SAE International 2020 Annual Report

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SAE International is a global association committed to advancing mobility Revenue (2020) knowledge and solutions for the benefit $80,000,000 of humanity. By engaging nearly 200,000 engineers, technical experts Engineers, Experts and and volunteers, we connect and educate 200,000 Volunteers Engaged mobility professionals to enable safe, clean, and accessible mobility solutions. We act on two priorities: encouraging a lifetime of learning for mobility 880 New Standards engineering professionals and setting the standards for industry engineering. We strive for a better world through the work of our philanthropic SAE 154 SAE Sections Foundation, including award-winning programs like A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series™. 36 New Hires

8 Digital Engineering Events

SAE International 2020 Report 2 About SAE International The world reconditioned itself to digital in-school, by shifting a dozen Collegiate channels and we remained in lockstep, Design Series events to digital platforms positioning our products and services with and launching SAE STEM@Home™ with a “digital first” approach. This realignment educational resources available online. allowed us to continue to deliver impactful results for our members, partners and key Even during a difficult year, our members stakeholders. SAE International ended the were committed to supporting the year with nearly $80 million in revenue engineering profession with a passion and sustainable margins, which exceeded and dedication to knowledge sharing and forecasts, despite the notable industry growth. The global mobility industry is headwinds in both the aerospace and better off because of your engagement automotive sectors. with SAE International, from supporting our events, publications, education As you will read throughout our 2020 programs and participating in your local Annual Report, our shift to a technology- chapters and affiliate organizations, all centric pathway enabled us to connect of which build community in the mobility Raman Venkatesh, Ph.D. with audiences across the globe with an sectors. To recognize the support from all Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer approach that focused on delivering the of our contributors, in November, we held right content to the right audience in the our second annual Contributor of the Year right formats. Late last year, we launched event virtually, where we honored our top the revolutionary SAE OnQue™ Digital 26 contributors and named Dean Case as Standards System, a first-of-its-kind system the winner of the 2020 class. that seamlessly integrates our expansive library of engineering standards digitally to SAE benefited greatly from the strong our customers. We also looked at new ways leadership of the Board of Directors, led to connect directly with our members and by 2020 Board President Todd Zarfos. stakeholders, launching the SAE Tomorrow This was a year like no other, but through Today™ podcast, which convened some your efforts and support, SAE remained of the leading voices in mobility across 38 committed to pursuing sustainable organic episodes in 2020, as well as the SAE@Home and inorganic growth opportunities to video series on our website. continually advance our mission of mobility for all of humanity. We have emerged Despite the global pandemic that disrupted stronger in 2021 with a renewed focus on in-person activities, more than 51,000 our mission and stakeholders and will look David L. Schutt, Ph.D. engineering experts still stepped up to to implement new products and services Chief Executive Officer virtually support SAE’s mission through that add more value. contributions in standards, events, professional development content and As we look back on the past year and to EXECUTIVE MESSAGE pre-professional education in STEM what’s ahead, we are proud of the role that The COVID-19 pandemic dominated disciplines. That support allowed us SAE played in supporting our partners, as headlines in 2020 as every aspect of our to successfully pivot our approach to we continued to sustainably advance our lives was radically altered, from the way digital formats. Throughout the year, mission for the entire mobility industry. we work to how we interact with friends, our standards committees took their With your support, SAE International will family and colleagues. For the mobility meetings virtual and developed 657 continue to grow and evolve to realize an industries that SAE International serves, a new and revised aerospace and systems exciting future. new set of unprecedented challenges were management standards and 223 ground presented that could only be overcome vehicle standards. After three successful through ingenuity and flexibility. Like all in-person events at the beginning of other organizations, SAE was not immune the year, we quickly responded to the to these challenges as our business also changing landscape and pivoted eight felt the impacts of the global pandemic. events to digital platforms, supporting a Raman Venkatesh, Ph.D. Much like mobility itself, we took the wide-range of mobility engineering topics. Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer challenges head on and moved forward Our professional development group also by rejuvenating our programs to better made sure training continued effectively, support our members and stakeholders as more than 100 courses were shifted during a time of uncertainty. What we are to digital platforms. Our pre-professional most grateful for is that SAE navigated education team impacted more than 2020 without needing to cut any 75,000 students, most of whom were David L. Schutt, Ph.D. mission program. forced to attend classes online instead of Chief Executive Officer

