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.
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.
This includes an honorarium, and an award that is presented at an SAE Event.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT | COMPANY |
| 2023 | Kathryn Anderson |
General Motors |
| 2022 | Kristy Arbogast | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 2021 | Richard DeWeese | Retired, FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute |
| 2020 | John Bolte | The Ohio State University |
| 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 |
| 2010 | 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 |
| 2004 | 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. |
| 2001 | Roger W. Griswold II | Flightcraft Inc. |
| 1997 | Daniel L. Camacho | Duke University |
| 1997 | Michael Kleinberger, Ph.D. | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 1997 | James H. McElhaney, Ph.D. | Duke University |
| 1997 | Barry S. Myers, Ph.D. | Duke University |
| 1997 | Roger Nightingale, Ph.D. | Duke University |
| 1997 | Beth Winkelstein | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1996 | Cameron Bass, Ph.D. | University of Virginia |
| 1996 | Jeff Crandall | University of Virginia |
| 1996 | Gregory W. Hall | Revivant |
| 1996 | S. Hurwitz | University of Virginia |
| 1996 | Gregory S. Klopp | University of Virginia |
| 1996 | J.P. Lassau | UFR Biomedicale des Saint Peres |
| 1996 | Philippe Petit | Renault SAS |
| 1996 | Walter D. Pilkey, Ph.D. | |
| 1996 | Laurent Portier | Renault SAS |
| 1996 | Xavier Trosseille | Renault SAS |
| 1995 | Robert H. Hopper Jr., Ph.D. | Piziali & Associates |
| 1995 | James H. McElhaney, Ph.D. | Duke University |
| 1995 | Barry S Myers, Ph.D. | Duke University |
| 1994 | John M. Cavanaugh | Wayne State University |
| 1994 | Yue Huang | Wayne State University |
| 1994 | Albert I. King, Ph.D. | Wayne State University |
| 1994 | Yonghua Zhu | Wayne State University |
| 1993 | Michael Beebe | Humanetics Innovative Solutions Inc. |
| 1993 | Rolf H. Eppinger, Ph.D. | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 1993 | Mark P Haffner | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| 1993 | Warren N. Hardy | Transportation Research Institute |
| 1993 | Albert I. King, Ph.D. | Wayne State University |
| 1993 | Raymond F. Neathery, Ph.D. | Neathery Associates |
| 1993 | Stephen Rouhana, Ph.D. | General Motors LLC |
| 1993 | Michael Salloum | Humanetics Innovative Solutions Inc. |
| 1993 | Lawrence W Schneider, Ph.D. | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
Nominations August 12 - September 30