubricant quality for better vehicle
performance and reduced vehicle emissions. He led the campaign to obtain proper
additives in gasoline to eliminate port-fuel injector deposits, he developed the concept of
reformulated gasoline, and he led many programs to quantify its benefits.
Mr. Colucci received a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State
University in 1958, and an MS degree in Mechanical Engineering from the California
Institute of Technology in 1959. He joined the General Motors Research Laboratories
in 1959 as a Research Engineer in the Fuels and Lubricants Department, and progressed
through positions of increasing responsibility, becoming Assistant Department Head in
1970 and Department Head in 1972.
Mr. Colucci has authored and presented numerous technical papers on automotive fuels
and lubricants. He is a member of Sigma Xi and SAE International. He has served on
the SAE’s Fuels and Lubricants Activity, Fuels and Lubricants Technical Committee,
Lubricants Review Institute, Awards & Recognitions Committee, Board of Directors
and Strategic Planning Committee. He was a member of the SAE Foundation Board
of Trustees, and he co-chaired its Fellows Fund Drive. In 1992, he was elected a Fellow
of the SAE. He has twice received the Octane Week Executive of the Year Award: in
1991 for his leadership in the development of reformulated gasoline, and in 1995 for
his leadership in improving automotive fuel quality and reducing vehicle emissions. In
December 2001, he received the SAE Edward N. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering
Innovation. In February 2002, he was elected a member of the National Academy of
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Engineering. In October 2004, he gave the Honda Lecture to the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers.
Mr. Colucci has served on the Michigan State University College of Engineering’s Alumni
Association Board of Directors and its Engineering Research Advisory Board. He now
serves on the Board of Visitors of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and on the
Alumni Board of the College of Engineering. In May 2003, he received the College of
Engineering’s 2003 Claud R. Erickson Distinguished Alumnus Award. He received the
University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award on October 2, 2003. In November of 2005, he
was inducted into the Brooklyn Technical High School’s Hall of Fame.
Since his retirement from General Motors, Mr. Colucci has been active as a consultant
in the areas of automotive fuels and vehicle emissions control. He has consulted for:
General Motors R&D Center; Exxon Company, U.S.A.; Mobil; Morgan & Finnegan;
Hart/IRI Publications; Quantum Energy Technologies; the American Automobile
Manufacturers Association; Litex, Inc.; BMW of North America; ExxonMobil Research
& Engineering Company; Chevron; Shell Oil Company (Equilon Enterprises LLC);
Infinium USA LP; the National Renewable Energy Center; the Japanese Clean Air
Program (JCAP) and others. He served on the National Research Council panel on the
DOE’s “21st Century Truck Program.”
He and his wife reside in Clarkston, Michigan. They have three children and six
grandchildren. Their passion is traveling around the world.
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SAE Fellows
This membership grade recognizes outstanding engineering creativity of members and
enhances the status of SAE’s contributions to the profession and the public-at-large.
The Fellow Grade of Membership was established as a prestigious and honorary grade
bestowed on individuals whose extraordinary leadership, engineering, or scientific
achievements have brought about meaningful advances in the various fields of mobility
engineering. Election to Fellow is an exceptional professional distinction.
Established in 1975, this program is administered by the SAE Fellow Committee.
Inductees are presented with a framed certificate and a distinctive Fellow pin.
2010 Fellows
JOHN M. CAVANAUGH
Professor
Wayne State University
MARK H. COSTIN
Senior Safety Engineer
General Motors Company
FRANK J. FRONCZAK
Professor
University of Wisconsin
RICHARD W. GREAVES
Senior Vice President
Meggitt PLC
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SAE Fellows
MATTHEW J. HALL
Professor
University of Texas-Austin
DAVID JAPIKSE
Chairman / CEO
Concepts ETI, Inc.