SAE International 2020 Report 3 Executive Message 190 Section Events 3,300 College Graduate Members 12 Average Years of Membership

Membership & Community Engagement

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK Despite a global pandemic that disrupted SAE held the second annual Contributor SAE membership is represented across in-person activities, more than 51,000 of the Year Award in 2020 to recognize the globe, with a presence in 86 countries individuals virtually engaged with SAE in contributors for their ongoing commitment as well as all 50 U.S. states. Worldwide, 2020. Interest in becoming a volunteer to the organization and the mobility SAE members are collaborating through increased by 30% over 2019, with more industry. The award was presented to 154 sections—47 SAE Sections of industry than 2,600 individuals signed up for the communications consultant Dean Case professionals and 107 Collegiate Chapters volunteer pool. About 50% of individuals during a virtual awards reception in of students. A new section, SAE Austin, in the volunteer pool have completed a November, which saw 26 members of the was formed in 2020, while SAE Virginia volunteer activity. The SAE Propel platform Contributor of the Year Class recognized was absorbed into the Washington, D.C., continued to grow and afford volunteer and for their ongoing support of SAE. An section to provide additional support from contributor opportunities. The platform additional emphasis was placed on a gold-rated section. Members and sections averaged more than 80 volunteer postings attracting and engaging dynamic female remained connected in 2020, utilizing each month and received hundreds students and professionals in 2020 to digital platforms for meetings and events. of unsolicited applications. As part of further promote and encourage diversity Nearly 190 professional section events the system that automatically transfers and inclusion in the engineering field. were held virtually in 2020, with sections graduating seniors into professional Activities included a “Women in Leadership encouraging cross-section invitations that members, more than 3,300 graduating Chat” and a “Women in Engineering and promoted collaboration and learning with student members became professional Effective Communication” virtual mentor peers from across the globe. members. mixer through Member Connection™ as well as feature articles in Update magazine.

SAE International 2020 Report 4 Membership & Community Engagement 4,600 Virtual Committee Meetings 657 Aerospace Standards 223 Ground Vehicle Standards

Standards

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK The necessary shift to virtual engagement Increased attention was put on standardi- SAE collaborated with government and increased the number of meetings zation in the electric vehicle market. SAE industry to advance global standardization conducted by the standards development J2954™ Standard: Wireless Power Transfer across both aerospace and global ground teams as compared to 2019—over & Alignment for Light Duty Vehicles laid out vehicles. To support airlines during the 2,600 virtual aerospace and systems requirements for EVs and infrastructure for global pandemic, SAE specifications for management meetings and nearly 2,000 safe charging, and the SAE EV Charging aircraft cleaning were referenced by IATA virtual global ground vehicle meetings. PKI Cooperative Research Project was and FAA, while new research work with This increased number of meetings led launched in partnership with industry SAE cabin, seats and cockpit committees to more work initiated across all forms leaders to strengthen electric vehicle is underway in collaboration with FAA of engineering standards in 2020. Work charging system security. We defined and NIAR on safe and effective cleaning was initiated on 657 new and revised terms for Cooperative Driving Automation and disinfecting procedures for all parts aerospace and systems management with SAE J3216™ to improve the safety and of an airplane. SAE brought FAA, EASA standards, which added to the more than traffic flow of multiple vehicles in proximity and industry together to publish a new 7,600 aerospace and systems management to one another. In aerospace, electrification minimum operational performance standards currently available. In the global was also a key focus with two information standard—AS6342™—on Helicopter Hoists ground vehicles sector, we initiated work reports on energy storage published and and new guidance on composite seats, and on 223 new and revised ground vehicle Aircraft High Voltage Levels finalized. The formalized partnerships with RTCA and standards, adding to the more than 2,200 AMS-AM committee maintained significant IEEE to progress cohesive and collaborative ground vehicle standards currently active momentum in publishing six documents standards development. SAE also worked in SAE’s portfolio. Additionally, 35 new and starting 15 new WIPs on additive directly with ISO, AVCC, IEEE and UL on ground vehicle committees and task forces manufacturing, and SAE collaborated new ground vehicle standards projects, and were formed in 2020. with IAEG to publish AMS2461 – Plating, received USDOT FHWA funding approval Zinc-Nickel Alloy (12 to 16% Ni) as an to develop 17 new standards to support alternative to cadmium plating on industry the foundation and advancement of V2X standard parts. Communications, ADS and CADS.

