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SETC Award

This award is bestowed at the annual Small Engine Technology Conference (SETC) co-hosted by SAE International and the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) in recognition of technology employed in small engines (excluding automobiles and aircraft) and/or parts utilized in motorcycles, farm machinery, generators, outboard motors, etc.
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2023 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Development of Lightweight Oil Catch Tank Produced by Laser Powder Bed Fusion
Recipient(s)
Keita Watanabe, Hirotaka Kurita, Shinya Iwasaki
Materials Division, Manufacturing Technology Center

2023 SETC High Quality Presentation Award

Awarded
Effect of Impurity Elements in Recycled Ingots on Seizure Properties of Die-Cast Cylinders made of Hypereutectic Al-Si Alloy
Recipient(s)
Atsushi Owada, Takaharu Suzuki
Materials Division, Manufacturing Technology Center

2017 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
The Effect of Tempering Conditions on the Delayed Fracture Characteristics of Carburized Steels
Recipient(s)
Yoichi Inoue
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Toshiya Ohta
Manufacture Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Hirotaka Kurita
Advanced Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2015 SETC Best Paper Award

Awarded
Analysis of Mixture Formation Process in a PFI Motorcycle Engine
Recipient(s)
Minoru Iida, Hisashi Goto, et al.
Powertrain Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2015 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Development of Fracture-split Connecting Rods Made of Titanium Alloy for Use on Supersport Motorcycles
Recipient(s)
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kosuke Doi
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Takeshi Murakami
Manufacturing Technology Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

Yuuki Kojima, Tetsu Miura
Unit Engineering Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2014 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Friction Measurement of Al-17%Si Monolithic Cylinder with using Newly Developed Floating Liner Device
Recipient(s)
Tatsuhiko Sato
Motor Sports Development Division, Technology Center

Hirotaka Kurita, et al.
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2013 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Application of Vacuum Assisted Carbide Dispersion Carbonitriding to Connecting Rods
Recipient(s)
Tsuyoshi Kubota
Materials Division, Component Section, Engine Unit

2013 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Reduced-Order Modeling of Intake Air Dynamics in Single-Cylinder Four-Stroke Engine
Recipient(s)
Shun-ichi Akama, Yasunori Murayama, Shigeho Sakoda
Fundamental Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2012 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Development of Lightweight DLC Coated Valve Lifter Made from Beta Titanium Alloy for Motorcycles
Recipient(s)
Hirotaka Kurita, Kosuke Doi
Component Section, Engine Unit

2011 SETC Best Paper Award/ High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Influence of Injection and Flame Propagation on Combustion in Motorcycle Engine – Investigation by Visualization Technique –
Recipient(s)
Miki Yumoto, Kazuhiro Goto, Shouichi Kato, Minoru Iida
Powertrain Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2010 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Analysis of Port Injected Fuel Spray Under Cross Wind Using 2-D Measurement Techniques
Recipient(s)
Minoru Iida, et al.
Powertrain Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2009 SETC High Quality Paper Award/High Quality Presentation Award

Awarded
Fuel Film Behavior Analysis Using Simulated Intake Port
Recipient(s)
Minoru Iida, Keiichi Yoshikawa, et al.
Powertrain Technology Research Division, Research & Development Section, Technology Center

2007 SETC Best Paper Award

Awarded
Fuel Behavior Model-Based Injection Control for Motorcycle Port-Injection Gasoline Engines
Recipient(s)
Masaki Torigoshi
Advanced Technology Research Division, Research & Development Operations

Hiroki Tanabe, Shigeho Sakoda
Advanced System Research Division, Research & Development Operations

2007 SETC Best Paper Award

Awarded
Determination of Operating Ranges of Marine Engines
Recipient(s)
Daniel Jeffery Ostrosky, et al.

2005 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Fuel Cell System for Two-Wheeled Vehicles
Recipient(s)
Yasuyuki Muramatsu, Shuhei Adachi, Masatsugu Ohishi
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations

2005 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Effect of Elastic Deformation of the Honing Stone on the Exposure of Si-Crystals in a Hyper-Eutectic-Si Aluminum Cylinder Block
Recipient(s)
Hirotaka Kurita, Hiroshi Yamagata
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations

2005 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
A Study of Dry Centrifugal Clutch Judder
Recipient(s)
Tetsuya Kimura
Advanced Technology Research, Research & Development Operations

2004 SETC 10 Best Paper Award

Awarded
Development of Fracture Splitting Method for Case Hardened Connecting Rods
Recipient(s)
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Shinya Iwasaki, Tsuneo Isobe, Toshikatsu Koike
Research & Development Operations

1991 SETC High Quality Paper Award

Awarded
Model Test on Performance of Propellers Driven by an Outboard Motor
Recipient(s)
Yoshitsugu Sumino, et al.
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