News for the Members of SAE International

UpdateDecember 2008

See SAE hElpS pAvE wAy, p. 5

SAE helps pave way for green racingLockheed Martin’s Wise tabbed as SAE’s new Aerospace Vice President

Inspiring the next generation of engineers

Charla K. Wise, Corporate Vice President of Lockheed Martin, is the 2009 nominee for Aerospace Vice President of SAE Interna-tional.

This elected position entails serving a three-year term on the SAE Board of Direc-tors starting in January 2009. Wise would succeed Ronald E. York, former Chief Oper-ating Officer of Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.

As SAE International’s Aerospace Vice President, Wise will be responsible for providing leadership and continuity for the SAE aerospace initiative and for integrating the needs of the aerospace industry in the society’s standards, events, and educational programs. SAE also elects vice presidents for its automotive and commercial-vehicle sectors.

Wise has served in the capacity of Vice President at Lockheed Martin for more than 10 years. Her positions have included Cor-porate Vice President, Technology, Environ-ment, Safety, and Health; Vice President, Engineering, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Vice President and Program Director, F-22 Program, Fort Worth; Vice President and Deputy, Company Operations, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics; Program Director, F-16 U.S. Air Force Programs.

Wise is a Fellow grade member of SAE International. She is an Adjunct Professor for the University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Aero Department. She is imme-diate past Chair of the Technical Operations Council of the Aerospace Industries Associa-tion. She holds a degree in aeronautical and aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor.

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The electric gear-driven toy vehicles emblazoned with SAE International in bold blue lettering convey a hands-on mes-sage to students that math and science equals creative fun.

Middle-school student teams from the Czech Republic, France, India, Mexico, Switzerland, and the U.S. have eight weeks to design, test, and build an electric gear-driven toy car. The Student Automotive Design Challenge (SADC), sponsored by Honeywell Transportation Systems and SAE International, is a first-year program for ages 11 to 14. SAE International’s A World in Motion program (which earned a 2008 National Science Foundation Public Service Award) integrates math, science, technology, social studies, and language arts and is the basis for the SADC.

“The students will remember this project a lot longer than

if they’d only read from a textbook about gears and forces and power. This program is a valuable asset to the classroom because it brings in real-world problem-solving skills, and it allows the students to meet with industry experts,” said Kim DuSablon, a teacher at Emerson Middle School in Livonia, MI.

Each team assembles a car from a Honeywell- and SAE-supplied kit of wing nuts, rubber collars, drive collars, rub-ber wheels, gears, gear axles, wheel axles, axle bushings, and other components, as well as a 3-V motor. The cars must be capable of doing one of the following maneuvers: trek 3 m (9.8 ft) in 3 s; climb a 1.0-m (3.3-ft) 15° ramp in 2 s; or ascend a 30° slope without a time restraint.

The vehicle needs a compound gear-set in order to climb the 30° incline, and designing such a gear-set is among the future lessons for DuSablon’s class. “We’ll have to find the

Old-timers might consider the concept of green racing to be an oxymoron, given that the main goal in racing is to finish first. But others can legitimately disagree. Recently, under the auspices of SAE International, unprecedented cooperation by an unlikely group of car makers, racing-series sanction-ing bodies, as well as the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmen-tal Protection Agency (EPA), has led to the formulation of the initial standard protocols to govern the means by which racing can go green.

Indeed, the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) has just instituted its Green Chal-lenge, whereby its race teams will be ranked according to their entries’ fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, and amount of petroleum use. “It’s not just PR spin,” stressed Scott Atherton, President and CEO of ALMS. “We believe that there’s real sub-stance to this ‘race within a race,’ especially since it has been validated by the EPA and DOE. We hope that the manufacturers and consumers agree.” The inaugural Green Challenge took place October 4 at the Petit Le Mans event in Braselton, GA.

“We need to pursue fresh ideas like green racing,” asserted Herb Fishel, former Execu-tive Director of General Motors Racing and SAE adviser on the topic. “The concept,” he explained, “is to connect to racing the bil-

lions of dollars that manufacturers spend on R&D, so as to leverage the motorsport com-munity’s proven ability to innovate technol-ogy rapidly.”

The society has provided a neutral plat-form by which to convene all the interested parties to look into opportunities offered by green racing, Fishel continued. “For this ini-tiative to go anywhere, it had to involve the interests of the entire industry, because the complexities of these issues go well beyond the normal capabilities of individual racing teams.”

Three years ago, EPA managers including John Glenn and Tom Ball, a Program Manager

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A Chevrolet Corvette C6.R driven by Johnny O’Connell, Jan Magnussen, and Ron Fellows in the GT1 class won the inaugural AlMS Green Challenge competition at this year’s petit le Mans race in Georgia.

See INSpIRING ThE NExT GENERATION, p.3

Calendar change brings changes to UpdateAt the beginning of the new year—starting with the February issue—Update will be exclusively published online in an exciting new form with full-color images, additional career-development information, and a more visually appealing design. While at the same time offer-ing both graphic and content enhancements, the digital format will help SAE International work towards its goal of becoming more environmentally friendly.

The digital format will also allow for circulation to be expanded beyond the current domestic SAE members to international and student members and open up the pos-sibility of including audio/video and direct links to other SAE Web content.

To ensure that members continue receiving future issues, they are encouraged to make sure their e-mail addresses are up to date by logging into MySAE—my.sae.org—and clicking the “Update Addresses” link or by calling 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970.

Please stay tuned for more information about this excit-ing new endeavor.

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Message from the President

During a September trip to Europe, 2008 SAE president Thomas w. Ryan III delivered a technical presentation on “Cost Effective, Fuel Efficient powertrains for the Future” at the FISITA 2008 world Automotive Congress in Munich, Germany. while in Germany, Ryan also hosted a send-off dinner in honor of Nobuo Okubo, the outgoing JSAE president. Okubo also served as vice president of the Internal/External Relations Committee of FISITA.

In Turin, Italy, Ryan (right) and SAE Executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer David l. Schutt (left) helped officially launch the SAE Turin section at a ceremony attended by more than 100 people representing the automotive and aerospace industries in the Turin area. Alberto poz, Chair of the Turin section, and the president of the Turin Chamber of Commerce were presented with a plaque commemorating the inauguration of the section.

Ryan and Schutt were also on hand for the inaugural Formula SAE Italy sponsored by ATA (Italian Society of Automotive Engineers) in collaboration with SAE International at the Fiorano Race Track. A total of 32 schools from Europe and one from India participated in the event, with a team from Russia looking on.

SAE President, EVP make stops in Germany, Italy

Understanding and anticipating disruptive technologyIn previous articles, I have written about the extensive travel schedule of the SAE International President. Over the course of this year, I will have traveled to eight countries and more than 20 cities. This travel has given me an opportunity to at-tend several conferences and to meet and talk to people from several areas of the mobility industry.

My work experience in the mobility industry covers some elements of all three of the sectors currently identified by SAE—aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle. So, before starting my term as President, I was aware of the fact that we are working in a rapidly changing industry. After my experiences this year, I am now convinced that our business-es are changing at an even more rapid pace than I thought even 10 months ago.

