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SAE UPDATE PAGE 1 JANUARY 2006 JANUARY 2006 VOL. 23, NO. 1 Sponsorship opportunities available 2006 World Congress Annual Banquet for Collegiate Design Series continues networking tradition Gathering automotive industry leaders from around the world, the annual banquet at the SAE World Congress has long been the industry’s defi ning networking gala. The 2006 World Congress Annual Banquet will be held April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Renaissance Ballroom (Fourth Level) of the Detroit Mar- riott Renaissance Center. The invited keynote speaker is U.S. Secre- tary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman. Sworn in as Secretary of Energy in February 2005, Bodman previously served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and Deputy Sec- retary of the Department of Commerce. The U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman banquet’s Special Guest Announcer will be will be the keynote speaker at the 2006 World Paul W. Smith, long-time morning host at Congress Annual Banquet, to be held April 6 WJR, Detroit. at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center. The evening’s pre-banquet reception and Seating is limited, and last year’s banquet afterglow provide additional opportunities sold out in February. Price is $150 per ticket, for networking with the industry’s most or $1500 per table. Orders must be received infl uential people. The pre-banquet recep- by March 1, 2006. To order tickets online, tion begins at 5 p.m. in the Renaissance visit www.sae.org/congress/specialevents/ Mini Baja is one of fi ve CDS competitions that allow students to design, build, and test the Ballroom Foyer. The afterglow will take annualbanquet.htm. For more information, performance of a real vehicle. Mini Baja tasks engineering students with designing and place at Seldom Blues (on the Promenade phone 877-606-7323 (in the U.S. and Canada) building an off-highway vehicle capable of operating over rough terrain. Level) at 9 p.m. or 724-776-4970, fax 724-776-0790, or e-mail [email protected]. Corporate sponsorship of SAE’s Collegiate design, fabricate, and compete with small Design Series (CDS) competitions provides formula-style racing cars. For Mini Baja, companies with a unique opportunity to students build off-highway vehicles that increase their visibility with the leading must be capable of surviving the severe Preliminary tech session engineers of the future. punishment of rough terrain. schedule released Nearly 5000 engineering students from Aero Design allows students to conceive, hundreds of universities participated in design, fabricate, and test a radio-controlled The preliminary schedule of technical sessions for the SAE 2006 World Congress is CDS competitions in 2005. Sponsors can aircraft that can take off and land while car- now available at www.sae.org/congress. establish a relationship with these top engi- rying the maximum cargo. See what new and innovative developments will be presented and begin planning your neering students who are likely to become The Clean Snowmobile Challenge chal- attendance at the automotive industry’s ultimate learning and networking event. future employees, as well as reach faculty, lenges students to re-engineer an existing volunteers, and other corporate sponsors. snowmobile to improve emissions and The CDS consists of fi ve competitions— noise, while improving or maintaining its Formula SAE, Mini Baja, Aero Design, performance characteristics. World Headquarters Clean Snowmobile Challenge, and Super- At the Supermileage competition, students welcomes President mileage—in which engineering students develop and construct a single-person, fuel- obtain real-world experience in the design, effi cient vehicle. manufacture, and testing of real vehicles. To Several different sponsorship levels and date, more than 25,000 engineering students packages are available. To become a spon- have graduated with SAE collegiate design sor, or for more information, contact Doug experience. Shymoniak at 724-772-4081 or shymoniak@ Each CDS competition offers its own sae.org. For more general information on the unique challenges. At the Formula SAE CDS, visit students.sae.org. competitions, students must conceive, SAE Collegiate Design Series schedule Clean Snowmobile Challenge March 13-18, 2006 Houghton, MI Mini Baja East April 12-15, 2006 Auburn, AL Aero Design East April 20-22, 2006 Marietta, GA Mini Baja West May 11-13, 2006 Portland, OR Formula SAE May 17-20, 2006 Romeo, MI Mini Baja Midwest May 24-27, 2006 Milwaukee, WI Aero Design West June 1-3, 2006 Encino, CA In November, 2005 SAE President J. E. “Ted” Robertson stopped by SAE World Supermileage June 8-10, 2006 Marshall, MI Headquarters to talk with employees and give a presentation on “The Art of Design Formula SAE West June 14-17, 2006 Fontana, CA Integration.” JJanuaryanuary UUPdatePdate 111-23.indd1-23.indd 1 