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UpdateSeptember 2006

Texas A&M bests fi eld at Formula SAE West

Aerospace Manufacturing Conference showcases latest technology

Clearing the way for cooperation

During a July trip to Europe, 2006 SAE President Greg W. Henderson (left) met with Hans Peter Lenz, President of the Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers and Chairman of the Vienna Motor Symposium. The pair signed a memorandum of understanding that forges the way for the societies to cooperate on matters related to powertrain and other critical issues regarding mobility.

Subassembly and fi nal assembly technologies and processes to be explored in France.

The latest advances in aerospace technology will be the focus of the 2006 Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fas-tening Conference and Exhibition, September 11-14 at Centre De Congress Pierre Baudis in Toulouse, France.

More than 100 papers will be presented in the following session topics: Automated Fastening; Composites; Intelligent Technology; Lean Techniques; and Metals and Materials.

This event merges SAE’s Aerospace Manufacturing Tech-

Australian schools round out top three at inaugural event.

First-place fi nishes in the endurance/economy and skid pad events propelled Texas A&M to the overall title at the inaugural Formula SAE West competition, June 14-17 at California Speedway in Fontana, CA. The Aggies topped the fi eld of 71 entrants from the U.S. and eight other countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and Venezuela.

It was the Aggies’ second Formula SAE title, placing fi rst at the Michigan Formula SAE event in 2000. Texas A&M fi rst began competing in Formula SAE in 1999, when it fi nished fourth and won top rookie team honors.

This year’s vehicle featured a new design and a new supercharged Yamaha engine. The team was recognized with the Honda Dynamic Events Award for amassing the

nology Conference and Aerospace Automated Fastening Conference (Aerofast) to create an international forum for the aerospace manufacturing community. Covering in-novations and engineering solutions for future aircraft, the conference and exhibit will enable attendees to explore the latest in both subassembly and fi nal assembly technologies and processes.

Sessions will feature presentations from representa-tives from Boeing, Airbus UK, Stinson Aerospace, Alcoa, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, the U.S. Air Force, and the National Research Council of Canada.

Keynote address speakers September 11 are scheduled to be Michel Milecan, Vice President of Marketing, SONACA, and Karl-Heinz Hartman, Vice President of Operations, Airbus. The Thomas H. Speller Award will be presented to a distinguished industry leader at a luncheon September 12. The speaker for the luncheon September 13 is Pierre Froment, Senior Vice President—Heads of System, Airbus.

Airbus, headquartered in Toulouse, is offering a tour of its facility on multiple days during the conference, providing attendees with a chance to see the fi nal assembly plant of Airbus A380/A330/A340/A340-500/600.

A welcome reception will be held on the evening of Sep-tember 11, and receptions will be held in the exhibit hall on September 12 and 13.

To register, or for more information, visit www.sae.org/amaf, phone 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970, or e-mail [email protected].

Attendees who pre-register by August 25 will save $100 off the registration fee.

top score in combined dynamic events and received the Road & Track magazine award for acceleration and agility.

Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Aerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening Conference attendees will have the opportunity to tour Airbus’ fi nal assembly building in Toulouse, France.

(RMIT), winner of this year’s Formula SAE competition, placed second overall, fi nishing in the top 10 in six of the seven events. Fellow Australians, the University of Wollongong, came in third overall. The University of Washington and Rochester Institute of Tech-nology rounded out the top fi ve, respectively.

Oregon State University (20th overall) earned acceleration and presentation honors,

The No. 71 car of Texas A&M University makes its way around the track at California Speedway during June’s Formula SAE West competition. The Aggies went on to win the inaugural competition.

2006 Formula SAE WestFinal overall scores

School Overallscore

1 Texas A&M University 857.954

2 RMIT 825.448

3 University of Wollongong 825.007

4 University of Washington 764.160

5 Rochester Institute of Technology

759.026

6 Auburn University 758.474

7 University of Toledo 755.400

8 University of Oklahoma 752.024

9 University of Missouri 731.381

10 University of Akron 682.747

and the University of Kansas–Lawrence (15th overall) captured the autocross title. Canada’s Ecole De Technologie Superieure (19th overall) was recognized for best design and Brazil’s Faculdade de Engenharia de Sorocaba (18th overall) for cost.

Formula SAE Brazil will be held October 5-8 in Rio de Janeiro.

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Published by SAE International to enhance communica-tions with and among members on nontechnical issues. Members living outside North America have access to the issue via the SAE Web site.

Greg W. Henderson, President

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Flying the friendly skies

In July, 2006 SAE International President Greg W. Henderson had the opportunity to operate a restored 1943 Stearman N2S3 Military Trainer. Also known as the PT-17, the plane was the primary trainer used by the U.S. Air Corps.

The aircraft was provided by Freedom Flight, a Justin, TX-based provider of

charitable air transportation for medical and humanitarian fl ight missions.

Freedom Flight President David Tatum is in the rear seat. Images courtesy of Josh

Cox, Omega Research.

Spreading the word about booster seatsAccording to the National Highway Traffi c Safety Admin-istration, 80-90% of children who should use a booster seat do not. Children shorter than 4 ft, 9 in not riding in a booster seat can suffer serious abdominal and neck injuries in the event of a crash because they are not quite grown enough yet to ride with just a seatbelt alone. Without being the proper height, the lap belt fi ts too high, running across the stomach, and the shoulder belt falls across the neck.

SAE Interna-tional has been doing its part to help get the word out by providing infor-mation on the importance of booster seats at several events. SAE recently sponsored a “Family Fairway Activity Area” at the country’s largest vintage racing event, the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix.

“As a leader in mobility engineering for more than a hun-dred years, this seems like a perfect fi t for our organization,” said Raymond A. Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi cer of SAE International. “The Pittsburgh Vin-tage Grand Prix does a tremendous job of helping the chari-ties it serves, and we look forward to spreading our message of child vehicle safety and the importance of education.”

For two days in July, SAE representatives passed out booster-seat activity books and educated attendees on booster-seat safety. A seat was also donated to the Autism Society of Pittsburgh on behalf of SAE International.

The area also featured activities and information relating to the A World In Motion (AWIM) program. Children built gliders and experimented with various classroom challeng-es. An estimated 150,000 people were expected to attend the event over the two days.

SAE invites all of its sections to help educate parents on booster-seat safety. For information on how your section can become involved in spreading SAE International’s message on booster-seat safety, contact [email protected].

An SAE International representative demonstrates a JetToy balloon-powered car during the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix race weekend, July 15-16.

SAE at Oshkosh—unbridled enthusiasm for airplanesEach year, the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) holds its “World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration,” the EAA AirVenture, in Oshkosh, WI. For those who have not had the opportunity to attend, please treat yourself to a wonderful experience by attending the next annual event. This year’s show met all expectations with thousands of aircraft converg-ing on the AirVenture grounds. If I had to sum up the event in one word, I would choose “enthusiasm.”

It is a thrill for me to attend AirVenture, and this year was no different. One familiar sight was that of the uniniti-ated—those new participants displaying unbridled enthusi-asm about the thousands of airplanes, and unending rows of components, exhibits, events, and activities common to the AirVenture. It is easy to identify these participants—there is so much to see and do they hardly know what to do next, and a big grin reveals their enjoyment.

This year marked a fi rst in EAA activities with SAE making its inaugural appearance July 24, the beginning of the week-long event. Our SAE presence was highlighted by a briefi ng to the aviation press regarding SAE’s involvement in aero-space and with reference to the SAE Collegiate Design Com-petitions, particularly Aero Design. I was pleased to make the parallel with SAE Aero Design since unbridled enthusiasm is such a common site at the Aero Design competitions.

Perhaps surprising to some of our readers, reference to Formula SAE or Baja SAE would have been quite appropriate as well. As it turns out, a signifi cant amount of AirVenture activity and exhibits were focused on automotive and com-mercial vehicles. Two of the top sponsors were automotive and commercial vehicle OEMs. Furthermore, the supply side

of automotive was also on hand, with racing and high-performance vehicles and parts as just one of the exhibits. Given the high perfor-mance of the warbirds on hand, including jet aircraft and WWII fi ghters, it is perhaps not surprising that high-performance automobiles attracted a sizable audience.