At Southwest Research Institute, we often talk about “dis-ruptive technology advances.” These are technical advances that will dramatically change the nature of our business. Some examples from history include the development of the production line, personal computers, and cell phone communication, to name a few. In most cases, these break-through technologies offer significant opportunities for those prepared for the pending changes. For the unprepared, the changes almost always are disastrous.

The experiences that I have had this year in the automotive sector tell me that we are moving into a period of “disrup-tive technology” development. The introduction of hybrid powertrains, advanced battery developments, and current discussion on plug-in, range-extended, and pure electric vehicles, all lead me to this conclusion.

At SAE International we see these developments as an opportunity; and we are preparing for the changes that are coming. Sessions focused on various aspects of the new technologies have been included in our congresses, techni-

cal meetings, and symposia. Work also has begun on the development of the technical standards needed to enable these new technologies to be introduced into the market.

This work, as with all of SAE’s activities, is made possible through the efforts of our dedicated members. The job of the SAE member leadership is to provide the opportunities and resources needed to accomplish this important work.

On the SAE Board of Directors, we are working on a new, all-inclusive strategic planning process that will ensure that we recognize and ad-equately support the evolution of these important technolo-gies brought forth by our members.

Such initiatives have been and will continue to be crucial to the success of SAE.

I welcome all constructive comments and input. Please feel free to e-mail updatemessage@sae.org.

Thomas W. Ryan III2008 President

SAE International

Editorial

Update well prepared for switch to digitalAs noted on the cover of this issue, change will be com-ing to more than Washington, D.C., in 2009 as Update takes on a new shape in the form of an online publica-tion. The time is right to make this change, as more and more members have become familiar with digital magazines and web publication as a result of SAE’s ef-forts through its engineering trade magazines—Aerospace Engineering & Manufacturing, Automotive Engineering International, and SAE Off-Highway Engineering—in recent years.

In addition to maintaining and upgrading their print versions, those magazines have been available to all mem-bers in a digital format since April 2006. Those valuable years of experience will be used to help Update take on an attractive design and user-friendly format in its new venture.

As we make this transition, we are also interested in hearing from members and will likely be reaching out in the form of a reader survey and other mailings in the com-ing weeks. Members are advised to keep an eye on their e-mail inbox for the questionnaire invite and to offer their insights via that survey on what content they would like to see in future issues.

Update will continue to be the primary source for SAE International news and happenings and will maintain many of its current departments. As a result of the changing climate in the automotive industry, we are also interested in exploring more career-related topics in the future.

Perhaps the most exciting benefit of this change is that Update will be made available to more members than pre-viously possible, as circulation expands into student and international membership. Making this information avail-able to all members will only help to promote its activities worldwide and open up the channels for including more global content.

Matthew R. MonaghanEditor, Update

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A World In Motion

GM Orion Assembly Center engineers show support for AWIMTwo teachers from Paint Creek Elementary in Lake Orion, MI, approached General Mo-tors engineers from the Lake Orion Assem-bly Center and asked if there was a program that could be presented in their science classes that would engage the students in a hands-on manner.

The Orion engineers formed a team of volunteers to introduce a balloon-powered JetToy car to the students. A World In Mo-tion (AWIM) was offered to more than 100 fourth-grade students over a six-week pe-riod. The students explored Newton’s laws on force, motion, and gravity.

Each team of three students designed a JetToy car that had to perform to certain cri-teria. Encountering real-world engineering design problems, the students learned that everything does not go right the first time, but careful observations and test data usu-ally reveal the problem. They also learned that a prototype is a test vehicle where variables are changed, one at a time, similar to how engineers operate in the real world, collecting data with every test they perform.

The students were enthusiastic and every-one was eager to participate. The GM Orion Assembly Center presented each student with an AWIM T-shirt and gym bag. The GM engineers were presented with a book of thank-you letters written by the students who participated in the program. The teach-ers, Kerry Shuert and Peggy Spencer, are anticipating the return of the mentors for another experience next year.

Classroom turns into engineering workshopKaren Chappell’s classroom at Franklin School in Saddle Brook, NJ, took on the appearance of an engineering workshop as her sixth-grade class recently completed the AWIM Motorized Toy Car project. This en-gineering endeavor provided students with a unique opportunity to enhance and apply their skills and knowledge across multiple areas of curriculum.

In relation to science, students explored the laws of motion and investigated the

concepts of force, speed, acceleration, and friction. Throughout the multiple phases of the project, the students applied the sci-entific method as they worked together in groups as design teams. Mathematics was an important component of the project. The stu-dents calculated ratios, collected, organized and displayed data, and utilized formulas for distance and time.

Oral presentation skills, critical reading, and persuasive writing were all areas of the language arts curriculum. Additionally, the subject area of social sciences was addressed when students examined the history of engineering and analyzed past and recent contributions made by engineers and inven-tors. Technology received special emphasis as the student teams experienced the engi-neering process first-hand by designing and constructing their Motorized Toy Cars.

The students developed essential life skills such as interpersonal communication, rea-soning/critical thinking, time management, and problem solving as a result of their participation in the project.

Teachers get hands-on educationIn pursuit of ways to make students more interested in math and science, a group of teachers gathered to learn about AWIM dur-ing a two-day teacher training workshop. Lisa Chapleau, a teacher from Eastside High School in Lancaster, CA, has been looking for more hands-on education with her stu-dents. Simply stated, “My science kids get bored,” said Chapleau.

SAE International’s visit occurred as the Antelope Valley Career Prep Council was celebrating Career-Technical Education Month. Business, industry, parents, and community members were invited to at-tend a series of events, including an AWIM demonstration, to learn about programs available within the Antelope Valley District. “This is investigating cause-and-effect rela-tionships and can be applied to all sciences,” said teacher James Stockdale.

The AWIM program was made possible through the efforts of volunteers such as

Randy Scott of Edwards Air Force Base and Rich Johannesen from the Southern Califor-nia Section of SAE. The impact that these volunteers were able to make on teachers in the Antelope Valley District will be felt for many years to come.

Talented and Gifted programThe Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas sponsored the annual three-week residential program for gifted students in grades seven through nine. The SMU pro-gram is one of only four regional programs in the U.S. The program drew approximately 80 students from across the country and a few foreign countries. The highest percent-age of students resided in Texas.

Two of the courses offered during the TAG program used elements of A World In Motion (AWIM) Skimmer, JetToy, and Motorized Toy Car challenges to demon-strate engineering principles. However, the greatest benefit was the experiences that the students were exposed to during their stay on the SMU campus. These new experiences, combined with their ability to prove they can excel in science, math, and engineering, served as reinforcement of their potential

interest in engineering and future college experience.

Johnson Controls presses Accelerator Johnson Controls is committed to employee involvement in the communities in which it does business. Employees from Johnson Controls Automotive Experience business in Plymouth and Holland, MI, became active participants in AWIM in spring 2008. They participated in pilot classes held in more than 18 classrooms, involving more than 75 Johnson Controls employee volunteers and 600 students in the Skimmer and Jet Toy curriculum.

The program’s success has grown for the 2008-09 school year. Nine local companies, led and coordinated by Johnson Controls, are part of AWIM the first district-wide proj-ect in the Plymouth-Canton School District. The program’s plans include expanding to 150 collaborating company volunteers and approximately 3000 students in nearly 115 classrooms.

