Timken's Kotzalas Named SAE International/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer in Off-Highway Industry

Timken's Kotzalas Named SAE International/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer in Off-Highway Industry SAE International today announced Michael Kotzalas of The Timken Company in Canton, Ohio, has been named to receive the 2007 SAE International/Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Outstanding Young Engineer Award for the Off-Highway Industry. The award presented on Oct. 31, during the annual banquet scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Hotel Grand Ballroom in Rosemont, Ill, as part of the SAE Commercial Vehicle Congress & Exhibition running through Nov. 1. Kotzalas, age 34, is a technical group leader for The Timken Company. In this role, he is responsible for the application and design engineering of off-highway and marine power-transmission applications for the company's global customer base. Prior to Timken, he was a research assistant at the Applied Research Laboratory for The Pennsylvania State University. Kotzalas holds two U.S. patents for cylindrical roller bearing designs. He is the co-author of the fifth edition of Rolling Bearing Analysis (CRC Press, New York, 2006), an encyclopedic, two-text engineering reference widely regarded as the industry standard. He has also published nine papers in peer-reviewed journals and four papers in conference proceedings. He is the recipient of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Tribology Division's Best Paper Award and a two-time recipient of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers' (STLE) Hodson Award. A member of SAE International, Kotzalas is also a member of ASME, where he is secretary and treasurer of the Tribology Division, and STLE. He also instructs courses for the American Bearing Manufacturer's Association. Kotzalas holds his bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University. He resides in North Canton, Ohio.