Shaw C. Feng, PhD
Mechanical Engineer
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Shaw C. Feng, PhD, is recognized with the Eli Whitney Productivity Award for his outstanding contributions to using efficiently linked data to enable digital metrology, sustainable manufacturing and systems integration for manufacturing industries thereby achieving significant cost reductions.

Feng received doctorate and master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1987 and 1984, respectively. He received bachelor’s degree from the National Taiwan University in 1979. All are in mechanical engineering. Feng works in the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His research work is focused on manufacturing metrology, specifically in the following fields: dimensional metrology and quality, manufacturing process performance measurement and tolerances for 3D models. In recent years, Feng has been working on additive manufacturing data registration and analytics. His standardization work includes inspection planning rules as part of the quality information framework standard, key performance indicators for sustainable manufacturing and 3D tolerances in product data exchange standard. Applications are in the nuclear security industry, the auto and aerospace industries, and the building and construction industry. Feng’s professional recognitions include U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for Leading Advances to Sustainable Manufacturing in 2020; U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for leading advances to standard-based data exchange between engineering, manufacturing and inspection to reduce inspection time and improve product quality in 2019; Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium Certificate of Appreciation for significant contributions toward the ANSI/DMSC Quality Information Framework Standard v3.0 in 2019; ASTM E60 Award of Appreciation for Outstanding Leadership and Contribution Resulting in the Publication of ASTM E3096-17 in 2018; and U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award for contributions leading to the acceptance of the STEP standard in 1993. He has numerous publications in the areas of dimensional metrology, manufacturing systems integration, manufacturing process-performance measurement, quality data modeling and additive manufacturing data registration. SME Member Since 2019

Bruce G. MacKender, LSME
Member and Industry Relations Manager (retired)
SME
Oregon City, Oregon

Bruce G. MacKender, LSME, is receiving the Joseph A. Siegel Service Award for his exemplary volunteer service to SME. Through his service, he has contributed selflessly to the betterment of SME and our members.

MacKender retired from SME in 2011 as a member and industry relations manager. Previously, he was a plant manager for Western Electronics/Delta Engineering (2000-02); an engineering manager for SPM Dynacast (1997-2000); and an operations manager for Accra Fab Inc. (1986-1997). As an SME staff member, MacKender applied the knowledge gained when he joined in 1986 and experience as a volunteer leader to help and engage members throughout the U.S. and Canada. Over the years, he has held numerous volunteer positions including chair of the former Portland Silicon Forest Chapter 260, chair of the Western CanAm – Region #14 and chapter liaison representative. Currently, MacKender serves as a scholarship reviewer for the SME Education Foundation. The combined knowledge of SME as a volunteer and the manufacturing experiences gained in his various sales, engineering and operations management positions held since 1974 after four years of military service, served him and SME well. MacKender was named a 2000 SME Award of Merit winner and is part of the SME President’s Circle for recruiting over 100 members. SME Member Since 1986

Donald C. Burnham Manufacturing Management Award

SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal

Kornel F. Ehmann, PhD, FSME, is receiving the SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal for his pioneering research and leadership in innovative manufacturing processes with groundbreaking contributions to machine tool error modeling, real-time compensation, micromachining and additive manufacturing.

Ehmann received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1970 and 1974 from the University of Belgrade, and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1979, all in mechanical engineering. He has served as a professor from 1990 — current and as an associate professor from 1985-90 at Northwestern and as an assistant professor from 1981-85 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ehmann is currently emeritus editor-in-chief of SME’s “Manufacturing Letters” journal. He is a past president of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI | SME). In 2004, he was named the James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor in Manufacturing and Entrepreneurship at Northwestern. Ehmann received the SME Gold Medal, MED/ASME Outstanding Service Award, NAMRI | SME Outstanding Lifetime Service Award, ASME: Blackall Machine Tool and Gage Award and the ASME: Milton C. Shaw Manufacturing Research Medal. He is a fellow of SME, ASME and ISNM. SME Member Since 1982

Thomas R. Kurfess, PhD, FSME, NAE, PE
Chief Manufacturing Officer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, Tennessee

Tony L. Schmitz, PhD, FSME
Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Joint Faculty, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, Tennessee

Tony L. Schmitz, PhD, FSME, is being presented with the SME Education Award for his manufacturing education leadership and service in machining science and technology, including student mentoring, publications, instruction and outreach.

Schmitz received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Temple University in 1993, master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida in 1996 and doctorate in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida in 1999. Schmitz completed a postdoctoral appointment at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and was then employed as a mechanical engineer from 1999-2002. During this time, he was also a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. Schmitz accepted an appointment in the University of Florida’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2002 and joined the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2011. He accepted a faculty position at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2019 with a joint faculty appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Schmitz continues his manufacturing research in support of the U.S. machine tool industry with an emphasis on machining dynamics and metrology. SME Member Since 2004

SME Gold Medal