VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN CHICAGO /PEORIA AREA COMVEC Conference High School Mentorship Day SAE International’s COMVEC forum is seeking 20 volunteers for High School Mentorship Day on Wednesday, September 20 from...
2023 Baja SAE Business Presentation Volunteer Opportunity ! Baja SAE will be conducting their Business Presentations in a three-tier process for the 2023 season. Student teams just submitted an RFP this week which will be reviewed and evaluated by event captain and a few key volunteers....
Former Boeing executive dedicated to a “prudently aggressive” mindset in advancing SAE’s goals in the mobility ecosystem. Posted: February 2, 2023 Guest Post by Todd Zarfos ( UPDATE Magazine ) Among the many projects and plans heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown was the...
Self-driving trucks? Building your own race car? For 18 third graders at Ridgetop Elementary School in Austin, TX, the world of STEM came to life thanks to classroom volunteers from TORC, a self-driving truck technology company, and the University of Texas Longhorn Racing Team. From the moment...
One of the most powerful parts of any mentee-mentor relationship is the ability to pay it forward. Throughout her 19 years in the automotive field, including grad school and 13 post doctorate, Dr. Andrea Strzelec, Program Director & Associate Scientist at Wisconsin at the University of...
Karun Balachandran wants to get involved in every aspect of SAE International. As an associate engineering manager at Tesla , he knew SAE for the research and industry standards, but through Tesla partnerships with SAE like hosting an EV workshop for Formula SAE , Karun discovered the...
Sometimes the best teachers are the ones who are just a few steps ahead. For Brianna Ipekci, a rising senior at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, young professional Rebecca Vollmann is that teacher. “When you’re in college, everything is new…and it’s a bit scary to have all of those choices...
What could a college senior and an engineer 31 years into his career have to talk about? Quite a bit, it turns out! “Andrew reminded me very much of myself when I was in college,” Mark Karwowski, Chief Manufacturing Engineer at ZF Active Safety and Electronics, said of his SAE International...
Taking the next step in your career can start with a conversation. For Mohamed Zaher, Senior Manager at American Axle and Manufacturing Inc., and Xuexuan (Thomas) Peng, a graduate student at Duke University, that conversation started with SAE International. Mohamed and Thomas met through SAE...
In January, we are giving away an Aura Carver WiFi Digital Picture Frame! All you have to do to enter is Opt in to the Volunteer Pool. Opt-in here ! Are you already opted in? You can still enter by updating your profile here . Looking to Volunteer? Receive an entry each time you ...