This award recognizes students (individuals or teams) who have developed technological innovations in the mobility industry in their research or schoolwork.
This award honors the memory of Professor Henry O. Fuchs. Professor Fuchs participated in the SAE Fatigue Design & Evaluation Committee's research projects and founded the SAE Fatigue Concepts in Design short course.
Nominees must be students at the time of nomination and have demonstrated new and unique innovations or concepts that benefit the mobility industry which can include, but are not limited to, fatigue technology.
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.
This includes an honorarium and a certificate that is presented at an SAE Event.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT | COMPANY |
| Spring 2013 | Jonathan R. Hembree | |
| Fall 2013 | Andrew Nissan | |
| Spring 2014 | Peter Huffman | |
| Fall 2014 | Jason Geathers | University of Michigan |
| Spring 2016/Fall 2015 | Mohammad J. Mahtabi | Mississippi State University |
| Spring 2016 | Katherine Avery | University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Fall 2016 | Kasra Ghahremani | University of Waterloo |
| Spring 2017 | Jifa Mei | University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Fall 2017 | Shin-Jang Sung | University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Spring 2018 | Xiao Wu | Chongqing University |
| Fall 2018 | Rakish Shrestha | Auburn University |
| Spring 2019 | Jonathan W. Pegues | Auburn University |
| Fall 2019 | Nilesh Gaonkar | Carleton University |
| Spring 2020 | Renan Luiz Ribeiro | University of California |
| Fall 2020 | Rakesh Ranjan | University of Waterloo |
| Spring 2021 | Ty Porter | Colorado School of Mines |
| Fall 2021 | Wenqing Zhou | University of Michigan Ann Arbor |
| Spring 2022 | Wanhua (Carol) Liang | University of Waterloo |
| Fall 2022 | Pooriya Dastranjy Nezhadfar | University of Tehran |