This award recognizes those who make a valuable contribution of time and leadership in support of the SAE standards and technical committees through research, test methods and procedures, development of standards and/or external representation of the Society for similar works.
The SAE International ESC Outstanding Achievement Award was established to honor the 1945 SAE International President James M. Crawford.
This includes a certificate and invitation to a volunteer recognition event.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT | COMPANY |
| 2022 | James Cannon | Oxygen Technology Advisors, LLC |
| 2022 | Thomas Dwenger | ES3, Incorporated |
| 2022 | Manuel Koucouthakis | Honeywell Aerospace |
| 2022 | Kevin Walsh | The Boeing Company |
| 2022 | Jianzhong Jiao | JZJ Consulting, Inc. |
| 2022 | Colin Pellitier | RSR Technologies |
| 2022 | Joseph Poley | Poley Technology LLC |
| 2021 | Sue Bai | Honda R&D Americas, LLC. |
| 2021 | Ravi Kumar | Infosys |
| 2021 | Charles Crowell | Caterpillar Inc. |
| 2021 | Neil Huynh | The Boeing Company |
| 2020 | Steve Polansky | |
| 2020 | Brian Anderson | |
| 2020 | Gary Lindahl | |
| 2020 | Lou Moreiras | |
| 2020 | Roy Goudy | |
| 2020 | George Nicols | |
| 2020 | Edward Fu | |
| 2020 | Doug Oliver | |
| 2020 | Jordan Silberling | |
| 2020 | Terri Hall | |
| 2020 | James St. George | |
| 2020 | Ilhan Bayraktar | |
| 2020 | Rick Mihelic | |
| 2019 | Ron Clements | |
| 2019 | Satyajeet Deshpande | |
| 2018 | David B. Walen | |
| 2018 | Rick Wallace | |
| 2018 | Herman Dieter | |
| 2017 | George Legarreta | Federal Aviation Administration |
| 2017 | Crystal Reed | SPAWAR |
| 2017 | Bhanu Sood | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 2017 | Jonathan Mayes | US Army |
| 2017 | Daniel Christensen | NAVAIR |
| 2017 | Daniel Colica | Raytheon |
| 2017 | Thad Henry | NASA |
| 2017 | Tom Haley | Vermeer Corporation |
| 2017 | Lary Williams (posthumous) | John Deere - Retired/Deceased |
| 2017 | Paul Baltusis | Ford Motor Company |
| 2017 | Angelo Patti | Ford Motor Company |
| 2017 | David Hartfelder | General Motors Company |
| 2017 | Thomas Lockwood | Isuzu Commercial Trucks of America |
| 2017 | Harald Eisele | General Motors LLC |
| 2017 | Steve Moss | DTS – Diversified Technical Systems Inc |
| 2016 | Steven Beland | The Boeing Company |
| 2016 | Gary Landry | Pratt & Whitney |
| 2016 | Chris Pomfret | Treble One Aerospace Consulting |
| 2016 | Ken Sabo | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics |
| 2016 | Ken Virgil | US Army |
| 2016 | Rhonda Walthall | UTC Aerospace Systems |
| 2016 | Richard Gast | Deere & Company |
| 2016 | Robert Czajkowski | Federal Signal |
| 2016 | Eric Swenson | Navistar |
| 2015 | Steve Merriman | The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA USA |
| 2015 | Rick Weires | Deere & Co., Dubuque, IA USA |
| 2015 | Richard Boyer | Delphi, Warren, OH USA |
| 2015 | Roger Reini | Ford Motor Co. Dearborn, MI USA |
| 2015 | Jesse Schnieder | BMW, Westwood, NJ USA |
| 2015 | Yang Xiaobo | Oshkosh Corporation, Oshkosh, WI USA |
