The Society of Allied Weight Engineers (SAWE) goals are to promote mass properties engineering as a specialized discipline and to provide a means for those interested in mass properties engineering to work together to further their professional goals. Since it's inception in 1939, the SAWE has grown to include 22 chapters located in the United States, Canada, Central Europe, and the United Kingdom and has members from over 22 countries. The Society promotes technical interchange between its members through international and regional conferences, the Weight Engineering Journal, specialized training, technical papers and a growing number of professional publications.
2012 SAWE International Conference - Sponsorship Opportunities

May 5-10, 2012 Monarch Hotel, Bad Gögging, Germany
New Publication Award
Today’s SAWE Chapters are more likely to use e-mail or social networking to continually communicate among members than they are to publish a periodic Newsletter. For this reason, it has been decided to replace the Best Chapter Newsletter Award with an award for the Best Original Journal Article submitted by a member or chapter.
The rules for the Best Original Journal Article submittals are as follows:
- The article must be your work. Since it will be very difficult to impossible for “judges” to determine the originality of any article, you are on your honor.
- The article must be on some aspect of Mass Properties Engineering.
- The article must not have been previously published in Weight Engineering or as an SAWE Paper.
- Only one award will be made per year (May-April).
- Best is not synonymous with longest, i.e., keep the entries short enough to publish, but long enough to get your point across.
2012 Award Nominations
Nominations for Fellow, Honorary Fellow, and the Ed Payne Award are due March 2, 2012.
Any SAWE member may make a nomination. These prestigious awards designate an elite group of contributors to the SAWE and the field of mass properties engineering.
Call for Papers and Instructions to Authors
The SAWE is actively soliciting papers and presentations for the following Regional and International Conferences.






