Our Last Event, Tour at International Submarine Engineering

 SAE BC would like to thank ISE and Don Muth, Senior Technical Advisor for hosting our last in-person event. Located in Port Coquitlam, ISE has been developing subsea vehicles and terrestrial robotics for the last 50 years. We learned about the complex engineering projects ISE has taken on in marine technology and robotic systems. The event included a walkthrough tour of ISE’s iconic marine platforms.

Modularity of the Explorer AUV makes it ideal for scientific missions that require an array of payload sensors.


Semi-submersible vehicle designed for high speed and long range operation that was in service with the Canadian Department of National Defence.    



Theseus AUV used for laying long lengths of fiber optic cable under the Artic ice pack.

February Newsletter, with Business of Motorsports tech meeting announcement

Hey friends,

The February newsletter is out, and it includes the announcement for the February 28 technical meeting, featuring Mr. Dean Case, and the Business of Motorsports:

mailchi.mp/3b3980a09d65/sae-bc-newsletter-15307784

This talk is tailored for students and young engineers, given Dean's extensive experience with the SAE Collegiate Design Series, but should be energetic and informative for all.  Please join us as we host this exciting speaker!

www.saebritishcolumbia.org/p/event-registration.html

We look forward to your attendance!

Hydrogen Vehicle Fire Safety tech meeting announcement

January newsletter is out:

http://eepurl.com/hRqR-z

Within it, the technical meeting announcement for the Hydrogen Vehicle Fire Safety tech meeting, January 17, 6:00 PM.  Please join us and speaker Peter Sunderland as we tackle this topical issue, by registering for the event at this link:

https://www.saebritishcolumbia.org/p/event-registration.html

December newsletter, and change to calendar back end

In case you've missed it, the December newsletter has gone out:

https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=be4ca7013fe9fbde5a15ceabd&id=6c1cf6ac89

As always, you can access these from the Newsletter archive (tab above).

The next speaker's topic is sure to be interesting, with the December 13 Future Fuel technical event, as mentioned in a previous post.  Be sure not to miss it!

Also, please note the calendar has had to change recently, so if you had subscribed to our past calendar and it is no longer working, please go over to the Events Calendar tab and subscribe to the new one.  We had to make a change for a back end platform tweak.

OPEN REGISTRATION: "Fueling Our Future Transporation Needs" technical meeting

Our next free online event on "Fueling Our Future Transportation Needs" is on Dec 13, 6PM-7:30PM. Register now and join us! https://www.saebritishcolumbia.org/p/event-registration.html

Our guest speaker will be William (Bill) Chamberlin. Conventional petroleum-based transportation fuels have undesirable impacts on health, the environment, and geopolitics. Advances in fuels, and power/storage systems may address issues that are concerning without sacrificing mobility expectations. Bill Chamberlin will draw on his 30+ years in R&D and participation in alternative fuel developments to highlight some of the obstacles to progressing these advances to reality. The current desire to move away from the hazards of current fossil fuels will not be a success if it results in exchanging known problems for new ones. Previous efforts to develop alternatives can highlight some of the issues that need to be considered for a successful transition. Some examples of the areas that will be discussed are safety, cost, and resource supply. 

Brief Biography  (William Chamberlin) 

MS, BA Chemistry, Miami U. (Ohio).  Thirty four years R&D at Lubrizol developing lubricants for advanced power plants and alternative fuels; retired (to consultant) 2004.  Fellow Society of Automotive Engineers, 2003 Outstanding Chemist of Year Award (Northeastern Ohio Am. Chem. Soc. Section); 19 publications, 2 book entries, 15 U.S. Patents

 

Registration is open for hybrid and electrical vehicle technical meeting event

Registration is now open for November 22 hybrid and electric vehicle technical event:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Dr. Mohamed Zaher will be our guest speaker for the meeting, discussing "what every automotive engineer needs to know" with regards to electric and highly-electrified vehicles.

This and more can be found in the November newsletter.

We hope to see you there!

SAE BC Student Night

It's time to kick off another season of technical meetings with our annual traditional Student Night event:

October 2021 newsletter

Click on the newsletter link above for some more details.  The event will be October 18, 6:00 PM.  Register here:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Also within the newsletter is mention of the event topics survey, from our earlier post.  Make sure to have your say in what we get to cover this year:

survey.saebritishcolumbia.org

May newsletter, with official Lyft Toyota Mirai fleet meeting announcement

The May newsletter is out:

http://eepurl.com/hxPmAj

The invitation to the SAE Alberta Lyft/Toyota partnership for a Mirai fuel cell ride-sharing fleet meeting is on the newsletter.  If you're available May 19, do register and join us for that event. 

Photo from Toyota Canada

You can register at the usual link:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

We'll see you there!

