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SAE Will Honor 12 Engineering Educators

10 February 1999

SAE Will Honor 12 Engineering Educators

    WARRENDALE Pa., Feb. 10 -- The Society of Automotive
Engineers (SAE) will give 12 outstanding engineering educators from across the
country the 1999 Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award at the 1999 SAE
International Congress & Exposition in Detroit, Michigan, March 1-4, 1999.
    The award recipients are Dr. Sebastian Bawab, The Old Dominion University,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA; Dr. Bert Bras, Georgia Institute of Technology, ATLANTA,
GEORGIA; Dr. Ndaona Chokani, North Carolina State University, RALEIGH, NORTH
CAROLINA; Dr. Jaal B. Ghandhi, University of Wisconsin, MADISON, WISCONSIN;
Dr. Ellen Lackey, University of Mississippi, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; Dr. James
G. McDaniel, Boston University, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS; Dr. Ahmet Selamet, The
Ohio State University, COLUMBUS, OHIO; Dr. John W. Sutherland, Michigan
Technological University; HOUGHTON, MICHIGAN; Dr. Gregory J. Thompson, West
Virginia University, MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA; Dr. Dale R. Tree, Brigham
Young University, PROVO, UTAH; Dr. Etim U. Ubong, Kettering University, FLINT,
MICHIGAN; and Dr. J. Mitch Wolff, Wright State University, DAYTON, OHIO.
    Focusing on young engineering educators, the Teetor Award Program provides
an engineering atmosphere in which these teachers can meet and exchange views
with practicing engineers by participating in technical sessions, technical
committee meetings, the SAE Banquet and Awards Luncheon and by visiting
industrial and research facilities.
    The program, sponsored by the SAE Foundation, underwrites the cost of
bringing these young engineering educators to the SAE International Congress
and Exposition or the SAE World Aviation Congress.
    Ralph Teetor was the 1936 SAE president who had a deep interest in
engineering education.  He was also a distinguished inventor, engineer and
widely acknowledged statesman throughout the early growth and development of
the automotive industry.
    Established in 1963, the Teetor program has provided an unparalleled
opportunity for more than 800 engineering educators to develop a better
understanding and closer relationship with practicing engineers.
    The SAE Congress is the world's largest showcase of automotive engineering
technologies.  The event, which runs March 1-4, features more than 1,100
exhibiting companies, including 90 percent of the world's top 25 suppliers.
    Contact SAE at 1-877-SAE-CONG (723-2664) for all SAE '99 information;
outside the U.S. and Canada, call 1-724-772-4027; or visit http://www.sae.org.