JOSEPH N. KANIANTHRA
President
Active Safety Engineering LLC
CHIA-FON F. LEE
Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PAUL A. MASCARENAS
Vice President Engineering
Ford Motor Company
MANUCH NIKANJAM
Consulting Engineer
Chevron Products Company
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SAE Fellows
KAZUO OKAMOTO
Managing Officer
Toyota Motor Corporation
FERDINAND PANIK
Professor for Alternative Vehicle Concepts
University of Applied Science – Esslingen - Germany
MICHAEL G. PECHT
Chair, Professor, and Director
University of Maryland
MATTHEW P. REED
Research Associate Professor
University of Michigan
J.E. “TED” ROBERTSON, P.E.
Executive Vice President-New Product Creation & CTO
Magna International
AKIHIKO SAITO
Advisor, Senior Technical Executive
Toyota Motor Corporation
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SAE Fellows
WILLIAM R. SHAPTON
Professor Emeritus
Michigan Technological University
AHMED A. SOLIMAN
Professor
UNC Charlotte Motorsports Engineering
ULRICH SPICHER
Professor
Universitat of Karlsruhe
ROBERT D. STRAUB
Technical Fellow
General Motors Company
LEONARD S. TEDESCO
President
Oakshott Engineering
DONALD H. VERHOFF
Executive Vice President of Technology
Oshkosh Corporation
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SAE Fellows
MIN XU
Dr/Professor/Director
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
KING H. YANG
Center Director
Wayne State University
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Arnold W. Siegel International
Transportation Safety Award
This award recognizes individuals whose accomplishments include outstanding
international research, innovation and contributions to crash injury protection, crash
injury biomechanics and crash injury design for all mobility vehicles: land, air, sea and
space. Recipients are those persons in leadership positions who have made a significant
transportation safety impact on their organization or on society worldwide.
Established in 1987, this award honors Arnold W. Siegel, an SAE Fellow, whose pioneering
crash injury research began in 1954 at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA).
The award consists of a medallion made of precious metals and a $7,500 honorarium.
2010 Recipients
David C. Viano
Principal
ProBiomechanics, LLC
Charles Young Warner (posthumously)
Senior Engineer
Collision Safety Engineering
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Environmental Excellence in
Transportation (E2T) Award
This award recognizes an individual or groups of individuals who through their ingenuity
and dedication make significant innovations in reducing the environmental impact caused
by the transportation industry. These innovative achievements may occur in motorized
vehicles for land, sea, air, and space in the areas of fuels, alternative propulsion methods,
fuel usage, materials, energy usage, manufacturing methods, logistics support, as well as in
education, training and improving public awareness.
The key criteria that must be demonstrated and met for recognition include innovative
achievement, favorable environmental impact, feasibly implemented, and no transfer of
environmental burden.
This award is administered by the SAE Sustainable Development Program Committee and
consists of a crystal memento for each team member of the winning project.
Award recipients to be announced at Awards Ceremony.
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Excellence in Engineering
Education “Triple E” Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in support of activities related to the
SAE Education Board (EB). The intent of the award is to recognize an individual who has
promoted SAE student activities at the international, national or local levels; contributed
to the advances of engineering education; supported the SAE Collegiate Design
Competitions; or has promoted formal educational activities at any level.
Established in 1995, this award is supported by the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Fund, and
is administered by the SAE Education Board. It consists of a marble sculpture.
2010 Recipient
Saeed D. Foroudastan
Associate Dean
Middle Tennessee State University
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Forest R. McFarland Award
This award recognizes the outstanding contributions toward the work of the SAE
Engineering Meetings Board (EMB) in the planning, development, and dissemination of
technical information through technical meetings, conferences, and professional
development programs or outstanding contributions to EMB operations in facilitating or
enhancing the interchanges of technical information.
Established in 1979, this award honors Forest R. McFarland who was himself an
outstanding session organizer, a chairman of the Passenger Car Activity and a member of
the EMB. Funding for this award is through a bequest by Mr. McFarland and consists of a
framed certificate.
