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22 February 2024 | ConMet Technical Center Tour
ConMet’s Technical Center provides design verification and product validation to support commercial vehicle wheel ends including fatigue testing, strain gage testing, bearing failure testing, seal testing and more.
02 November 2023 | SAE Oregon Fall Student Night (Portland OR)
You are invited to the annual Fall Student Night, which will be hosted on 11/2/2023 at DTNA’s Portland HQ at 5PM. CDS teams are invited to present their team background, previous season results, and goals for the upcoming 2024 season. Industry professionals will attend to provide feedback and network with students. Attendance is required to receive the Student Project Fund Grant! There will be both virtual and in person options and all teams are welcome, even if you will not be competing in the upcoming season.
19 October 2023 | Shop Tour and discussion with innovative Swan Island based companies
Tour innovative Swan Island based companies working on van customization, electric vehicles, fabrication, vehicle controls, & more!
31 May – 03 Jun 2023 | BAJA SAE OREGON 2023
SAE Oregon is hosting the Baja event again at Washougal MX Park this spring after a pandemic pause. We need your help to make this a great event! Besides seeing some innovative, custom built off road cars pushing their limits, you get food and a free t-shirt.
05 April 2023 | SAME April Meeting, with SAE and UP Engineering Alumni
Join our hosts at the Shiley School of Engineering for our April meeting. We will meet on the UP campus to learn about the Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation, currently under construction! Hear about building plans from Dean Brian Fabien, take a tour (optional) of the construction site, and enjoy our networking social.
24 March 2023 | SAE Oregon Presents: Changes observed in traffic patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
SAE Oregon Presents: Kerrie Franey, the Active Transportation Liaison at Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) located in the Portland Metro Area region, will present information on the changes in traffic patterns that ODOT has observed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
17 November 2022 | SAE Oregon Go Kart Racing Series – RACE 1
Unfortunately, this event had to be cancelled. But stay tuned for exciting news about our Go Kart Racing series!!
12 November 2022 | OSU Global Formula Racing – Dallesport Shootout Event Open Invitation
The Oregon State University – Global Formula Racing (GFR) team is holding their annual Dallesport Shootout testing event and are extending the invitation to anyone who would like to attend.
This event is not hosted by SAE Oregon, but it is an opportunity for members to interact with a Collegiate Design Series (CDS) team as they get ready for the 2022-2023 season. Other CDS teams are invited as well and OSU should be reaching out with details.
The event spans several days, with professionals invited to the stop by Saturday, November 12th from noon to 4pm.
There is no formal structure to the event and cars will be in various states of testing and repair. It is meant for teams to interact, build connections and do some testing.
10 November 2022 | SAE Oregon Student Night (Corvallis OR)
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Student Night is the official kick-off to the Collegiate Design Series (CDS) for the 2022-2023 season. It serves to bring together SAE Oregon Section university students, faculty, team sponsors, and SAE members to commemorate the previous season and share plans for the coming season. If teams are planning to apply for the Student Project Fund Grant, then this is the preferred event for team presentations. Anyone is welcome to attend, although please register so we can plan food. Registration closes November 8th. Additional details can be found on the eventbrite registration page.
27 October 2022 | Daimler Trucks Portland Plant Tour
Come join SAE Oregon for a tour of the Daimler Trucks North America Portland Plant, where Freightliner and Western Star vehicles, including the brand new eCascadia are built!
27 October 2022 | Lauritz Pillers II Memorial Lecture Series
Guest speaker: Dinish Madugundi
Aerodynamics Technical Fellow
The University of Portland and Daimler Truck are hosting the next Pillers Lecture on Vehicle Aerodynamics on 27 October including optional tour of DTNA wind tunnel.
29 September 2022 | I-5 Columbia Bridge Replacement
As the only continuous north-south interstate on the West Coast between Canada and Mexico, Interstate 5 is a vital trade route connecting communities along its corridor. The Interstate Bridge enables significant economic activity within the region and across the West Coast with over $70 million in freight commodity value daily in 2017 alone. However, bridge users are impacted by heavy congestion, safety concerns, limited transit options, and inadequate active transportation which provide substantial constraints on the growth of the community and the state as a whole. Replacing the aging Interstate Bridge with a modern, earthquake resilient, multimodal structure will improve safety and keep Northwest travelers – and our economy – moving.
Speaker: Ray Mabey
09 June 2022 | SAE Oregon Go Kart Racing Series – RACE 3
Join us for the final two races at our 3rd track – Pat’s Acres. This event will include an award ceremony and BBQ.
19 May 2022 | SAE Event Support – Preparing Electric Commercial Vehicle Infrastructure
As companies begin to deliver zero-emission commercial vehicles, the lack of charging and refueling infrastructure remains a critical hurdle. This presentation will cover some of the efforts being made by Daimler Truck and other OEMs to address this issue directly. Some of the information covered will include:
1) Infrastructure Lessons from the Innovation Fleet in CA
2) Interoperability Issues
3) Electric Island Demonstration Site in Portland Oregon
4) Mega Watt Charging Standard Progress
5) H2 Infrastructure
Our Speaker: Nathan (Nate) Hill – Head of ZEV Charging Infrastructure and eMobility Consulting, Daimler Trucks North America
17 March 2022 | SAE Oregon Presents: The Early Years of the Cummins and Dodge Ram Marriage
Chrysler had an old truck that had few customers and low manufacturing volume in the early 1980s. Competitors GM and Ford were each rumored to be working with partners on a diesel engine program, respectively Isuzu and IH. In an attempt to gain market share and also deliver a diesel powertrain option, Chrysler wrote a contract with Cummins in 1985 to develop a competitive product. As we will hear, their humble estimates were far outdone in both sales volume and partnership longevity.
Speaker: Seppo Saarinen
03 February 2022 | SAE Oregon Go Kart Racing Series – RACE 2
Join us for the next two races at our 2nd track, K1 Speed
09 December 2021 | SAE Oregon Go Kart Racing Series – RACE 1
We are excited to announce our first ever SAE Oregon Go Kart Racing Series! This will be a race series consisting of 6 total races at 3 different tracks, with an award ceremony and BBQ at the final race. The first event will be Thursday December 9, 2021 from 6-8 PM at Sykart Indoor Racing. Please see below for schedule. We will also have a season pass option for those that plan to attend all 3 events that will offer a 10% discount. To register please go HERE! Feel free to send this event along to anyone you think may be interested!
10 November 2021 | 2021-2022 SAE CDS Student Night
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Student Night is the official kick-off to the Collegiate Design Series (CDS) for the 2021-2022 season. It serves to bring together SAE Oregon Section university students, faculty, team sponsors, and SAE members to commemorate the previous season and share plans for the coming season. If teams are planning to apply for the Student Project Fund Grant, then this is the preferred event for team presentations (see separate document for details).
There will be networking, team cars, sharing ideas, team presentations, and food!
30 September 2021 | Corvette – An Insider’s Perspective
The Chevrolet Corvette has defied the odds ever since it first launched in 1953 as a mild-mannered sports car more attuned to a boulevard drive than a twisty road. But that changed in a hurry thanks to efforts of a Russian engineer named Zora Arkus-Duntov and his equally talented successors such as Tadge Juechter. Corvette historian and author Jerry Burton guides us through a brief history of Corvette with a special emphasis on the mid-engine evolution of C8. On the eve of the 600-plus horsepower Z06 with its DOHC flat-plane crank V8, Burton explores what keeps Corvette in the conversation against the best sports cars in the world.
Our Speaker: Jerry Burton