Four New Professional Development Seminars Slated for SAE International 2013 World Congress

WARRENDALE, Pa., Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SAE International will offer four new professional development courses in conjunction with the SAE 2013 World Congress & Exhibition. The courses will be held Monday-Friday, April 15-19 from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Marriott Renaissance Center in Detroit.

The courses include:

    --  Robust         Design (http://www.sae.org/pdevent/C1231) - Engineers are
        taught to create designs that meet customer specifications. When
        creating these designs, the focus is usually on the nominal values
        rather than variation. Robustness refers to creating designs that are
        insensitive to variability in the inputs. Much of the literature on
        robustness is dedicated to experimental techniques, particularly Taguchi
        techniques, which advocate using experiments with replications to
        estimate variation. This course presents mathematical formulas based on
        derivatives to determine system variation based on input variation and
        knowledge of the engineering function. If the function is unknown,
        experimental techniques are presented to efficiently estimate a
        function.
    --  Corrosion         Engineering         and         Prevention
        (http://www.sae.org/pdevent/C1217) -  The transportation industry,
        including motor vehicles, aircraft, rail, marine, commercial, off-road
        and defense vehicles, as well as infrastructures, energy sectors, raw
        materials, manufacturing, health and food industries all experience
        significant issues with corrosion which results in billions of dollars
        of loss each year. Corrosion education and prevention is essential to
        improve and increase the service life of parts and components which may
        have a significant impact on the economy of various industries and
        nations. The focus of this course will be on the fundamentals of
        corrosion engineering and corrosion prevention of metallic and alloy
        structures as well as on non-metallic composites and hybrid materials.
        Recent challenges and opportunities in corrosion of advanced composites
        used in the automotive, aerospace, and marine industries as well as for
        underground structures for oil, gas, geothermal and tidal wave
        technologies will also be included.
    --  Applying Automotive EDR Data to Traffic Crash Reconstruction
        (http://www.sae.org/pdevent/C1210) - EDR's are not new, but are becoming
        more prevalent in part due to a new federal regulation. 49 CFR, Part
        563, which affects vehicles produced after September 30, 2012, will
        result in a standardized and publicly available EDR in 90% of new
        vehicles. Accident Reconstructionists frequently have trouble
        reconciling EDR data with other data sources, and improvements in ABS
        technology result in fewer tire marks visible at the scene of crashes to
        allow calculation of pre-crash speeds without an EDR. This course will
        provide the participant with the skills necessary to analyze EDR data
        that has already been imaged, apply it to crash reconstruction, and
        reconcile it with calculations using other data sources. The course will
        enable the participant to analyze any current and future EDR data set
        without regard to manufacturer.
    --  High-Performance Differentials, Axles and Drivelines
        (http://www.sae.org/pdevent/C1113) - Every automobile has a differential
        and most have axles, yet the exact function of these is not common
        knowledge. This comprehensive seminar introduces participants to the
        function and interfaces of axles and their individual components. As we
        modify cars for street performance or all out race applications, it is
        important to know the trade-offs in the drivetrain system. The theory
        and practice of axle systems is introduced along with a hands-on style
        approach to repairing and modifying axles for high performance
        applications. For this hands-on approach, actual hardware will be
        reviewed in an informal setting. The seminar begins by defining the axle
        fundamentals and operation followed by an in-depth review of original
        equipment axles, differentials, torque bias, hypoid gears and rebuild
        steps. The different manufacturing and service techniques required for
        different gear architectures is also reviewed.

For more information, contact SAE Customer Service at: 1-877-606-7323 (U.S. and Canada only) or 1-724-776-4970 (outside U.S. and Canada), or by email at customerservice@sae.org.

SAE International is a global association of more than 133,000 engineers and related technical experts in the aerospace, automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. SAE International's core competencies are life-long learning and voluntary standards development. SAE International's charitable arm is the SAE Foundation, which supports many programs, including A World In Motion® and the Collegiate Design Series(TM).

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Contact: Shawn Andreassi of SAE International, 724-772-8522 or pr@sae.org

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