A very special event occurred Tuesday at the EAA museum. Amidst a record crowd, the mu-seum hosted a dedication ceremony for SpaceShipOne, and SN#2 is now housed there. On hand were speakers Burt Rutan, designer of SpaceShipOne, and Tom Poberezeny, President of EAA. Mike Melvill, pilot of SpaceShipOne, gave an overview of SpaceShipOne’s fl ight plan and fl ying qualities. What made the dedication unique for SAE was that Craig Willan, Chairman, SAE Commodity Committee “B,” was the benefactor in establishing the exhibit for EAA, and Craig provided some words of inspiration as well.

As a result of the positive reception SAE received at Oshkosh, we are investigating plans to be back in 2007, with perhaps an even bigger presence. On behalf of the entire SAE team that attended this year, I am confi dent that its enthusiasm will not diminish. If you have any thoughts about AirVenture or SAE Aerospace, drop me a line at [email protected]. I look forward to seeing you at the next AirVenture!


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From the PAMA President

PAMA Direct

Technicians at risk with switch to ATC user feesDo you remember the last time you paid an interstate highway toll? Have you looked at the toll fee card you got as you entered the highway?

Typically, the toll fees are broken out by the size of the vehicle, i.e., the more axles you have, the more you pay. For truckers, there is a real incentive to use the smallest vehicle with the fewest axles necessary to carry their load. Given a fi xed size of their vehicles, there is a real incentive to be sure they are fi lled to capacity.

Now imagine your family’s passenger car having to pay the same amount as that semi-trailer hauling all those goods. How would you handle skyrocketing highway tolls? Chances are, you would travel less frequently—a lot less. In fact, there is a good chance you might stop traveling altogether, except when money was no object.

If the number of cars traveling America’s toll roads declined dramatically, and every-one traveling those highways was paying equal tolls, fewer vehicles would translate to higher tolls for everyone else. That trend would cause a continuing downward spiral with fewer and fewer vehicles to bear the costs associated with highway travel.

These are the kinds of consequences we are facing if the United States Congress approves user fees to fund our nation’s Air

Traffi c Control (ATC) system.The proposal Congress is considering right

now would equalize the fees paid by aircraft fl ying under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) among all aircraft using the system. Basi-cally, this means the family car would be paying the same as the commercial truckers.

Currently, the ATC system is funded through a fuel tax on both commercial and general aviation and through a passenger tax for those fl ying on air carriers. There is great incentive to use and invest in fuel-ef-fi cient aircraft and to fi ll those planes to capacity. To illustrate the breadth of the potential problem, a user fee system would equalize the fees between a fully loaded commercial aircraft and a light general avia-tion aircraft with a single pilot on an IFR fl ight plan.

That would increase the costs to general aviation such that those operating on a tight budget to begin with, would likely be forced out of the market.

With those aircraft out of the system, fewer aircraft would remain to absorb the grow-ing cost of a technologically advanced ATC system. And then the downward spiral would begin, with more fl ight operations leaving the market to seek alternative modes of transportation.

The consequences of a shift of ATC fund-

ing to a user fee system for aviation mainte-nance professionals would be devastating. In general aviation, with fl ight departments closing, many PAMA members would lose their jobs outright. Those fl ight departments that do not close would still have to absorb the additional, and increasing, ATC costs. How would they do that?

That money would have to come from somewhere, and most often it will come from reducing discretionary costs. That will most assuredly translate into smaller maintenance staffs and reduced training, given the minimum amount of training that is currently required.

A switch to a user fees system would not bode well for aircraft maintenance techni-cians.

Likewise, a user fee system would remove FAA budgeting authority from Congress and place it with government bureaucrats. Need more money? Add a fee. It will not take much of a leap to imagine all the services FAA currently provides, including certifi ca-tion and training, to begin costing techni-cians money.

The reality check is that America’s airspace and aviation infrastructure is a part of the national trust. It is an asset upon which we have become the strongest and most resilient country in the world. The current system

has worked for many years and represents a visionary method of assigning higher costs to those that gain the most value from the system. It is incredibly fair.

I encourage you to write your representa-tives in Congress and encourage them to vote against switching to user fees to fund our nation’s ATC system. Visit www.con-gress.org today, enter your zip code, and you will be connected with a page that provides the names and contact information of your representatives in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Your voice counts in forming the future of our aviation infrastructure. Use it and be counted!

Brian Finnegan President, Professional Aviation

Maintenance Association

Using manufacturers’ manuals as approved dataFAA Notice 8300.119 provides guidance on the use of manufacturers’ manuals and service bulletins as “approved data” in performing certain major repairs. This FAA notice was set to expire July 28, 2006. This expiration may leave some mechanics in a quandary as to whether this sort of data continues to refl ect the sort of “approved data” on which a mechanic may rely when performing major repairs.

This FAA notice states that manufacturers’ data for small airplanes may be used as approved data for major repairs on non-pressurized areas of airplanes that are 12,500 lb (5670 kg) or less (maximum certifi cated takeoff weight) so long as the aircraft was originally type certifi cated before January 1, 1980.

The policy that is embodied in this notice is supposed to be incorporated into the Aviation Safety Inspectors’ Handbook (Order 8300.10). If one’s activities are encumbered by the expiration of this notice, point out to a local inspector that although the offi cial notice is expiring, the underlying policy is not supposed to expire.

Electronic fi ling of 337sFAA Form 337, Major Repair & Alteration (Airframe, Powerplant, Propeller or Appliance), is used for several different functions. One of those functions is for recording major repairs and alterations pursuant to Part 43 Appendix B. Currently, mechanics who complete 337s fi le them with their local Flight Standards District Offi ce. Filing can be a painstaking process for some mechanics if the local inspector rejects the 337 for minor inconsistencies.

Later this year, the FAA will be launching an electronic submission mechanism for 337s that should make it easier to fi le 337s with the FAA. One important feature of this electronic submission mechanism is that when the industry uses the 337 for recording a major repair/alteration (not for fi eld approval), the FAA will no longer review the data for completeness. This should prevent some of the word-smith-ing performed by FAA employees that is unauthorized by FAA headquarters.

Questions or comments about this may be directed to Bob Stockslager, General Aviation and Repair Station Branch, AFS-340 at 717-774-8271.

Petition seeks maintenance privilegesConocoPhilips Alaska has fi led a petition for exemption that would permit its pilots to perform maintenance activities under Part 43.

This exemption, if granted, would allow ConocoPhillips Alaska to train Type Rated CASA 212 pilots to remove and install the approved baggage bin from the company’s CASA 212-300DF. Trained pilots would then be permitted to per-form this removal/installation while operating the aircraft under the general aviation operations rules of Part 91.

The proponents of this petition feel it should be granted because it would not compromise safety; they argue that safety would not be compromised because the installa-tion and removal process requires no tools and (under the exemption) all pilots performing the functions would attend and successfully complete an initial training course, as well as biannual recurrent training.

Opponents feel that granting this petition would erode the importance of the certifi cates that permit Part 43 work to be performed. They also worry that a short course on installing baggage bins would fail to provide the depth of instruction that would allow pilots to understand the ramifi cations to the aircraft as a whole of their actions.

Further information on this petition is available from Susan Lender, 202-267-8029, or John Linsenmeyer, 202-267-5174, Offi ce of Rulemaking (ARM-1), Federal Aviation Adminis-tration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20591.

More time for airframe life limitsLast month, this column reported on an FAA proposed rule that would require airframe manufacturers to impose life-limits on airframes. The industry has taken notice of this proposed rule, and the FAA has granted an industry request to extend the comment period. The comment period on this proposed rule is now open until September 18, 2006.

The purpose of these life-limits would be to prevent wide-spread fatigue damage by taking the airframe out of service before widespread fatigue damage could become an issue. The rule would apply to existing airframes as well as new airframes, so it would have an immediate effect.

The problem with the proposed rule is that the proposed guidance that the FAA has already circulated would estab-lish relatively conservative operational life-limits on many older airframes, effectively removing them from service as soon as the new rule went into effect.

Copies of the proposed advisory circular on this subject and the related damage tolerance advisory circular are both available at www.faa.gov/aircraft/draft_docs/display_docs/index.cfm?Doc_Type=AC.

