GENERAL INTEREST

• New Publication Releases!

• Hall-Scott: The Untold Story of a Great American Engine Maker – traces the history of Hall-Scott, a company best known as a maker of commercial engines that powered tens of thousands of vehicles and equipment.

• Mechanics Modeling of Sheet Metal Forming – includes modern mechanics principles and various applications that deal with the science, mathematics and technical aspects of sheet metal forming. Save design time and money by the use of simulation and modeling.

• eCorner is the wheel thing for Siemens – Read this full story and other 'Tech Briefs' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• TechSelect – Customized Technical Papers plan
  TechSelect lets you decide what SAE Technical Papers you need, when you need them, at a significant cost savings.

ELECTRONICS

• VW project updates an icon – Read this full story and other 'Focus on Electronics' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Controller Area Network (CAN) for Vehicle Applications e-Seminar – Learn to apply CAN protocol, use CAN-related standards and specifications, and understand how CAN is used in various automotive applications – all from your desktop.

• New! Control Systems Simplified Seminar focuses on what classical control system tools do, and how they can be applied to automotive systems.
  Next offering: April 16-17, 2007

EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT

• 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!

• Catalytic Converters: Design and Durability Seminar explores the development of catalytic converters and the key inventions that made them viable, along with recent advances in converter technology required to meet stringent emissions regulations.
  Next offering: April 16-17, 2007

• Also available as an e-Seminar!

ENGINEERING/DESIGN

• GD&T Trainer Professional Edition is recommended for those who create or interpret engineering drawings, this course contains 28 lessons that cover the basic rules, definitions, and concepts of geometric tolerancing as prescribed in ASME Y14.5M-1994 with 3D solid part examples, technical animations, and more.

• New! Lead-time Reduction: Concept to Market Seminar looks at traditional and non-traditional methods to shrink lead-time, reduce waste and achieve greater efficiency in the construction of manufacturing tooling.
  Next offering: April 16, 2007

• Congress attendees are invited to visit the Career Fair at SAE 2007 World Congress, Monday and Tuesday ONLY (April 16 and 17). More than 30 employers and recruiting firms will exhibit including: Cummins Inc.; Delta Staffing; Feintool US Operations, Inc.; New Dimension Human Capital Solutions, LLC; Purdue University; Ricardo MEDA Technical Services, LLC; Southwest Research Institute; Sterling Engineering, Inc.; TAC Worldwide; Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America; Visteon Corporation; and more!

ENGINES

• Join us for this dynamic event – the Diesel Engine Technology Academy, June 4-8, 2007, covering the diesel engine engineering principles and practices necessary to effectively understand a modern diesel engine.
  Register early – this was a sell-out event in 2006.

• Plus, attendees of the academy receive a copy of the New SAE Publication, Diesel Emissions and Their Control. An excellent publication on meeting today's tough challenges of improving diesel engine emissions, diesel efficiency, and public perception of the diesel engine.

• Ford Super Duty: a towing machine – Read this full story and other 'Global Vehicles' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT) reference contains the latest knowledge on vehicle development with CVT powertrains, transmission assembly design and performance, and the design and development of the five major components of CVT technology.

• Fundamentals of Automotive All-Wheel Drive Systems Seminar provides an introduction to the fundamental concepts and evolution of passenger car and light truck 4x4/all-wheel drive (AWD) systems, including nomenclature utilized to describe these systems.
  Next offering: April 20, 2007

• Also available as an e-Seminar!

MANAGEMENT

• Effective Meeting Management & Facilitation in a Technical Environment Seminar is hands-on and addresses the techniques and skill-sets involved in effectively planning, managing, and facilitating meetings, which have become a critical component in successfully implementing team-based project assignments.
  Next offering: April 20, 2007

• New! Benchmarking for Competitive Advantage Seminar provides attendees with benchmarking tools and methods and will practice four types of benchmarking: internal, supplier, competitive, and functional.
  Next offering: March 29-30, 2007

• SAE Corporate Learning Solutions
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• Oakland University Automotive Product Development Management Certificate Program offers a unique interdisciplinary approach to directly address the integration and cross-functional skills necessary for customers and suppliers to manage projects from concept through production.

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 27, 2007 and save $100!

SAFETY/TESTING

• Safety-Critical Automotive Systems book covers functional safety (also referred to as system safety) – with a focus on the vehicle's most important subsystems: sensors, actuators, electronic control units (ECUs), communication systems, and software (application, middleware, drivers, etc.).

• Designing for Safety and Developing Accurate Safety Specifications Seminar reveals how significant cost savings can be obtained by designing for safety. With a focus on writing clear, accurate safety specifications, attendees will engage in hands-on activities where they will learn creative techniques for avoiding accidents, cutting costs, and reducing recalls.
  Next offering: April 18-19, 2007

• Access "SAE Eye on Engineering" podcast on In The Loop Testing (Week of February 13, 2007) brought to you by the editorial staff of AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL.

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

• Get the latest, most practical knowledge available in the testing field with Acccelerated Testing: A Practioner's Guide to Accelerated and Reliability Testing. CD-ROM included.

VEHICLE DYNAMICS

• Materials in motorsports – Read this full story and other 'Material Innovations' news from AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL Online.

• Applied Vehicle Dynamics Seminar devotes intense classroom time (nearly 8-hours) to the understanding of the fundamental principles associated with longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics. Classroom exercises are augmented with focused behind-the-wheel driving sessions (approximately 15-hours) to illustrate and reinforce these principles in the real world.
  Next offering: May 7-9, 2007

• Automobile Year 2006/07 – in its 54th Edition, this leading motoring publication, contains three sections covering motorsports, industry and markets/culture.