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Purpose: Established in 1978, this award honors the memory of Edward N. Cole, former President and Chief Operating Officer of General Motors, and the inspiration he provided others in the engineering profession by his continuing search and drive for product innovation. Criteria: Significant innovative achievement in automotive engineering or whose innovative design is well detailed in an SAE paper. Original innovative contribution, not building upon the application of some development or invention already known. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for the award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. Recognition: This includes an honorarium, and an award that is presented at an SAE Event.

Purpose: This award celebrates the successes of women in the engineering profession and recognizes their leadership and technical contributions in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle sectors. It serves to broaden the awareness of the reach and impact of women working in mobility engineering, and opening doors for young girls interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) who wish to pursue engineering careers. Rodica Baranescu, Ph.D. made a generous gift in 2011 to establish this award. Dr. Baranescu is Past President of SAE International, an SAE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  As a mechanical engineer, she began her professional and academic career in her native country, Romania, before immigrating to the United States in 1980 and was later the first woman elected President of SAE International in 2000.

Purpose: This award honors the best innovation and/or implementation of new ideas in boosting systems by an individual or a team that has positively impacted the industry. This award was established in 2019 through the generous support of IHI Corporation. Criteria: New ideas not just in the area of performance, but also in the areas of fuel economy, emissions, cost, quality, and reliability that generate a positive impact within the automotive industry will be considered. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for this award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. Recognition: This includes an honorarium and an award that is presented at an SAE Event.

Purpose: To recognize students who demonstrate outstanding technical expertise through the presentation of a technical paper or engineering project in association with a major SAE meeting, event or student competition. The late Dr. Phil Myers and his wife Jean were lifelong devotees to students and SAE International. 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. In their honor, an award was established in 1997, to annually recognize the best technical writing by a student. Criteria: The writings must be based on work done by the author(s) while an undergraduate or graduate student and presented at a major SAE event. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for this award while serving on the committee.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals or teams whose work has created a demonstrable impact on safety in transportation.  This award was made possible by Arne and Steffi Siegel and honors Arnold W. Siegel, a longtime SAE member and Fellow whose extensive accomplishments in transportation safety and pioneering research include working with the world's first experimental full-scale automotive crash program, designing and constructing early versions of anthropometric dummies, and more than 40 years of collision and injury analysis and consulting for research and forensic purposes. Criteria: Nominees should be those in leadership positions who have made a significant safety impact related to transportation.

Purpose: Created in 1986, the SAE Medal of Honor annually recognizes an individual who has demonstrated unwavering loyalty to SAE International’s mission of advancing mobility solutions for the benefit of humanity. Criteria: Those who have made significant and sustaining contributions throughout the course of their career to SAE which have contributed to SAE’s global success. Contributed to the SAE Community at Large through involvement as a member volunteer. Served as an industry partner and ambassador for SAE’s vision, mission, and values. Implemented, collaborated on, or developed mobility solutions on behalf of SAE for a better tomorrow. Created societal impact through their work on behalf of SAE. Two letters of recommendation are required.  Eligibility Requirements: Living, voting member of SAE International, who has not previously received the Award. Unique, significant contributions.

Purpose: This Award recognizes professionals (individuals or teams) who have made significant science and engineering contributions to computational fluid dynamics (CFD).   The award was made possible through a generous contribution from the Agarwal Family, in honor of Ramesh Agarwal, the William Palm Professor of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Agarwal is a leader in sustainable aviation, computational fluid dynamics, and renewable & clean energy technologies, and is a Fellow and longtime member of SAE International. Criteria: Professionals (individual or team) who have made significant science and engineering contributions to the field of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) are honored through this award.   Nominees may be from industry, academia, or government who have made contributions to CFD and its applications within the aerospace or ground vehicle industries.  

Purpose: This award recognizes volunteers who develop students' understanding and experience in math and science by helping teachers implement the A World In Motion® (AWIM®) program in the classroom. The award honors Dr. William G. Agnew, who was instrumental in establishing AWIM and supported the program throughout his lifetime. Criteria: Volunteer experience must have occurred during the most recent academic year. All AWIM volunteers are eligible, including retirees, industry professionals and university/high school students. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for the award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. Recognition: This includes a certificate and honorarium and is presented at a location meaningful to the recipient. Past Recipients: YEAR RECIPIENT COMPANY 2020 Georgina M.

Purpose: To recognize mobility professionals who have demonstrated outstanding technical innovation and leadership early in their careers. This award was made possible by generous gifts from Russell S. Springer, the Max Bentele Foundation and AEM. Criteria: Engineer working in the mobility industry with less than 10 years industry experience. Demonstrated innovation that has resulted in improvement in a mobility industry technology. Demonstrated leadership and encouragement of others to innovate and promote advances in mobility. Leadership in SAE activities. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for the award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. Recognition:  This includes an honorarium and an award that is presented at an SAE Event.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals for their executive leadership in the off-highway industry. Nominees may be executives who have served the off-highway industry for a large portion of their career and can demonstrate significant contributions to the progress and development of this industry, creating value for their company, the industry and/or society. Providing supervisory or managerial engineering direction alone does not fulfill the award requirement This award honors Sid A. Olsen, his contributions to the off-highway industry, and the outstanding engineering management values he personified. Olsen, an SAE Fellow, was Manager of Engine Engineering at John Deere Product Engineering Center. Olsen was an industry leader who actively supported and participated in leading industry activities. Criteria: Vice President or C-suite executive for a minimum of five years. Led at least two major corporate or industry initiatives. Demonstrated success developing collaborative teams.

