OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 21, 2015 – Scott Curran, a researcher at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has received the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) Foundation’s 2015 Stefan Pischinger Young Industry Leadership Award.
The award, given this week at this year’s SAE Foundation Annual Celebration in Detroit, highlights early career individuals who demonstrate leadership potential and promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-based researched in their respective fields. The SAE Foundation is the charitable branch of the SAE International professional society.
A recipient of three engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee, Curran has been an active member of the SAE since his college days and has been involved in DOE’s Advanced Vehicle Technical Competition as both a student and an advisor.
Curran, who works in ORNL’s Energy Transportation & Science Division, received SAE International’s Forest R. McFarland Award in April.
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