SME Announces Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers March 18, 2021 by SME Communications The 14 awardees, age 35 or younger, are being recognized for their exceptional contributions and accomplishments in manufacturing throughout the early stages of their careers 2021 SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Andrew Honeycutt, PhD, one of the 14 award winners selected this year, is an R&D staff member at the Oak Ridge National Lab Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. SME, the professional association committed to advancing manufacturing and developing a skilled workforce, has announced its lineup of 2021 Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers. The 14 awardees were selected based on their diverse manufacturing backgrounds, technology advancements/improvements and state-of-the-art research. The 2021 award namesake, University of Massachusetts Professor Geoffrey Boothroyd, PhD, FSME, and president of Boothroyd Dewhurst Inc., was selected for his early-career development of the widely used design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) methodology. “Each of the young engineers from the U.S., Canada and Sweden have demonstrated their ability to design, develop and execute new, impactful technologies within each of their respective areas of interest, academic institutions, research labs and across a variety of industries,” said Robert Willig, SME executive director and CEO. “We’re looking forward to watching their careers continue to unfold and transform manufacturing as their role model and award namesake, Dr. Boothroyd, once did.” While membership in SME is not required for this recognition, each of the 2021 SME Geoffrey Boothroyd Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers are part of the SME community, having been members prior to their selection: Michael P. Brundage, PhD, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland Elizabeth Bullard, Ford Motor Co., Royal Oak, Michigan Andrew Honeycutt, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Knoxville, Tennessee Nick Horvath, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Powell, Tennessee Ethan Hughey, Ford Motor Co., Royal Oak, Michigan Saurabh Kajaria, Vault Pressure Control, Houston Arkadeep Kumar, PhD, Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, California Tsz-Ho Kwok, PhD, Concordia University, Montreal Chao Ma, PhD, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Austin Mann, Boeing Research & Technology, St. Louis Miguel Saez, PhD, General Motors Research & Development, Warren, Michigan Dinakar Sagapuram, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Sourabh K. Saha, PhD, PE, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Xi “Vincent” Wang, PhD, KTH Sweden, Stockholm SME has highlighted the accomplishments of over 450 young manufacturing engineers — and the overall impact their work has made in manufacturing — for over four decades through this award. It is currently seeking nominations for the 2022 Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineers Award by Aug. 1, 2021, at sme.org/oyme.