The Johnson Controls AWIM program was the recipient of General Motors’ 2008 Accelerator Award, which is given to the company or volunteer who has contributed significantly to the growth of the program.

Engineers from General Motors’ lake Orion Assembly Center helped introduce AwIM’s JetToy challenge to students at paint Creek Elementary in lake Orion, MI.

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perfect spot for all the gears, but it’s our goal to get up that [30°] ramp,” Ryan Pace said as his teammates Alejandro Castillo and Logan Wilamowski nodded in agreement.

After spending about 50 min in the science classroom, DuSablon’s students walk to the middle school’s library. From several desktop computers, the students compose online messages to students at Fostoria Middle School in Ohio, and they read comments posted from their peers in Switzerland. In addition to the online forum used by all student teams, a public website (www.honeywell-sae.com) provides family and friends a venue for monitoring program happenings, including the announcement of the finalists in late November.

When possible, Honeywell engineers and marketing rep-resentatives talk with students in the classroom. “Honeywell recognizes the need to have innovative thinkers come into the workplace to help sustain the drive toward more fuel-efficient vehicles, and this program helps students get excited about pursuing a technical career path,” said Steve McKinley, Direc-tor of Engineering and Product Assurance for Commercial Vehicles at Honeywell Turbo Technologies in Plymouth, MI.

“SAE International and Honeywell plan to continue the SADC for students beyond 2008-09,” said Matt Miller, SAE International’s K-12 Education Programs Manager. “Our goal is to sustain participation from existing schools, expand the participation within those schools by including more classrooms, and look for opportunities to include new schools and Honeywell sites across the world.”

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Winter protection tips for your car, home

New member benefit programs announcedSeveral new SAE Member Benefit Partner Programs, which provide discounted rates and special services on insurance and personal benefits to SAE International members, have recently been added.

SAE has established a partnership with T-Mobile to pro-vide discounted wireless mobile service and equipment to SAE members. SAE members will receive a 10% discount on any T-Mobile rate plan, waived activation fees, and special discounts on wireless handsets. For more information about T-Mobile services available to SAE members, please visit sae.org/membership/benefits/tmobile.htm, or call 866-464-8662, option 3, and mention Promo Code 10074TMOFAV.

A new individual health insurance plan is available to members through Hartland Insurance Group. The Medalist II plan enables participants to tailor a plan to meet individu-al coverage and budget needs. All plans include an accident benefit, physician services, preventive care, hospital and emergency room services, and prescription drug coverage.

Additionally, a new Health Savings Account (HSA) pro-gram through Hartland’s Next Generation HSA offers mem-bers comprehensive coverage and the opportunity to pay for their share of qualified medical expenses with tax-free funds.

Taking a little time to prepare your car and home for the winter season can help ensure your safety, as well as protect you from unexpected financial or legal concerns.

Properly performing tires, engine, lights, and wiper blades are all essential for safe winter operation. Make sure your tire treads are in shape to grip snow- or ice-covered surfaces. A winter engine check is also recommended to ensure that your battery, coolant, belts, hoses, and electrical system are in condition for reliable cold starts. A tune-up may also be beneficial.

Wiper blades should be replaced once or twice per year. During the winter, ice, snow, and freezing rain can damage thin blades, so triple-blade wipers designed for bad weather are a safety-conscious option. Finally, check the operation of your headlights and turn signals.

In addition, keeping a number of items in your car as a precautionary measure can provide assistance in cases of in-clement weather. Put a small snow shovel in your trunk for emergency digging around tires. Extra gloves, a flashlight, an ice scraper, paper towels, flares, and jumper cables may also come in handy.

Winter can also bring a mix of potential problems for your home. Fireplace safety should be a priority. To meet your

when preparing for winter, it is a good idea to make sure tire treads are in shape to grip snow- or ice-covered surfaces.

For more information on the individual health plan and HAS program, call 800-682-6881 or visit www.hartlandinsur-ancegroup.com.

SAE members can now take advantage of the leisure travel services and expertise of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. Through the company’s vacation website, members can book vaca-tions with access to preferred rates and discounts on airfare, hotels, rental cars, vacation packages and cruises. For more information, call 800-466-7801 and ask for the SAE Member Leisure Department.

The Liberty Mutual Auto Buying Service provides mem-bers with the opportunity to research new or used vehicles, access reviews, view photos, locate a local dealership, and get no-haggle, up-front pricing. For more details on this new program, visit www.libertymutualgreen.com.

The benefits available through SAE’s Partner Programs can save members more than the cost of an annual membership and they return royalties to help support SAE’s development and educational programs. To find out more about all of the benefit programs available to SAE members, visit www.sae.org/membership/benefits/.

insurance obligations, schedule chimney inspections and cleaning at least once a year (more often if you frequently use your fireplace). Dirty chimneys should be swept, and even clean fireplaces should be monitored while a fire is burning.

If candles or a space heater are in use, keep newspapers, books, and curtains at least three feet away. Check batteries in smoke detectors, and disconnect any extension cords that are hot to the touch.

Members on the moveGerald Goguen (Aff’96) has been named Executive Vice President of Greenwich AeroGroup Inc., a holding company that owns and operates full-service providers of general aviation services. He will be responsible for developing and implementing the company’s strategic initiatives, both in the U.S. and internationally, to drive organic growth and the company’s strategy for growth through acquisitions.

Dr. Herbert Hanselmann (Mbr’94), Managing Partner of dSpace GmbH, has been selected as Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 by Ernst & Young. He received the award in the category “Information and Communication Technology/Media.” The title is awarded to entrepreneurs who excel at growing and sustaining business-es in their respective fields.

Matthew E. Hargett (Mbr’92), Chief Engineer, Honda R&D Americas Inc., has been honored by the Au-tomotive Hall of Fame as one of four Young Leaders, who represent the next generation of leadership in the motor vehicle industry.

John C. Lane Jr. (Mbr’08) has been appointed Director of Purchasing for North American operations at Buehler Motor Inc. (BMI). He will manage BMI’s current purchasing activities and strengthen its supplier base to position the company for growth in North America. He will also be responsible for developing and implementing growth strate-gies for BMI in automotive, aero-space, business automation, medical devices, and other target industries. Lane previously was General Man-ager of Purchasing for Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. of America.

James Masiak (Mbr’71) has become an ARi Consultant. Masiak has 30-plus years of domestic and international ex-pertise in noise & vibration, product life-cycle management, corporate management, and systems engineering. Masiak spent three years as Engineering Manager for the General Motors International Operations, Adam Opel operation in Germany. As a registered ARi Consultant, Masiak will utilize his expertise in program management, competitive analy-sis, process development, product cost process, corporate management, international business and culture, and busi-ness training curricula and delivery, in the U.S. as well as internationally.

Wayne A. Vaughn (Mbr’81) has joined Vesta Partners LLC as a Principal Consultant. Prior to joining Vesta, Vaughn served as Director of Maintenance for Harley-Davidson’s Power-train Operations in Milwaukee, where he worked for 28 years. In his new position, he will provide Vesta customers with strategic and tactical consulting services to develop and implement maintenance improvement initiatives.

Sidewalks and driveways should be continually cleared and salted to avoid liability suits. Outdoor lighting and out-side faucets should also be checked for safety.