2010 Recipients
Ramesh K. Agarwal
William Palm Professor of Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
R. Matthew Brach
Engineer
Brach Engineering, LLC
Raymond M. Brach
Professor Emeritus
University of Notre Dame
Kevin F. Brown
Marketing and Regulatory Affairs Manager
Engine Control Systems: A Catalytic Solutions Inc. Company
Debi Cohoon
Retired
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Forest R. McFarland Award
Matthew J. Hall
Professor
University of Texas-Austin
Raj Mohan Iyengar
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tze-Chi Jao
R&D Fellow
Afton Chemical Corporation
Ming-Chia Lai
Professor
Wayne State University
R. Randy Maynard
Market Development Specialist
EMS-GRIVORY America
Jeff Naber
Associate Professor
Michigan Technological University
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Forest R. McFarland Award
Mark Riefe
Senior Project Engineer
General Motors LLC
Michael J. Royce
Consultant
Albion Associates LLC
Mike Santella
Senior R&D Staff Member
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Vesna Savic
Senior Project Engineer
General Motors LLC
Donald Siegla
Retired
James Earl Smith
Professor and Director
West Virginia University
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Forest R. McFarland Award
Robert M. Wagner
Distinguished Research Staff
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ren-Jye Yang
Senior Technical Leader
Ford Motor Company
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Franz F. Pischinger Powertrain
Innovation Award
This award recognizes exceptional innovation and competence in powertrain design
and development through the annual recognition of an engineer who has demonstrated
outstanding innovation in the field. The powertrain remains the “heart” of the
transportation industry. It is the singular most expensive and most complex part of
every vehicle. SAE, more than any other organization, has been integral in supporting
automotive engineers in their endeavors to improve transportation powertrains.
Prof. Franz F. Pischinger has devoted his entire career to furthering powertrain technology
and the education of young engineers as they prepared for careers in engineering. He held
leading positions in the powertrain industry for most of his 50-year career and, until 2003,
was the President and CEO of FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, where he currently retains the
title of Chairman of the Board. Prof. Pischinger has also been responsible for educating
thousands of students into the field of powertrain engineering, while overseeing the
activities of the Institute for Applied Thermodynamics at the Aachen Technical University
from 1970 to 1997.
The award consists of a bronze plaque and an honorarium in the amount of $2,500.
2010 Recipient
Paul M. Najt
SI Engine Group Manager
GM Research & Development
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Henry Ford II Distinguished
Award for Excellence in
Automotive Engineering
This award recognizes SAE members and teams who use their engineering skills to
achieve product or manufacturing process contributions which are assessed to have had
the greatest positive effect on the passenger car, truck and bus industries.
Established in 1988, this award is funded through Ford Motor Company and honors the
memory of Henry Ford II and the enormous impact he had on the automotive industry.
The award consists of a commemorative gift.
2009 Recipients
Douglas W. Bittner
Senior Mechanical Designer
IMMI
Christopher W. Foye
Lead Project Engineer
IMMI
Jeff A. King
R & D Engineer
IMMI
David Merrick
Product Development Engineer
IMMI
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Henry Ford II Distinguished
Award for Excellence in
Automotive Engineering
Thomas C. Rumler
Engineer
IMMI
Jon Szalai
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
IMMI
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J. Cordell Breed Award for
Women Leaders
This award recognizes a woman active in the mobility industry who exhibits the best
balance of life through outstanding performance or significant contributions both
professionally and personally. The intent of the award is to recognize the role of women
in the mobility industry, and selection is based primarily on how the nominee creatively
deals with the challenges that face professional women today.
Established in 1999, this award is funded through the Breed Charitable Foundation and by
SAE member, Johnnie Cordell Breed. Mrs. Breed is recognized as an outstanding female
industry leader and actively supports women’s initiatives. The award is administered under
the auspices of the SAE Membership Services Board, and consists of a glass sculpture and
a $2,000 honorarium.
