Click on a COE Award to see a list of previous winners.

• COE College of Fellows 
• Award of Merit
• TOP GUN
• PLM Enterprise of the Year

COE College of Fellows
Noteworthy achievements and contributions to CAD/CAM/CAE, specifically as they impact Dassault Systèmes suite of products, deserve special recognition. Such special recognition can be furthered by election to the COE College of Fellows. 

Award of Merit Winners

As analysis, design and manufacturing pushes forward, old boundaries are overtaken and new perspectives are important for all members in our profession. Thus, this status of leadership establishes a high level of honor and visibility.

Two significant benefits of receiving the COE College of Fellows Award are:

(1) Free Lifetime COE Event registration
(2) Free Lifetime COE Individual membership 

Fellow Award Winners 

2007	Gunther Schuller, The Boeing Company
2005	Michael Payne, Spatial
2003	Francois Castaing, DaimlerChrysler
1999	David Aber, IBM
1997	Francis Bernard, Dassault Systèmes
1996	Kenneth Reinschmidt, Prescient Technologies
1996	Gus Olling, Chrysler
1996	Rodney Dreisbach, Boeing

 

COE Award of Merit 
This award is conferred annually to honor outstanding individual(s) from COE member companies, who in the judgment of Honor Awards Committee, have made valued, balanced contributions to the COE professional activities and growth. The Award of Merit is conferred upon an individual - not the indivdual's company. The emphasis is on the person's accomplishments as an individual rather than his/her company. 

2008 Winner

Gary Horynak from IBM In the words of COE Board Member David Aber, Ph. D.: Gary Hornyak is a highly regarded individual that has promoted excellence in the Infrastructure within the COE Organization.  His contribution and professionalism have been demonstrated throughout the years of active service in the COE organization. He has also promoted many working relationships outside the National Conferences (now Annual Conference program) and Industry Workshops.    Gary has served COE and made contribution over many years. He has been a speaker, bringing technology updates to the organization.  He has been a Chairman and also Division Manager.  He has dedicated many hours in the early day of setting and verifying Training Rooms.  He has also played an important role in getting our Workshops started.  The most recent example is the Development and Deploy Workshop.   Throughout all this contribution he has managed to build and maintain a good working relationship with COE’s Founding Partners – IBM and Dassault Systemes.   Throughout all the years he has been sponsored by his company. However, His contribution to our organization has been borne with individual passion and personal effort.

2008 Award of Merit Winner Gary Hornyak

 

2008	Gary Hornyak
2007	Tim Enns
2006	Catherine Bell
2006	William "BJ" Fries
2006	Jeff Toelsin
2005	Mark Van Horne
2004	Tom Cisler
2003	Jim Strawn
2003	Jim Barkelew
2003	Mark Chitjian
2002	James Cleland
2002	Didier Gaillard
2002	Robert Daniels
2002	Carl "Skip" Seibert
2001	Sohair VarnHagen
2001	Stephan Lewis
2001	Glenn Norman
2000	Nancy Rothwell
2000	Al Hoyle
2000	Gene Duncan
1999	Dave Brock
1999	Rick Marickovich
1998	John Freyman
1997	Joe Red
1997	Greg Chaney
1997	Bill Abramson
1996	Steve Doncov

COE Top Gun Contest
TOPGUN provides a vehicle for "Best of the Best" CATIA engineers and designers to test their skills at developing the most accurate and correctly structured three dimensional model, in the least amount of time. 

The purpose of Top Gun:

• Demonstrate variation in CATIA model quality
• Demonstrate variation in CATIA modeling techniques
• Provide the opportunity for a COE attendee to earn the bragging rights to the "Best CATIA Modeler"

Download the the 2008 Top Gun Results

CLICK HERE to download the 2008 TOP GUN Model to test your luck!

View an image of the model that was used in the 2007 Top Gun Competition

View the dimensions and directions for the 2008 model 

The Top Gun top three competitors at the COE 2008 Annual PLM Conference & TechniFair in Las Vegas, NV:

First Place:
Dell Precision™ M90 Mobile Workstation- sponsored by Dell

Kevin Morgan
ANXeBusiness Corp.


Second Place:
Gift Card- sponsored by RAND North America

Brian Brown
Wichita State University


Third Place:
Digital Camera - sponsored by TechniGraphics

Jim Strawn
Cessna Aircraft



TOP GUN Winners

Spring 2008 V5	Kevin Morgan, ANXeBusiness Corp.
Spring 2007 V5	Brian Brown, Wichita State University
Spring 2006 V5	Nathan Shipley, Wichita State University
Spring 2005 V5	Roger Joyal, Airbus
Fall 2003 V4	Chris Sameck, Freightliner
Fall 2003 V5	DJ Ninagawa, INCS
Spring 2003 V4	Changsoo Suh, Hyundai Motors
Spring 2003 V5	Janelle Beczak, Cessna Aircraft
Fall 2002 V4	Dave Baldwin, Northwest CAD Services
Fall 2002 V5	Ralph Templin, Delphi Automotive
Spring 2002 V4	Junya Uramoto, INCS
Spring 2002 V5	Jim Strawn, Cessna Aircraft
Fall 2001 V4	Andy Dretzka, P&H Mining Equipment
Fall 2001 V5	Jang Ju Hyun, Korea Aerospace
Spring 2001 V4	Roger Joyal, Boeing
Spring 2001 V5	Rick Van Wetten, Siemens Canada
Fall 2000	Dave Baldwin, Northwest CAD Service
Fall 2000	Gary Fisher, Black & Decker
Spring 2000	Jeff Roark, Johnson Controls
Fall 1999	Roger Joyal, Boeing Military Division
Fall 1999	Rob Dunn, Bombardier deHavilland
Spring 1999	Matthew Hillyer, Taylor Machines
Fall 1998	Jim Strawn, Cessna Aircraft
Spring 1998	Ivan Kaszycki, Behr Climate Systems, Inc.
Fall 1997	Todd Doyle, AlliedSignal
Spring 1997	Andrew Ray, DECS
Fall 1996	Douglas Vargo, Autoliv

COE PLM Enterprise of the Year Award
The PLM Enterprise of the Year award acknowledges COE member companies that have achieved significant business results through their organizations' adoption of product lifecycle management. It recognizes successful PLM implementations and serves as a model for fellow COE Members and IBM and Dassault Systèmes customers seeking to increase profitability by expanding their markets centered on new, innovative products, while reducing costs.
 
Previous Enterprise of the Year Winners

 

Phil Harrison, COE Board of Directors Past President, Scott Baker, COE Board of Directors President and Dassault Systemes President, Bernard Charles, present the 2005 PLM Enterprise of the Year Award to representatives from Lowen and Northrop Grumman Corporation.