Welcome to the Southern California Section of SAE

The Southern California Section is a local volunteer group serving the mobility community in the Southern California area, as far north as San Luis Obispo, except San Diego County.. For more information about our group, look through these pages or contact us at: ms069@email.sae.org.

2009 Future Vehicle Technology Series

Moderated by Patrick Hong, Executive Editor, Road & Track Magazine, the 2009 Future Vehicle Technology Series features vehicle innovation by local manufacturers:

1. September 28, 2009 7:00-8:30 ELH 100, Quantum Technologies (electric drive for the Fiskar), Speaker: Walter Dubno, Business Development Manager.

2. October 26, 2009 7:00-8:30 ELH 100, Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

Honda Insight Hybrid Technology, Naoya Miyamoto, Hybrid Systems Powerplant Engineer.
FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Technology, Ryan Harty, Fuel Cell Vehicle Research Engineer.

3. November 23, 2009 7:00-8:30 ELH 100, Mazda, The RX8 Hydrogen Rotary Engine.

SAE SoCal Facebook Page

See photos from recent events on our SAE SoCal facebook page.

'Momentum', the monthly newsletter of the SAE Southern California Section, can now be accessed from this web site in .pdf format.
Below are the 3 most recent issues.

Archived copies are kept on the SAE SoCal Public Forum.

SAE SoCal Board Meetings

SoCal section Governing Board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month, and begin at 6:30 p.m. We adjourn by 8:00 p.m.

All members are cordially invited to these meetings.

Please check our Events page by clicking on 'Events' in the menu bar above.

Tips on how to use this web site

These web pages are the Southern California Section's part of the main SAE web site. Click on 'Related Links' below if you wish to access the main SAE web site. Also, by clicking on any of the top four categories in the blue menu bar to the top left, you will navigate to the topic indicated on the main SAE web site. These categories (Special Interest Communities, Section Support, Local Events Calendar, and Section Discussions) link to the main SAE web site and not to the Southern California Section's web pages.

The other categories on the menu bar to the left appear under the heading 'For Section Officers Only'. SoCal Section Officers can click on any of these categories to put new material onto the Section web pages, or to edit or delete existing material. The end result, the Section's total web entry, is completely open to all. For access to any of the individual categories, click on 'Section Home', 'Events', 'Officers', or 'Newsletter', on the menu bar at the top right of this page. Note that 'Announcements' appear as part of the 'Section Home' page.