2010 Recipient
Sandra L. Postel
Vice President for Manufacturing, Quality,
and Boeing Production System Strategy
The Boeing Company (retired)
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John Johnson Award for Outstanding
Research in Diesel Engines
This award recognizes the lead author of an original and outstanding technical paper
presented at an SAE meeting on the subject of diesel engines. The paper must be
published in SAE International’s Journals and must address research advancements in
diesel engines regarding efficiency and low emissions achieved by innovative experimental
and modeling research of the engine, fuel and/or aftertreatment systems. If there is no
paper selected, this award may recognize an individual who has demonstrated outstanding
leadership in research and development in the field of diesel engines through a singular
accomplishment or lifetime achievement.
This award, established in 2008, consists of a framed certificate for all authors of the paper
and an honorarium in the amount of $1,000 for the lead author of the technical paper or
for the individual selected to receive the award. The award honors Dr. John H. Johnson,
a presidential professor with the Department of Mechanical-Engineering Mechanics at
Michigan Technological University (MTU) for his lifelong devotion to students, the diesel
industry, public service and SAE. He is an expert in the field of diesel engines and has
over 200 publications and has advised over 80 graduate students to the completion of
their theses. Dr. Johnson is a Fellow of SAE International and the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and he received the ASME Soichiro Honda Medal in 2001
and the SAE Horning Memorial Award in 1993.
2009 Recipients
An Experimental Investigation of the Origin of Increased NOx Emissions
when Fueling a Heavy-Duty Compression-Ignition Engine with Soy
Biodiesel (SAE Paper Number 2009-01-1792)
AndrÉ L. Boehman
Professor of Fuel Science and Materials Science and Engineering
The Pennsylvania State University
Glen C. Martin
Senior Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
Charles J. Mueller
Principal Member of the Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
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Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished
Speaker Award
This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding presentation skills.
The intent of the award is to maintain a high level of presentations at SAE technical sessions by
recognizing individuals who make outstanding presentations at those sessions. The recipient
must have received the Oral Presentation Award more than twice to receive this award.
Established in 1984, this award is administered by the SAE Engineering Meetings Board. In
1993, the name of the award was changed to honor Lloyd L. Withrow, former department
head of General Motors Research Laboratories Fuels and Lubricants Department, and a
noted speaker at many SAE meetings. The award consists of a framed certificate.
2010 Recipients
Ashley L. Dunn
Project Engineer
SEA Ltd.
David E. Foster
Professor
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Timothy V. Johnson
Director - Emerging Technologies
Corning Incorporated
Matthew P. Reed
Research Associate Professor
University of Michigan
James Turner
Chief Engineer - Powertrain Research
Lotus Engineering
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Max Bentele Award for Engine
Technology Innovation
This award, established in 2001, annually recognizes an SAE member whose work has
furthered innovation in the manufacture, design and improvement of engine technology
for ground, air or space vehicles. The award honors Max Bentele for his contributions to
the field of mobility engines and his encouragement for others to innovate and promote
advances in the area. The award is designed for engineers under the age of 35 who have
made a major contribution through a new idea, concept, innovation or application which
provides a recognized improvement in engine technology and which has been verified
through proof of concept demonstrations. It is intended to recognize the global nature of
SAE International and the breadth of the mobility community that it serves.
The award consists of a medal, a $2,000 honorarium, and a copy of Dr. Bentele’s book
Engine Revolutions.
2009 Recipient
Andreas Broda
Chief Engineer
Technische Universität Braunschweig
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Myers Award for Outstanding
Student Paper
This award recognizes the best technical paper presented by a student during the
preceding year. The paper must be based on work done by the lead author(s) while a
student. The time of the work determines student status. Presentation of the technical
paper must be made by the student at a major SAE meeting. Papers can be on any topic
and from students worldwide.
