SME Seeks Nominations For Composites Manufacturing Award
The J. H. "Jud" Hall Award is given annually to an individual who has contributed significantly to composites manufacturing or tooling technology through leadership, technical developments, patents, or educational activities. It recognizes excellence in the development or improvement of processes, tooling, and applications, as well as achievements in composites research, education, and technology transfer. The award celebrates innovation in solving issues related to production and applications development, and acknowledges significant contributions that reduce costs and waste streams, and improve quality and efficiency.
Complete instructions and forms for submitting nominations are available by clicking on the Awards button on the CMA/SME web site at www.sme.org/cma. Nominations must be received by the CMA/SME Award Selection Committee no later that October 1, 2001. Nomination forms may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed. Mail to CMA/SME Award Selection Committee, P.O. Box 930, One SME Drive, Dearborn, MI 48121-0930; or fax to the Committee at (313) 240-8255. For questions or to e-mail nominations, contact Sally Ruterbusch at (313) 271-1500 (ext. 1822), rutesal@sme.org, or Cheri Skomra (ext. 1827) skomche@sme.org.
The 2001 award recipient is Burt Rutan, best known as the designer of the all-composite Voyager aircraft. Rutan is president and CEO of Scaled Composites, Inc., a company he founded in 1982 to develop research aircraft. He received the award at SME's Composites 2001 Manufacturing & Tooling Conference & Exhibits this past February in Orlando, Fla.
SME, headquartered in Dearborn, Mich., is the world's leading professional society serving the manufacturing industries. Through its publications, expositions, professional development resources and member programs, SME influences more than 500,000 manufacturing executives, managers and engineers. Founded in 1932, SME has members in 70 countries and supports a network of hundreds of chapters worldwide.
Dave Lipnik
Corporate Communications Department
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
(313) 271-1500, ext. 1856
Fax: 313-336-9758
E-mail: lipndav@sme.org