Concern over portable electronics The Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA) has begun investigating what to do with portable electronics equipment. It is not unusual to see pilots using portable elec-tronics equipment (e.g., handheld GPS equipment) in their aircraft, and whether they admit to it or not, these pilots are relying on the information provided by these electronic devices.

Portable electronics refl ect an exception to the Part 43 rules concerning installation (i.e., they are not installed). Thus, they refl ect a special concern to the maintenance community. One concern is that if such equipment has fl aws and fails on the ground, there are usually no catastrophic effects, but if a pilot is relying on such equipment (even if the rules do not permit reliance under the circumstances) and the equipment fails or provides erroneous readings, the results could be quite catastrophic.

RTCA is investigating whether additional safety restric-tions or standards might be appropriate for handheld electronic devices used in the cockpit under the auspices of “RTCA Special Committee 202: Portable Electronic Devices.” This matter is a special concern to mechanics, because the use of handheld electronics effectively skirts the safety rules that are implemented through the installation scheme gov-erned by Part 43.

Anyone interested in working with RTCA on this issue should contact the RTCA Secretariat at 1828 L Street, NW., Suite 805, Washington, DC 20036-5133.


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Brake experts gather at colloquiumThe latest technological innovations in brake friction materials and systems will be discussed by brake industry experts from around the world at SAE’s 24th Annual Brake Colloquium and Exhibition, Octo-ber 8-11, at the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center in Grapevine, TX. The event will feature executive-level speakers, technical sessions, industry updates, and numerous networking opportunities.

The event opens with a Sunday afternoon tutorial, “Development of Braking Systems,” which will provide a global perspective on the challenges vehicle manufacturers face in developing and releasing brake systems and friction materials in production in an international marketplace. Moderator will be Harald Abendroth, Honeywell Friction Materials.

The Honeywell Bendix/JURID Guest Lecture on October 9 will be delivered by David Flask of Honeywell Aerospace, who will discuss the major challenges presented to aircraft brake engineers while striving to achieve performance and weight targets.

The exhibit will be open October 9-10 in the exhibit hall. A networking reception will be held October 9 from 3:30-5 p.m.

The “NVH Panel Discussion” will be held October 10 at 10:30 a.m. The session will look at how boundary conditions affect brake noise and the development of real-world solutions. Panelists will include John Flint, Meneta; Shih-Wei Kung, Delphi; Sandy

Moody, Ford; Masaaki Nishiwaki, Toyota; Thierry Pasquet, Bosch Systems de Freinage SAS; Eric J. Roszman, Akebono; and Marko Tirovic, Cranfi eld University.

Motorsports personality Lyn St. James will be the guest speaker at the Keynote and Awards Luncheon on October 10 at 12:30 p.m. in the Texas A Ballroom. The luncheon will also feature the presentation of The TMD Friction Award, The Dan Mahannah Achievement Awards for Brake and Friction Materials Industries, and The SAE Brake Colloquium Show Support Awards.

Attendees registering before September 22 will save $100 on the registration fee. For more information, or to register, visit www.sae.org/events/bce; call 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970; or e-mail [email protected].

Brake Colloquium & Exhibitionsubject areas

Heavy Duty

Materials

Models and Simulation

NVH: Methodology

NVH: Product and Anti-Noise Shim Design

New Technology

Testing

(*) Co-sponsored by SAE

SAE Ground Vehicle Design and Manufacturing EventsTechnologies for Niche Vehicle Design, Development, and Manufacturing September 12, 2006 Norfolk, UK

Onboard Diagnostics Symposium: 2006 UpdateSeptember 12-14, 2006

Toulouse, France

The Sustainable Mobility Challenge at the National Congress of the Italian Thermotechnical Association*

September 14, 2006 Perugia, Italy

Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Symposium

September 24-26, 2006

San Ramon, CA

North American International Powertrain Conference


Toronto, Canada

Integrated Powertrain & Driveline Systems 2006 October 2-3, 2006 London, UK

24th Annual Brake Colloquium & Exhibition October 8-11, 2006 Grapevine, TX

Convergence 2006 October 16-18, 2006 Detroit, MI

Powertrain & Fluid Systems Conference & Exhibition October 16-19, 2006 Ontario, Canada

DOD Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition October 23-26, 2006 Reno, NV

SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition

October 31-November 2, 2006 Rosemont, IL

Cost Effective Low Carbon Powertrains for Future Vehicles* November 6-7, 2006 London, UK

Small Engine Technology Conference November 13-16, 2006 San Antonio, TX

4th Styrian Noise, Vibration, & Harshness Congress November 15-17, 2006 Graz, Austria

SAE Aerospace EventsAerospace Manufacturing and Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition


Toulouse, France

DOD Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition October 23-26, 2006 Reno, NV

Power Systems Conference November 7-9, 2006 New Orleans, LA

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 de-tails can be found on SAE’s Web site at www.sae.org/calendar/meetings.htm; symposia details at www.sae.org/calendar/toptecs.htm.

Meetings and symposia schedule

Excellence in Engineering Education—Triple “E” AwardOpen to: Advocates of engineering educa-tion Description: This award annually recog-nizes outstanding contributions made by an individual toward activities related to the SAE Engineering Education Board. The award is given for any of the following types of service: promotion of SAE student activi-ties at the international or local levels, contri-butions that advance engineering education, contributions in support of the SAE Colle-giate Design competitions, and promotion of educational-related activities at any level.Nomination deadline: September 30, 2006Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/eee

Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) AwardOpen to: Individuals or teams who have made signifi cant advances in reducing the environmental impact caused by industryDescription: This award recognizes an indi-vidual or groups of individuals who through ingenuity and dedication make signifi cant innovations in reducing the environmental impact caused by the transportation indus-try. These achievements may occur in motor-ized vehicles for land, sea, air, and space in the areas of fuels, alternative propulsion methods, fuel usage, materials, energy us-age, manufacturing methods, logistics sup-port, as well as in education, training, and improving public awareness.Nomination deadline: October 15, 2006Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/e2t

Ralph R. Teetor Educational AwardOpen to: Engineering educatorsDescription: This award recognizes engi-neering professors with more than three but less than 10 years of full-time faculty experi-ence who are affi liated with an engineering school from which SAE accepts student members. Recipients receive a gratis trip to either the SAE World Congress or the AeroTech Congress, meet one-on-one with practicing engineers to exchange infor-mation and views on subjects of mutual interest, and participate in specialized tours of industrial and research facilities. These activities enable the educator to bring valu-able information back to the classroom to enhance the student experience and knowl-edge of real-world practices and theories.Nomination deadline: October 16, 2006Submission: Visit www.sae.org/news/awards/list/teetor/

Heinz C. Prechter Award for Automotive ExcellenceOpen to: Students at Kettering University and the University of Michigan–Ann ArborDescription: The Heinz C. Prechter Award for Automotive Excellence recognizes a graduate engineering student, or team of students, from Kettering University or the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor for developing an entrepreneurial idea that will positively impact the automotive industry. The recipient will receive $10,000 in seed money to help alleviate expenses associated with the execution of their entrepreneurial idea. Applicants will be judged on the basis of the creativity, ingenuity, and practicality of the entrepreneurial idea and how it will positively impact the automotive industry.Nomination deadline: October 31, 2006Submission: Visit http://www.sae.org/news/awards/list/prechter/

Calls for Nominations


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SAE International selects 15 for Distinguished Speaker Award Fifteen transportation engineering professionals have been selected to receive SAE International’s 2006 Lloyd L. With-row Distinguished Speaker Award.

The award, established in 1984, recognizes individuals who have received SAE International’s Oral Presentation Award more than twice. It honors the late Lloyd L. Withrow, former department head of General Motors Research Laboratories Fuels and Lubricants Department, and a noted speaker at many SAE meetings.

• Mark Devlin is a Senior Re-search and Development Adviser at Afton Chemical in Richmond, VA. Prior to Afton, he worked as an In-tramural Research Training Award Fellow at the National Institute of Health. He has co-authored and co-invented more than 35 technical papers and patents. A member of SAE International, he organizes and chairs sessions at the SAE Power-train & Fluid Systems Conference & Exhibition and participates in an SAE fuels and lubricants task force.