Easy checks on potential problems with your vehicle and home will keep you safe, and provide peace of mind this winter. For more information on protecting your car and home against risks, or to take advantage of special group discounts on auto and homeowners insurance, SAE members in Michigan and Indiana can contact Hartland Insurance Group at www.hartlandinsurancegroup.com, or 800-682-6881.

Policies are underwritten by Citizens Insurance Co. of America, Citizens Insurance Co. of the Midwest or The Hanover Insurance Co. Participation in the group auto and home insurance program is based upon group membership and company underwriting guidelines.

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at the agency’s Air Office, heard SAE’s Fishel advocating that the auto industry should find ways to make racing more relevant to the needs of current cars. “We all realized that it could be possible to take advantage of the synergies among the racing-series sanctioning bodies and the OEMs to encourage green technology and practices,” Ball said.

The result could be greater relevance for the series, as well as better technology and good publicity for the automak-ers. “It only made sense to use the innovation and rapid development that racing has always used to improve car performance to produce the green technology we all need,” he added.

After all, states former SAE President Greg Henderson, “In Formula One racing, a vehicle can go from concept to museum piece in as little as five weeks.” During such short periods, he noted, a race team can design a part, fabricate it, conduct structural and wind-tunnel tests, and then track-test it before running it in competition.

In addition to speeding technical development, green racing could help teach people on the street about saving the environment, maintained Bob Larsen, Senior Technol-ogy Advisor at the Center for Transportation Research at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). “We want to open the door to educating the fan base, and the public at large, about the full range of these sometimes complex issues—important lessons that everyone needs to learn.”

In early 2007, SAE International, in partnership with the DOE, EPA, the major auto manufacturers, the International Motor Sports Association, ALMS, MIA, the Sports Car Club of America, and other organizations, established the green-racing activity under the society’s Motorsports Council. Its mandate, said Anderson, is to devise the general green-tech-nology protocols that would set the stage for the sanctioning bodies to write their own rules.

The committee soon brought into the mix specialists from ANL, whose researchers years earlier had developed the widely used Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model for estimating, from a “well-to-wheels” perspective, the overall environ-mental impact of a vehicular fuel. The goal, Larson reported, was “to use the best science to develop an ‘apples-to-apples’ comparison among car types—a score that could reasonably rate the green performance of all types of vehicles on a level playing field.”

The group, he said, eventually decided that the protocol should encompass three elements: fuel efficiency, the num-ber one consideration—everything that goes into the fuel and engine combination; greenhouse gas emissions—not just what is coming out of the tailpipe, but the fuel’s entire car-bon content from its origin to hauling it to the track to burn-ing it; and petroleum substitutes—how much petroleum an alternate fuel displaces.

Cars in the American le Mans Series use one of three street-legal alternative fuels: E10 gasoline (or gasohol), a mixture of 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline; E85 cellulosic ethanol containing up to 85% denatured ethanol made from wood waste; and zero-sulfur diesel.

“We think that it’s a pretty good rating of the fuel efficiency of each vehicle,” Larson said. “Theoretically, the same basic method could be used for any propulsion configuration, in-cluding ones that use electricity, such as hybrids, or energy-recovery devices.”

The ALMS Green Challenge is based on the committee’s protocol as stated in the recently released SAE J2880 docu-ment. Nearly all involved seem to agree that it makes sense that ALMS should be the first to adopt the new approach because all the fuels the series uses have some non-petro-leum content and because ALMS races both prototype- and production-based cars.

But ALMS’ Atherton remains unsure whether the industry will fully accept it: “We’ll have to see whether the manufac-turers salute or ignore it,” he said.

One of those manufacturers, Honda, is mulling over the opportunities. Erik Berkman, President of Honda Perfor-mance Development, says that his group is now trying to fig-ure out how it might respond to the Green Challenge rules: “Do you try to win the race, win the challenge, or both?”

Berkman, for one, does not consider the concept of green racing to be that far out. “Racing is often about fuel econ-omy,” he said. “For instance, one of our leading cars in a recent race ran out of gas. Better fuel efficiency could have avoided that outcome.” Green racing might even call for new strategies, he added. “Say you fall out of contention because of technical problems. You might run the rest of the race to win the Challenge.”

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FAA issues updated Air Carrier Maintenance Programs advisory circularThe FAA has issued advisory circular (AC) 120-16E, entitled “Air Carrier Maintenance Programs.” An update of AC 120-16D, which was issued in 2003, AC 120-16E describes the scope, content, and function of air carrier aircraft mainte-nance programs. This AC describes the background of air carrier aircraft maintenance programs as well as the FAA’s regulatory requirements.

This AC applies to Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regula-tions (14 CFR) part 119 air carriers conducting operations under 14 CFR parts 121 and 135. For part 135 operations, this AC applies only to maintenance conducted pursuant to section 135.411(a)(2). AC 120-16E also applies to each person used by or employed by an air carrier certificate holder for maintenance, alteration, or preventative maintenance of its aircraft.

AC 120-16E describes and explains each of the 10 ele-ments of air carrier maintenance programs: airworthiness responsibility, air carrier maintenance manual, air carrier maintenance organization, accomplishment and approval of maintenance and alterations, maintenance schedule, required inspection items, maintenance record-keeping sys-tem, contract maintenance, personnel training, and continu-ing analysis and surveillance system.

These 10 elements are a change from the nine elements list-ed and described in AC 120-16D, which AC 120-16E replaces. In some cases this change represents an addition to the ele-ments, and in others, a more descriptive element wording. The nine elements from the former AC were: airworthiness responsibility, maintenance manual, maintenance organiza-tion, maintenance schedule, maintenance record-keeping system, accomplishment and approval of maintenance and alterations, contract maintenance, continuing analysis and surveillance system, and personnel training.

For further information on AC 120-16E, contact Russell S. Unangst Jr. of the FAA at russell.unangst@faa.gov.

United to lay off mechanicsUnited Airlines announced October 8 that it will lay off 414 mechanics at its San Francisco maintenance base.

The layoffs are part of 7000 job eliminations announced previously by the carrier as it reduces its flying and elimi-nates the Boeing 737 from its fleet.

United spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said the notices went to the workers September 29, and the layoffs will take effect December 7.

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Key qualifications of SAE Board members include: a dem-onstrated, strong commitment and knowledge of the SAE vision and ends; active membership and participation in the society; and the time and talents to serve in a leadership role.

Qualified, diverse and visionary individuals are being sought for the following offices:• President (one-year term) • Treasurer (two-year term)• Assistant Treasurer (two-year term) • Directors (six to be elected for three-year terms)

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Dealing with change in an uncertain environment Job seekers flock to SAE Career Fair at ConvergenceThe widespread downsizing that continues to plague the automotive industry means lots of out-of-work technical specialists, and that is a good thing for recruiters.

“I’m seeing more qualified candidates here than I would find at a general career fair, and that’s probably because this career fair is associated with SAE,” said Craig Pyke, a recruiter for Brose. The automotive supplier has 400 posi-tions to fill worldwide, with 60 of those openings—including engineering jobs—in North America.