SAE International 2020 Report 5 Standards 4,800,000 MOBILUS Page Views 4,000 Technical Content Published 26 EDGE Research Papers

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK Information Products continued efforts Operational efficiency remained a focus In 2020, Information Products further to grow its portfolio and increase its for Information Products in 2020 as expanded to digital formats, offering robust leadership position in important areas, collaboration and support from the industry and leading content to a global customer such as AV, connectivity and workforce helped guide editorial content and best base. In late-2020, SAE’s first patented development. Efforts around SAE practices. Open access uptake from product, SAE OnQue™ Digital Standards EDGE™ Research Reports grew with authors doubled from 2019 to 2020 and System, was launched as the first-of-its- 26 reports published in 2020, offering was made available for technical papers kind cloud-based system that provides state-of-industry examinations of the and journals. The Journals Special Issues actionable standards data that can be fully most significant topics facing the mobility Program was launched to publish topically integrated with customers’ development industry today. The SAE International curated issues managed by expert guest and workflow tools. For the first time in Journal of Sustainable Transportation, editors. The SAE Books program continued its history, SAE Books published solely Energy, Environment & Policy was to attract international attention, signing original works—17 in total—with a number launched, focusing on sustainability from 22 new authors and over 100 contributors, immediately adopted by such leading environmental, energy, engineering, public to develop books around a wide range of universities as Michigan State University, policy, social and economic perspectives topics. Information Products also expanded University of Wisconsin-Madison and over the entire life cycle of mobility its reach with the startup community by Purdue University. In July, the SAE book systems. The SAE International Journal launching the SuperPak product, an online Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction won of Alternative Powertrains was renamed subscription offering that grants access to the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award of SAE International Journal of Electrified the scope of SAE’s technical publications for Publishing Excellence by the Independent Vehicles to emphasize the organization’s startups and smaller companies. Book Publishers Association. increased focus on the components, systems and technologies concerning electrified powertrains.

SAE International 2020 Report 6 Information Products 12,500 Participants 272 Total Courses 1,550 CEUs Awarded

Professional Development

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK Professional Development prioritized In partnership with SAE ITC’s Aerospace To maintain momentum and accommodate providing continued high-impact, Engine Supply Group (AESQ) and the remote learning, Professional Development industry-applicable training programs SAE G-22 Aerospace Engine Supplier successfully pivoted to a fully virtual and credentials specifically designed to Quality Standards Committee, Professional environment by converting 109 courses advance career development. In 2020, Development was selected to develop from instructor-led to virtually-delivered. 14 new programs were launched in key a program to train the supply chain Throughout 2020, Professional content areas, including automated/ on the new AS13100™ standard. Using Development supported the delivery of connected vehicles, vehicle electrification, rich multimedia, including video and training for participants in more than 20 advanced manufacturing, advanced interactive exercises, the e-learning course countries through virtual offerings. The materials and cybersecurity. The Robotics development kicked off in Q3 2020 and Shanghai-based operations team expanded for Autonomous Vehicles Bootcamp was engaged more than 20 members of the its in-country instructor pool and added launched as a completely virtual program, AESQ as course collaborators. Additionally, courses exclusively for the China market and undeterred by the constraints of the Professional Development collaborated in key areas such as Model-Based System pandemic, deployed small mobile robots with Membership to launch an organiza- Engineering and EV/HEV technologies. to facilitate hands-on learning with the tional partnership with Navistar to provide robotics hardware. The Delegated Product more than 200 engineers with continuing Release Verification (DPRV) courses were education opportunities in addition to delivered to global audiences with 2,369 expanded membership benefits. participants joining to maintain or earn the DPRV credential.

