NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal
The NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal was established by NASA in 1981 to recognize unusually significant engineering contributions towards achievement of aeronautical or space exploration goals. This award is given for individual efforts for applications of engineering principles or methods that have resulted in a contribution of fundamental importance in this field or have significantly enhanced understanding of this field or have significantly advanced the state of the practice as demonstrated by an application to aerospace systems.
Recent recipients
2006
2006 award recipients include:- Claude A. Bryant
- Keyur C. Patel
- Frank J. Vaughn
- Walter C. Engelund
- Donald R. Pettit
- Russell A. Wincheski
- John P. McManamen
- John W. Slater
- Russell A. Paielli
- James L. Walker
2007
- James Baughman
- Kendall Brown
- Steven Fredrickson
- Charles Harris
- Michael Kirsch
- Chia-Yen Peng
- Scott Berry
- Michael Burms
- Lawrence Freudinger
- Eastwood Im
- Joseph Lavelle
- Todd Bonalsky
- K. Cramer
- Robert Hall
- David Iverson
- Pappu Murthy
- Shannon Bragg-Sitton
- John Edwards
- Steven Harrah
- Steven Jones
- Shahana Pagen
2008
- W. Keith Belvin
- Charles Camarda
- Dennis J. Eichenberg
- Stephen F. Harvin
- Roger Mattson
- Stephen Scotti
- John A. Wagner
- Thomas F. Zoladz
- Jeffrey S. Boyer
- Rebecca Castano
- Ronald M. Galvez
- Dan Jackson
- Robert E. McMurray
- Stephen Snodgrass
- William P. Winfree
- John R. Brophy
- Brian K. Cooper
- Thomas W. Goodnight
- William A. Kilgore
- Patrick F. Morrissey
- Ashitey Trebi-Ollennu
- Michael J. Wright
- Jay Brusse
- Lyle T. Davis
- George R. Harpster
- David J. Mangus
- David J. Pogue
- Glenn Rakow
- Katherine P. Vanhooser
- Pen-Shu Yeh
2009
- Ayman A. Abdallah
- Shawn P. Breeding
- Prasun N. Desai
- Mark G. Femminineo
- Lorie R. Grimes-Ledesma
- Jonathan E. Jones
- Mary J. Li
- Daniel L. Polis
- Michael J. Schuh
- John M. Van Eepoel
- Shannon J. Zelinski
- Mark A. Balzer
- Chad B. Bryant
- Theodore R. Drain
- Gerard Floyd
- Scott Hensley
- Dennis L. Kern
- Frank S. Milos
- John K. Ramsey
- Regina L. Spellman
- Philip R. Ward
- Thomas G. Bialas
- James M. Corliss
- Michael J. Dube
- Dion T. Fralick
- Brent W. Jett
- Won S. Kim
- Bo J. Naasz
- Giulio Rosanova
- Thomas R. Stevenson
- Harold D. Wiedemuth
- Richard K. Bird
- Michael J. Deliz
- Sandra K. Elam
- Gani B. Ganapathi
- William T. K. Johnson
- Raymond J. Lanzi
- Allen R. Parker
- Dara Sabahi
- Oscar Toledo
- Thomas C. Williams
2010
- Timothy C. Adams
- Steve N. Beck
- Ed Cheung
- Myron A. Diftler
- Thomas Friedmann
- Martin B. Houghton
- Eugene A. Morelli
- Paul W. Roberts
- James Taylor
- Dennis Albaijes
- Daniel L. Berry
- D. Steven Cooley
- Marcia S. Domack
- Daniel B. Gazda
- Young K. Kim
- David E. Myers
- Jose I. Rodriguez
- John C. Thesken
- Christian C. Bechtold
- Kevin R. Boyce
- Mark G. D’Agostino
- Richard E. Dyke
- Michael G. Gilbert
- Darlene S. Lee
- Janiene Pape
- Don J. Roth
- Jirong Yu
- Robin A. Beck
- Scott C. Burleigh
- Paul M. Danehy
- David F. Everett
- Mark W. Hilburger
- Joseph C. Lewiz
- John C. Pearson
- Henry P. Sampler
- Daniel E. Yuchnovicz
2011
- Xin An
- Jay Brandon
- William M. Cirillo
- Robert Fong
- Charles E. Hall
- David G. Johnson
- Justin H. Kerr
- Jeffrey L. Lindner
- Fred G. Martwick
- Bijan Nemati
- Mark A. Stephen
