IEEE, Toyota honor individuals’ engineering achievements in safety product design
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Toyota Motor Corporation recently awarded three people — Richard Nute, D. Ray Corson, and Jim Barrick — with the IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies Award for their contributions to hazard-based safety engineering (HBSE).
The global award encourages accomplishments in the application of technology that improve the environment and/or public safety. Nute, Corson, and Barrick together created an engineering-based systematic process for predicting how energy flow can cause injury, as well as for developing safeguards to prevent these injuries. IEEE and Toyota credit them for the resulting development of safer products.
The award itself began in 2008 and Toyota has renewed its commitment to the award through 2030.
“Toyota’s ongoing commitment to the IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies will inspire individuals and organizations to develop innovative technologies to benefit humanity around the world,” IEEE President José M. F. Moura said. “We are pleased to work with Toyota to continue to recognize outstanding contributions in environmental and safety technologies.”
The award is open to individuals, as well as teams of up to three members. Eligible recipients are judged by the public benefits of their contribution, the degree of improvement in important performance metrics, innovative design, development or application engineering, and favorable influence of their input on technical professions.
Recipients of the IEEE award will receive a gold medal, a bronze replica, a certificate, and a cash prize for their efforts.