The Convergence show floor career-fair zone buzzed with briefcase-carrying job seekers shortly after its opening Oc-tober 20. Job hunters were passing out resumes to the career fair’s exhibitors and were scanning racks stuffed with job leads. “The racks have more than 100 postings of open posi-tions,” said Tracy Fedkoe with SAE International’s Career Services.

Shawn Bagos carpooled to downtown Detroit just to net-work and check out job opportunities at the career fair. He lost his job with Ford Motor Co. on July 1. “I was released in the last wave of cost reductions,” said Bagos, who received a severance package.

The mechanical engineer, who has project management experience, was awaiting an in-person interview when a company representative notified him that hiring for the proj-ect was being delayed because of “economic uncertainties.” “The project wasn’t canned, but put on-hold, so that leaves me a reasonable amount of hope,” Bagos said.

Bagos would prefer to stay in Michigan as he “just pur-chased a home prior to my release.” Engineers who want jobs in Michigan are no surprise to recruiters. Job recruiter Lynette Yancy feels a main reason the Booz Allen Hamilton positions available for systems and vehicle engineers are still vacant after more than three months is because the jobs are not located in Detroit.

“We’ve been looking to fill these positions for awhile. And for a management consultant firm, the longer an engineering position goes unfilled, that’s revenue that isn’t being gener-ated for the company,” said Yancy.

Jennifer Muns is ready to re-generate some income. The 23-year-old mechanical engineer spent two years working in a student co-op position and continued that job for another year and a half in the same position as a contract worker before downsizing consumed the job. “I had a feeling that automotive might not be the way to go, but living in Michi-gan it really is one of the most predominant industries,” Muns said.

Muns is slated for a second interview with an aerospace company in Ann Arbor, MI, and she might have an oppor-tunity with an automotive-supplier company in Chicago. “If I can get into aerospace, I’d be happy. To me, it seems more stable,” Muns said.

Mary K. Ross, Director of Recruiting Services for The Barton Group, an executive search and technology-recruiting firm, said the company has several job openings from its clients that need to be filled. “There are engineering jobs, but those jobs are tough to find in Michigan right now.”

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With the news of the economy and related effects on the mobility industry, there is no doubt change is inevitable. We can stress about the change and wait for it to consume us, or we can make the choice to embrace it and try to use it to broaden our skills and advance our career. For engineers, who are for the most part, analytical, precise, and methodi-cal, dealing with unexpected change may be easier said than done.

To survive in a changing industry, you need to fine-tune your skills as a specialist or expert in your area as well as understand how your contribution relates to the big picture and entire vehicle system. Make sure you are using your best communication and leadership skills as all eyes may be on you at this time. While there is no surefire way to keep from being laid off or transferred, taking a few steps right now will help you demonstrate your value to the company and will help you be prepared if change does come.

Be flexible: Always show that you are willing to try something new, even if it is outside of your comfort zone. If you are moved to a different area, welcome the opportunity to learn and contribute your past experience to benefit the company. A positive attitude will speak volumes here.

Continue learning: Now is the time to broaden your tech-nical expertise as well as your leadership and communica-tion skills. Read up on new technology or research. Look for webcasts and training courses related to your products and tell your managers how what you learned may benefit the company.

Look for ways to help: Examine your processes and ask yourself: Can you use the changes to streamline outdated methods or eliminate unnecessary details? Use resources, including staff, more wisely and make sure management knows that you are trying to contribute positively toward making the change work for the company.

Keep communication flowing: Once layoffs become a pos-sibility at your company, gossip is bound to flow. If you are a mid-level manager, be open and honest with your team and try to minimize blaming others. Maintain trust with your manager and coworkers by following through and commu-nicating on normal work and morale issues.

Maintain a positive attitude: A changing market can open up some unique opportunities and give you the chance to try something new. SAE International recently held two Career Fairs at the Commercial Vehicle Engineering and Convergence conferences where 20 different companies were on site to recruit engineers and professionals. Hundreds of open positions were posted and resumes were in high demand. Jeremy Smith, recruiter for Michigan-based Delta

Staffing who exhibited at both career fairs, noted, “There are jobs out there, you just have to be value-added and always be looking to find opportunity for your company as well as yourself.”

By demonstrating your value, having the right attitude, and viewing change as an opportunity, you just might end up doing much better than simply surviving through these unstable times.

One of the ways to demonstrate value to an employer is to broaden one’s technical expertise and relay how that knowledge could help benefit the company.

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technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education, inspiring today’s students to become tomorrow’s science and technology leaders.

The innovative and acclaimed A World In Motion® (AWIM) program from SAE International brings math and science to life for students in grades K–12. Thus far in 2008, the SAE Foundation was able to provide more than 3,111 free AWIM Challenge kits to teachers and volunteers, introducing more than 84,000 students to the world of science and technology. The SAE Foundation also supports these SAE programs: Collegiate Design Series, scholarships, forgivable graduate loans, and professional awards programs.

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For more information about meetings and symposia, call SAE Customer Service toll-free at 877-606-7323 (or 724-776-4970 outside the U.S. and Canada). Additional meeting details can be found at www.sae.org/events/conferences; symposia details at www.sae.org/events/training/symposia.

Meetings and symposia schedule

SAE Aerospace Design and Manufacturing Events

Aerospace in the News Executive Symposium April 30, 2009 Williamsburg, VA

Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference June 9-11, 2009 June 9-11, 2009

SAE Ground Vehicle Design and Manufacturing Events

Application of Lean and Six Sigma for the Automotive Industry Symposium December 2-3, 2008 Dearborn, MI

Motorsports Engineering Conference December 2-4, 2008 Concord, NC

2008 Electric Drive Transportation Association Conference and Exposition December 2-4, 2008 Washington, D.C.

Government/Industry Meeting* February 3-6, 2009 Washington, D.C.

2009 Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Symposium February 11-12, 2009 San Diego, CA

SAE 2009 World Congress April 20-23, 2009 Detroit, MI

Braking 2009 April 20-23, 2009 York, U.K.

Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Conference June 9-11, 2009 Gothenburg, Sweden

2009 SAE International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Congress June 15-17, 2009 Florence, Italy

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STPO hosts WebEx meeting on standardization of graphics for service documentationAs the automotive industry continues to progress towards a fully global marketplace, operator’s manuals, diagnostic manuals, service and repair manuals, and service bul-letins are translated across multiple human, natural languages. These translations cost tens of millions of dollars every year and require valuable time in product delivery schedules. As a result, companies are seek-ing ways to reduce the need for translations while they work to limit and manage their translation activity.

The potential and benefits of standards for graphical service documentation will be the topics of discussion at a meeting of SAE International’s Service Technology Program Office (STPO). The WebEx presentation will take place from 1 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) on Dec. 16. There is no charge and you may register by sending an e-mail to: saeservicetech@sae.org. Access is limited. If you would like to attend the live presentation at SAE’s Au-tomotive Headquarters in Troy, MI, please contact ilee@sae.org.

The program entitled “A Standard for Graphical Service Documentation and Fu-ture Impact on Customers and Technicians” will be conducted by Arnold Taube of Deere

& Co. and current Chair of the STPO.Experiments have shown animated service

documentation can substantially reduce the text needed to document some types of service information while enabling “just-in-time” training and distance learning and increasing the capabilities of people who are “reading challenged.” However, to achieve the full benefits of this approach industry standard symbols and conventions are nec-essary. This presentation will explore what this concept of documentation might be like, some of the standards required along with the reasons for them, and more; provid-ing the audience with elements to consider when planning this type of documentation.