SAE International 2020 Report 7 Professional Development 11 Engineering Events 8,500 Attendees 1,800 Papers Produced

Engineering Events

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK In 2020, Engineering Events, much like An increased focus on cross-business In 2020, a strategic initiative was employed events around the world, faced immense collaboration allowed event content to expand product offerings in new challenges due to the pandemic. However, to be repurposed for use on Member markets. To support the changing needs a focus was placed on three critical Connection as well as several Detroit and demands of the global engineering areas—the successful transition from Section digital events. Engineering Events industry, the digital event model offered in-person to fully immersive digital events, worked closely with Information Products personalized experiences in which to learn, delivering premier technical content and to combine efforts on Call for Papers. In discuss and collaborate on the critical implementing operational improvements addition, collaboration with Professional topics impacting the global mobility to ensure safety and value. Three in-person Development and SAE’s Media Group were industry with leading organizations events were held prior to pandemic-related advanced to offer a bespoke experience to and thought leaders from around the lockdowns and eight events were shifted event participants, the impact of which will world. The eight digital events held in to digital experiences, designed to expand be seen in 2021 and beyond. 2020 became more globalized in nature interactivity and equip participants with with a diverse group of speakers and global, 24/7 access to mission-critical leading-edge technical content across skills and knowledge. In March, the team multiple disciplines. postponed the in-person AeroTech® event and transitioned to a fully digital event in less than three months. To optimize the attendee, speaker and sponsor experience, three digital events platforms were used to ensure scalability from small symposia to large congresses.

SAE International 2020 Report 8 Engineering Events 23 Countries with PPE Programs 76,500 Students Impacted 49 Students Earned Scholarships

Pre-Professional Education/SAE Foundation

GROWTH SYNERGIES GLOBAL OUTLOOK Pre-Professional Education’s STEM To help today’s students become tomor- Benchmarked to international standards, resources evolved to meet the changing row’s innovators, AWIM established pre-professional programs incorporate landscape of 2020. Through the SAE key partnerships in both industry and integrated STEM learning experiences STEM@Home™ series, the A World In academia that propelled challenges like through hands-on activities that reinforce Motion® (AWIM) program was pivoted JetToy, Programming Each Other, Glider, classroom STEM learning. 2020 called for at-home and hybrid learning with Motorized Toy Car, Making Music and for the development of virtual learning curriculum guides and videos for teachers, Gravity Cruiser. The Programming Each experiences, allowing the programs to families and students, focused on PreK-12 Other challenge alone reached 1,450 expand and address a global market through education. SAE’s #QuaranTEAM Challenge students in more than 540 classrooms. The new and existing efforts. AWIM and CDS and #COVIDcantstopgood initiatives CDS announced the AutoDrive Challenge™ teams engaged with students, families and were additions to the participation of 251 II as another four-year competition, in teachers from 23 countries. Whether local collegiate teams who took part virtually partnership with . As part or global, conceptual or applied, SAE STEM in presentations, report submissions of a continued effort to build the pipeline solutions created opportunities for students and industry networking that created an of future engineers, the SAE AeroConnect to innovate, problem solve and engage inclusive environment for all Collegiate Challenge™ was built to focus on emerging with peers. Design Series™ (CDS) student competitors. topics within the aerospace industry and The Emerging Technology Series (ETS) will continue with a 2021 mission of urban was launched with the SAE AeroConnect air mobility. Challenge™ as its inaugural program. ETS created an opportunity for teams of multi-disciplinary engineers to collaborate, design, present and defend conceptual designs with the goal of growing future mobility professionals.

