SPOTLIGHT
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SAE 2008 Commercial Vehicle Congress and Exhibition • October 7-9, 2008 • Donald E. Stephens Convention Center •
Rosemont, IL, USA
Two Industry Experts to Speak at the 2008 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition:
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
1:00-2:00 p.m. in the Ballroom
Dan Rasmus, Director of Business Insights, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Corporation
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at the Industry Keynote and Networking Luncheon
Keynote Speaker: Ronald M. DeFeo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Terex Corporation
For a current list of technical session topics, click here.
The SAE 2008 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition is co-located with the 2008 SAE International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting again this year!
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GENERAL INTEREST
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Join SAE and a panel of representatives on October 24, 2008 for a special telephone/webcast on Mobile Hydraulics: Helping Machines Go Green. This 120-minute telephone/webcast is organized and will be hosted by Eaton Hydraulics Application and Commercial Engineering Manager, Steve Zumbusch. Explore the impact of rising fuel costs on machine design; opportunities to integrate system solutions; alternative technologies being used by designers; and technology trends.
Register by October 23, 2008!
Brought to you by SAE Off-Highway Engineering
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2008 Department of Defense Maintenance Symposium & Exhibition
October 27-30, 2008 • Denver, Colorado, USA - Maintaining Warfighter Readiness: Explore the latest developments in Department of Defense (DoD) weapon systems and equipment maintenance, including military and commercial maintenance technologies, information systems, and management processes.
Register by October 10, 2008 and save $100.
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This year's Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress and Exhibition will host four on-site professional development seminars:
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The 2008 SAE Handbook on CD-ROM gives you access to: over 1,600 J-Reports in PDF format; a complete database of over 2,200 current and cancelled documents; 222 of these standards are newly issued revised, or reaffirmed. Covers a wide-range of topics including brakes, electronics, emissions, fuels and lubricants, noise and vibration, transmissions and more.
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Explore the 250+ standards development committees of SAE.
Participate and impact the global automotive industry.
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ELECTRONICS
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On-Board Diagnostics Symposium: 2008 Update on Light & Heavy Duty Vehicles, October 28-30, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA — Exploring the latest OBD developments from around the world—including current and anticipated technical advances and legislative requirements—this event perpetuates the dialogue necessary to this technology by sharing real experiences of OBD specialists from major OEMs.
Register by October 10, 2008 and save $100.
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Convergence® 2008: Vehicle Electronics Converging on Real Customer Needs, October 20-22, 2008, Detroit, Michigan, USA — With the abundance of electronic features available on today's vehicles, how do we blend customer wants with functionality, reduce distractions and maximize intuitiveness? These critical issues and technology solutions will be discussed by top level industry executives and technology innovators.
Register by October 3, 2008 and save $200.
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Optimizing Powertrains — Improvements Through Electronic Control Systems, November 4-6, 2008, San Antonio, Texas, USA — Attendees will receive technical information and experiences focusing on power systems and controls, modeling and design approaches, diesel engine engineering, critical success factors in calibration along with hybrids and other challenges.
Register by October 17, 2008 and save $100.
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EMISSIONS/ENVIRONMENT
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Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment 2000-2007
The 55 SAE technical papers in this compilation will guide engineers in their efforts to meet these new regulations, by summarizing the latest diesel exhaust aftertreatment technology for both light- and heavy-duty applications.
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Emissions Measurement and Testing, 2008 special publication contains 21 technical papers focusing on particle mass, size, number, and other particle emission characteristics that are measured in engine exhaust or vehicle tailpipe.
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Technical papers are now available for the following conference:
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ENGINEERING/DESIGN
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The SAE Wheel Standards Manual, 2006 Edition provides a comprehensive compilation of technical reports relating to the design and dimensional characteristics, labeling and marking, nomenclature, and testing of wheels and wheel-end hardware.
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ENGINES
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Keeping the Small Engine Industry Running —Facing Emissions and Fuels Challenges
Small Engine Technology Conference, September 9-11, 2008, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA — This year's main focus will be to address how the global small engine industry is affected by pending environmental regulations as well as alternative fuel challenges. Additionally, many other issues will be discussed such as advances in two-stroke engine design and motorcycle design and simulation.
Register by August 22, 2008 and save $100.
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Diesel Engine Technology Academy, November 10-14, 2008, San Antonio, Texas, USA — This Academy covers the diesel engine engineering principles and practices necessary to effectively understand a modern diesel engine. Types of engines addressed include naturally aspirated, turbocharged, pre-chamber, open chamber, light duty, and heavy duty.
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MANAGEMENT
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SAE partners with Alcoa to offer innovative online courses! AQI offers 22 basic and advanced courses totaling 278 hours and techniques in Quality! To view a complete list of courses, click here.
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Engineering Project Management Seminar — Attendees will be taken beyond the typical concept of constructing timelines and project planning by exploring not only the AIAG Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) process, but also specific aspects of the Ford, GM and DaimlerChrysler APQP processes.
Next offering: September 29-30, 2008, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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MATERIALS
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New 11th Edition! Unified Numbering System for Metals & Alloys (UNS) — Get convenient access — online or in print — to the essential international identification system for metals and alloys. The new edition has incorporated approximately 6,500 additions or revisions and now contains more than 5,100 UNS designations, 11,800 trade names, and cross-references.
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Metal Forming Seminar covers metal forming and related manufacturing processes, emphasizing their applications to the automotive industry. The processes involved in metal forming, and interrelationships between various factors that influence the quality of manufactured products will be covered.
Next offering: September 29-30, 2008, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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Adhesive Bonding Technology Seminar will focus on industrial applications of adhesives, discuss case histories and present approaches to solving existing problems in selection, process, quality and efficiency.
Next offering: September 22-23, 2008
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Automotive Glazing Materials Seminar presents an overview of different automotive glazing materials and covers a wide range of topics including history, manufacturing, testing, and safety. The chemical, physical, and design issues related to various glazing materials (annealed, laminated, tempered, glass-plastic, and plastic) are covered in depth.
Next offering: October 22-23, 2008
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NOISE
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26th Annual Brake Colloquium & Exhibition, October 12-15, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas, USA — A must-attend event for engineering professionals who specialize in the field of brakes, friction materials, noise, vibration and harshness. Technical sessions include: Environmental Issues; NVH; Materials; Design & Technology; Modeling; Testing; Friction Induced Vibration...and more!
Register by September 26, 2008 and save $100.
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Practical NVH Signal Processing Methods Seminar covers the foundation common to all NVH data acquisition equipment (including digitizing, windows, aliasing, and averaging techniques), as well as common analysis functions such as the power spectrum, transfer function, and coherence.
Next offering: October 27-28, 2008
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SAFETY/TESTING
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Now Available! Forensic Biomechanics: Using Medical Records to Study Injury Mechanisms
Designed to help safety professionals in various disciplines learn how to read medical records, this book reveals the types of information these records contain and the insight they can provide on critical issues such as restraint usage and deployment, injury mechanisms, severity and outcome, and the effects of prior medical conditions.
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