2012 SAE Awards Ceremony: Honoring Excellence

John Johnson Award for Outstanding
Research in Diesel Engines
This award recognizes the authors of an original and outstanding technical paper
presented at an SAE meeting on the subject of diesel engines. The paper must be
published in SAE International’s Journals and must address research advancements in
diesel engines regarding efficiency and low emissions achieved by innovative experimental
and modeling research of the engine, fuel and/or aftertreatment system. If there is no
paper selected, the award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding
leadership in research and development in the field of diesel engines through a singular
accomplishment or lifetime achievement. The award honors Dr. John H. Johnson, a
presidential professor with the Department of Mechanical-Engineering Mechanics at
Michigan Technological University (MTU) for his lifelong devotion to students, the diesel
industry, public service and SAE.
The award, established in 2008, consists of a framed certificate for all authors of the paper
and an honorarium for the lead author of the technical paper or for the individual selected
to receive the award.
SAE Paper: 2011-01-0686, “Relationship Between Diesel Fuel Spray
Vapor Penetration/Dispersion and Local Fuel Mixture Fraction”
CAROLINE L. GENZALE
Assistant Professor
Georgia Institute of Technology
CHERIAN A. IDICHERIA
Senior Researcher
General Motors R&D Center
JULIEN MANIN
Researcher
Sandia National Laboratories
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