SAE International 2020 Report 9 Pre-Professional Education/SAE Foundation 2020 BOARD SAE LOCATIONS Jerzy Merkisz Head of Institute of Combustion OF DIRECTORS North America Engines and Transport Todd Zarfos Warrendale, PA, USA | Headquarters Poznan University of Technology 2020 President Troy, MI, USA Palo Alto, CA, USA Dr. James Parks Jeff Hemphill Washington, DC, USA Group Leader - Applied Catalysis 2021 President-Elect and Emissions Research Europe Oak Ridge National Laboratory Paul Mascarenas, OBE Amsterdam, Netherlands 2019 President London, UK | SAE Aerospace Standards Dr. Andrew C. Pickard Associate Fellow, Systems Engineering Gregory L. Bradley, Esq. Asia Rolls-Royce Corporation Secretary Shanghai, PRC Denise M. Rizzo Andy Jeffers Senior Research Mechanical Engineer 2020-2021 Treasurer 2020 SAE MEDAL US Army CCDC Ground Vehicle Pascal Joly OF HONOR System Center (GVSC) 2018-2020 Vice President – Aerospace AWARD RECIPIENT Richard Kleine Saeed Siavoshani David L. Schutt, Ph.D. Vice President, Quality and Electrification & Hybridization Chief Executive Officer Business Enterprise (Retired) Technical Specialist Cummins Inc. Siemens PLM & Wayne State Landon Sproull University Adjunct Professor 2020 Director James Turner 2020 SAE FELLOWS Jeff Varick Professor of Engines and Energy Systems 2018-2021 Director Rami Debouk University of Bath GM Technical Fellow Rhonda Walthall General Motors Company John Waraniak 2019-2022 Director Vice President of Vehicle Technology Ali Emadi Specialty Equipment Market Ken Washington, Ph.D. Professor and Canada Excellence Association (SEMA) 2019-2021 Vice President – Automotive Research Chair Laureate McMaster University Guangqiang Wu Michael Weinert Professor & Director 2020-2022 Vice President – John Farrell Tongji University Commercial Vehicle Program Manager Vehicle Technologies Mingfa Yao National Renewable Energy Laboratory Professor & Director State Key Laboratory of Engines (SKLE) Dr. Krishna Kamasamudram Tianjin University Technical Advisor Cummins Inc. Yunqing Zhang Professor, School of Mechanical Michael D. Kass Science and Engineering Senior Research Engineer Huazhong University of Science Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Technology Dave Knight Global Director, Turf & Utility Platform Engineering

Dr. Yucheng Liu Jack Hatcher Chair Professor and Graduate Coordinator Mississippi State University

SAE International 2020 Report 10 Board of Directors SAE Professional Sections | North America

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SAE International 2020 Report 11 Professional Sections SAE Professional Sections | South America

BRAZIL Organized Under Our Strategic Alliance Partner, SAE BRASIL Campinas, Brazil Caxias do Sul, Brazil Minas Gerais, Brazil Natal, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio Grande do Sul/ Parana/Santa Catarina, Brazil Sao Carlos, Brazil Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil Sao Paulo, Brazil

SAE International 2020 Report 12 Professional Events SAE Professional Sections | Europe and Asia

ITALY INDIA ASIA Naples, Italy Organized Under Our Strategic Hong Kong, China Turin, Italy Alliance Partner, SAEINDIA Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Bangalore Section Taipei, Taiwan Northern India Section Southern India Section Western India Section

SAE International 2020 Report 13 Professional Sections