Taub is a 37-year veteran of Deere & Co. He is involved with standardizing the style and authoring of diagnostic procedures and information across the John Deere Enterprise as well as introducing new technologies into John Deere’s Interactive Electronic Technical Manual, “Service ADVISOR”.

Taub holds a bachelor’s degree in me-chanical engineering and a master’s in business administration from the University of Illinois, and he maintains a professional engineering license in Illinois.

ComVEC reflects global nature of industryTrue to the profile of its industry, the recent-ly completed SAE 2008 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition (Com-VEC), with executive leadership provided by Cummins Inc., featured an intense look at this worldwide enterprise.

With attendees from 33 countries, a Global Product Development Panel, and technical papers presented by young engineers from Ashok Leyland of Chennai, SAE Interna-tional’s 2008 Commercial Vehicle event presented a truly global view.

“The 2008 Commercial Vehicle Congress exceeded the high goals we set for it. It truly has become representative of the global nature of the commercial vehicle industry,” said Ric Kleine, Vice President, Commer-cial Vehicle, SAE International. Kleine also serves as Vice President, Off-Highway Busi-ness, for Cummins Inc.

Ric Kleine, vice president, Commercial vehicle, SAE International, said the 2008 Commercial vehicle Engineering Congress exceeded expectations.

h.J. Markley, Executive vice president, Deere & Co. and one of last year’s ComvEC Co-Chairs, returned to the event this year to moderate the Blue Ribbon panel.

ComvEC 2008 Co-Chairs Dr. John C. wall (left) and James D. Kelly (right) of Cummins Inc. ceremoniously passed the golden shovel to next year’s Co-Chairs Gwenne A. hendricks and Mark R. pflederer of Caterpillar Inc. at the Industry Keynote and Awards luncheon on October 8.

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The conference featured technical sessions and presentations, Blue Ribbon executive panel discussions, networking events, and an exhibit showcasing the world’s premier companies and technologies in the commer-cial-vehicle industry.

Honored with awards presented during the Congress were: • Kimberly J. Ingles, Caterpillar—SAE/AEM Outstanding Young Engineer Award• Wayne B. Martenas, CNH America LLC—SAE Sid Olsen Engineering Executive of the Year Award • Steven Przesmitzki, National Renewable

Energy Laboratory, and Tian Tian, Massa-chusetts Institute of Technology—Award for Research on Automotive Lubricants• Glen Shibata, Nippon Oil Corp., and Tomonori Urushihara, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.—Harry L. Horning Memorial Award• Mehdi Ahmadian, Virginia Tech, and J. Kevin Brunner, Southwest Research Insti-tute—Forest R. McFarland Award.

Outstanding work by reporters bringing issues in the commercial vehicle industry to the attention of the general public also was recognized. The 2008 SAE Commercial Vehicle Excellence in Media Award went to Phaedra Hise for her article in the March 2008 edition of Popular Mechanics, “Five American Manufacturers Doing It Right: Made in the USA.”

“Now in its fifth year, the SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress really has

come into its own as a premier event for technology professionals in the on- and off-highway industries. This event captures the technical relevance of this dynamic industry, and this year, as in the past, the leading nations were well represented,” said Herb Kaufman, Director of Commercial Vehicle Business and Chief Technology Officer for SAE International.

The 2009 SAE Commercial Vehicle En-gineering Congress & Exhibition is set for October 6-8, 2009, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.

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SAE Motorsports Conference to feature Wright, VarshaTwo well-known professionals in motorsports will highlight the lineup of speakers to address attendees of the 2008 SAE Motorsports Engineering Conference, set for December 2-4 at the Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort & Spa in Concord, NC.

The industry keynote speaker opening the conference will be Peter Wright, Technical Consultant of the FIA Institute, whose topic will be “Motorsports and the Environment: Challenge or Compromise?”

Banquet speaker will be award-winning motorsports broadcast journalist Bob Varsha.

Wright, named an SAE Fellow this year, has a long and distinguished career in the field of motorsports.

As the Director of Research and Development at Team Lotus, Wright led development of many Lotus Formula One cars. He has been responsible for

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Technical committee meeting schedule For more information on the following ground vehicle and aerospace standards committee meetings, please visit www.sae.org/standardsdev/ and click on the Technical Commit-tee Meeting Calendar. For a list of new, revised, reaffirmed, and cancelled SAE aerospace and ground vehicle docu-ments, please visit www.sae.org/standardsdev/aerospace/newastds.htm and www.sae.org/standardsdev/groundve-hicle/newgvstd.htm, respectively.

ISO TC 127 receives Lawrence D. Eicher AwardTechnical committee ISO TC 127—Earth-Moving Machinery was the recipient of the Lawrence D. Eicher Award at the 31st ISO General Assembly in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 15. This award recognizes the achievement of ISO TC127 for outstanding work in creative and innovative standards development.

SAE International is the U.S. Tech Advisory Group to TC 127, which Dan Roley chairs.

Presenting the award, ISO President Håkan Murby said: “The work of ISO/TC 127 has provided a core of state-of-the-art knowledge, based on international expertise, on which national standards and regulations have been able to draw. Its standards have helped to cut design and manufac-turing costs by harmonizing requirements worldwide and ultimately benefiting the customers for and users of earth-moving machinery.”

The committee has developed 132 standards that have

been adopted as national standards or are referred to in regulation worldwide and is currently working on 50 projects. Its work includes a strong focus on ergonomic and safety aspects, building on the participation of health and safety experts and testing laboratories to provide a set of International Standards that provide the technical support for health and safety regulations and for risk management programs.

ISO TC127 was also praised for its constant effort in the integration of new technology in earth-moving machinery and facilitates the involvement and participation of develop-ing countries.

ISO TC 127 has a culture of continual improvement fo-cused on refining its processes, such as project management, and adapting best practice by other ISO committees for its own work.

active suspension development in Lotus Engineering, and for the development of active suspension on the Lotus F1 car; he eventually became Managing Director of Lotus Engi-neering, responsible for a staff of more than 600. For Lotus, he has been the Director for Group Lotus and later returned to the track as Technical Director of Team Lotus from 1991 to 1994.

In 1995, Wright became a technical adviser for the FIA, a position he holds today. He currently works across a number of FIA-affiliated organizations.

On the communications side of the industry, Varsha, known as one of the most eloquent and intellectual commen-tators in auto racing, started his television career at Turner Broadcasting where he handled a wide variety of duties including weekday sports anchor on CNN. In 1982 he joined the cast of television’s first weekly motorsports program, “MotorWeek Illustrated,” airing on WTBS.

Two years later he accepted a job with the show’s produc-tion company, World Sports Enterprises, and began to cover motorsports full time.

Auto racing eventually led Varsha to ESPN, where he also had assign-ments with ABC Sports.

Varsha has co-anchored the Sunday night motorsports program “Speedvision News Raceweek,” and hosted Speedvision coverage of Formula One, The 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the 12 Hours of Sebring. In 2001, he joined Speedvision when it relaunched as SPEED Channel. There he has continued his long association with Formula One and Le Mans and added new programs including the ground-breaking automotive his-tory series “Behind the Headlights.” He is also the co-host of “Focus on Racing Radio,” and serves as the Formula One correspondent for the program “Powershift” on XM Satellite Radio.

