Developing tomorrow's engineers

摘要

It is -12℃ and the snow, propelled by 20-km/h north winds, stings your eyes. Yet, despite these adverse conditions, hundreds of spectators line up along the course to watch the students participate in the SAE Clean Snowmobile competition being held at Michigan Technical University in Houghton, Ml. Two weeks later, and hundreds of miles south, a gentle breeze makes for more comfortable viewing of the SAE Aero Design competition in Houston, TX. Still weeks later, torrents of rain make for a very interesting Baja SAE competition at the Caterpillar Proving Grounds in Peoria, IL.rnIntermixed with attending these events, I had the great privilege of meeting with several CEOs and senior executives in the aerospace, automobile, and commercial vehicle industries. At first glance, the SAE Collegiate Design Series (CDS) and CEO meetings may not appear to be connected. The reality, though, is that they are intimately connected.