• Leonard Evans is President of Science Serving Society. He formed the one-man informal organization in 2000 to facilitate ongoing profes-sional activities after completing a 33-year research career with General Motors. An internationally recog-nized expert in traffi c safety, he has given presentations on the subject in 29 countries. He authored the widely acclaimed 2004 book “Traffi c Safety,” plus 160 other publications.

• Michael Hamm heads the Lighting Technology Develop-ment and Innovation Department at Automotive Lighting’s Research and Development Headquarters in Reutlingen, Germany. He is also responsible for technical marketing at Automotive Lighting. Previ-ously, he worked for Robert Bosch Lighting Division. He has published more than 25 articles and papers and holds international patents in 35 patent families.

• Daniel Haworth is a professor of mechanical engineering at Penn State University. At Penn State, he built a funded research program with grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and several industrial sponsors. He is faculty adviser to Penn State’s Challenge X hybrid-electric-vehicle competition team, and is involved with an NSF-sponsored K-12 outreach project that advances transportation technology.

• James Linden is a staff scientist at the General Motors Research & Development Center in Warren, MI. He is responsible for research activities on engine oil and power transmission fl uids in the areas of fl uid lubricant friction character-istics, oxidation stability, material compatibility, and lubricant effects on vehicle fuel effi ciency. He is a member of SAE International and the Society of Tribologists and Lubri-cation Engineers.

• Andreas Lippert is the Lab Group Manager for Thermosciences at the General Motors Research and Development Center in Warren, MI. The focus of his group includes en-gine/aftertreatment systems model-ing and multi-dimensional CFD modeling for developing global advanced combustion and propul-sion systems. He has authored more than 20 research papers, conference publications, and reports.

• James A. McGeehan is the Global Manager of Diesel Engine Oil Technology at Chevron in Richmond, CA. He has published Chevron’s fi ndings on oil develop-ment in 30 SAE papers. A three-time recipient of the Lloyd L. Withrow Award, he has received many honors from SAE International as well as recognition from ASTM International and Lubricants World Publication.

• Brian O’Connor is a Senior Research Scientist with Lubrizol, where he focuses his efforts on structure-performance relationships of lubricants and their components used in industrial and automotive drive systems. He has authored and co-authored more than 30 technical papers and received the American Gear Manufac-turers Association’s Technical Division Executive Committee Award.

• Eric Schneider is Manager of the Lubrication Chemistry and Systems Group of the Chemi-cal and Environmental Sciences Laboratory at the General Motors Research and Development Center in Warren, MI. He has published more than 30 technical articles in the areas of automotive lubricants and radiotracer technology and has received two previous awards from SAE International for his research.

• Andrew Seybert is a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at the University of Kentucky. He has been a faculty member at UK since 1977 and has been instrumental in developing the school’s program in vibro-acoustics. In addition to teaching and research, Seybert offers short courses and seminars for SAE International and

Mark Devlin

Leonard Evans

Michael Hamm

Daniel Haworth

James Linden

Andreas Lippert

James A. McGeehan

individual companies. His courses have been attended by more than 500 engineers.

• Sandeep Sovani is a Senior Consulting Engineer with the automotive aerothermal team at Fluent in Ann Arbor, MI. A native of Pune, India, Sovani has lived in the U.S. for the past decade, where he has actively worked in the fi eld of automotive thermo-fl uid sciences. Previously, he conducted research at the Thermal Sciences and Propul-sion Center of Purdue University, and worked as a Senior Engineer in the Engineering Research Center of Tata Motors (previously TELCO) in Pune.

• Alfred Spada is Editor-in-Chief of Modern Casting magazine, Edi-tor/Publisher of Engineered Casting Solutions magazine, and Director of Marketing, Communications and Public Relations of the American Foundry Society in Schaumburg, IL. He regularly speaks to metal casters, design engineers, and purchasers about the present and future of the global metal-casting industry.

• John Van Derlofske is a Se-nior Research Scientist, Assistant Research Professor, and Head of Transportation Lighting at Rensse-laer Polytechnic Institute’s Lighting Research Center in Troy, NY. One of his many responsibilities includes investigating a project funded by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program to redefi ne na-tional roadway lighting guidelines. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 articles in archival journals and proceedings and has received two Excellence in Oral Presentation Awards.

• Gerald Veen is an Acoustical Products Applications Manager for Johnson Controls in Holland, MI. He has been involved with prod-uct sound quality development, acoustical material development and application, and acoustical test-ing application for Johnson Controls interior trim and seating products for the past 10 years.

• Andy Walker is the Heavy Duty Diesel Global Technology Director for Johnson Matthey, where he leads technology development for the global heavy-duty diesel market. He has been based in Malvern, PA, since 2004. Previously, he worked at Johnson Matthey’s Technology Centre, Oxford, UK, for eight years before moving to the European Development Center in Royston, UK. He has published more than 50 papers in the fi eld of catalysis.

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Awards

International Truck and Engine team to present SAE Buckendale lectureA team of engineers from International Truck and Engine has been selected to present SAE International’s L. Ray Buck-endale Lecture. The presentation will be given by Matthew Baus, Anthony Cook, and David Schaller at the SAE 2006 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress & Exhibition in Rosemont, IL, on November 1.

The award, established in 1953, provides for an annual lec-ture that deals with automotive vehicles for on- or off-high-way operation in commercial or military service. It honors the memory of L. Ray Buckendale, 1946 SAE President, who had a strong desire to develop the potential abilities in young people. In his honor, the lecture is directed primarily to the needs of young engineers and students.

The 2006 L. Ray Buckendale Lecture is sponsored by ArvinMeritor, Cummins, Dana, Eaton, and TRW Automo-tive.

This year’s presentation is titled, “Integrating New Emis-sions Engines Into Commercial Vehicles: Emissions, Perfor-mance & Affordability.”

• Matthew Baus is Chief Engineer of Powertrain Systems at Inter-national Truck and Engine. He is responsible for vehicle cooling sys-tems, engines, transmissions, and clutch systems for all International vehicles. He has held a variety of positions since joining International in 1998, including Severe Service Vehicle Program Manager and Pow-ertrain Manager for medium and heavy powertrain programs. Prior to International, Baus was an engineer and team leader for Cummins, and served as a test engineer at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Grounds. He is a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve.

• Anthony Cook is Chief Engineer of Aftertreatment Systems & Ad-vanced Technologies at Internation-al Truck and Engine. He manages the application of aftertreatment technologies and assesses advanced technologies for future product application on trucks. Cook joined International in 1996 as Heavy Duty Powertrain Manager and was named to his current position in 2005. Prior to International, Cook was a product engineer at Volvo and a project engineer and applications engineering manager at Cummins. He holds two U.S. patents.

• David Schaller is Senior Pro-gram Manager for Big Bore Engines at International Truck and Engine. He is responsible for program man-agement of integrating new heavy-duty engines into Class 8 trucks and tractors. He joined International in 1986 to integrate the fi rst electroni-cally controlled diesel engines into trucks. Since then, he has handled assignments in sales training, vehicle research and development, heavy-truck marketing, and product line management. Prior to International, Schaller worked for United Technologies/Essex. He holds four U.S. patents. Matthew Baus

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SAE International presents Environmental Excellence AwardsTen engineering teams have been recognized with SAE International’s Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) Awards. The awards were presented during the Gov-ernment/Industry Meeting in Washington D.C., May 8-10.

The awards, established in 2000, recognize individuals who make signifi cant innovations in reducing the environ-mental impact caused by the transportation industry. These achievements cover the areas of education, new methods and tools, energy and emissions, recycling and remanufac-turing, process innovations, materials development, and noise management.

The winners were honored in the following categories:

Education, Training, and Public AwarenessWinner: “Environment Week”Team presenter: Klaus Acerbi, Delphi Team members: Andre Alves, Denise Bianchi, Pablo Borto-leto, Ana Dian, Rosley Galdino, José Maciel, João Menegon, Alexander Paiva, Ailton Sabino, Elisangela Tonietti

Delphi provided environmental training for more than 2000 Brazilian children in 2004, and more than 3000 Brazilian children in 2005. The training was conducted in 10 of Brazil’s cities in which Delphi has a presence. Lessons included best practices for waste management and recycling, and best practices for water conservation and pollution prevention. Delphi has seen positive responses to the training efforts and will continue to develop and share materials with Brazilian schools.

