Established in 1987, 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. Nominees should be those persons in leadership positions who have made a significant transportation safety impact on their organizations or on society worldwide.
This award, was initially administered by the Stapp Advisory Committee. The award is funded through the generous support of Arnold W. Siegel, SAE Fellow and Medal of Honor recipient. Siegel's work was in Crash Injury Research conducted at UCLA. This pioneering research has contributed to modern crashworthy transportation vehicles and to the understanding of human tolerance in collisions.
The award consists of a framed medal a $10,000 honorarium, and is presented at the Awards Ceremony during WCX World Congress Experience.
Year |
Name |
Employer |
2019 |
Dainius Dalmotas |
DJ Dalmotas Consulting, Inc |
2018 |
Dr. Matthew P. Reed |
University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute |
2017 |
Tsuyoshi Yasuki |
Toyota Motor Corp |
2016 |
Bruce Donnelly, Ph.D. |
Biomechanics Research Group |
2015 |
Harold John Mertz Jr., Ph.D. |
|
2014 |
Yasuhiro Matsui, Ph.D. |
NTSEL |
2013 |
Frank A Pintar, Ph.D.
|
VA Medical Center |
2012 |
Jeff Crandall
|
University of Virginia |
2011 |
Priya Prasad, Ph.D
|
Prasad Engineering LLC |
2010 |
David C. Viano, Ph.D. |
ProBiomechanics LLC |
|
Charles Y. Warner, Ph.D. |
Collision Safety Engineering LLC |
2009 |
Kennerly H. Digges, Ph.D. |
George Washington University |
2008 |
Dominique Cesari |
Ifsttar - LBMC |
2007 |
Rolf H. Eppinger, Ph.D. |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
2006 |
Murray Mackay, Ph.D. |
|
2005 |
Brian O'Neill |
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety |
2004 |
James Jones |
Montana State University |
|
Narayan Yoganandan, Ph.D. |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
2003 |
Koshiro Ono, Ph.D. |
Japan Automobile Research Institute |
2002 |
Lawrence Patrick |
|
2001 |
Hugh De Haven |
Vibrant Corp. |
|
Roger W. Griswold II |
Flightcraft Inc. |
1997 |
Daniel L. Camacho |
Duke University |
|
Michael Kleinberger, Ph.D. |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
|
James H. McElhaney, Ph.D. |
Duke University |
|
Barry S. Myers, Ph.D. |
Duke University |
|
Roger Nightingale, Ph.D. |
Duke University |
|
Beth Winkelstein |
University of Pennsylvania |
1996 |
Cameron Bass, Ph.D. |
University of Virginia |
|
Jeff Crandall |
University of Virginia |
|
Gregory W. Hall |
Revivant |
|
S. Hurwitz |
University of Virginia |
|
Gregory S. Klopp |
University of Virginia |
|
J.P. Lassau |
UFR Biomedicale des Saint Peres |
|
Philippe Petit |
Renault SAS |
|
Walter D. Pilkey, Ph.D. |
|
|
Laurent Portier |
Renault SAS |
|
Xavier Trosseille |
Renault SAS |
1995 |
Robert H. Hopper Jr., Ph.D. |
Piziali & Associates |
|
James H. McElhaney, Ph.D. |
Duke University |
|
Barry S Myers, Ph.D. |
Duke University |
1994 |
John M. Cavanaugh |
Wayne State University |
|
Yue Huang |
Wayne State University |
|
Albert I. King, Ph.D. |
Wayne State University |
|
Yonghua Zhu |
Wayne State University |
1993 |
Michael Beebe |
Humanetics Innovative Solutions Inc. |
|
Rolf H. Eppinger, Ph.D. |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
|
Mark P Haffner |
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
|
Warren N. Hardy |
Transportation Research Institute |
|
Albert I. King, Ph.D. |
Wayne State University |
|
Raymond F. Neathery, Ph.D. |
Neathery Associates |
|
Stephen Rouhana, Ph.D. |
General Motors LLC |
|
Michael Salloum |
Humanetics Innovative Solutions Inc. |
|
Lawrence W Schneider, Ph.D. |
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |