The Career CenTer hosTed iTs annual spring expo Job & internship Fair. The Fair was held at the sJsu event Center and housed over 80 employers representing local businesses and companies from all over the world. of those that attended, 51% were seeking engineering majors. of those, 56% were looking for interns. a few of the companies present included: lockheed Martin, Playstation, Kla Tencor, Target, and iBM. The job fair was a great opportunity for students to speak with potential employers and gain valuable interviewing experiences.

a few of our student members had the opportunity to be a host and direct the visiting employers to their respective booths. This gave our student members an exclusive time frame to share with them their resumes and interests with their company in a more casual setting.

For more information about the sJsu Career Center please visit: www.careercenter.sjsu.edu

UP 2 SPEED

Career Exposure

Volume 2: Issue 18 March 2010

An SAE International Newsletter for Sponsors, Professionals, Faculty, and Students

For the past several years, our SAE International student chapter has been utilizing the Industrial Lectureship Program that SAE offers to its collegiate chapters. We have had the privilege of hosting presentations for SAE Lecturer and Senior Technology Consultant in the Technical Insights Division of Frost & Sullivan, Larry Rinek, and they are always interesting.

Mr. Rinek’s last presentation was held in the beginning of the month and focused on the Convair’s F-106 Delta Dart. His presentation included technical topics, video clips, posters of calculations, and even an original copy of the operations manual for the F-106. According to Mr. Rinek, Convair’s F-106 Delta Dart served our country well for almost 40 years, first with USAF’s Air Defense Command (ADC), then the Air National Guard (ANG), and finally NASA. The F-106, successor to the slower F-102 Delta Dagger, had one mission—intercepting airspace intruders, especially Soviet bombers, quickly, and effectively with lethal force (including air-to-air nuclear-tip missiles). For more information about the SAE Lectureship Program please visit: http://students.sae.org/chapters/lectureship/

F-106 Delta Dart with Larry Rinek

Student Leadership Council

Dr. Vanessa Rivera, Executive Director of the Engineering Success Center, and the College of Engineering started something known as the College Of Engineering Student Leadership Council on September 24, 2008.

The COE SLC is a forum for student leaders from engineering student organizations to collaborate and work together to help promote a multidisciplinary environment in the COE. Being involved with the SLC student leaders are given an opportunity to act as ambassadors and role models for the COE at a variety of events and programs. After only eighteen months, the SLC program has really made an effective effort to get more students involved. A few of the student organizations that actively participate in the SLC include the SJSU student chapters of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Pi Tau Sigma, Society of Latino Engineers and Scientists, Society of Women Engineers, and our very own SAE International. We would like to say THANK YOU to Dr. Rivera for all the amazing things you have done for the COE and its students. We wish you the very best in your new and exciting endeavors. We already miss you.

Formula’s frame and body team was once again looking for material that would suffice for the undercarriage of the vehicle’s frame. This year we reached out to Vice President Justin Sparr of Aerospace Composite Products (ACP) and were pleased to hear he would make a contribution to the project. A small contingency of the team set up a visit to ACP’s facilities to have a look at what was offered and at the same time get an inside look of their business practices. The site housed a press, CNC machines, and an autoclave among other relevant appliances. The visit was a great success from a very knowledgeable materials supplier to the generous product donations. Now, with ACP Composites’ generous donation, the floor board and underside of the frame for SR-2 will be mounted with carbon-fiber sandwiched honey-comb panels in the coming days.

Six configurations of fiberglass lay-up were tested in order to find the optimal material in the design consideration for the SR-2 driver’s seat. Based off of team members’ experience and knowledge of composites, as well as available material, the six configurations for testing were decided to be as following with layers from top to bottom and numbered accordingly to the picture above:

1. 2x Fiberglass weave, 1x Fiberglass mat, 1x Fiberglass weave

2. 2x Fiberglass weave, 2x Fiberglass mat,1x Fiberglass weave

3. 2x Fiberglass weave,1x Aluminum flex core, 2x Fiberglass weave

4. 1x Fiberglass weave,1x aluminum flex core (strip), 2x Fiberglass weave

5. 8x Fiberglass weave

6. 2x Fiberglass weave, 1x Aero-Mat, 2x Fiberglass weave

The samples were laid-up with epoxy resin and vacuum bagged to simulate the fabrication of the final seat. After curing, the samples were then cut to uniform strips, 2”x8”, and weighed. Static load testing was used to measure the stiffness of each sample.

