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December 2004 SAE UPDATE PAGE 1 DECEMBER 2004 DECEMBER 2004 VOL. 21, NO. 12 Dana hosts SAE AWD Symposium Lutz, Queen head list of Congress speakers All-wheel drive (AWD) engineers from Top industry executives will discuss key Profits for the OEM and Suppliers,” around the globe attended SAE’s AWD global business and management topics featuring representatives from GM, Ford, Systems, Security and Driver Interaction throughout the SAE 2005 World Congress DaimlerChrysler, Mazda, and BMW; “Hybrid Symposium hosted by Dana at their at the AVL Technology Theater and SAE vs. Diesel vs. Modifi ed Gasoline, The Near Technical Research Park in Ottawa Lake, Technical Innovation Forum, both located Term – Is It Time for a Reality Check?” MI, September 28-30. on the show fl oor. including panelists from DaimlerChrysler, Michael Burns, CEO, welcomed about 170 Industry leaders delivering keynote Toyota, Volkswagen, Honda, and BMW; and attendees to the two-day symposium, which addresses in the AVL Technology Theater “Potholes and Bridges on the Road to the was a part of Dana’s 100th anniversary during the week will include: James E. Queen, Hydrogen Economy,” featuring participation celebration. A ride-and-drive followed the Vice President, North American Engineering, from J. Byron McCormick, Executive Director, symposium, during which attendees were General Motors; William H. Mattingly, Vice Fuel Cell Activities, General Motors, and able to ride or drive any of 34 AWD vehicles President, Electrical/Electronics Engineering Robert Wimmer, Research Manager for Technical and Regulatory Affairs, Toyota. at Dana’s proving ground. Pictured from left to right are Andy Perakes, Core, Chrysler Group; Organizers for this event included Greg Joe Palazzolo, Greg Nilsen, and Steve Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, “Research Success Through Collaboration” Nilsen, General Motors; Joe Palazzolo, Wesolowski. General Motors; Burkhard will be the topic of the morning keynote WaveCrest; Andy Perakes, Ford Motor Goeschel, Board of address by BMW’s Burkhard Goeschel on Management, BMW; Tuesday, April 12. OEM purchasing leaders Company; and Steve Wesolowski, Dana. SUVs, minivans, cars, and crossover vehicles, and Bo Andersson, Vice and Tier 1 executives will participate in “In North America, AWD drive is a [while] advanced AWD systems will focus President, Worldwide panels on “Lessons Learned in Working technology that could eventually become on proving their worth testing their market Purchasing, Production with Suppliers” and “Lessons Learned in a standard feature as drivers are expecting acceptance on premium level SUVs and high- Control & Logistics, Working with the OEM.” enhanced vehicle performance,” said Joe performance cars.” General Motors. Military mobility will be the focus of Palazzolo, Manager of Propulsion Systems, SAE holds a number of symposia each Bob Lutz James E. Queen, the the Technology Theater on Thursday, WaveCrest Vehicle Systems Group. year on targeted technical topics. If you SAE 2005 General Chair, April 14, with participants scheduled to Andy Perakes, Four-Wheel Drive/Driveline would like to explore the possibility of will deliver the AVL include representatives from NATO, U.S. Technical Specialist, Ford Powertrain helping to organize such an event, or if Technology Theater governmental laboratories, and industry. Research and Advanced Engineering pointed your company may be interested in hosting opening keynote address out that certain AWD systems, “will focus on a symposium, please contact Nancy Eiben, Additional speeches and panel discussions at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, improving cost, quality, and fuel effi ciency Staff Team Leader, at [email protected] or will take place throughout the week at the April 11. Monday’s panel to offer broader appeal on higher volume (724) 772-8525. SAE Technical Innovations Forum, also on discussion topics are the show fl oor. New developments with the “Automotive Interiors – Corvette Z06 and 2006 C-6 will be discussed The Customers’ Changing James E. Queen on Monday. Sessions organized by the Expectations and How SAE Historical Committee and the SAE to Meet Them,” “The Next Generation of Foundation are scheduled for Tuesday. Automotive Safety Systems,” and “The On Wednesday, April 13, the Innovation Next Generation of Automotive Electronic Forum will host two SAE Executive Panels Entertainment, Business, and Convenience Systems.” William H. Mattingly’s afternoon See LUTZ, QUEEN, p. 2 keynote address is titled “Integrating Electronics – The Challenge to the OEM.” GM’s Lutz presents the theater’s opening keynote address at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12. Topics for Tuesday’s panels are “Exciting the Weekend Warriors Means A ride-and-drive followed the symposium. GM Chairman and CEO to speak at World Congress Annual Banquet The SAE 2005 Annual The banquet, to be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, been President and Chief Executive Offi cer Banquet will feature April 14, in the Renaissance Ballroom at the since 2000, and Executive Vice President a new format and a Marriott Renaissance Center, honors top of GM and President of North American commemoration of SAE’s automotive executives and brings together Operations since 1994. 