Legacy
Mr. Eric Burnett Edward Welburn Legacy Award
Chief Engineer – Rear Wheel Drive 8 Speed Automatic Transmissions FCA US LLC
Eric Burnett, the RWD Automatic Transmission chief engineer for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), has made signifi cant contributions to the research and development of front- and rear-wheel drive transmission engineering during his 23+ years at FCA. Burnett has established strong fundamental automatic transmission engineering skills and knowledge as a design release engineer (DRE), development engineer (DE), and supervisor for several automatic transmission components and sub-systems. As a DRE, DE, and supervisor, he has made outstanding contributions to innovative automatic transmission concepts and designs to increase customer satisfaction, improve fuel economy, and reduce costs. As a supervisor for Torque Transfer and structural components, he managed a team of engineers who designed and developed a medium-duty six- speed automatic transmission derivative from the current heavy-duty six speed. Burnett has held engineering leadership positions as chief engineer of RWD Automatic Transmissions, chief engineer of Light Duty Purchased Transmissions and technical manager of Torque Transfer Systems. In those positions, Burnett’s technical expertise and strong leadership skills were instrumental in the successful launches of the eight-speed, nine-speed and two six-speed automatic transmissions.
Mr. David Samuel Dr. William R. Wiley Legacy Award
R&D Computer Aided Design, Principle Level Sandia National Laboratories
For 41 years, David Samuel has worked at Sandia National Laboratories, the last 20 as the only mechanical designer at the Sandia Tech Area V nuclear facility. He is responsible for the CAD design, product defi nition, and fabrication of many test fi xtures and handling equipment in support of R&D experiments. He consistently exceeds expectations and, as a trusted expert, displays innovation and creativity in his unique designs. Samuel’s assignments include providing mechanical design defi nition services, engineering, and drafting products for many activities and experiments conducted throughout the facility. His role at TA-V primarily focuses on delivering innovative products (CAD defi nition) in the form of conceptual layouts, illustrations, detailed engineering drawings, and fi nal production drawings. He enjoys the utilization of three-dimensional CAD visualization and creating rapid prototyping examples to quickly present hands-on visual concepts used for evaluations, presentations, and form-fi t-function checks. He thrives on delivering
products that meet customer requirements while working in an environment heavily driven by rigorous regulatory requirements imposed upon the facilities by the Department of Energy. Samuel is the single point of contact at TA-V for the design defi nition CAD platform (SolidWorks), and he is responsible for representing organizational requirements, process, and procedures governing technical design defi nition.
Ms. Jacqueline Martin General Johnnie Wilson Legacy Award
Hardware-in-the-Loop Lab Operations Lead & STEM Ambassador Missile Defense Agency
The highest ranking African-American female in her organization, Jacqueline Martin’s contributions are mission- centric and reach domains inside and outside of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). All of her work aligns with MDA goals and objectives—from fulfi llment of complex Integrated Master Test Plan (IMTP) event architectures to introducing STEM to fourth grade students, Martin is a dynamic conduit to the advancement of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). She is the MDA Modeling and Simulation Directorate (DE/S) Hardware in the Loop Laboratory Operations Lead at the Advanced Research Center, where she directs daily activities to evolve software for participation in formal tests. Martin has been resilient in meeting mission requirements and sustaining IMTP milestones. One signifi cant accomplishment was GTI-06 Part 2, which executed on schedule with the fi rst-time use of the new BMDS Model & Simulation (M&S) framework—Objective Simulation Framework (OSF)—in a formal ground test. Martin was a contributor in producing more than 300 opportunistic tests (outside the IMPT) to mature the new BMDS M&S framework. She is also a STEM Ambassador for the Agency. She travels locally and nationally while partnered with core MDA leadership in order to expose young minds to the MDA mission and attract new hires to the agency.
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