Established in 1998, this award honors Dr. Phillip S. Myers, 1969 SAE President, and
his wife Jean for their lifelong devotion to students and SAE. Dr. Myers was a renowned
expert on internal combustion engines, and before his retirement, a professor at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Together with his wife, they set a high standard for
excellence, concern for students, and involvement with SAE. The award consists of a
crystal memento and a $4,000 honorarium.
2009 Recipients
Detailed Unburned Hydrocarbon Investigations in a Highly-Dilute
Diesel Low Temperature Combustion Regime (SAE Paper Number
2009-01-0928)
Michael J. Andrie
Researcher
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Russell P. Durrett
Staff Researcher
General Motors Company
Isaac W. Ekoto
Postdoctoral Research Engineer
Sandia National Laboratories
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Myers Award for Outstanding
Student Paper
David E. Foster
Professor
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Chad P. Koci
Research Engineer
Southwest Research Institute
Roger B. Krieger
Adjunct Professor
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Paul C. Miles
Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories
Youngchul Ra
Associate Scientist
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Robert M. Siewert
GM R&D Center (retired)
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Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
This award recognizes outstanding engineering educators selected on the basis of
their academic training, contributions to teaching and research, and participation in
extracurricular student involvement. This program provides an exceptional opportunity
for these educators to become acquainted with the professional activities of the ground
vehicle and aerospace industries. The intent of this award is to have educators exchange
views and technical information with practicing engineers.
Established in 1963, this award is funded through a generous contribution from Ralph
R. Teetor, 1936 SAE President, whose belief was that engineering educators are the most
effective link between engineering students and their future careers. The award consists of
a framed certificate, a sponsored trip to an SAE meeting, a hosted industry tour, and two
gratis years of SAE membership.
2010 Recipients
George J. Delagrammatikas
Assistant Professor
The Cooper Union
Alireza Khaligh
Assistant Professor
Illinois Institute of Technology
Tonghun Lee
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Y. Charles Lu
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
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Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
Matthew T. Siniawski
Assistant Professor & Graduate Program Director
Loyola Marymount University
Subramaniam Thirumalini
Professor
Amrita School of Engineering
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Rumbaugh Outstanding Student
Leader Award
This award recognizes an outstanding student leader of one or more SAE activities and,
through the award, encourages a vision within the recipient to become an SAE leader
during his/her adult career.
Established in 2002 through a generous contribution from Max E. Rumbaugh, Jr., past
SAE Executive Vice President (1986-2001), this award illustrates his avid support for
encouraging leadership qualities and opportunities within the ranks of SAE supporters.
The award consists of lifetime professional membership in SAE, a sponsored trip to an
SAE meeting, a framed medallion, and a $500 honorarium.
2009 Recipient
Jill Suzanne DeGowske
Design Engineer
DENSO International America Inc.
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Russell S. Springer Award
This award recognizes the author of an original and outstanding technical paper presented
at an SAE meeting or any of its Sections and is published in SAE literature in the year
for which the recipient is selected. SAE members who are 36 years of age or younger and
whose paper is a distinct contribution to the literature of the profession of automotive
engineering will be recognized through this award.
Established in 1954, this award honors Russell S. Springer who funded this award through
his bequest. The award consists of a framed certificate and a $1,000 honorarium.
2008 Recipient
Development of Piston Surface Treatment for Internal Combustion
Engine (SAE Paper Number 2008-01-1462)
Kentaro Sugimura
Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
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SAE/AISI Sydney H. Melbourne Award
for Excellence in the Advancement of
Automotive Sheet Steel
This award recognizes an author(s) who effectively demonstrates ways to further the use
of sheet steel in automotive applications. The paper must be well organized, written in
a succinct manner and possess excellent technical merit. It should also foster long-term
benefits to professionals worldwide in the sheet steel industry.
Established in 1997, this award honors the memory and accomplishments of Sydney H.
Melbourne of Dofasco, Inc. and encourages others to strive for the level of excellence he
attained within his organization, the steel industry, and the automotive marketplace. The
award is administered by the Melbourne Award Board and consists of a plaque and a
$3,500 honorarium (shared equally between authors).
