Wright Brothers Medal
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Established in 1927, this award recognizes individuals who have made notable contributions in the engineering design, development, or operation of air and space vehicles. It is administered by the SAE and is based on contributed research papers.
The award honors Wilbur and Orville Wright as the first successful builders of heavier-than-air craft.
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[edit] Awardees and Research Topics: 1928-1975
1928 Clinton H. Havill USN: Aircraft Propellers
1929 Ralph H. Upson: Wings - A Coordinated System of Basic Design
1930 Theodore P. Wright: The Development of a Safe Airplane - The Curtis Tanager
1931 Stephen J. Zand: A Study of Airplane and Instrument Board Vibration
1932 Edward P. Warner: The Rational Specifications of Airplane Load Factors
1933 Eastman N. Jacobs: The Aerodynamics of Wing Sections for Airplanes
1934 Rex B. Beisel, A. L. MacClain, and F. M. Thomas: Cowling and Cooling of Radial Air-Cooled Aircraft Engines
1935 William Littlewood: Operating Requirements for Transport Airplanes
1936 R. J. Minshall, J. K. Ball, and F. P. Laudan: Problems in the Design and Construction of Large Aircraft
1937 Richard V. Rhode: Gust Loads on Airplanes
1938 no award given
1939 Kenneth A. Browne: Dynamic Suspension - A Method of Aircraft Engine Mounting
1940 Clarence L. Johnson: Rudder Control Problems on Four-Engined Airplanes
1941 Samuel J. Loring: General Approach to the Flutter Problem
1942 Charles R. Strang: Progress in Structural Design Through Strain-Gage Technique
1943 Costas E. Pappas: The Determination of Fuselage Moments
1944 Kenneth Campbell: Engine Cooling Fan Theory and Practice
1945 Myron Tribus: Report on Development and Application of Heated Wings
1946 Frederick Van Horne Judd: A Systematic Approach to the Aerodynamic Design of Radial Engine Installations
1947 Henry B. Gibbons: Experiences of an Aircraft Manufacturer with Sandwich Material
1948 Kermit Van Every: Aerodynamics of High Speed Airplanes
1949 Homer J. Wood and Frederick Dallenbach: Auxiliary Gas Turbines for Pneumatic Power in Aircraft Applications
1950 James C. Floyd: The Avro C102 Jetliner
1951 Orville A. Wheelon: Design Methods and Manufacturing Techniques with Titanium
1952 W. J. Kunz Jr.: A New Technique for Investigating Jet Engine Compressor Stall and Other Transient Characteristics
1953 D. N. Meyers and Z. Ciolkosz: Matching the Characteristics of Helicopters and Shaft Turbines
1954 John M. Tyler and E. C. Perry Jr.: Jet Noise
1955 Wendell E. Reed: A New Approach to Turbojet and Ramjet Engine Controls
1956 C. H. Zimmerman: Some General Considerations Concerning VTOL Aircraft
1957 Alf F. Ensrud: Problems in the Application of High Strength Steel Alloys in the Design of Supersonic Aircraft
1958 Kermit Van Every: Design Problems of Very High Speed Flight
1959 Milford G. Childers: Preliminary Design Considerations for the Structure of a Trisonic Transport
1960 Ferdinand B. Greatrex: By-Pass Engine Noise
1961 Carleton M. Mears and Robert L. Peterson: Mechanization on Minimum-Energy Automatic Lunar Soft-Landing Systems
1962 Robert P. Rhodes Jr., D. E. Chriss, and Philip M. Rubins: Effect of Heat Release on Flow Parameters in Shock Induced Combustion
1963 Sitaram Pao Valluri, James B. Glassco, and George E. Bockrath: Further Considerations of a Theory of Crack Propagation in Metal Fatigue
1964 Marion O. McKinney Jr., Richard E. Kuhn, and John P. Reeder: Aerodynamics and Flying Qualities of Jet V/STOL Airplanes
1965 W. W. Williams, G. K. Williams, and W. C. J. Garrard: Soft and Rough Field Landing Gears
1966 Julian Wolkovitch: An Introduction to Hover Dynamics
1967 John A. McKillop: Flutter Characteristics of the Slap Tail
1968 Leonard J. Nestor and Lawrence Maggitti Jr.: Effects of Dynamic Environments on Fuel Tank Flammability
1969 W. N. Reddisch, A. E. Sabroff, P. C. Wheeler, and J. G. Zaremba: A Semi-Active Gravity Gradient Stabilization System
1970 J. Hong: Advanced Bonding for Large Aircraft
1971 no award given
1972 D. H. Bennett and R. P. Johannes: Combat Capabilities and Versatility Through CCV
1973 Richard E. Hayden: Fundamental Aspects of Noise Reduction From Powered Lift Devices
1974 Michael J. Wendl, Gordon G. Grose, John L. Porter, and V. Ralph Pruitt: Flight/Propulsion Control Integration Aspects of Energy Management
1975 John A. Alic and H. Archang: Comparison of Fracture and Fatigue Properties of Clad 7075-T6 Aluminum in Monolithic and Laminated Forms
[edit] Awardees: 1976-2006
1976 no award given
1977 Raymond M. Hicks and Garret N. Vanderplaats
1978 no award given
1979 Gary E. Erickson, Dale J. Lorincz, William A. Moore, and Andrew M. Skow
1980 Walter S. Cremens
1981 Raymond M. Hicks
1982 Andre Fort and J. J. Speyer
1983 Carol A. Simpson
1984 Robert J. Englar and James H. Nichols Jr.
1985 Charles W. Boppe
1986 James A. Hare
1987 Charles P. Blankenship and Robert J. Hayduk
1988 Benton C. Clark III
1989 Charles W. Boppe and Warren H. Davis
1990 Mariann F. Brown and Susan Schentrup
1991 Lourdes M. Birckelbaw and Lloyd D. Corliss
1992 G. J. Bastiaans, Steve D. Braymen, S. G. Burns, Shelley J. Coldiron, R. S. Deinhammer, William J. Deninger, R. P. O'Toole, Marc D. Porter, and H. R. Shanks
1993 no award given
1994 Timothy Geels, Tom McDavid, Greg Robel, and Tze Siu
1995 Robert R. Wilkins Jr.
1996 B. A. Moravec and Michael W. Patnoe
1997 James R. Fuller
1998 Robert S. McCann, Becky L. Hooey, Bonny Parke, Anthony D. Andre, David C. Foyle, and Barbara G. Kanki
1999 Jeremy S. Agte, Robert Sandusky, and Jaroslaw Sobieski
2000 no award given
2001 Maurizio Apra, Marcello D'Amore, Maria Sabrina Sarto, Alberto Scarlatti, and Valeria Volpi
2002 Gary L. Boyd, Alfred W. Fuller, and Jack Moy
2003 Timothy J. Bencic, Colin S. Bidwell, Michael Papadakis, Arief Rachman, and See-Cheuk Wong
2004 Philip Freeman
2005 John W. Fisher, Michael T. Flynn, Eric J. Litwiller, and Martin Reinhard
2006 James R. Akse, James E. Atwater, Roger Dahl, John W. Fisher, Frank C. Garmon, Neal M. Hadley, Richard R. Wheeler Jr, Thomas W. Williams