Formula UBC technical presentation event, and race car design history event summary

Our April newsletter is up with the Formula UBC Racing Formula SAE team technical presentation event invitation, May 3, and a great summary of our last event, Race Car Design and Innovators History.  Find it here:

http://eepurl.com/htl8qr

Register your attendance here:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

This will wrap up our technical meetings season, and we otherwise won't see you again until after the summer break.

March Newsletter, Race Car History technical meeting event notice and registration

 Enjoy our latest newsletter, now in archivable, self-managed Mailchimp format:

http://eepurl.com/hsy0xf

Inside it, you will find the meeting notice for the Race Car History technical meeting coming up March 22, 6:00 PM.  Register here for that exciting event:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Please don't hesitate to provide feedback on the new newsletter format, archival, and self-subscribing feature.  Drop a message to info@saebritishcolumbia.org for any comments, good or bad.

February Newsletter and Autonomous Vehicle Event Registration

The February newsletter is up:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20February%202021%20-%20V01.pdf

And within it, the registration link for the February 22 autonomous vehicle technical meeting:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

As we've mentioned before, this is a unique and exciting year for technical meeting topics, so do take advantage of our unprecedented access to industry leader speakers.

January newsletter, with Vehicle Assembly technical meeting announcement

Happy new year to our membership and all.

Below is a link to the January 2021 newsletter, which includes the registration link for the January 25 tech meeting:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20January%202021.pdf

The pandemic restrictions has had the unexpected effect of really opening up our selection of available speakers, as we now do things virtually and have access to all of North America and beyond.  Hoping to see all of you at some point throughout this exciting technical meetings season!

November newsletter

The November newsletter is posted:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20Nov%202020.pdf

Within it is the announcement for the Lightweighting technical meeting event coming up right away.  See you online!

Paradigm Shifts in Transportation Architecture and the Role of Lightweight Design technical meeting

SAE BC will be hosting our 1st virtual technical meeting on Nov 23 at 6 pm. We are excited to hear from Gregory Peterson, CTO of Moon Wind Enterprises on the "Paradigm Shifts in Transportation Architecture and the Role of Lightweight Design". 

Mr. Peterson is a lightweight automotive expert with experience from Pontiac, CPC Advanced Vehicle Engineering, Daimler Chrysler SRT, and Lotus Engineering. He holds 14 patents and authored over 50 technical papers which documented a 30 % lighter Lotus vehicle and assisted in defining the US 2025 fuel economy standards. His presentation will discuss major shifts in the automotive industry and review a detailed lightweight design. We look forward to an interactive meeting with questions that will challenge our participants. 

Register now @ register.saebritishcolumbia.org! 

The full abstract and biography is here: https://www.sae.org/participate/membership/collegiate-chapters/industrial-lecture-program?tab=3

Webinar survey

Given our current COVID-19 situation, we will have to go virtual for a bit.  We would like your input on planning the next technical meeting.  Please follow this link to the newsletter:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20May%202020.pdf

Within it, you will find the link to the survey, which will be used to plan our next virtual technical meeting:

http://survey.saebritishcolumbia.org/

Thank you, and as always, stay safe!

Ballard Power Systems tour

The February newsletter is up, and in it is the meeting invite for the Ballard Power Systems technical presentation and tour:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20February%202020%20-%20V01.pdf

Find out about BC's home-grown fuel cell developer on February 24 evening.  A great event to kick off 2020!  Register here:

register.saebritishcolumbia.org

Student Night invitation

Members,

Welcome back for another year of SAE BC activities!

Please follow this link for the October newsletter, which includes the announcement and invitation for the traditional kick-off event, Student Night:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20October%202019.pdf

Hope you can make it out this year.  Follow this link to register:

http://register.saebritishcolumbia.org/

And also, fill out this survey to help us determine our future activities:

http://survey.saebritishcolumbia.org/

Thanks, and we look forward to seeing out throughout the year!

End-of-season event

Hey everyone,

Follow this link to find the latest newsletter, which includes the Fire Hall tour and social event announcement:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20May%202019%20Edition%20II.pdf

This will be our end-of-year fun event, children welcomed, to close off another positive SAE BC event season.  We hope to see you there, and will be back in the fall for more mobility engineering activities!

Powertech event notice

Follow this link for the May newsletter:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20May%202019.pdf

In it, you will find the event notice for the Powertech technical meeting.  This is a must-go meeting with lots of cool testing technology, so we hope to see you there!

April Newsletter

Members,

April Newsletter has been released:

http://media.saebritishcolumbia.org/newsletter/SAE%20BC%20Newsletter%20-%20Apr%202019.pdf

Within is the announcement for the rescheduled SeaSpan event.  The PowerTech and Fire Hall events have also been firmed up.

Hoping to see you at our exciting upcoming events!