Nominations Now Open for the ARM Institute’s 2024 Champion Awards
The Champions Awards program recognizes leaders from across the Institute’s 400+ member organization ecosystem.
Nominations are now open for the 2024 ARM Institute Champion Awards! ARM Champion awards recognize individuals at member organizations who have gone above and beyond to advocate for and further the ARM Institute’s mission. Individuals must be members of the ARM Institute to be eligible. ARM Champions are recognized in-person at the ARM Institute’s Annual Member Meeting, which will take place September 23-25, 2024 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Note that our Annual Member Meeting is open only to ARM Members. Members may register in the Member Community. Email [email protected] for support or questions.
Members may nominate a fellow Member or submit a self-nomination. The ARM Institute’s internal team also submits Champion nominations.
Nominations are due on June 28, 2024.
Criteria for Selection
The ARM Member being nominated for the ARM Champion Award must have evidence of making an impact on the organization beyond typical ARM Member duties.
These contributions to the ARM Institute can include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Leadership in the success or transition of an ARM Institute Funded Project (not necessarily as a PI)
- Involvement on an ARM Institute Council, Committee, or Working Group,
- Encouraging other organizations to join the ARM Membership
- Presenting about the ARM Institute at conferences, trade shows, or other events
- Making other ARM Members feel welcomed to the consortium
Nominate an ARM Champion Here
Past Recipients
Previously awarded ARM Champions include:
- Corey Adams (Universal Robots)
- Maria Araujo (Johnson & Johnson)
- Clint Chapman (Yaskawa)
- SK Gupta (USC/GrayMatter)
- Mingu Kang (ARIS Technology)
- Jeannine Kunz (SME)
- Changliu Liu (CMU)
- Dan Mantz (REC Foundation)
- Tom Mudano (AmSkills)
- Ritch Ramey (A3 – Association for Advancing Automation)
- Curtis Richardson (Spirit AeroSystems)
- Eugen Solowjow (Siemens)
- Nihad Alfaysale (former ARM Institute Government Chief Technology Adviser)
- Juan Aparicio (Reshape Automation)
- Roger Christian (Yaskawa)
- Michel Conklin (Southwest Bots IQ)
- Laura Evans (Fanuc)
- Debbie Franklin (Wichita State University)
- Shane Groves (Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex)
- Greg Hudas (ARM Institute Government Program Manager)
- Carley Mollica (Lockheed Martin)
- Martin Philo (GrayMatter Robotics)
- Aaron Prather (ASTM)
- Matt Robinson (Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and ROS-Industrial)
- Ted Rozier (Festo)
- Brian Wilson (Duro UAS).
Sponsor Our Champion Awards Celebration
Each year, the ARM Champions Awards receive greater attention both within the member ecosystem and greater public awareness. New for the 2024 is the opportunity to take your impact to the next level by sponsoring our ARM Champion Awards. This is a sole sponsorship opportunity for a member organization. The ARM Champion sponsor will receive the following:
- On stage with Jay Douglass, ARM Institute Chief Operating Officer, to hand awards to new ARM Champions.
- Logo displayed during awards dinner.
- Mentioned in post-event press release with a quote.
- Included in printed program and opportunity to provide material.
Explore sponsorship
Email [email protected] with interest in this or other Member Meeting sponsorship opportunities. Note that the sponsor must be an ARM Institute Member.
Thank You to Our Event Sponsors and Platinum Members
Thank you to our sponsors for supporting this important event and, by doing so, helping to strengthen U.S. manufacturing!
ABOUT THE ARM INSTITUTE
The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute is a Manufacturing Innovation Institute (MII) funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense under Agreement Number W911NF-17-3-0004 and is part of the Manufacturing USA® network. The ARM Institute leverages a unique, robust, and diverse ecosystem of over 400 consortium members and partners across industry, academia, and government to make robotics, autonomy, and artificial intelligence more accessible to U.S. manufacturers large and small, train and empower the manufacturing workforce, strengthen our economy and global competitiveness, and elevate national security and resilience. Based in Pittsburgh, PA since 2017, with a regional office in St. Petersburg, FL, the ARM Institute is leading the way to a future where people and robots work together to respond to our nation’s greatest challenges and to produce the world’s most desired products. For more information, visit www.arminstitute.org and follow the ARM Institute on LinkedIn and X(Twitter).