Purpose: This award recognizes the significant technical achievements brought about by innovation, leadership, and inspiration of employees with disabilities working in the mobility engineering industry. The award was established through a generous contribution from Boeing in 2011. Criteria: The nominee must be an individual who has met the purpose of this award and who is disabled as defined by the latest amendment to the “Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.” Demonstrated success in at least one major technical achievement benefiting the nominee’s company, industry, or society. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for this award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award. Recognition: This includes an honorarium and an award that is presented at an SAE Event.

Established in 2014, the impetus for the SAE Emeritus recognition was a desire by the SAE Membership Board to honor those distinguished, retired SAE members who have helped make our organization the place for engineers to learn, grow, and collaborate across industries through their continued support and volunteer engagement. Members chosen for this recognition include recipients of the SAE Medal of Honor, SAE Fellows, and former SAE Presidents, Officers, Directors and Chairs of SAE Operating Boards and Board Committees. All recipients of the Emeritus Recognition receive a plaque, which is presented at the Award & Recognition Ceremony during the WCX World Congress Experience or at another appropriate venue and free registration to all of SAE International’s three major congresses: WCX, AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, and COMVEC™.

The Elmer A. Sperry award commemorates the life and achievements of Elmer Ambrose Sperry, whose genius and perseverance contributed so much to so many types of transportation. Award Page

The Millar award recognizes an individual or organization that best demonstrates continuous philanthropic support of the SAE Foundation's mission to encourage and increase student participation and achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The award is funded by AVL. Gordon Millar was an SAE Fellow and a member of SAE International since 1949. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1975 and, in 1984 served as SAE President, the same year that he concluded a noteworthy career at John Deere. He was a noted author and a consultant to the Southwest Research Institute, as well as a recognized expert in the history and restoration of classic marine engines. He was a lifetime advocate for improving STEM education and encouraging women to seek engineering careers.

Purpose: The A4A/SAE Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Innovation Award, formerly known as the Better Way Award, is an annual process established to recognize a government and/or industry team that has developed and applied a technology, technique, process, or policy that advances inspection or test of civil/commercial aircraft structure, aircraft components, or aircraft systems. Improvements will be assessed as a function of process sensitivity, reliability, and cost effectiveness.   Eligibility: Team eligibility includes both government and private industry personnel. Employees of universities, national labs, and non-profit organizations are also eligible as supplemental recipients of this award. Membership in A4A or SAE is not required. Teams may have two to twelve members. The accomplishment may involve research, development, engineering, application, management, or policy, and should have occurred not more than 18 months prior to the NDT Forum.

Purpose: This award celebrates the successes of women in the engineering profession and recognizes their leadership and technical contributions in the aerospace, automotive and commercial vehicle sectors. It serves to broaden the awareness of the reach and impact of women working in mobility engineering, and opening doors for young girls interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) who wish to pursue engineering careers. Rodica Baranescu, Ph.D. made a generous gift in 2011 to establish this award. Dr. Baranescu is Past President of SAE International, an SAE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  As a mechanical engineer, she began her professional and academic career in her native country, Romania, before immigrating to the United States in 1980 and was later the first woman elected President of SAE International in 2000.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals, teams, or entities whose mobility industry contributions – research, policy or practical application - have made a significant, positive, multi-generational impact on the world such as, but not limited to mobility safety or the environment, creating a safer, healthier world. This award was made possible by Arne and Steffi Siegel and honors Arnold W. Siegel, a longtime SAE member and Fellow whose extensive accomplishments in transportation safety and pioneering research include working with the world's first experimental full-scale automotive crash program, designing and constructing early versions of anthropometric dummies, and more than 40 years of collision and injury analysis and consulting for research and forensic purposes. Criteria: Significant impact of the cited contribution(s) and the lasting social benefit to humanity. Demonstrated notable achievements, outstanding national research, innovation within the mobility industry.

Purpose: This award provides funding to a Formula SAE® (FSAE) team to assist with the development of their vehicle design. Established in 2004, this award honors William R. "Bill" Adam's contribution to FSAE and his lifelong dedication to mentoring young engineers. Bill was a longtime SAE member and was an accomplished automotive industry engineer who helped develop the integrated Manifold-Muffler-Catalyst design. Criteria: Teams who are currently registered for a Formula SAE competition may apply. Funds may only be used for costs associated with vehicle design in preparation for a Formula competition. Special consideration will be given to those teams who were unable to secure major sponsors for their team. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for the award while serving on the committee. Two years must pass before former members of the Selection Committee are eligible to receive the award.

Purpose: Established in 2008, this award recognizes outstanding accomplishments and leadership in the area of diesel engines. Two awards are given each year, one for Best Paper and the other, the Diesel Engine Research Medal, given to an individual for outstanding leadership in research and development in the field of diesel engines through a singular accomplishment or lifetime achievement. The Best Paper award recognizes the authors of an original and outstanding technical paper presented at an SAE meeting about diesel engines in the on- or off-road industries. The Medal recognizes an outstanding leader whose professional career has focused on advancing the field of diesel engines.  This award is funded through generous contributions from Dr. John H. Johnson, his colleagues and former students. Dr.

Purpose: This Award recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding presentation skills. The award's intent is to maintain high presentations at SAE technical sessions by recognizing individuals who make outstanding presentations at those sessions. Withrow was an SAE Fellow and noted speaker at many SAE meetings and recognized for his outstanding communication skills, and his continual insistence that those he supervised also develop and demonstrate excellent communications skills, both written and oral. Criteria: Recipients are selected from the top 5% of presenters based on audience votes during the live presentation at WCX. Recognition: This includes a certificate.