Although configuration 3 turned out to have the highest stiffness-to-weight ratio due to its exceptionally high level of stiffness, we decided that the level of stiffness it provided was unnecessary for the extra weight it came with, being 33% heavier than the second stiffest sample, configuration 6. Sample 6, with Aero-Mat, sponsored by ACP Composites, had a much more suitable stiffness for the seat.

For the final seat, we may decide to use ridges and patches of Aero-Mat where high areas of stress will be applied, or we may use a combination of Aero-Mat and aluminum flex core where the aluminum core will be applied, minimally, at critically high points of stress.

Special thanks to Raycon for their generous donation of Fiberglass.

Between the Layers

Formula SAE would like to give a special thanks to Diana, Bob and all the employees from SWIFT Metal Finishing for allowing us to anodize our aluminum parts. We now have great looking wheel centers. Upcoming we will also have drive brackets and suspension components. Interestingly enough, anodizing parts will not contribute to our SAE vehicle cost report, allowing us the freedom to do all of our aluminum parts if needed. SWIFT is located at Santa Clara and provide zinc, nickel, anodizing, chemical film and other metal finishes. They could be reached at:

SWIFT Metal Finishing 1161 Richard Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050-2843 (408) 727-5776

With one month remaining until competition, the Formula-Hybrid@SJSU team has stepped up to a whole new level in design and manufacturing. Regularly seeing sunrise from within the shop, the team has come to a level of commitment so far unheard of. Project seniors such as Matt Kihlthau, Carlos Velasco, Christian Marrufo, and Gabe Crisologo have all answered the call and are leading the charge in these last few weeks.

Chassis and Powertrain have both seen dramatic progress in the month of March, moving from largely dysfunctional systems to tried-and-true performers. The driveline was completed along with the engine/generator interface. The fuel tank was manufactured and mounted, remounted, and then mounted one more time for good measure.

With the mechanical systems nearing completion, the ball gets handed off to the Electronics Team. Without a functional battery pack and having just mounted motor controllers, we found ourselves pressed to solve key troubleshooting issues within the electronics of our vehicle. Currently the final stages of battery testing and optimization are occurring and the battery management system is being prepped for installation.

Watch the team complete the final steps of their march to New Hampshire on the team’s photobucket: Formula Hybrid @ SJSU

Our SJSU Formula SAE Team had an exclusive interview for the Spring Update News cast in front of the Tower. Team members Shaun Flickner, Morgan Crouch, Ruben Delgadillo, John Wolf, Jayden Laughtner, and Jeff Yan were out there to set up SR-1 and SR-2, making sure both cars looked their best for the camera.

During set up, a few of our members got a chance to go behind the scenes of the news show which airs Monday mornings at 1 AM. They were given a quick tour of the studio and the production room with its wall of tv screens.

SR-1 and 2 were set outside in front of the fountain near the Tower. In such a conspicuous part of school, we got plenty of students, faculty, and even a tour group of upcoming students taking notice. This gave us a great chance to promote Formula SAE and mention Formula Hybrid as well as Baja to those who were interested.

We would like to thank reporter Diana Nguyen for giving us this opportunity to get some airtime and share with all the viewers what SAE International has to offer.

SWIFT Metal Finishing

Crunch TimeIn The News

Thank You to Our Sponsors Upcoming EvEntsApril 1, 2010

Formula HybridAccumulator Data Due

April 3, 2010 8AM-5PMFormula SAE

Volunteering at BWMCCAMarina Airport

April 5, 2010 Formula SAE

Cost Report Due

April 8, 2010College of Engineering

Engineering Awards Banquet Fairmont Hotel, San Jose

April 12, 2010 Formula Hybrid

Design Report and Spec Sheet Due

April 13-15, 2010SAE World Congress

Detroit, Michigan

April 17, 2010 9AM-2PMCollege of Engineering

Open HouseEngineering Building

April 28, 2010 12:30PM-1:30PMSAE General Meeting

2011 SAE Officer ElectionsEngineering Building, Room E114b

May 1, 2010Formula SAE

Design Report and Spec Sheet Due

May 3-6, 2010Formula Hybrid Competition

New Hampshire Motor Speedway

May 19-22, 2010Baja SAE CompetitionWestern Washington

June 16-19, 2010Formula SAE California Competition

Fontana Auto Club Speedway

For more events and updates please visit:www.engr.sjsu.edu/sae/calendar.html

Newsletter Staff

Editors/Writers: Jeff Yan Randy Floresca

Writers: Cody ClausenJosh HoganRuben DelgadilloThomas Harada

Randy Floresca, PresidentSAE International SJSU

(510) 206 - 3229randyfloresca@gmail.com

www.engr.sjsu.edu/sae

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