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Purpose: This Award recognizes elementary school teachers that develop students’ understanding of math and science through the use of SAE’s A World In Motion® (AWIM ®) curriculum. The award honors the work and dedication of Lloyd Reuss, former President of General Motors Corp. and Chair of the SAE VISION 2000 Executive Committee. Reuss was a steadfast supporter of SAE’s AWIM program. Criteria: Demonstrated, through qualitative and quantitative data, exemplary use of the AWIM curriculum. Nominees (individuals or teams) must be elementary teachers (K-6) from public, parochial, or private schools. 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 the recipient’s school.

Purpose: This award recognizes an individual or a team from the automotive industry for outstanding contributions to automotive transmission and driveline technology. Funded through a gift from the Timken Company in 2007, this award honors Howard Simpson, who invented a revolutionary planetary gear set which constituted the basis for the Ford C4 and C5 transmission produced or the famous Chrysler Torqueflite transmission and several General Motors transmission models. Criteria: The award acknowledges new ideas, concepts, innovations, or applications that will assist in improving this technology. Nominees should have demonstrated significant achievements in improving automotive transmission and driveline technology. 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.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals or teams (SAE members or non-members) who have made an impact on sustainable aviation, whether working in industry, government, or academia. 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.

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: 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 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: This award recognizes individuals for their executive leadership in Aerospace Engineering. Nominees may be executives who have served the aerospace industry for a large portion of their career and can demonstrate significant contributions to the progress and development of air transportation, creating value for their company, aerospace industry, and/or society. Providing supervisory or managerial engineering direction alone does not fulfill the award requirement. This award honors Orville (an early SAE member) and Wilbur Wright, the first successful builders and operators of heavier-than-air flying equipment. 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. Exhibited a customer-focused environment. Eligibility: Members of the Selection Committee are not eligible for this award while serving on the committee.

Purpose: This award recognizes engineers who have held leadership positions focused on propulsion technology and can demonstrate innovation through patents, publications, and/or new products or processes. FEV provided the funding for this award to honor professor Franz F. Pischinger, who devoted his career to furthering powertrain technology and the education of young engineers. He held leading positions in the powertrain industry for most of his 50-year career, founded FEV in 1978 and served as the company’s president and CEO until 2003. Criteria: Technical innovation and overall impact on the advancement of powertrain technology over the nominee's career. Contributions to advance SAE's goal to further global mobility technology 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.

Purpose: NASCAR funded this award to recognize individuals, organizations, or teams whose research and/or practical application represents unique, original concepts that, when applied to motorsports, cause significant positive change and elevate safety to new levels of innovation. Nominees should be those who have demonstrated a commitment to reducing the injuries in auto racing incidents. Dr. John Melvin was a pioneer in the field of driver safety, particularly in the area of driver restraint systems. He persuaded drivers to adopt the HANS (head and neck restraint) device, was a staunch supporter of “SAFER” (steel foam and energy reduction) barriers on the track and was a key developer of "black box" data recording for racecars that helped sanctioning bodies learn from accidents. His many contributions as a safety consultant to NASCAR for more than 13 years forever changed the sport.

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 individuals or teams whose work has reached the highest level of achievement in innovation throughout emerging technologies such as, but not limited to, sustainability, autonomous/automated mobility and advanced manufacturing, across the mobility industry. Innovations must demonstrate industry- or life-changing impact. This award was made possible by the generous contributions from Delco, and Ralph and Sharon Hillquist. Criteria: Unique and original concepts and innovations in emerging technologies that have far-reaching impact for industry and/or for society. Outstanding contributions to technological progress. Individuals and teams may be nominated for this award; multiple award winners are possible. 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: 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 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 honors renowned inventor and businessman Magnus Hendrickson, who founded Hendrickson Motor Truck Company in 1913, by recognizing individuals or teams (SAE members or non-members) whose efforts in commercial vehicle dynamics represent true innovation and have created significant, lasting change in the commercial vehicle industry. This award was made possible by a generous gift from Hendrickson. Criteria: The ideal award recipient(s) is an individual or team (SAE member or non-member) whose research and/or practical application represents unique, original concepts that when applied to vehicle dynamics, cause significant, positive change and elevate vehicle dynamics to new levels of innovation. “Commercial Vehicle” is defined as a Class 1 through 8 on-highway or on/off–highway truck, tractor-trailer, or bus whose primary purpose is to transport goods or people and excludes any such vehicles intended solely for use in military, farming, or construction applications.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals or teams who have demonstrated outstanding innovation in aerospace engineering, making significant contributions during their career in the innovative design and development of advanced aircraft or spacecraft and resulting in industry- or life-changing impact. This award was made possible by generous donations from R. Dixon Speas, PRC Aviation and Lockheed Martin. Criteria: Nominees’ achievements must represent unique and original engineering applications or innovations that have had a demonstrable positive impact on aerospace. Nominees should have a distinguished career in aerospace with proven accomplishments in the innovative design, or operational availability (repair design, tooling, maintenance practices, logistics, inspection, modification, and safety) of aircraft or spacecraft. Individuals and teams may be nominated for this award; multiple award winners are possible.

Purpose: This award recognizes individuals or teams whose research has resulted in new applications or innovations that have advanced fuels and lubricants within the mobility industry. Criteria: Nominees’ research must represent unique and original research resulting in new applications, engineering methodologies or technological innovations that have had a demonstrable positive impact on lubricants and lubricated systems or components. The research must have resulted in extraordinary advancement within the mobility industry, resulting in increased efficiency, accessibility, safety, sustainability or usefulness of a product, system, or process. The unique and original research must be less than five years old, and these innovations must be in use today. 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: 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. Criteria: 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. 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 a certificate that is presented at an SAE Event. Past Recipients: YEAR RECIPIENT COMPANY Spring 2013 Jonathan R.

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 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.