Awards Presentation
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Location: Adjacent to Exhibit Hall
SAE 2008 Forest R. McFarland Award
The Award
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.
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.
The Award Recipient:
Clayton Munk
Key Technical Field: Advanced Assembly Methods
Clayton Munk 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, he 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.
Mr. Munk 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.
Thomas H. Speller, Sr. Award
The Award:
Established in 1983, this award recognizes unusual achievements of an individual who, through dedicated service, tireless efforts, high ideals, and vision, contributed significantly to the implementation of manufacturing processes and methodologies in the dedicated discipline of automated fastening machines and their applications.
The Award Recipient:
William Mangus
President, GEMCOR
Mr. Bill Mangus has spent his entire career with GEMCOR having started in 1978 as a Mechanical Designer. Throughout his 30 year tenure, he has held positions escalating thru project engineering, engineering management, company general management and most recently President and CEO following a management buyout in 2004. In addition to his role in overall company operations, he is still actively involved in fastening system engineering applications and sales activities around the globe.
Significant highlights of Bill's career are the project engineering/ installation responsibility of the Space Shuttle Inter-Tank Vertical Fastening System installed in 1984 at the (then) Martin Marietta Michoud facility, leading the development of the G2000 Minor C Frame Fastening System for Bombardier Short Brothers, as well as participating to "bring to market" GEMCOR's various All Electric Fastening Technology Platforms.
Aerospace Chair Award
The Award
The Aerospace Chair Award, established in 1997, is sponsored by the SAE Aerospace Executive Committee. This award is given to recognize outstanding leadership demonstrated by chairs of committees under the Aerospace Council and Air & Space Group. The award may be presented in recognition of performance over an extended period of time or for a singular accomplishment. Two awards are given annually: one to an Aerospace Council chair and one to an Air & Space Group chair. The award consists of a plaque and is presented each year at a major SAE aerospace meeting.
The Award Recipient
David H. Amirehteshami
PE Senior Manager, Manufacturing Technology
Assembly Technology Leader
Boeing Phantom Works
Dave Amirehteshami currently leads Phantom Works Assembly Technology Team, which is responsible for assembly technology development, transition, and implementation across The Boeing Company. He also represents Phantom Works on the Structures and Join and Tooling Process Action Teams. Dave was the Deputy Leader for Materials, Structures, and Manufacturing Technology Thrust responsible for common technology development across Boeing. In 2007, he was the Phantom Works Manufacturing Domain Transition Leader for the implementation of the Enterprise Technology Strategy. He led the Advanced Manufacturing Research and Development group in Southern California from 2004 to 2007 responsible for improving the efficiency and quality of the manufacturing processes for multiple products including C-17, F-18, 787, 737, 777, New Airplane Product Development, satellites, missiles, and advanced defense systems.
He earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona in 1984 and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from University of Washington in 1998. He also is a registered professional engineer. He's held various positions including technical chair in SAE aerospace manufacturing technical conferences since 1999.