New Methods and ToolsWinner: “Environmental Certifi cate Mercedes-Benz S-Class”Team presenter: Matthias Finkbeiner, DaimlerChrysler AGTeam members: Rüdiger Hoffmann, Bruno Stark, Klaus Ruhland, Dieter Liebhart, Norbert Giesen

The DaimlerChrysler team came in fi rst place for their Mer-cedes-Benz S-Class car, the world’s fi rst automobile with an environmental certifi cate. Product development for the car was environmentally oriented and showed an improvement in environmental performance. Examples of improvement included: a reduction of life cycle global warming potential by 6%, an increase of renewable materials parts by 73%, and use of 45 recycled plastics parts. Runner-up: “Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) Software Model”Team presenter: Michael Q. Wang, Argonne National Labo-ratory

Argonne National Laboratory was recognized for GREET, a software tool for evaluating energy and emissions impacts of advanced vehicle technologies and new fuels. GREET considers the fuel cycle from wells to wheels and helps evaluate and pursue more energy-effi cient and environmen-tally friendly vehicle and fuel technologies. Since its release, GREET has become a familiar and respected analytical tool among government and industry users.

Mobile Energy and EmissionsWinner: “Development of 2005 Model Year Accord Hybrid”Team presenter: Masaaki Kaizuka, Honda R&DTeam members: Teruo Wakashiro, Toshitaka Imai, Toshiaki Maeda, Akira Kabasawa, Noboru Yusaku, Naritomo Higu-chi, Kohei Hanada

The Honda team was honored for the development of the 2005 model year Accord Hybrid. Since its release, the Accord Hybrid has evolved as the world’s fi rst V6 hybrid car that achieves a level of performance surpassing the former V6 Accord. The vehicle’s fuel economy was improved by the use of an electric motor, giving the Accord fuel economy equivalent to that of the compact vehicle segment.

Stationary Energy and EmissionsWinner: “Rotary Transfer Coating (RTC) Process for Coating Compressor Pistons”Team presenter: Rebecca Bish, Delphi Team members: Doug Bahun, Ted Cochran, Lyn Porcelli, Roger Hopkins, Joanne Rau, Mike Schwab, Ming Guang Zhu

The Delphi team was recognized for its RTC process for coating compressor pistons. The RTC process reduces emis-sions from the compressor piston wear coating material by applying the coating more effi ciently than the existing spray application. This was accomplished through modifying the coating material and changing the coating application process.

Runner-up: “Wave Solder Improvements Yield Signifi cant Global Environmental Benefi ts and Economic Savings”Team presenter: Dan Afseth, Delphi Team members: Lori Amos, Mark Beach, Galen Davis, Stu Longgood, Sam Platt, Jim Romack, Dave Sedam

The Delphi team’s global implementation of improvements to the wave solder process used in manufacturing circuit boards resulted in signifi cant environmental and economic benefi ts. Benefi ts include reductions in air emissions, de-creased lead solder waste sent for disposal, reduced hazard-ous waste generated, improved product quality, increased production effi ciency, and signifi cant cost savings.

Recycling, Reuse, and RemanufacturingWinner: “Filtration for the Environment”Team presenter: John Bradburn, General MotorsTeam members: Christophe Vanloplinus, Robert Johnson, Sanjay Marathe, David O’Ryan, Wes Norton, Larry Anger-man, Glen Rowe, Mark Fischer, Dan Chrzanowski, Daniel McComb

In today’s manufacturing environment, air and water fi ltration is a key component in maintaining a clean and safe environment. Proper fi ltration management is critical in as-suring sustainable resources. In addition, it makes economic sense to provide fi ltration systems that maintain product quality. The winning project provided manufacturing fi ltra-tion enhancements that signifi cantly improved environmen-tal performance and fi nancial value. Due to the implemen-tation of this project, fi ltration system byproducts are now diverted from landfi ll and reprocessed for internal reuse or recycled. Many aspects of the project are globally applicable for all manufacturers using fi ltration systems.Runner-up: “Delphi Packard Ohio Molding Operations Plastic Recycling”Team presenter: Ken Conzett, Delphi Team members: Tom Blackburn, Gary Casterline, Roger Carfangia, Alan Ciminero, Bill Capito, Ken Ellsworth, Mike Nemet, Stephen Martinolich, Ray Polinko

Delphi’s injection molding operations in Northeast Ohio recycle nearly 5 million lb (2.3 million kg) of plastic scrap each year. The material is then reused to produce connection systems components for the automotive industry. Almost all of the scrap material, inherent in the injection molding process, is collected, reground, and remixed entirely within the plants.

Materials Development and UsageWinner: “Cost, Energy Usage and Environmental Impact of Improved Circuit Board Assembly Cleaning Chemistry”Team presenter: Aleksandra Djordjevic, Delphi Team members: Brad Burton, Wayne Sozansky, Jim Spall, Dan Afseth, Galen Davis, Joe Blazek, Rick Furmack, Jeremy Montpas

Delphi’s implementation of an alternative circuit board as-sembly cleaning chemistry benefi ted Delphi’s products, pro-cesses, facilities, environment, and workers. It also improved product reliability by enabling a more robust cleaning process. Another result was the reduction in air emissions and lead-containing scrap.Runner-up: “Development of Dyneon Brand THV Fluoro-plastic Barrier for Low Permeation Elastomeric Fuel Hose”Team presenter: Mark Geis, Dyneon LLC/ 3MTeam members: Attila Molnar, Dennis Hull, Paul Tuckner, Denis Duchesne, James Balzer (formerly of 3M), Todd Fuku-shi, Al Sohlo, Craig Hoff

The development of Dyneon Brand THV fl uoroplastic for automotive elastomeric fuel hose was directed at reducing evaporative emissions to meet California Air Resource Board and EPA standards. This barrier material enabled OEMs to meet their evaporative emissions targets for large fuel hoses while maintaining hose fl exibility, shape, and crash worthi-ness. Vehicle fuel systems did not need to be dramatically redesigned in the process. Dyneon has replicated this tech-nology throughout Europe, Japan, Korea, China, and Russia. The hose will soon be adopted in the small engine, marine, motorcycle, and recreational vehicle markets.


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Update

Awards

Teetor Educational Award recipients announcedFour aerospace engineering professors have been selected to receive SAE International’s Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award. They will be presented the award at the SAE 2007 AeroTech Congress & Exhibition, September 17-20, in Los Angeles, CA.

The award, established in 1965, recognizes outstanding engineering educators and offers them the opportunity to meet and exchange views with practicing engineers in their fi elds. The award is funded by the late Ralph R. Teetor, 1936 SAE International President, who believed that engineering educators are the most effective link between engineering students and their future careers.

• John L. Crassidis is an as-sociate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University at Buffalo, State Univer-sity of New York. He held previous academic appointments at Texas A&M University and the Catholic University of America. He was a NASA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Goddard Space Flight Center. He is also the Director of the Advanced Navigation & Control Systems laboratory. An author of more than 90 journal and conference papers, Crassidis is the principal author of a new textbook titled, “Optimal Estimation of Dynamic Systems.” He has received many awards for his achievements, including best paper awards for the 2001 and 2003 Guidance, Navigation & Control conferences, and the University at Buffalo Young In-vestigator award. Crassidis is Chair of the National Technical Committee on guidance, navigation, and control.

• Lyon B. King is an associate pro-fessor of mechanical engineering at Michigan Technological University. He is also the founder and Presi-dent of Aerophysics, a small fi rm researching and developing novel technologies for homeland defense and military space applications. He was previously a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and

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Technology in Boulder, CO. He has published numerous sci-entifi c papers and holds a patent for spacecraft ion rockets. King has received many honors from NASA for his achieve-ments and was granted Fellowship from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts. He is also a recipient of the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

• Paul Oh is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Drexel University. He is also Director of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab. He held previous academic appointments as an adjunct as-sistant professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University, a NASA Summer Faculty Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Lab, and an Of-fi ce of Naval Research Summer Faculty Fellow at the Naval Research Lab. His professional experience includes time at Bell Atlantic Science and Technology Labs, Oerlikon Aero-space, CAE Electronics, and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. He has authored more than 50 publications. He has received numerous awards, including the National Science Foundation Career award and top awards in the U.S. FIRST Robotics Competition. He was named a 2006 Boeing Welliver Fellow.

