SAE International Cooperative Engineering Medal Honoring Arch T. Colwell

Purpose:

This Award recognizes an individual for their unique and outstanding contributions over a period of time to the work of the technical committees under the SAE Executive Standards Committee (ESC) in developing standards, specifications, technical reports, and data development through cooperative research.

The medal was named in honor of Arch T. Colwell, its first recipient and 1941 SAE President. Dr. Colwell symbolized the dedication and devotion of SAE members who work to further the objectives of SAE’s technical standards.

Criteria:

• Significant contribution in terms of the originality of the individual's work.
• Impact and influence of the individual's work on the progress and development of mobility engineering.
• General value of the individual's contribution to industry, the profession, the public-at-large, and government.
• Recognition by the individual's peers of both leadership and participation in achieving the full value of the technical standards program.
• A listing of citations, papers authored, technical achievements, contributions to the ESC, its councils or divisions and committees, affiliations outside SAE relating to standards, etc.

Eligibility:

• To be considered, nominations are obtained through the James M. Crawford Award.
• Only living nominees will be considered.
• 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 award and honorarium and invitation to a volunteer recognition event.

Past Recipients:

YEAR	RECIPIENT	COMPANY
2021	Ilhan Bayraktar	GE Aviation
2020	Michael Larsen	General Motors
2019	Gary Besse	Bessee Expert Services LLC
2018	Robert Galyen	Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd.
2017	Daniel DiMase	Honeywell International Inc.
2016	Richard Wood	SOLUS Solutions and Technologies LLC
2015	Rich Boyer	Delphi Packard Electric Systems
2014	Paramsothy Jayakumar, Ph.D.	U.S. Army TARDEC
2013	Peter Keenan	Airbus UK
2012	David A. Lamb, Ph.D.	U.S. Army TARDEC
2011	John C. Dalton	Boeing Co.
2010	Jianzhong Jiao, Ph.D.	Osram Opto Semiconductors Inc.
2008	Robert S. Hodder
2007	Stanley L. Stokes	Braketec
2006	Lavern D. Wedeven, Ph.D.	Wedeven Associates
2005	Jeffrey Erion	J A Erion LLC
2004	Walter J. Overend
2003	Frank E. Zalar
2002	Archie E. Dillard, Ph.D.	Federal Aviation Administration
2001	Gerald H. Ritterbusch
2000	Walker H. Flint
1999	William M. Spreitzer	General Motors LLC
1998	Ward J. Atkinson	Sun Test Engineering
1997	Leonard W. Kozerski	GE Aircraft Engines
1996	Roger P. Daniel	Ford Motor Company
1995	Ralph K. Hillquist PE	RKH Consults Inc.
1994	Martin G. Gabriel	Martin G. Gabriel & Associates Inc.
1993	C. Julian May	Tech/Ops International
1992	Erick Koch	Grumman Corp.
1991	Thomas D. Cooper	Universal Technology Corp.
1990	Peter Griskivich	American Automobile Manufacturers Association
1989	Frank H. Walters	General Motors LLC
1988	Nathaniel Pulling, Ph.D.
1987	Charles C. Colyer
1986	Richard H. Kabel
1985	Nancy A. Bundra
1984	George P. Townsend Jr.
1983	Ray V. Riggs
1982	Ralph H.K. Cramer
1981	Lawrence Hodges	Anderson Automotive Group Inc.
1980	Roy P. Trowbridge	Nestegg Marine
1979	G. Edwin Burks
1977	William Francis Sherman Sr.