Monitoring the industry: THE (TECHNICAL) PULSE OF SAE's annual meeting was anything but moribund

摘要

Just as two of what are now known as the Detroit 3 were on the verge of Chapter 11 - or worse - SAE International held its Annual Congress in that very city. You'd fear that such a confab would be moribund indeed, but as a whole engineers are optimists as well as realists. Giving the opportunity to advance their art through interaction, they offer a bright future (if only they survive the all too dismal present). Here's a sampling of things discussed, including several that surfaced for the first time. There are also a couple of updates based on happenings following the annual get-together.