• David B. Spencer is an associate professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the aerospace engineering department at Penn State University. Prior to joining Penn State, Spencer was a Program Manager at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and a member of the technical staff at The Aerospace Corporation. He is an Associate Fellow for the Ameri-can Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and is an Associate Editor for the AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. He is also a senior mem-ber of the American Astronomical Society, and a member of the American Society for Engineering Education and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Researchers, professor recognized for SAE diesel paper

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Member Update

Members on the moveNorio Omori (Fel’01) has retired from the Denso Board of Directors as Executive Vice President.

Mark Frissora (Aff’97), former CEO and President of Ten-neco, joined Hertz as CEO and member of the Board of Directors.

John C. Ziegert (Mbr’06) has been appointed Timken Chair in Automotive Design and Development at the Carroll A. Campbell Graduate Engineering Center at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research. Ziegert will lead research initiatives in analysis and design of precision machining for automotive applications, and coordinate collaborative research and development projects between the university and Timken’s on-site engineering group.

Bulent Yavuz (Aff’99) was ap-pointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nanostellar, an application-specifi c nanomateri-als company that develops highly effi cient materials for automotive catalysts. Yavuz spent the previous 19 years with Engelhard.

Raymond Goyco (Aff’04) was named Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Ship it AOG, a sup-plier of aircraft parts and ground equipment. Goyco previously worked for Raytheon, Aviall, and Corporates Service Supply.

Peggy Fisher (Mbr’86) has joined tire monitoring and tire asset management systems supplier TimeStamp as President of U.S. op-erations. Fisher previously worked for Roadway Tire and Roadway Express.

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A team of four researchers and one professor has been selected to receive SAE International’s Harry L. Horning Memorial Award. It will be presented the award at the Pow-ertrain & Fluid Systems Conference & Exhibition in Toronto, October 16-19.

The award, established in 1938, recognizes the authors of the best paper relating to the mutual adaptation of fuels and internal-combustion engines. It honors the memory of Harry L. Horning, 1925 SAE President. This year’s winning paper is titled, “The Infl uence of Charge Dilution and Injection Timing on Low-Temperature Diesel Combustion and Emis-sions” (2005-01-3837).

• Sanghoon Kook is an Associ-ate Research Fellow for the growth engine research and development promotion team at KISTEP in Seoul, South Korea. He is a member of SAE International, the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Korean Society of Combustion.

• Choongsik Bae is a profes-sor in the mechanical engineering department at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technol-ogy. An author of more than 30 SAE technical publications, he has received two previous awards for his papers and presentations from SAE International and an Academic Award from the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers. He is a member of several international and Korean societies, including SAE International, and serves on various editorial boards of international

journals, including the International Journal of Engine Research.

• Paul Miles is a member of the engine combustion department at the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. He researches in-cylinder fl ow, mixing, and combustion processes in light-duty diesel engines. He has authored more than 30 papers dealing with internal-combustion engines and is an SAE Fellow.

• Dae Choi is a Senior Research Engineer for the passenger-car diesel engine test team in the Powertrain Research and Development Center at Hyundai. Previously, he worked for Sandia National Laboratories and GM Daewoo Motors. He has authored 11 technical publications closely related to high-speed direct-injection diesel combustion, includ-ing low-temperature-mode diesel combustion works. He was awarded Yonehama Rotary International Research Fellowship.

• Lyle Pickett is a member of the engine combustion department at the Combustion Research Facility at Sandia National Laboratories where he researches diesel and low-temper-ature combustion methods for clean and fuel-effi cient engines.

Publications

2006 engines series CD-ROMs availableNearly 1500 new technical papers are included in the re-cently released 2006 editions of SAE’s Engines Technology Series collections on CD-ROM. The three collections consist of fully searchable, full-text papers spanning 1990 through the 2006 SAE World Congress.

The 2006 SAE Diesel Engines Technology Collection on CD-ROM ($625 list; product code: ENGD2006) includes more than 2500 papers. Five CDs feature 395 new papers, including 89 from the 2006 World Congress.

The 2006 SAE Spark-Ignition Engines Technology Collec-tion on CD-ROM ($625 list; product code: ENGSI2006) con-tains more than 3550 technical papers on six CDs. This latest edition features 658 new papers, including 124 from the 2006 World Congress.

The 2006 SAE Emissions Technology Collection on CD-ROM ($650 list; product code: EMISS2006) provides more than 2900 technical papers, including 443 new papers with 39 from the 2006 World Congress.

Engines Technology Series collections are available individually or in any combination. A special savings offer enables two collections to be purchased for $1020, or all three collections for $1520. For more information, visit www.sae.org; phone 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970; or e-mail [email protected].


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Behaviors that can derail your careerAdvancing your career takes more than simply performing the duties in your job description.

“Often, lack of career advancement is due to breaking the unwritten rules or displaying behavioral traits that can derail your career in an organization,” said Dalana Brand, Senior Manager, Compensation and Employment at Yazaki North America. “Each organization has its own behavioral traits that are admired and disliked, so it is very important to know the culture in your organization.”

Listed below are the most common behaviors that will derail your career in most organizations. This information was adapted from the book, “FYI (For Your Improvement) A Guide for Development and Coaching,” by Michael Lom-bardo and Robert Eichinger. “This book does a good job of articulating the core competencies and behavioral traits required to succeed, and I would recommend it to those seri-ous about their careers,” said Brand. • Unable to adapt—This also means not fl exible or able to change or cannot work with others who do not share the same background or ideas. • Poor administrator—Letting things fall through the cracks; over-committing and under-delivering or not completing all aspects of the task. • Overly ambitious—Those focused solely on themselves and upward career movement. “You’ve got to be focused on the job you’re doing and do it well before a promotion will

come,” said Brand. • Arrogance—We all know this type, but there is a fi ne line between arrogance and confi dence, and attitude plays a big part in others’ perception of you. • Untrustworthy—Being inconsistent, failing to follow up on commitments, or not being considered someone coworkers can count on. • Blocked personal learner—Not open to new experiences or learning new tasks; prefers status quo; and is seen as narrow in interests and input. • Lack of composure—Does not handle high-pressure situ-ations; makes poor decisions under stress; gets emotional when things do not go as planned. • Defensiveness—Denies mistakes or faults, blames others, and is not open to criticism or feedback.• Lack of ethics and values—Operates too close to the mar-gins or pushes the limit too often and does not work within the norms of the organization. • Not a team player—Does not pull in the group to accom-plish a task; does not share credit for successes; and does not resolve problems within the team. • Insensitivity—Has an intimidating style, makes others feel bad, and does not think about how he/she affects others. • Political missteps—Not knowing your organization and the protocol. Not going to the appropriate decision-maker or gatekeeper; trying to work around or go over heads.

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SAE 2007 Noise and Vibration Conference and ExhibitionEvent date and location: May 14 - 17, 2007, St. Charles, ILPossible topics: Engine/powertrain/drive-line; heavy vehicle and vehicle exterior; numerical methods; NVH measurement; passive and active NVH control; standards, processes, and perspectives; vehicle compo-nent NVHDeadlines: Abstracts, September 5, 2006; draft manuscripts, November 11, 2006; fi nal manuscripts, March 19, 2007Submission: Visit www.sae.org/events/

nvc/. For questions, please contact Nori Fought at 248-273-2465 or [email protected].

JSAE/SAE International Fuels and Lubricants MeetingEvent date and location: July 23-26, 2007, Kyoto, JapanPossible topics: Combustion; emissions; lubricants; fuels; measurement, testing, and statistics Deadlines: Abstracts, October 10, 2006; draft manuscripts, December 5, 2006; fi nal manu-scripts, April 17, 2007Submission: Visit www.jsae.or.jp. For ques-tions, contact 2007fl @jsae.or.jp.

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2006

Department of Defense

Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition

October 23-26, 2006The Grand Sierra Resort (formerly Reno Hilton)

Reno, Nevada, USA

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Maintenance:Key Leverage Point in DoD’s Materiel

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Plan now to attend the most comprehensive maintenance, logistics, and materiel readiness event of 2006! Key issues to be presented include:

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• Optimizing reliability and cycle time to enhance materiel readiness

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• Overdependence on a single skill—Not broad-based or strategic in thinking; unable to see the big picture or organi-zational goals.