100th anniversary. GM an assembly of the industry’s “who’s who.” Smith has been the morning host on Chairman and Chief This year, new pre- and post-banquet News/Talk WJR for over eight years. He is a Executive Officer G. receptions, held at GM World in the Marriott multiple winner of the Michigan Association Richard (Rick) Wagoner, Renaissance Center beginning at 5 p.m., will Rick Wagoner of Broadcasters’ “Personality of the Year” Jr. will be the featured enable attendees to network with infl uential award. speaker. Paul W. Smith, industry leaders. For more information on the SAE 2005 morning host at Detroit’s WJR Radio, will Wagoner was elected GM Chairman and Annual Banquet, visit www.sae.org/ be the master of ceremonies. Chief Executive Officer in 2003. He had congress/specialevents/annualbanquet/. Leading Our World In Motion 1905-2005 DDecemberecember UUpdatepdate 111-3.indd1-3.indd 1 111/5/041/5/04 88:48:53:48:53 AAMM SAE UPDATE PAGE 2 DECEMBER 2004 EDITORIAL MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT A snowy project heads to the tropics Future power systems (thanks to CDS) Future power systems is a subject I selected and fuel economy as one of my focus areas this year because are currently This issue of UPdate features a story about industry in Asia and potentially Africa, go it has always been important within SAE available and more how Colorado State University’s 2002 entry to page eight. International—especially now with the will be introduced into the Collegiate Design Series (CDS) SAE is proud of the CDS events, and the development of new power systems for in the near future. Clean Snowmobile Challenge (CSC) has abundance of opportunities they provide almost all mobility vehicles. Engines have It has been reported evolved into a project that may improve the to everyone involved from the competitors progressed tremendously over the past that hybrid diesels status of the air quality in the Philippines and volunteers, to the rules committees and 100 years, from the early steam, gasoline, could have and other parts of Asia forever. sponsors. The popularity of these events has diesel, and gaseous-fueled engines to “well-to-wheel” Faculty Advisor Bryan Willson and three only grown over the years, and it is amazing current high -performance powerplants. fuel economy members of the 2002 CSC team adapted to think of how many more stories like Powertrains have experienced similar comparable to fuel their snowmobile emissions findings to Colorado State’s will be heard. progress from the early sliding-collar cells. Many people in the industry consider develop a clean retrofit technology for Registration for the 2005 Formula SAE transmissions to current multi-speed, or hybrids a transitioning technology to tricycles in the Philippines. The team was competition was capped at 140 teams, and CVT transmissions. The mobility engineer fuel cells and believe that someday they actually contacted by non-governmental sold out in 73 minutes, clearly breaking has always considered the engine and may replace the power generation part organizations in the Philippines who, after the previous 2004 registration record of transmission together as one system to meet of the hybrid system. Although there are seeing Colorado State’s Clean Snowmobile approximately eight days. The 2005 season vehicle-performance objectives, but this significant advances being made in fuel success via international automotive press will also feature a 100-mile Mini Baja event “systems approach” has expanded today cells, the hydrogen infrastructure remains and the Internet, wanted to learn how to in southern Arizona. with increased electronic communications a major challenge. apply a retrofi t direct-injected system to between engine and drivetrain, as well as Keep an eye out for more information In commercial vehicles, the heavy-duty their 1.3 million 3-wheeld tricycles—or other vehicle subsystems. about the CDS events and there successes diesel engines that will meet Tier 4 levels motorcycles with sidecars as we would call in the upcoming issues of UPdate. Over the years there has been a wide range will produce near-zero emissions. At the them in America. of engine confi gurations, thermodynamic recent SAE Commercial Vehicle Engineering To read more about this story of how a cycles, and fuel types developed for specifi c Congress and Exhibition, it was very CDS competition impacted the mobility vehicles. These confi gurations have evolved encouraging to hear engine manufacturers following the laws of physics, economics, state that technology has been identifi ed that regulations, and markets to the current state will meet Tier 3 off-highway and Tier 4 on- where each family of vehicles generally has and off-highway requirements. Additional one or two preferred engines. Two- and development work is now directed toward four-stroke gasoline engines are preferred in reliability, durability, cost, and performance most small-engine, light-duty applications, improvements.
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