For more information on the 2008 SAE Motorsports Engi-neering Conference, visit www.sae.org/events/mec/.

Ground Vehicle(All meetings held in Troy, MI, unless noted.)

December 1 Brake Component and Tube Nut Joint Task Force, via telephone/WebEx

December 2 Truck and Bus Tire Pressure Management Systems Task Force, via telephone/WebExIndustrial Lubes

December 3 Brake NVH Standards Committee, Canton, MI Cable Task Force J1383 Headlamp Task Force Replaceable Bulb Task Force Pedestrian Visibility Task Force

December 3-4 Lighting Discussion Forum December 4 ISO/TC22/SC3/WG4 USAG

Vehicle Sound for Pedestrians Subcommittee, via telephone/WebExCosmetic Corrosion of Automotive Alumi-num Task Force, via telephone/WebEx J2174 HD Wiring Wystems for Trucks Task Force, via telephone/WebExHuman Accommodations & Design Devices

December 4-5 Gasoline Fuel Injection Committee, Van Buren Township, MI

December 9 Automatic Transmission Transaxle Standards Committee, Auburn Hills, MI

December 10 Odometer and Speedometer Standards Committee

December 11 Motor Vehicle Council December 12 Truck and Bus J2839 Heavy Duty High

Speed Datalink Connector Task Force, via telephone/WebEx Electronic Design Automation Standards Committee

December 15 Truck and Bus Council, via telephone/WebExBrake Component and Tube Nut Joint Task Force, via telephone/WebEx

December 17 Tow Vehicle Trailer Rating Subcommittee, via telephone/WebEx

December 19 Powertrain Systems Group, via telephone/WebEx

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SAE International explores automotive energy issues in KoreaUlsan, Korea—also known as “Auto Valley”—is home to Hyundai and a number of organizations and universities dedicated to high technology, mobility engineering, and research and development. SAE Inter-national recently teamed with the Auto Parts Innovation Center (APIC) and the city of Ulsan to host a technical event at Lotte Hotel in Ulsan on October 6.

Park Maeng Woo, Mayor of Ulsan, was joined by government officials and ex-ecutives from SAE and APIC to welcome attendees. The one-day event, attended by approximately 200 mobility technology professionals, explored energy issues such as fuel-cell vehicle (FCV) commercialization and the latest advances in hydrogen technol-

(From left to right) Nancy Eiben, Asia-pacific Business Development, SAE International; Joshua Cunningham, University of California–Davis; Gerhard Achtelik, California Air Resources Board; and Gary Schkade, Asia-pacific Business Development, SAE International, take part in the event October 6 in Ulsan, Korea.

Attendees gather for technical program presentations.

organization continues to grow its program through technical events similar to the Ulsan collaboration and through other options designed to help practitioners develop

professionally and to aid corporations in advancing their technical capabilities and product development programs.

ogy. Presentations included:• “Outlook of Hyundai-Kia Motor Co.’s

FCV Development” by Ahn Buung-ki, Man-ager, Hyundai-Kia Motor Co.

• “California Zero Emission Vehicle Regu-lations” by Gerhard Achtelik Jr., Manager, Zero-Emission Vehicles Infrastructure, Cali-fornia Air Resources Board

• “Hydrogen and Fuel Cells are Critical for Addressing Our Energy Challenges” by Joshua Cunningham, Program Manager, Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California–Davis

During the past six years, SAE has ex-panded its offerings in the Korean mobil-ity market. Here and throughout Asia, the

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Courses from SAEDetailed course descriptions are available online at www.sae.org/contedu. To register, complete the online registra-tion form, e-mail profdev@sae.org, or call SAE Customer Service toll-free at 877-606-7323 (or 724-776-4970 outside the U.S. and Canada).

Professional Development

December 2008 Troy, MI, USA—SAE Automotive HeadquartersDecember 2-3 Adhesive Bonding Technology December 2-3 NEW! Model Based Design: Delivering Quality Electronic Products Faster

As new technologies proliferate, as change happens faster and faster, and as customers demand the latest electronic features, a new paradigm for product development has emerged. Recent advances in the capabilities of software tools now make possible an entire product development process in a virtual environment, with more speed and power than will ever be possible on a bench. This two-day course will provide math-based tools to greatly accelerate electronic product development, and to simultaneously deliver a more robust design. Participants will learn

the basic theory of finite state machines with a heavy emphasis on simple, real-world examples. Through a series of hands-on learning modules, attendees will gain the understanding and experience to build an executable spec simulation environment. Tools and techniques will be provided so that the attendees can bring these skills back to work and implement the process immediately.

December 3 Design Reviews for Effective Product Development December 3-4 In-Vehicle Networking with LIN and FlexRay ApplicationsDecember 3-5 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing—Level I December 3-5 Commercial Vehicle Braking Systems December 4-5 Engineering Project Management December 4-5 Vehicle Frontal Crash Occupant Safety and CAE December 4-5 Fundamentals of Automotive Fuel Delivery Systems December 8-9 Accelerated Test Methods for Ground and Aerospace Vehicle Development December 8-9 NEW! Automotive Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

PLM is an integral concept and philosophy of today’s automotive industry. The pressures and requirements of the automotive industry demand a different focus of product information. This course will present a conceptual view of PLM as it is employed and embodied in today’s modern automotive organizations. The course will focus on the characteristics and traits of PLM as it is rapidly changing the approach of automotive companies to product information. The course will focus on the management capabilities and skills that organizations need to foster in creating this new approach to product information and its use. The course will highlight cases in PLM developed by the leading automotive companies.

December 8-9 Automotive Lighting: Design and Technology December 8-10 Weibull-Log Normal Analysis Workshop December 9-11 Vehicle Dynamics for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks

December 10 Automotive Lighting: Testing and Requirements December 10-12 Designing Onboard Diagnostics for Light and Medium Duty Emissions Control Systems December 10-12 NEW! Fundamentals of Heavy Truck Dynamics

Understanding vehicle dynamics is one of the critical issues in the design of all vehicles, including heavy trucks. This seminar provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of heavy truck dynamics. It covers all of the critical subsystems that must be considered by designers and decision makers in determining the effect of various components on heavy truck dynamics. This seminar begins where the tires meet the ground, progressing up through the various components and bringing together the theory and practice of heavy truck dynamics. A series of case studies related to truck ride engineering will provide an opportunity for attendees to demonstrate their knowledge gained and introduces them to some of the newer technologies related to evaluating and improving heavy truck ride dynamics.

December 10-12 Fundamentals of Metal Fatigue Analysis December 11 NEW! Automotive Lighting: LED Applications

LED, a new generation semiconductor light source often referred to as solid-state lighting, has been broadly adopted in illumination, display, visualization, and other areas due to its higher efficacy and longer life. LEDs, first introduced for automotive interior applications such as indicators, expanded to exterior applications including center high mounted stop lamps and other automotive signal lighting devices. Today, LED technologies are being used for night vision, occupancy detection, and many other automotive application areas. This seminar is designed to provide the attendee with an overview of LEDs and their applications in automotive lighting and illumination.