112/1/052/1/05 111:24:421:24:42 AAMM SAE UPDATE PAGE 2 JANUARY 2006 EDITORIAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Stepping away from the centennial year Around the world in 365 days With the beginning of a new year, of President. “The events have exceeded my When I began my yearlong term as SAE Companies course, comes the end of another. As 2005 expectations.” International President last January, I was themselves are reaches its end, it will be remembered as Notable among the events was the 100th excited about serving an organization transitioning, a monumental year for SAE. Surpassing Anniversary Reception, which was held that played a signifi cant role throughout often merging the 100-year milestone is an honor truly in May at the Smithsonian Institution Na- my career and the opportunity for me to or forming joint unique in today’s society. tional Air and Space Museum. The event, give something back to SAE. Today, as I ventures to face To put into context the achievement of held during SAE’s Government/Industry refl ect on the past 365 days, I have learned challenges in an organization sustaining 100 years, one Meeting, featured a keynote address by that SAE is involved in so many venues what they hope can look at how the cultural landscape has Apollo 17 astronaut Eugene Cernan, the that the sun never sets without some SAE will be a stronger changed since 1905. last man to walk on the moon. event happening worldwide. and more effec- tive organization. Albert Einstein had his “miracle year” The milestone was also prominently From Cardiff, Wales, to New Delhi, As I addressed in 1905, publishing a series of papers that featured at SAE conferences. At World India, to Los Angeles, CA, I have had last month, vari- changed the view of space, time, and the Congress in April, in addition to a the opportunity to witness a world fi lled ous energy sources are also undergoing atom. The aviation fi eld was still in its daylong session highlighting the “Signifi - with promising new mobility engineering a signifi cant transition, as are electronics, infancy as future SAE member Orville cant Milestones in 100 Years of Mobility developments. Throughout my travels, I global communications, and member Wright and brother Wilbur had their Engineering,” host company General was interested to discover that the theme services within SAE International. And “Flyer III” fl ight, going 38.5 km (24 mi) in Motors unveiled its Technology Integra- that I had chosen for my Presidential governments are transitioning to form 39 minutes. And it was also the year that tion Vehicle, a 2005 Cadillac STS specially Areas of Focus—“Tradition, Transition, world partnerships and collaborations. Las Vegas was founded, when San Pedro, developed with 50 in-production or yet- and Transformation” —truly resonated Los Angeles, and the Salt Lake Railroad to-reach-production technologies. During in the good work that is being done by Finally, the transformations that have Co. auctioned off parcels of land and cre- October’s AeroTech Conference and Exhi- engineers across the globe. occurred within our industry have been ated a town site. bition, a centennial celebration was held at It was good to see that the support nothing short of amazing. The world is not fl at. It is round and imploding. Every- SAE has changed, as well, growing Texas Motor Speedway. of key traditional activities is ongoing, one has the same technical information from a group of 30 automobile design Some mementos of the 100th anniversa- no matter the time or the location. The via the Internet, and there are no “third engineers to now represent tens of ry will be around long after the centennial original effi ciency that standards were world” countries technically. I have seen thousands of aerospace, off-highway, and to serve as great reminders. The coffee- meant to provide is even greater today barefooted engineers in a nondescript motorsports engineers from all over the table book “The SAE Story: 100 Years with the global reach of all companies. room lit by a single light bulb developing world. of Mobility” provides a great all-in-one The need to reduce design and part costs the most sophisticated technical search source for information relating to SAE’s requires common requirements and, thus, So it is only fi tting that the centennial be engine on a computer. The common fi rst 100 years. John Glover’s centennial global standards. Also, lifelong learning celebrated in a big way. To spearhead the bond of all SAE members is their love of artwork will be a lasting image at World and education of engineers is in greater effort to recognize the accomplishments in technology, their satisfaction with fi nding Headquarters, and the centennial issue of demand today and will continue. SAE SAE’s fi rst 100 years, a 100th Anniversary solutions to problems, and their desire to the SAE magazines can forever be looked is positioned well to continue providing Committee was formed.