New Fuel Efficiency Technology Report Now Available from SAE International

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Oct 12, 2012, 02:24 ET

WARRENDALE, Pa., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report, "Technology Insights for Mobility Industries – Fuel Efficiency," is now available exclusively to SAE International members through the online collaborative platform EngineerXchange.

Providing technical insights and career guidance to engineers who want to position themselves to solve the engineering challenges of tomorrow, the report includes guidance from industry experts, engineers, and business managers in the automotive, aerospace, and commercial vehicle manufacturing industries.

The report offers:

What types of systems are under development in each industry to improve fuel efficiency
The technical challenges facing these systems
The engineering disciplines that will be most important to solving these challenges

"There are truly some exciting developments coming down the road as automotive, commercial vehicle and aerospace companies strive to comply with new government regulations that demand better fuel efficiency," said Winn Hardin, consultant and author of the report for SAE International's EngineerXchange. "Engineers from all major disciplines will help to develop new lightweight vehicles constructed from new materials that allow for new revolutionary designs, such as new wing shapes for aircraft, or smaller turbo-charged engines and electronics that make automobiles and trucks significantly more efficiency."

SAE International members can download "Technology Insights for Mobility Industries – Fuel Efficiency" at http://ex.sae.org/.

The report also is available to credentialed members of the media. To request a copy, email [email protected] or call 1-724-772-8522.

EngineerXchange also features exclusive content such as the first technology report in this series, which focused on safety systems. Also available is the 2012 Salary Survey and the Engineer Employment Study for Mobility Industries 2011-2016, plus career advice blogs, access to advance notice of jobs via the career center, online collaboration tools, membership management tools, group discussions and more.

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 consensus 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™.

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Contact: Shawn Andreassi of SAE International, 1-724-772-8522 or [email protected]

SOURCE SAE International