Overall strategies to help you avoid these career derail-ers include being conscientious and following through with details. It is important to be fl exible and open to change and learn new skills. Try to get broad-based experience through-out the organization. Treat others as equals and include oth-ers in decision-making and offer to help coworkers in a bind. Never let them see you sweat and keep to the issue to avoid getting emotional at work. Take personal responsibility and accountability when things do not go well and always pres-ent solutions with problems. Project a consistent set of values and align your values with those of the organization.

“Acceptable behavioral traits differ in organizations, so make sure you know your company’s values, or ask about them in an interview,” said Brand. Most importantly, it is never too late to change your work habits and image, so do a self-assessment, acknowledge your weaknesses, and create a plan to improve by seeking input from others and capital-izing on your strengths.

Career Corner articles are written by Tracy Fedkoe, Product Manager for SAE Career and Member Services. If you have a topic you would like to see covered in Career Corner, please e-mail [email protected].


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Update

Standards & Committees

SAE International supports policy changes for aerospace standardsSAE International supports a position paper released by the Strategic Standardization Forum for Aerospace (SSFA), which is affi liated with the Aerospace Industries Associa-tion. The paper points out the danger posed by policies that would force companies to select and use standards based not on technical merit, but on the governing body that releases them.

Aerospace experts are warning that potential policy chang-es regarding standards could result in subpar construction of important industry products and components, threatening reliability and consumer confi dence.

The issue addresses a growing concern that policies and legislation are being set that could preclude the use of tech-nologically advanced standards produced by many globally

relevant developers simply because of semantics.“SAE International recognizes the importance of the paper

released by the SSFA, and we are in full support of it,” said Raymond A. Morris, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi cer, SAE International. “Selecting the best, most reliable, and most usable standards is a crucial step to ensuring quality in the aerospace industry.”

SAE International maintains more than 6600 aerospace technical standards, material specifi cations, and other re-source documents. These works are authored, updated, and revised by the volunteer efforts of more than 6000 engineers, engineering managers, and other qualifi ed aerospace profes-sionals from around the world.

New SAE research programs eye better A/C systemsSAE International is studying ways to reduce the global-warming impact from motor vehicle air-conditioning (A/C) systems through its newest Cooperative Research Programs.

The programs are part of an ongoing effort to develop mo-bile air-conditioning systems that are more effi cient and less harmful to the environment.

This research will save the automotive industry extra costs, as companies will share the expense of evaluating new alter-native refrigerants for use in air-conditioning systems.

Vehicle OEM members determined that the new refriger-ants must be screened and identifi ed by the second quarter of 2007.

The new Cooperative Research Programs include:• Risk Assessment (CRP150-1): Chemical and toxicology

specialists will assess different chemicals as potential refrig-erants.

• Chemical Compatibility (CRP150-2): Laboratory evalu-ations will be conducted to see how new refrigerants react with common materials.

• System Impact (CRP150-3): This program will work to understand the effects of new refrigerants on vehicle sys-tems.

• Service/Leakage (CRP150-4): Mobile air-conditioning experts will address effi ciency of new refrigerants.

• Vehicle Durability (CRP150-5): Represented OEMs will supply vehicles to be tested in a variety of climatic regions with new refrigerants.

Representatives from the following OEMs have expressed interest in the programs: Audi, BMW, DaimlerChrysler, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Nissan, Paccar, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Toyota, Volvo, and Volkswagen.

New standard serves uniformity for airline galley cartsMost people only take notice of them when they roll slowly down the aisle of an airplane, pushed by a fl ight attendant. And even then, it is to look at the many bev-erage choices that are housed on the top.

But what about the in-fl ight galley cart itself? It’s an important airline device that needs to properly house a multitude of containers and components, and it has to withstand the sometimes bumpy turbulence of air travel.

Engineering and building a galley cart that meets the many requirements imposed by airlines, airframe manufacturers, and regulatory agencies can be a chal-lenge. A standard developed by SAE International helps make that process a little easier.

SAE International standard AS8056, Minimum Design and Performance of Airplane Galley In-Flight Carts, Containers, and Associated Components, is the basis for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) TSO C-175 and streamlines the development process for galley carts by enabling manufacturers to work directly with the FAA.

AS8056 was written and created by SAE Internation-al’s S-9 Cabin Safety Provisions Committee.

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KeynotesLarry Burns, Vice-President Research and Development and Strategic Planning General Motors Corp.Kazuo Furukawa, President Hitachi, LTD.Frans Johansson, Author of The Medici Effect

Blue Ribbon PanelHear from industry leaders on the challenges and opportunities of cooperation between the OEM and Suppliers in the fi eld of embedded electronic software controls to enable a “win-win” situation, leveraging their collective strengths.

Moderated Panel: “Car Makers Speak”This popular plenary session moderated by Paul M. Hansen, The Hansen Report on Automotive Electronicsprovides a lively discussion on some of the major trends of the day as well as global E/E standards, the challenges carmakers face, how suppliers can help, and the commoditization of operating systems and electronic control units.

Total Vehicle PanelIndustry leaders from the automotive, electronics, aerospace & defense industries will explore the convergence of business and technology, global boundaries, best practices, and ultimately, the convergence between industries.

Connect with the most infl uential technologies and people involved in vehicle electronics!

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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 [email protected], or call SAE Customer Service toll-free at 877-606-7323 (or 724-776-4970 outside the U.S. and Canada).

September 2006

Troy, MI, USA - SAE Automotive HeadquartersSeptember 6-8 Managing Engineering & Technical Professionals

NEW! In the fast-paced and competitive environment of today’s global economy, the work of technical professionals is often the difference between success and failure in an organization. Providing leadership for engineers is uniquely challenging, and the transition from working engineer to fi rst-line technical supervisor is one of the most diffi cult career challenges that an engineer may face. First-time engineering supervisors and mid-level managers who wish to sharpen their skills and learn new techniques for guiding, coaching, and motivating working engineers, technicians, and designers will fi nd this seminar valuable. A mix of lecture and attention-grabbing exercises are used to develop intense and lasting learning results.

September 7-8 Automotive Electronics - An Applications Primer September 7-8 The Basics of Internal Combustion Engines September 11-12 Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis September 11-12 Metal Corrosion and Its Prevention September 11-13 Cost, Finance, and Economics for Engineers September 14-15 Wet Brake & Clutch Technology September 14-15 Leading High Performance Teams September 18-20 Introduction to Road Vehicle Aerodynamics

NEW! Aerodynamic considerations in the design phase of a road vehicle have signifi cant implications for fuel economy, vehicle stability, safety, engine cooling, interior noise, and overall aesthetics. Both governmental regulations and customer requirements for comfort must be taken into consideration. Just as an airplane in fl ight is subjected to several forces, including lift, drag, and lateral forces, the same is true of ground vehicles although the lift component is, in general, not as prominent as in fl ight vehicles. The aerodynamic characteristics of a vehicle are determined by the combination of the vehicle overall shape and the shape and location of its components. This seminar will introduce you to basic aerodynamic principles and tools to evaluate aerodynamic features including wind-tunnel testing, fl ow visualization, track testing, and computational methods. Testing of scale models, measurement methods, and data interpretation will also be covered. Real-life situations and problems will be discussed and attendees will have the opportunity to solve problems utilizing skills learned.

September 18-20 Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Control, Design and Applications

NEW! One of the fastest-growing automotive fi elds, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), presents both opportunities and challenges. HEVs are more fuel-effi cient and environmentally friendly than conventional vehicles. Optimizing the power intake in HEVs allows the engine operation to be kept within the range designed for best fuel economy and lowest emissions, while the motor/generator system either provides additional power input or generates electricity using power from the engine.

The challenges presented in HEVs include power electronics, electric motors and generators, batteries, power management, thermal management, and system integration. This three-day seminar will cover the fundamentals, design, and special topics of HEVs. In an easy-to-understand format, the course will explain the engineering of HEVs, including the components, design, modeling, and control of HEVs. Some existing HEV models such as the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic, Mercury Mariner, Saturn VUE, and Toyota Camry will be used as case studies. The course will include lectures, simulations, hands-on examples, and design exercises utilizing Ansoft Simplorer software, Matlab-Simulink, and Advisor.

