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The New Future of Public Transportation

Discover the highly anticipated Second Edition to the Amazon #1 Best Seller, The Future of Public Transportation. Delve into 30 expertly crafted chapters brimming with insights from leading public transportation figures. From hydrogen-fueled buses to AI-driven advancements and cybersecurity, this book offers an unparalleled glimpse into the future of transit.

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ADAS and Automated Driving - Systems Engineering

Immerse yourself in the evolving world of automotive technology with ADAS and Automated Driving - Systems Engineering. Explore advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving, revealing the automotive industry’s technological revolution.

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Jet Sense: The Philosophy and the Art of Jet Transport Design

Embark on an exciting aviation journey with Jet Sense, Zarir's groundbreaking book that unveils the intricacies of commercial aircraft design. This work offers an enlightening perspective for aviation enthusiasts and industry professionals.

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Diesel Emissions and Their Control, Second Edition

Engineers, applied scientists, students, and individuals working to reduce emissions and advance diesel engine technology will find the second edition of Diesel Emissions and Their Control to be an indispensable reference.

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SAE books cover emerging technologies, including:

ADAS and Automated Driving: A Practical Approach to Verification and Validation

The day will soon come when you will be able to verbally communicate with a vehicle and instruct it to drive to a location. The car will navigate through street traffic and take you to your destination without additional instruction or effort on your part.[...]

Autonomous, Connected, Electric and Shared Vehicles: Disrupting the Automotive and Mobility Sectors

We are at the beginning of the next major disruptive cycle caused by computing. In transportation, the term Autonomous, Connected, Electric, and Shared (ACES) has been coined to represent the enormous innovations enabled by underlying electronics technology. [...]

Fundamentals of Connected and Automated Vehicles

The automotive industry is transforming to a greater degree that has occurred since Henry Ford introduced mass production of the automobile with the Model T in 1913. Advances in computing, data processing, and artificial intelligence [...]

Characterizing the Safety of Automated Vehicles: Book 1 - Automated Vehicle Safety

Safety has been ranked as the number one concern for the acceptance and adoption of automated vehicles since safety has driven some of the most complex requirements in the development of self-driving vehicles. [...]

Managing Electric Vehicle Power

Power management involves all the power consumed in an electric vehicle (EV), so it impacts the vehicle's performance, safety, and driving range. To provide these vehicle characteristics, power management: [...]

Energy Efficiency of Vehicles

Energy Efficiency of Vehicles educates readers about energy and the environment and the relationship between the energy we use and the environment. The world is at a point in time when people need to [...]

Advanced Hybrid Powertrains for Commercial Vehicles, 2E

Powertrains for commercial vehicles have evolved since the late nineteenth-century invention of the ICE. In the revised second edition of Advanced Hybrid Powertrains for Commercial Vehicles, [...]

Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green

Purchase the book and listen in on Episode 97 of the SAE Tomorrow Today podcast as authors Senecal and Leach share further insights including why regulations and media hype pushing BEVs to the forefront are misguided. [...]

The Road to the Top is Not on the Map: Conversations with Top Women of the Automotive Industry

Carla Bailo, CEO of the Center for Automotive Research, and Terry Barclay, CEO of Inforum, bring together over 30 of the most influential women in the automotive industry to share their insight and advice. [...]

Flight Paths to Success: Career Insights from Women Leaders in Aerospace

Flight Paths to Success profiles the personal journeys of 33 women who have been, and continue to be, successful in aviation, space, and academia. Each woman was asked to select one question of several questions in five categories:

Women Driven Mobility: Rethinking the Way the World Moves

Where do women fit into the automotive industry? In every possible space—including those they have yet to invent! As Katelyn Shelby Davis and Kristin Shaw demonstrate in [...]

Doing the Hard Work: Insights from Women Leading the Commercial Vehicle Industry

One of the best ways to encourage women to enter or continue in engineering is to hear about and see examples of other women in the field to whom they can relate. Joan Wills and Karen Ramsey-Idem bring together diverse, [...]

Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing

Introduction to Advanced Manufacturing was written by two experienced and passionate engineers whose mission is to make the subject of advanced manufacturing easy to understand and a practical solution to everyday problems[...]

Manufacturing System and Process Development for Vehicle Assembly

The evolution and execution of automotive manufacturing are explored in this fundamental manual. It is an excellent reference for entry level manufacturing engineers and also serves as a training guide for nonmanufacturing professionals [...]

Innovations in Automotive and Aerospace Assembly

Up until the last two decades, aluminum in airplanes and steel in automobiles were the primary materials used to produce these two complex machines. These metal-to-metal assemblies, and specifically the same-type metal-to-metal assemblies [...]

Manufacturing versus Corruption: Who Wins?

The objective of Manufacturing versus Corruption: Who Wins? is to use scientific methodologies and recommendations to motivate young people to participate in rendering the manufacturing ecosystem successful,[...]

SAE International's Dictionary for Automotive Engineers

Without vision you may not succeed, so the vision for SAE International’s Dictionary of Automotive Engineering is to become the most comprehensive automotive engineering reference for professionals and students alike[...]

Automotive Fuels Reference Book, Fourth Edition

The earlier editions of this title have been best-selling definitive references for those needing technical information about automotive fuels. This long-awaited latest edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, yet retains the original fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful[...]

Fundamentals of Design of Experiments for Automotive Engineering Volume I

In a world where innovation and sustainability are paramount, Fundamentals of Design of Experiments for Automotive Engineering: Volume I serves as a definitive guide to harnessing the power of statistical thinking in product development. As first of four volumes in SAE International’s DOE for Product Reliability Growth[...]

The Mobility Society

Over the last century and a half, modern life has largely been characterized by stability and predictability, where individuals settled in one place and followed familiar routines. The late 19th century saw the rise of global brands and transportation advancements, making the world smaller in a virtual [...]

Jet Sense: The Philosophy and the Art of Jet Transport Design

Embark on an exciting aviation journey with Jet Sense, Zarir's groundbreaking book that unveils the intricacies of commercial aircraft design. This work offers an enlightening perspective for aviation enthusiasts and industry professionals.[...]

Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft, Revised Edition

Fundamentals of Electric Aircraft, Revised Edition was developed to explain what the electric aircraft stands for by offering an objective view of what can be expected from the giant strides in innovative architectures and technologies enabling aircraft electrification. Fundamental fuels information that readers find so useful[...]

The Design of Aircraft Landing Gear

The aircraft landing gear and its associated systems represent a compelling design challenge: simultaneously a system, a structure, and a machine, it supports the aircraft on the ground, absorbs landing and braking energy[...]

Basic Science and Art of Aircraft Wreckage Reconstruction

Basic Science and Art of Aircraft Wreckage Reconstruction is a unique title which addresses important aspects of investigating crashes, who does this kind of work, and how a healthy attitude and open mind are required to properly[...]

Meet our Authors

Meet the Authors: Joan Wills and Karen Ramsey-Idem

October 17, 2023 - Doing the Hard Work: Insights from Women Leading the Commercial Vehicle Industry highlights the experiences of women in STEM at every level.

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Meet the Author: Dr. Dave Rockwell

September 6, 2023 - In his newly-updated book, We Were The Ramchargers, Dave tells the story of the legendary Chrysler racing team that propelled a love of muscle cars and high-performance vehicles across the 60s and 70s.

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Meet the Authors: Gloria D’Anna and Zachary A. Collier 

August 10, 2023 - Luckily, cybersecurity expert and author Gloria D’Anna and Radford University Assistant Professor of Management Zachary A. Collier understand the many responsibilities that entrepreneurs take on. 

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Meet the Authors: Kelly Senecal and Felix Leach

Racing Toward Zero: The Untold Story of Driving Green

How do we go green? The future requires a balanced approach to transportation. It’s not a matter of choosing between combustion or electrification; it’s combustion and electrification. Meet the authors and learn what inspired them to write Racing Toward Zero.

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