| 2015 | James Green | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV USA |
| 2015 | Paul Johnston | Surprise, AZ |
| 2015 | Dr. Marion Pottinger | M’gineering, LLC - Akron, OH USA |
| 2014 | Richard Wood | |
| 2014 | James C Miller | |
| 2014 | Stokes | |
| 2012 | Rob Frost | Cummins Inc. |
| 2012 | Paul A. Dicke | Holistech Energy Solutions, LLC |
| 2012 | Martin C. Kapanowski | Ford Motor Company |
| 2012 | Michael K. Larsen | General Motors LLC |
| 2012 | Raj Rajamanickam | Concentric Rockford Inc. |
| 2012 | Galen E. Ressler | General Motors LLC |
| 2012 | Jeff Smith | Vee Engineering |
| 2012 | John A. Yurtin | Delphi Packard Electric |
| 2012 | Carlos Agudelo | Link Engineering Company |
| 2012 | Vern Caron | ArvinMeritor Inc |
| 2012 | David Christie | Honeywell Engines Systems & Services |
| 2012 | Gregory Felder | Michelin North America Inc |
| 2012 | Daniel J. Fogarty | Boeing Commercial Airplanes |
| 2012 | David Gamble | John Deere & Co. |
| 2012 | Raki Islam | Zodiac Aerospace |
| 2012 | Marty Kapanowski | Ford Motor Co. |
| 2012 | Dr Van B. Nakagawara | |
| 2012 | Michael Roberts | Boeing Co. |
| 2012 | Jack E Schroeder | Lightning Diversion Systems |
| 2012 | Mark Scott | Boeing Co. |
| 2012 | Jeffery Smith | Vee Engineering |
| 2012 | John Yurtin | Delphi Connection Systems |
| 2012 | David P. Zika | Boeing Co. |
| 2011 | Gary B Bessee | Southwest Research Institute |
| 2011 | Francine Bovard | Alcoa LLC |
| 2011 | Richard Clutterbuck | Thales |
| 2011 | Steven De Cenzo | Honeywell Aerospace |
| 2011 | Michael Duoba | Argonne National Laboratory |
| 2011 | Walker H Flint | |
| 2011 | Robert Galyen | Magna International |
| 2011 | Dr Robert Howard | Aerospace Testing Alliance |
| 2011 | David C Kelley | Subcarrier Systems Corp |
| 2011 | Richard Edward Kuhlman | |
| 2011 | Dr David A Lamb | US Army TARDEC |
| 2011 | Alan Leupold | CNH Global NV |
| 2011 | Robert Mattern Jr | Pratt & Whitney |
| 2011 | Dr Richard C Miake-Lye | Aerodyne Research Inc |
| 2011 | Joseph D Miller | TRW Automotive US LLC |
| 2011 | Prof Kin P. Moy | Youngston State University |
| 2011 | Walter Ross | |
| 2011 | Larry L Smith | Infineum USA LP |
| 2011 | Paul Sorensen | Northrop Grumman Corp |
| 2011 | Frank J Wassilak | |
| 2011 | Dale Winter | Boeing Co. |
| 2010 | Jim Clark | |
| 2010 | Charles Groeller | |
| 2010 | Tom Sheikh | |
| 2010 | Bobby Crumb | |
| 2010 | Michael Hackert | |
| 2010 | Michelle Pierce | |
| 2010 | Robert Smith | |
| 2010 | Thomas Ihringer | |
| 2010 | Stan Mullins | |
| 2010 | Poul Andersen | |
| 2010 | Kenneth Boyd | |
| 2010 | Sue Callihan | |
| 2010 | Paul Depinet | |
| 2010 | Christian Fernholz | |
| 2010 | Jay Joseph | |
| 2010 | Gery Kissel | |
| 2010 | Robert Krouse | |
| 2010 | James Lawlis | |
| 2010 | Jerome Pfeifer | |
| 2010 | Richard Scholer | |
| 2010 | Bart Terburg | |
| 2010 | Joel Walter | |
| 2010 | Mark Zachos | |
| 2010 | John Lenkeit | |
| 2010 | Fred Barwick | |
| 2010 | Scott Burr & Jackie Rehkopf | |
| 2010 | Jack Champaigne | |
| 2010 | Randy Dickerman | |
| 2010 | Luis Moreiras | |
| 2010 | Sandy Niks |
Nominations August 12 - September 30