2009 Recipients
DP590 GI Mechanical Property Variability and Structural Response
CAE Studies (SAE Paper Number 2009-01-0799)
Bhimaraddi Alavandi
Structures Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company
Rakshit Ramachandra
Research Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Raj Sohmshetty
Engineering Supervisor
Ford Motor Company
Z. Cedric Xia
Technical Leader
Ford Motor Company
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SAE Delco Electronics Intelligent
Transportation Systems Award
This award recognizes the profound impact that Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
will have on mobility in the 21st century. This award distinguishes an individual or team
whose outstanding long-term accomplishments are judged to have significantly advanced
the state-of-the-art of ITS through innovative technology achievements and/or significant
industry leadership.
Established in 1996, this award is funded from an endowment contributed by Delco
Electronics and is administered by the Delco ITS Award Board. The award consists of a
metal sculpture.
2009 Recipient
Michael J. Noblett
Associate Partner
IBM
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SAE/Timken-Howard Simpson
Automotive Transmission and
Driveline Innovation Award
This award recognizes an engineer from the automotive industry for outstanding
contributions to the technology progress and dissemination in the area of automotive
transmission and driveline. The award recognizes new ideas, concepts, innovations or
applications that will assist in improving this technology.
Established in 2007 by the Timken Company in conjunction with the SAE Transmission
and Driveline Committee, this award honors Howard Simpson, a talented and innovative
engineer who invented and developed a revolutionary planetary gear set which
constituted the basis for the Ford C4 and C5 transmission. The award consists of a framed
certificate, medal, and $2,000 honorarium.
2010 Recipient
Pierre A. Lepelletier
President
SC Brevets Lepelletier
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Technical Standards Board
Outstanding Contribution Award
This award recognizes individuals for outstanding service in the technical committee
activities of SAE International. This includes valuable contributions to the work of
SAE technical committees, exceptional leadership in the activities of an SAE technical
committee, significant contributions as a representative of SAE to the accomplishments of
technical committees of other organizations or of government agencies, and outstanding
contributions to SAE technical committee work in the form of research, test methods and
procedures, and/or development of standards.
Established in 1953, this award is administered by the SAE Technical Standards Board
(TSB) and consists of a framed certificate.
2009 Recipients
Rhonda L. Brender
Sr. FMEA/DRBFM Coordinator
Nexteer Automotive
Mark H. Costin
Senior Safety Engineer
General Motors Company
2010 Recipients
Fred E. Barwick
President
ATL, Inc.
Kenneth J. Boyd
Vehicle Dynamics Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company
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Technical Standards Board
Outstanding Contribution Award
Scott Burr
Senior Research Specialist
The Dow Chemical Company
Jack Champaigne
President
Electronics Inc.
Randy L. Dickerman
Materials Engineering Specialist
Chrysler Group LLC
Christian Michael Fernholz
Steering NVH Technical Specialist
Ford Motor Company
Charles J. Groeller
Project Manager Hybrid Vehicles
MACK Trucks Inc.
Jay W. Joseph
Senior Manager
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
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Technical Standards Board
Outstanding Contribution Award
Gery J. Kissel
Engineering Specialist
General Motors Company
Robert J. Krouse
Trailering Engineer
General Motors Company
James M. Lawlis
Technical Specialist, Multiplex and Diagnostic Protocols
Ford Motor Company
Sandra Niks
Material Engineer
General Motors Company (retired)
Jerome L. Pfeifer
Principal Engineer
Honeywell International Inc. (retired)
Jackie Rehkopf
Senior Associate
Exponent, Inc.
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Technical Standards Board
Outstanding Contribution Award
Richard A. Scholer
HEV E/E Systems Engineer
Ford Motor Company
Bart P. Terburg
Automotive Regulations Manager
OSRAM SYLVANIA
Joel A. Walter
Senior Engineer
Jacobs Engineering
Mark P. Zachos
President & CEO
DG Technologies
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