- Nathan C. Wood
- Robert J. Black
- Stephen T. Bryson
- Anthony L. Cook
- Bryan Fraser
- Richard R. Hofer
- Ira Katz
- Denney J. Keys
- Alok K. Majumdar
- Ioannis G. Mikellides
- Jeffrey R. Piepmeier
- John S. Townsend
- Ping Y. Yu
- Kristin L. Bourkland
- Hon M. Chan
- Kimberly B. Demoret
- Dan M. Goebel
- Megan K. Jaunich
- Sotirios Kellas
- Todd Klaus
- Gregory C. Marr
- Kathleen Andreozzi Minear
- Mark Schoenenberger
- Albert C. Whittlesey
- Randy R. Bowman
- Steven R. Chesley
- Thomas P. Flatley
- Karen L. Gundy-Burlet
- Wayne A. Jermstad
- Daniel P. Kelly
- Dzu K. Le
- Dr. G. Patrick Martin
- Nelson Morales
- V. S. Scott
- Donna V. Wilson
2012
- Sasan C. Armand
- Robert B. Ciotti
- Omar A. Haddad
- Michael G. Houts
- Sean D. McCauliff
- Craig R. Pires
- Michael S. Woronowicz
- Ponnampalam Balakumar
- Douglas D. Counter
- Douglas Hamilton
- Jeffery Kolodziejczak
- Donald B. Owens
- Sriram Rallabhandi
- Michael E. Yettaw
- Steven X. Bauer
- Brett A. Cruden
- James T. Heineck
- Jer C. Liou
- Grant E. Palmer
- Patrick A. Tobbe
- James A. Chervenak
- Bob Downing
- Gerard Holzmann
- Duncan MacPherson
- Peter A. Parker
- David H. Williams
2013
- Phillip A. Allen
- Philip C. Calhoun
- Samuel B. Fowler
- Louise Jandura
- Carl Liebe
- Benjamin J. Pearson
- Edward T. Schairer
- Christopher V. Voorhees
- Daniel C. Allgood
- Benjamin D. Cichy
- William J. Glaccum
- Roy R. Johnson
- David M. O’Dell
- Keith Peterson
- Peter J. Shirron
- Jeffrey S. West
- Steven F. Balistreri
- Patrick H. Dunlap
- Ken Hersey
- John T. Kaneshige
- Jeb Stuart Orr
- Tommaso P. Rivellini
- Eric M. Slimko
- Todd White
- Kevin E. Berry
- Rodger E. Farley
- Russell W. James
- Bradford Kercheval
- Hume L. Peabody
- Alejandro Miguel San Martin
- Shaun R. Thomson
- David A. Zoller
2014
- Michael J. Aftosmis
- Gajanana C. Birur
- Michael G. Burns
- William J. Downs
- Stephen D. Hunter
- Erich F. Klein
- Christopher Miller
- Robin J. Osborne
- John M. Van Eepoel
- Gary A. Allen, Jr.
- Albion H. Bowers
- Nathan J. Burnside
- Stuart D. Glazer
- Jeffrey M. Jaso
- James C. Knox
- Marcus S. Murbach
- Timothy J. Ray
- Douglas N. Wells
- Anthony P. Bartolone
- Aaron M. Brandis
- Andrew J. Cecil
- Michael R. Hannan
- Ralph Jones
- Dmitry G. Luchinsky
- Thomas E. Nolan
- Donald V. Sullivan
- William A. Wood
- Mehdi Benna
- Nelson A. Brown
- Jeffrey Cheezum
- David B. Harper
- Peter E. Kascak
- Pamela A. McVeigh
- Salvatore M. Oriti
- John M. Tota
- Tony Yu
2015
- Cecil W. Acree
- Sundareswara Balakrishna
- Gregory L. Barnett
- Karen L. Bibb
- Arthur T. Bradley
- Jeffrey S. Brink
- Robert J. Bruckner
- Donald L. Carter
- Benjamin D. Cichy
- Eric C. Dimpault-Darcy
- Tammy D. Flowers
- Ulrik B. Gliese
- Michael H. Haddock
- Philip J. Hamory
- Patricia A. Howell
- Thomas P. Jasin
- Timothy J. Ray
- Robert J. Kenny
- Michael P. Kovach
- Lisa M. Ling
- Forrest E. Lumpkin
- Diego F. Pierrottet
- David L. Pletcher
- Steven Z. Queen
- Stuart E. Rogers
- Alan M. Schwing
- David A. Sheppard
- Robert W. Stough
- Sean S. Swei
- Chun Y. Tang
- Paulo F. Uribe
- Donald E. Van Drei
- Gary K. Won
2016
- Morgan B. Abney
- Jeffrey L. Coughlin
- Paul S. Kinard
- Christopher I. Morris
- Mark V. Vaccaro
- John W. Van Norman
2017
- Christopher D. Karlgaard
- Thomas A. Ozoroski
2018
- Jessie L. Christiansen
- Theodore J. Garbeff
- Cole D. Kazemba
- Jayanta Panda
- Stefan R. Schuet
- Zion W. Young