September 19-20 Catalytic Converters: Design and Durability September 20-21 Diesel Emissions and Aftertreatment Devices: Design and Durability September 21-22 Design of Experiments (DOE) for Engineers September 25-26 Hydraulic & Pneumatic Fluid Power Seals September 25-29 Vehicle Noise Control Engineering Academy - Vehicle Interior Noise September 25-29 Vehicle Noise Control Engineering Academy - Powertrain Noise TrackSeptember 28-29 Adhesive Bonding Technology September 28-29 Electronics Packaging: Thermal & Mechanical Design and Analysis

Greer, SC, USA - BMW Performance CenterSeptember 18-20 Applied Vehicle Dynamics

Toulouse, France - Centre de Congres Pierre Baudis

In Conjunction with the On-Board Diagnostics Symposium: 2006 Update September 11 Basic Principles for the Development of On-Board Diagnostics

Professional Development

SAE to offer motorsports engineering courses at PRI eventSAE International will offer four motorsports-related professional development seminars in conjunction with the Performance Racing Industry Trade Show in December. The seminars will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

The seminars will provide hands-on, practical learning ap-plications and tools, and include:• Hands-on Racecar Suspension Setup (December 12-13—8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.)

SAE CAD Certifi cation Program schedule announcedTraining courses and exams in the SAE Automotive CAD Certifi cation Program have been scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2006. This program provides the industry’s fi rst independent measure of automotive CAD knowledge.

This certifi cation program goes beyond basic CAD use by applying CAD skills to solve real-world automotive design challenges. To achieve certifi cation, one must fi rst pass the Automotive Essentials Online and hands-on CAD Case Study exams (which test CAD working knowledge in the context of early automotive design decisions), followed by an exam in one or more of four specialty disciplines: body/structures, interior trim, powertrain, and chassis.

Certifi cation is offered in UGS NX and CATIA, the two most widely used CAD programs in the automotive indus-try. CATIA Certifi cation Courses are held at INCAT in Novi, MI, and the Michigan Technical Education Center in Warren, MI. UGS NX Certifi cation Courses are held at the Michigan Technical Education Center and UGS in Livonia, MI.

Self-paced online learning is also offered.

Fourth quarter CAD Certifi cation Program schedule

Automotive Essentials

October 9, November 6, December 4

Body/StructuresOctober 9, November 13, December 18

Interior Trim October 23, November 27

Powertrain November 20, December 18

ChassisOctober 16, December 4, December 11

New SAE seminar looks at lighting testing, standardsA new SAE seminar on the safety importance of automo-tive lighting devices will provide information on lighting functions, standards, regulations, testing, and evaluations. “Automotive Lighting: Testing and Requirements” will be offered for the fi rst time October 27 at SAE Automotive Headquarters in Troy, MI.

The seminar will enable attendees to describe legal aspects and implications related to automotive lighting, search for and use lighting-related standards for all exterior lighting devices, and establish or assist with lighting tests and evalu-ations.

The seminar is intended for automotive engineers and product development personnel who are responsible for lighting design, manufacturing, quality assurance, installa-tion, vehicle interface, or integration, as well as regulatory personnel involved with the legal specifi cations of automo-tive lighting and individuals responsible for lighting regula-tions.

Seminar instructor Jianzhong Jiao is the General Manager for Engineering Technology at North American Lighting, where he manages optical design, electronic design, engi-neering analysis, design verifi cation testing, new technology development, regulations and standards, and intellectual property protection activities. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the SAE Lighting Standards Committee, Chair-man of the SAE Signal and Marking Devices Sub-Commit-tee, and Chairman of both the Daytime Running Light Task Force and the Fog Lamp Task Force.

For more information on the “Automotive Lighting: Test-ing and Requirements” seminar (I.D.# C0618), or to register, visit www.sae.org/seminarinfo; phone 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 724-776-4970; or e-mail [email protected].

• Race Engine Calibration for Optimal Performance (Decem-ber 13—8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) • Tires and Handling for Racing and High Performance Vehicles (December 12—8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) • Vehicle Dynamics Applied to Racing (December 12-13—8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.)

Racing and motorsports engineering professionals are en-couraged to attend these seminars. For pricing information and detailed course descriptions, visit www.sae.org/events/training/.

Candidates for certifi cation should be designers or engi-neers with an engineering degree who are profi cient in the use of the appropriate CAD system and yield a 75% or above on the free CAD pre-assessment exam.

For more information, or to register, visit www.sae.org/cadcert, or e-mail [email protected].


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Professional Development

Career Opportunities

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Honda R&D Americas, Inc.

At Honda R&D Americas, Inc., you’ll be involved in projects that not only exciteyou, but also turn the heads of an entire industry. Our engineers are designing,testing and using their talents to create the motorcycles/ATVs, automobiles andpower equipment concepts of the future. And in the process they rediscover whythey chose this profession — the power to turn today’s dreams into tomorrow’sproducts. It’s a high-performance, highly rewarding opportunity and we invite youto come along for the ride of your life.

Our success is built with a hands-on approach beginning with concept generation and continuing through the finished vehicle. All this is made easier by our proximity and accessibility to Honda’s manufacturing facility.

Be part of the excitement. If you are interested in a career at Honda, sendyour resume to: Human Resources, Honda R&D Americas, Inc., 21001State Route 739, Raymond, OH 43067-9705. Fax: 937-645-6337.Email: [email protected]. Candidates must have the legal right to work forHonda R&D in the United States. An equal opportunity employer.

ARi is currently registering industry leadersand experts as consultants to assist in solvingindustry challenges in areas such as engineering,international business, manufacturing, product-lifecycle-management, and sales and marketing.

WANTED:Automotive Industry Leaders

To learn more visitwww.ari.sae.orgor contact Neil Schilkeat [email protected] 248-273-4029.

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of vehicle/product constraints and design issues related to front-end and underhood cooling airflow. Students will learn about cooling airfl ow (fan & ram), grille openings (texture, size, and location), front-end airfl ow patterns, system resistance, aerodynamic cooling drag, estimating radiator heat rejection and vehicle cooling performance, underhood restriction, and underhood airfl ow patterns. Basic concepts will be reinforced with in-class discussion of case studies using an MS Excel-based solver.

October 26-27 The Role of the Seat in Rear Crash Safety October 26-27 Automotive Glazing Materials October 27 Automotive Lighting: Testing and Requirements NEW! It has not been commonly known

that automotive exterior lights are safety devices and must comply with governmental regulations. Since the 1930s, the SAE Lighting Standards Committee has been actively working with the automotive industry OEMs, lamp makers, Tier-2 suppliers, and human factor experts to develop automotive lighting standards. These standards have been widely used or referenced by the federal and state governments in establishing and enforcing the lighting regulations. This seminar emphasizes the safety importance of automotive lighting devices and provides important information on lighting functions, standards and regulations, testing, and evaluations.

October 30 Basic Noise Control

October 30-31 Practical Reliability Engineering, Testing & Growth Management October 31 Noise and Vibration Measurement: Instruments and Facilities

Big Beaver Borough, PA, USA - BeaveRunOctober 9-11 Applied Vehicle Dynamics

Greenville, SC, USA - Embassy Suites GreenvileOctober 16 Effective Meeting Management & Facilitation in a Technical Environment October 18 Introduction to Failure Modes & Effects Analysis for Product Design (Design FMEA)October 16-18 Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing— Level I

November 2006

Troy, MI, USA—SAE Automotive HeadquartersNovember 1-2 Designing for Safety and Developing Accurate Safety Specifi cations November 1-3 Motor Fuel: Technology, Performance, Testing, and Specifi cations November 1-3 Injuries, Anatomy, Biomechanics & Federal Regulation November 1-3 Advanced Vehicle Dynamics for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks November 6 A Familiarization of Drivetrain Components November 6-8 Advanced Electric Motor/Generator/ Actuator Design and Analysis for Automotive Applications November 6-8 Hydraulic Brake Systems for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks

October 2006

Troy, MI, USA - SAE Automotive HeadquartersOctober 5-6 Powertrain Selection for Fuel Economy an

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