The 2005 winner of the SAE/InterRegs Standards & Regulations Award for Young Engineers is 32-year-old MARK S SHANDER, Fuels Electrical Lead at The Boeing Company in Washington, Seattle, USA – here are some details of how he was involved in standards, regulations and conformity assessment systems, which helped to improve aircraft safety.
Mark Shander received both his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, in 1994 and 1996 respectively. Following graduate school, Mark Shander accepted a position with Boeing Commercial Airplanes, based out of Seattle, WA. His professional career at The Boeing Company, spanning the last 8 years, has focused primarily on Research and Development activities. His efforts have enabled advances in both aircraft lighting technologies and advanced circuit protection, resulting in three patents and one additional patent pending design. Currently, Mark has assumed responsibility for a variety of new technologies on the Boeing 787, as the Fuels Electrical Lead for the program. The primary focus of his team's efforts today involve state-of-the-art variable frequency fuel pumps and motor controllers, Fuel Quantity Indication Systems, and Onboard Inert Gas Generating Systems. Prior to accepting his current position, he spent over five years leading Boeing's development effort on Arc Fault Circuit Protection. During this time, he became actively involved in the SAE AE-8B1 Subcommittee on Protective Devices, working with industry partners to produce the first, ever aerospace specification for Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters, an activity he continues to lead today. In 2003, he published his first SAE Paper, entitled "Installation Challenges and Beyond for Smart Circuit Breakers," a publication that has played a key role in this recognition today.
Based on the high calibre of applications received for the SAE/InterRegs Award, SAE and InterRegs decided that a 'Highly Commended' distinction be awarded this year:
Congratulations, also to Randall Ellis, Senior Software Engineer at MTS Systems in Minnesota who has combined his knowledge of mechanical control and software to develop numerous vehicle testing and simulation systems - he was the co-developer and lead software engineer for the MTS Horizontal Crash Simulator which simulates crash events non-destructively in the controlled environment of the laboratory.