Awards
2008 SAE-A Automotive Engineering Excellence Award winners
The 2008 Society of Automotive Engineers – Australasia (SAE-A) Engineering Excellence Awards recognised a blend of innovative projects from fields as diverse as heavy transport, passenger vehicles and underground mining.
Entries in the 11th year of this prestigious award featured a strong safety theme among the eight outstanding entries. In addition, there were three entries for the SAE-A’s second year of its Young Engineer Award.
The Society would like to thank members of the Judging Panel, including John Modra from the Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development in the Victorian Government; Professor Harry Watson of Melbourne University, Professor Simon Watkins from RMIT and John O’Reilly, Vice President SAE-A. The awards were presented in Melbourne on 22 August at a formal dinner attended by senior design and production engineers representing vehicle manufacturers and leading component suppliers.
Gold Award won by Hella Australia
For the design and engineering of the MegaLUX lighting system for the mining industry.
Silver Award won by Ford Motor Company
For the design and engineering of the FG Falcon 4.0 Litre 16 Turbo Engine.
Bronze Award sponsored by RACV won by DV Experts International
For the development, design, testing and implementation of their High Performance Rollover Protection Systems (ROPS) for Light Vehicles.
Special Commendation Award won by Ford Motor Company
For the three major design issues with the deployment of a passenger airbag through a narrow clearance between the windscreen and instrument panel are: cushion integrity; kinematics and in position time of the airbag; hazardous deployment towards the occupant’s face.
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorship Opportunities currently exist for the 2009 Awards, for further information on the packages available please contact the SAE-A office on Tel: 03 9696 5190.
