GENERAL INTEREST

• Join SAE and panel of representatives on March 1, 2007 for a special telephone/webcast on Active Safety Technology: Paving the Road to Accident-Free Driving. Speakers will offer different perspectives on the move to zero crash fatalities; representing some views of government researchers and regulators, automotive OEMs, automotive suppliers, and industry analysts. Brought to you by AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL. Sponsored by Tyco Electronics.
  Register by February 28, 2007!

• Plastic helps front-end carrier carry the load – Read this full story and other 'Material Innovations' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Honor your colleagues...SAE Awards Ceremony: Honoring Excellence being held Tuesday, April 17, 2007 during the 2007 SAE World Congress. More than 80 outstanding engineers will be recognized at this prestigious event. Sponsored by ESG Elektroniksystem und Logistik GmbH.

BRAKE

• Hydraulic Brake Systems for Passenger Cars & Light Trucks Seminar
  Design brake systems that meet safety standards as well as customer and manufacturer requirements.
  Next offering: March 19-21, 2007

• Introduction to Brake Control Systems e-Seminar covers the fundamentals of the tire-road interface, brake control system mechanization, system sensor needs, the basic control strategies, and more! e-Seminars offer technical training from the comfort and convenience of your computer.

ELECTRONICS

• New Publication Release! Object Detection, Collision Warning and Avoidance Systems, Volume 2 contains 51 papers covering the past eight years (1999-2006) of research on object detection, collision warning, and collision avoidance.

• Voice, portability emerge in automakers' CES push – Read this full story and other 'Focus on Electronics' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Attend these upcoming electronics seminars!

• Electronics Packaging: Thermal & Mechanical Design and Analysis
  Next offering: February 22-23, 2007

• Automotive Electronics – An Applications Primer
  Next offering: March 15-16, 2007

• Acquiring and Analyzing Data from Sensors and In-Vehicle
  Next offering: March 22-23, 2007

EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT

• SAE Publication! Diesel Emissions and Their Control
  Read about how to meet today's tough challenges of improving diesel engine emissions, diesel efficiency, and public perception of the diesel engine.

• Los Angeles: 'Green' reigns supreme – Read this full story and other 'Global Vehicles' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• January 2007 conference technical papers are now available for the Fuels and Emissions Conference. Download your technical paper copies online!

• Government/Industry Meeting, May 14-16, 2007, brings together the leading technical authorities from government, industry, and academia to explore the regulation, legislation, and technical issues impacting the future, including energy conservation, the environment, and safety.
  Register by April 27, 2007 and save $100!

ENGINEERING/DESIGN

• Sharpen your design and analysis skills with this comprehensive and informative seminar – Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis.
  Next offering: March 1-2, 2007

ENGINES

• GM moves closer to market with HCCI – Read this full story and other 'Tech Briefs' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Automotive Fuel Cell Systems Seminar provides a detailed understanding of the processes, subsystems, and vehicle characteristics relating to fuel cell systems for automotive applications.
  Next offering: March 7-9, 2007

• Expand your knowledge of internal combustion engines from your desktop with The Basics of Internal Combustion Engines e-Seminar. e-Seminars offer technical training from the comfort and convenience of your computer.

MANAGEMENT

• Get to the bottom of core management processes designed to increase business results by attending this SAE Seminar –
  Engineering Effective Team Management & Practice.
  Next offering: March 14-16, 2007

NOISE

• Get up-to-speed on the newest research, technologies, techniques, and trends to identify, measure, and eliminate noise, vibration and harshness – plan to attend the Noise and Vibration Conference and Exhibition, May 15-17, 2007 at Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Illinois, USA.
  Register by April 4, 2007 and save $100!

SAFETY

• Taking the perspective that accident reconstruction is a field of applied science, the book Vehicle Accident Analysis & Reconstruction Methods is aimed at the problems reconstructionists encounter from day to day and focuses on analytical best practices.

• Access "SAE Eye on Engineering" podcast on Safety Smarts (Week of January 31, 2007) brought to you by the editorial staff of AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL.

• Click here for other recent "SAE Eye on Engineering" broadcasts.

• Now Available! The New Weibull Handbook – Fifth Edition features new additions and rewritten sections to include the latest technology developed on reliability & statistical analysis for predicting life, safety, survivability, risk, cost and warranty claims.

• New! Vehicle Frontal Crash Occupant Safety and CAE Seminar – Learn the mechanics of frontal crashes, and the workings of vehicle crash computer modeling tools.
  Next offering: March 15-16, 2007

VEHICLE DYNAMICS

• New Publication Release! Automobile Year 2006/07
  The 54th Edition of this leading motoring annual will continue the same format and high standards of production and content that have been established over half a century. The three sections in this book cover sport, industry and markets and culture.