SAE Southern
California Section
Outstanding resource for people involved in all aspects of the vehicle mobility industry in and around the Southern California, as far north as San Luis Obispo and as far south as Orange County.
About SAE SoCal
SAE is the leader in connecting and educating mobility professionals to enable safe, clean, and accessible mobility solutions. We promote education in automotive and aerospace technologies for today’s and future engineers.
Ways you can get involved:
Develop valuable career skills that will benefit you on the job through a leadership role
Offer a tour or event at your facility
Suggest ideas for future events or meeting topics
Connect with engineering students and young professionals in your region
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Are you a local member and not getting SoCal Section notices? If so, please e-mail us your contact info at info@saesocal.org.
Past Event Highlights
In September SAE SoCal featured two virtual events.
On September 16th guest Pete Lyons, author of SHADOW, The Magnificent Machines of a Man of Mystery, tells the story of the enigmatic American race team Shadow led by Don Nichols.
On September 30th, Dr. Andrew Frank, known to many as the “father of the plug-in hybrid”, speaks about his fifty years of development of these vehicles both as a professor at U.C. Davis and as a principal owner of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc.
SAE Members and guests were engaged with the presenters through the SAE SoCal Zoom interface and recordings of the video presentations are available on the SAE SoCal YouTube Channel.
Do you have an event suggestion for SAE SoCal?
Members are invited to propose speakers or topics for presentation as an official SAE SoCal event.
To propose a speaker or topic, please copy the form in the link below to a Word document, fill it in with your name as the contact party and email it to: info@saesocal.org.
The Governing Board will review proposals and select those of greatest benefit the membership.
Member Highlight
In Memorium: John Mason, Ph.D.
Our good friend, Dr. John Mason, passed away on June 3, 2019.
Dr. Mason was a tireless supporter of SAE serving twice as SAE International president as well as filling numerous roles in our SoCal SAE Section, most recently as secretary of the governing board. John was very interested in mentoring and guiding young people throughout his career. In the recent past he helped develop and taught a unique A World in Motion module on electricity for several years at the Monroe Middle School. He was also very active in the Section’s Mac Short College Engineering Presentation Competition.
Outside his SAE activities, John met with several retired Garrett employees for coffee on Thursday mornings to discuss engineering topics such as electric and autonomous vehicles, carbon sequestration, black holes, and the design of trebuchets.
His vast experience and wise guidance was very helpful to the Section governing board and the local engineering community, and he was a premiere ambassador for the Section’s activities. We will all miss him.
In John’s memory, donations can be made to the SAE Foundation (www.sae.org/donate).
LA Times Obituary
