SAE 2008 AMAF Forest R. McFarland Award

Description
This award recognizes individuals for their 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 the EMB operations in facilitating or enhancing the interchanges of technical information.

The Award
Established in 1979, this award is administered by the EMB and honors the late 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 to SAE and consists of a framed certificate presented at an appropriate event.

Clayton Munk
Key Technical Field: Advanced Assembly Methods

Clayton is a Technical Fellow with the Composites Assembly Group within (M&PT) Materials and Process Technology at Boeing Commercial Airplanes in Seattle Washington.

As a Technical Fellow, Clayton currently leads major research projects for Advanced Wing Assembly. He is responsible for identifying enabling technologies, creating, developing, testing, and integrating new wing assembly methods and flow based assembly line processes into production. He also provides determinant and automated assembly consultation as requested to both commercial and military customers. Currently he is working with the 737 Wing Production Systems Transformation Team in Renton, Washington to implement a new horizontal moving assembly line that includes automated drilling and fastener installation.

Clayton has over 21 years experience within M&PT at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. He holds a Masters of Technology Management and a Manufacturing Engineering Technology degree from Brigham Young University.

He has been involved with SAE automated fastener conferences (AEROFAST) for the past fifteen years and has been a member of the Aerospace Automated Fastening Committee (AAFC) since 2002. Clayton has presented two technical papers and chaired several technical sessions as well as being the technical chairman for the automated fastening portion of the AMAF Conference in Toulouse France in 2006. He is currently the Northwest Area Director and AAFC Committee Chairman Elect.