SAE Awards: The Mobility Industry's Highest Honors

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Recognizing mobility industry professionals, educators and students, SAE Awards represent mobility’s highest honors. The Awards program is administered by SAE’s Board of Directors and supported by a distinguished group of volunteers. 

Recognize a deserving colleague or yourself for one or more SAE award. Browse Award Categories:

 

2025 SAE Spring Awards Ceremony

Forty+ SAE members and volunteers were recognized during the Spring 2025 SAE Awards Ceremony which was held during SAE’s WCX™ World Congress Experience in Detroit, MI.

One of the highest awards is the SAE Medal of Honor, recognizing an individual’s contributions to SAE International. Andy Jeffers earned the honor for 2025.

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SAE Service Awards:

SAE Medal of Honor

  • Andy Jeffers – Retired - Engineering Group Manager – Engine, Transmission, and Electrification Development, General Motors

Leadership Awards: 

SAE International Award for Technical and Leadership Excellence honoring Rodica Baranescu (Automotive Winner)

  • Michelle A. Gardner – Vice President, Global Hardware Systems & Integration, General Motors

SAE International Award for Emerging Leadership in Mobility

  • Xin Yu – Senior Research Scientist, Aramco Americas: Aramco Research Center-Detroit

SAE International Award for Influential Executive in Automotive honoring Henry Ford II  

  • Alexander (Sandy) Munro – Design Prophet, Munroe & Associates, Inc.

SAE International Award for Outstanding Student Leadership in STEM honoring Max Rumbaugh  

  • Anish Srivastava – Engineer, Altec Industries

Innovation Awards:

SAE International Award for Safety in Transportation honoring Arnold W. Siegel

  • Jesse Shijie Ruan – Professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology

SAE International Award for Automotive Innovation honoring Edward N. Cole

  • Mike Anderson – VP of Global Electrification & Battery Systems, General Motors

  • Aneesh Kaliyanda – Manger, Mechanical Design Engineering, Tesla

SAE International Humanitarian Award honoring Arnold W. Siegel  

  • Daniel E. Nicholson – Retired - Vice President, Strategic Technology Initiatives, General Motors

SAE International Award for Outstanding Research in Mobility Fuels and Lubricants  

  • Kazuo Yamamori (Team Lead) – Project Manager, Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Satoshi Hirano – Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Yuta Uematsu – Toyota Motor Corporation

  • Noriya Ishizaki – Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Takashi Koyama – Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Takashi Suzuki – Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Shunsuke Mori – Toyota Motor Corporation  

  • Satoru Yoshida – ENEOS Corporation

SAE John Johnson Medal for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines

  • David Merrion – Merrion Expert Consulting, LLC

SAE John Johnson Paper for Outstanding Research in Diesel Engines

  • Aravindh Babu Viswanathan (Team Lead) – Research Engineer, Caterpillar

  • Brock Merritt – Aramco Americas

  • Steven Sommers – Aramco Americas

  • Praveen Kumar – Aramco Americas

  • Yu Zhang – Cummins, Inc.

SAE International Award for Outstanding Student Paper honoring Phil Myers

  • Ziming Zhou (Team Lead) – Research Assistant, University of Michigan

  • Fengnian Zhao – Assistant Researcher, Shanghai Hiao Tong University

  • David L.S. Hung – Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Qin Huang – Student, Columbia University

SAE International Award for Quality Leadership honoring Subir Chowdhury

  • Tony Francavilla – Retired - Vice President Global Quality, Supplier Quality and Operational Excellence, General Motors

SAE International Timken-Howard Simpson Automotive Transmission and Driveline Innovation Award

  • Peter Radecki (Team Lead) – Staff Controls Engineer and Technical Specialist, General Motors

  • Roberto Diaz, General Motors

  • Andrew Scheich, General Motors

SAE International Award for Excellence in Innovation

  • Prof. Weiling Luan (Team Lead) – East China University of Science & Technology 

  • Dr. Ying Chen

  • Prof. Shan-Tung Tu

  • Mr. Senming Wu  

  • Prof. Haofeng Chen

SAE International Sustainable Aviation Award honoring Ramesh Agarwal

  • Richard A. Wahls – Sustainable Flight National Partnership Mission Integration Manager, NASA 

STEM Education Awards:

SAE International Award for Outstanding AWIM Volunteers honoring Bill Agnew 

  • Eric Nagel – Engineering Group Manager, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, General Motors

SAE International Educational Award honoring Ralph R. Teetor  

  • Dr. Grace Gu – Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkley

  • Josh Siegel – Assistant Professor, Michigan State University