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SAE/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer award winner Amy Jones receives plaque from SAE board member Landon Sproull of Paccar Inc. at 2017 SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress awards luncheon.Photo: The Association of Equipment Manufacturers
A senior engineer with John Deere has won the 2017 Outstanding Young Engineer Award.
Amy Jones, who works in John Deere’s construction and forestry division, received the award at the SAE 2017 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress held earlier this year in Rosemont, Ill.
SAE International and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers “established the award in 1996 to recognize an outstanding young engineer in the off-highway or power plant industry,” said a Nov. 29 news release from the AEM.
“We are pleased to support SAE and recognize the next generation as we promote industry workforce development and excellence,” the release quoted Mike Pankonin, AEM’s senior director of technical and safety services. “We commend Amy for her work and dedication and wish her continued success.”
Jones has been in her current position with John Deere since 2014. She joined the company in 2010 after having completed three internships as an undergrad, the release said. Her career as a project engineer began with Sachs Electric Company in St. Louis.
Currently pursuing a system and design management certificate from MIT, Jones earned her MS in electrical engineering from Purdue University.
Jones is also active in the Society of Women Engineers as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE-USA chose her as its New Face of Engineering in 2014.