The winners

Each year the staff at Design News looks forward to this issue because in putting it together we get to work with some of the world's most gifted and imaginative engineers. Take Brian Muirhead, our Engineer of the Year, who accomplished the impossible with the widely acclaimed Mars Pathfinder. Or Cincinnati Milacron's Horst Maack, winner of our 1998 Quality Award, whose engineering talents helped bring his company back from near extinction. In the following pages, we salute the special achievements of all the individuals and organizations recognized in this year's Engineering Awards Program.

Engineer of the Year

Special Achievement Award

Engineering Quality Award

Best Product of the Year

Excellence in Design Contest Winners

First PlaceMacNeal Schwendler $5,000 Prizes

Excellence in CAD DesignMicrosoft $10,000 Award

Second PlaceBose Lifesytler 20 Music System

Third PlaceEdmund Scientific Telescope