SAE Awards
Mobility's Highest Honors
Now Open! Nominate For Spring 2024
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them for one or more awards now through May 31, 2024.
About SAE Awards
Administered by the SAE Board of Directors and a distinguished selection committee of mobility engineers, faculty, and industry professionals, SAE Awards honor the very best in mobility.
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Award Categories
Leadership
Innovation
Service
STEM
2024 SAE Medal of Honor
Mehdi Ahmadian
Dr. Ahmadian is the J. B. Jones Chair of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech where he also holds the position of Director of the Center for Vehicle Systems and Safety, Advanced Vehicle Dynamics Laboratory, and the Railway Technologies Laboratory. He holds 11 U.S. and international patents and has served in various editorial leadership capacities for the leading journals in transportation research including serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Vibration and Control, and Editor of the International Journal of Vehicle System Dynamics.
His most recent professional awards include:
- 2023 Alumni Award for Research Excellence, regarded as the most prestigious Virginia Tech award for significant life-long research contributions
- 2019 Magnus Hendrickson Innovation Award
- SAE International Award in Vehicle Dynamics &Suspension Technologies
- 2019 SAE Top Contributor Award
- and many others
Sustainable Aviation Award Winner Omer Bar-Yohay, Co-Founder & CEO, Data Blanket, was featured on the SAE Tomorrow Today podcast
Featured Stories
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Honors & Recognition
Historical Awards
Since 1905 SAE has recognized outstanding achievements, continuously evolving within a dynamic and rapidly changing mobility industry.
SAE Fellows
An exceptional professional distinction bestowed to a class of approximately 20 SAE Members each year.
Contributor of the Year
Annual Induction ceremony and celebration recognizing SAE's most engaged volunteers.