December 11-12 Introduction to Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Battery Systems

Calls for Nominations

Scholarships available for high school studentsSAE International offers scholarships that can be used at any university that has an engineering program accredit-ed by the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technol-ogy (ABET). SAE also has more than 60 scholarships that are specific to sponsoring universities in the U.S. Scholar-ship amounts range from $400 to full tuition, and many are renewable if certain criteria are met.

Eligible students must be U.S. citizens, intend to earn a degree in engineering or a related science, be a high school senior at the date of application, and meet minimum GPA, SAE, and/or ACT requirements, as explained in the individual scholarship descriptions. Information and applications are available at www.sae.org/students/engschlr.htm. The deadline for submit-ting an application is December 1, 2008.

Information on other scholarship opportunities can be found at www.sae.org/students/scholarships.

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SAE Medal of Honor Description: The SAE Medal of Honor, established in 1986, recognizes a living SAE member for his or her contributions to the society. Unlike other SAE awards that honor techni-cal achievements or outstanding accomplishments in the various fields of mobility engineering, this award recognizes contributions to the overall SAE organization. Nomination deadline: December 1, 2008Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/medalof-honor/

Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Award Description: This award recognizes an individual who has had a distinguished career involving contributions to the design and development of advanced aircraft and/or space-craft. Nominations are judged for the technical value and originality of the contributions.Nomination deadline: December 31, 2008Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/johnson/

Franklin W. Kolk Air Transportation Progress AwardDescription: This award recognizes an individual or team for contributions to air transportation and/or to the work of the aerospace technical committees in developing aerospace stan-dards, specifications, technical reports, and data through co-operative research. Selection is based on originality and value of the contribution, impact and influence on the progress and development of air transportation, and peer recognition.Nomination deadline: December 31, 2008Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/kolk/

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December 11-12 Introduction to Failure Modes & Effects Analysis for Product Design & Manufacturing Process Design (Product & Process FMEA) December 15-16 FEA for Design Engineers—Hands-on FEA Workshop December 15-16 Forensic Analysis of Medical Records in Injury Biomechanics and Accident Reconstruction Studies December 15-16 Vehicle Accident Reconstruction Methods December 15-17 Internal Combustion Systems: HCCI, DOD, VCT/VVT, DI and VCR December 15-17 Managing Engineering & Technical Professionals December 15-17 NEW! Principles of Cost and Finance for Engineers

In today’s corporate environment of shrinking budgets, required structural cost reductions, sharing of global designs/services, and pricing pressures, it is critical that engineers possess a working knowledge of engineering economics principles. To fully understand the economic viability of engineering decisions, engineers need to find the appropriate balance between design alternatives, resulting costs, and impact on their enterprise. This seminar introduces participants to the cost, finance and economic concepts and their applications to products and services. This three-day course provides you with practical information normally obtained through university level economics and business management courses and will

help you to maximize efficiencies from both an engineering and economics perspective.

December 17 Engine Cooling Design: A System Engineering Approach December 17-18 Sound Package Materials for Vehicle Noise Control December 17-18 NEW! Vibration Analysis using FEA: A Hands-on Workshop

FEA has been used by engineers as a design tool in new product development since the early 1990s. Until recently, most FEA applications have been limited to static analysis due to the cost and complexity of advanced types of analyses. This seminar introduces one of the advanced types of FEA: vibration analysis. By considering time dependent loads and inertial effects, vibration analysis allows for a more in-depth product simulation thus reducing product development cost and time. The course reviews basic concepts of vibration analysis and illustrates how they are implemented in FEA to simulate product behavior. The most common types of vibration analysis such as modal, time response, frequency response and random vibrations are covered. Participants will have the opportunity to practice skills learned utilizing the commercial FEA software COSMOSDesignSTAR.

December 18 NEW! Introduction to Gears This seminar is designed to provide gear

novices with a general understanding of gear nomenclature, geometry, and

arrangements. Starting with the basic definition of gears, conjugate motion, and the “Laws of Gearing”, attendees will gain a solid understanding of gearing and the fundamentals of rotary motion transfer through gear-trains. Gear classifications, tooth forms and geometry, and very high-level application considerations, manufacturing processes, and inspection techniques will be covered.

December 18-19 Automotive Cooling Airflow Systems: A Vehicle Perspective December 19 NEW! Fundamentals of Shielding Design for EMC Compliance

It is important for electronic and hardware engineers to be knowledgeable not only of a product’s intended function and performance, but also its ability to perform within electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) limits. This seminar introduces practical shielding theory, design fundamentals, and configurations, including shielding products, common and differential modes, electromagnetic fields, and enclosure shielding. A segment on enclosure testing is presented in conjunction with an aperture attenuation modeling program (which is used to model attenuation characteristics at various frequencies and aperture size prior to expensive FCC/CE compliance or MIL-STD 461 testing). Honeycomb vent panels, plating attenuation comparisons, and galvanic compatibility per MIL-STD 1250 will also be discussed.

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Bulheller Consulting, Inc. seeks a qualified candidate for a SAP Lead Developer/Information Systems Manager position at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama office. Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science or closely related field and a minimum of five years progressive configuration and implementation experience with SAP in an automotive or discrete manufacturing environment or . Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or closely related field and a minimum of seven years ‘of such experience. Employer is willing to accept any suitable combination of work experience, education and training that is equivalent to the actual minimum requirements of position and shows demonstrable ability in the required skill sets. Proven knowledge and development skills in SAP modules; ABAP (dialog/report,development, ABAP-OO, Business Workflow); interface technologies ALE/EDI/IDOC, RFC, WebSphere MQ; SAP NetWeaver platform (AS-ABAP, AS-JAVA, PI, Enterprise SOA); and other programming languages’ (Java, C/C++,UNIX shell scripting) and database systems (Oracle) also required. Applicants should send letter of application, resume, and names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses of three references to: Ms. Alisa Kincaid, P.O. Box 71239,Tuscaloosa AL, 35407.

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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERINGAssociate Professor/Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Director,

Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines & EmissionsThe Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at West Virginia University seeks applicants for the position of Director of the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions (CAFEE) [Position Reference #100801] at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. This is a tenure-track position with possible award of tenure contingent to the results of a tenure review. A Ph.D. in Engineering or a closely related field is required. The successful applicant will teach undergraduate and graduate courses, provide internal and external leadership for CAFEE, and develop a strong externally funded research program in fuels, engines, and emissions. Six faculty, 15 engineering research staff and technicians, and 40 graduate students currently support externally funded CAFEE activities.

WVU is a Carnegie Classification High Level Research Institution and a comprehensive land-grant institution with an enrollment of over 28,000 students. The Department, one of seven in the College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, has 27 tenure-track faculty offering BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees in both Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering to about 450 undergraduate, 80 MS, and 80 Ph.D. students. Additional information may be found on the department website at http://www.mae.wvu.edu/ or by contacting Dr. Ever Barbero, Chair, (304) 293-3111 ext. 2337.

Review of applications will begin January 1, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must provide a letter summarizing skills and vision in teaching, research, and leadership, a curriculum vitae, and the contact information for three references. Electronic applications are required and should be sent to -- energy-mae@mail.wvu.edu.

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