SAE International Names 2002 Fellows

WARRENDALE, Pa., Feb. 21 -- Fifteen outstanding members have been chosen as SAE International Fellows for 2002.

The members will be honored at a special dinner on Monday, March 4 and will receive their recognition at the SAE Honors Convocation and Luncheon on Tuesday, March 5 at 11:45 a.m. in the Riverview Ballroom at the SAE 2002 World Congress in Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan.

The Fellow grade of membership provides a way to recognize outstanding engineering creativity and leadership of members and to enhance the status of SAE's contributions to the profession and the public-at-large. It was established as a prestigious and honorary grade to recognize individuals whose technical or scientific achievements have brought about meaningful advances in the fields of technology covered by SAE.

Since SAE began the Fellow program in 1975, it has selected only 442 of nearly 84,000 members to receive the honor. Fellow candidates must be SAE members for at least ten years and still be a voting member at the time of election.

The 2002 Fellows are:

Ramesh K. Agarwal, William Palm Professor of Engineering, Washington State University - Dr. Agarwal has made extensive contributions to aerospace engineering, computation aerodynamics, flight mechanics and control. He is recognized as an authority in advanced computational mechanics.

Dennis N. Assanis, Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan - Dr. Assanis has made significant contributions in the area of engine process involving thermal and fluid processes in all types of IC engines. He is known both nationally and internationally for his research activities.

Nicholas P. Cernansky, Hess Chair Professor of Mechanics, Drexel University - Dr. Cernansky's contributions to the field of combustion science cover a broad range of topics, including air quality and pollutant formation, fundamental investigations of hydrocarbon kinetics mechanisms at low and intermediate temperature, and advanced combustion systems such as HCCI.

Clifford C. Chou, Staff Technical Specialist, Ford Motor Company - Dr. Chou recently accomplished leading-edge work development on CAE- driven technologies in the rollover and front impact sensor applications with cost savings and prototype test reductions.

Robert L. Evans, Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia - Dr. Evans' work has focused on the role of combustion chamber design in determining engine efficiency and performance, and on the development of a novel partially stratified-charge engine combustion and control system.

Randy Frank, Automotive Marketing Manager, International Rectifier - Mr. Frank is one of the original pioneers dedicated to the application of electronics to automotive products and has been one of the driving forces in the OEM and supplier community bringing electronics to the automobile in a timely and reliable manner.

Ivan P. Ksenevitch, Vice President, Russian Academy of Engineering - Dr. Ksenevitch has 34 patents to his credit related to machine building and the training of experts in his field. He is presently working on harmonizing and recognizing equivalency between U. S. and Russian standards.

Ronald D. Matthews, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Combustion, Sciences and Automotive Research Laboratories, University of Texas - Professor Matthews is recognized for elucidating the mechanism of hydrocarbon emissions in direct injection gasoline engines, and developing on-board mechanisms of fuel modification to control cold start and transient emissions.

John W. Melvin, President, Tandelta, Inc. - Dr. Melvin is recognized for outstanding contributions to every aspect of automotive safety including: generation of fundamental biomechanical knowledge on every major body region; development of crash test dummies and injury assessment methods, and engineering of adult and child restraint systems for racing and passenger cars.

James "Robert" Mondt, CEO, JR Engineering - Dr. Mondt is an international authority on systems and hardware for controlling automobile exhaust emissions. He is also responsible for innovative designs of heat exchangers for automotive gas turbine, Stirling engines, and A GM Steam Car.

Thomas S. Moore, Vice President, Liberty and Technical Affairs, DaimlerChrysler Corporation - Tom Moore demonstrates world-class leadership in advancing technologies to meet the global automotive challenges of the 21st century. Particularly noteworthy was the introduction of magnesium transmission housing and the highly innovative PN38 program at Ford.

John H. Roberts, Pratt & Whitney, Division of United Technologies - John Roberts is an internationally recognized aerospace expert on In-Flight Thrust Determination, accuracy analysis, and gas turbine engine simulation & modeling, and facility/measurement system design.

Harold J. Schock, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University - Dr. Schock's work in quantifying flows in piston and rotary engines has continued for more than twenty years and is documented in more than 70 publications related to this topic. He attained a remarkable status of an outstanding authority on in-cylinder flow control.

Robert C. Stempel, Chairman, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. - Mr. Stempel's accomplishments include: playing a key role in the development of the exhaust catalytic converter/unleaded gasoline combination, and strong encouragement and involvement in the electronic computer-controlled fuel and ignition systems that minimized engine emissions while reducing fuel consumption.

H. Robert Welge, Product Engineering Program Management Level 6, Boeing Co. - Bob Welge has distinguished himself in his profession over a broad range of disciplines ranging from subsonic inlet design to total configuration studies for supersonic and hypersonic aircraft. He has been a leader in the area of integration.