SAE InternationalTwin Cties Section - SAE Int.
April 2010 Meeting
April 21
SAE Student Chapter Presentation - 2010
 
FormulaSAE and Mini-Baja Design Vehicles
Presented by: Tony Rea, Twin Cities Section Student Activities Chairman,
and Dan Peterson, Co-Chair
The SAE Collegiate Design Series is entering its 32nd year. It’s a simulated real-world product development contest for engineering students to design, build and test a recreational vehicle. Teams of engineering students, from various schools throughout the world, compete as their design is judged on performance, cost, design presentation, marketing, etc. The success of the project is based on team work, which will be a vital skill as the engineering students enter the real world of engineering.
Be sure to make your reservations for this event to hear our various chapters as they present design / development of their 2009 - 2010 vehicles and their most recent competition efforts. Schools expected for the April meeting will be:
  • Formula SAE, with a focus on Formula-type race vehicles, presented by University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, Minnesota State University - Mankato.
  • St Cloud State Group will be presenting their 2010 SAE Formula Hybrid Competition vehicle project
  • Mini Baja vehicles, with a focus on the off-road vehicle, presented by University of Wisconsin – Stout and Minnesota State University - Mankato.
More than 25,000 engineering students have tremendous benefits from their participation in this competition and graduated with SAE collegiate design experience.
(From the Webmaster: Information about UM-Mankato presenting their Mini-Baja vehicle was accidentally left out of the printed April newsletters. We regret this error.)
MapQuest link, below, enables preparation of various resolution maps leading to Toro Corporation.
Date: 21 April 2010, Wednesday
 
  Time
Event
5:30 PM
Registration / Student Project Viewing
6:15 PM
Pasta Bar Dinner Viewing; Menu below
7:00 PM
Presentation of SAE Student Projects
9:00 PM
Meeting Adjourns
  Menu:
2 Pasta choices, Marinara and Alfredo Sauces, Chicken and Italian Sausage, Lettuce Salad, Sautéed Peppers, Onions, Zucchini; Cookies, Bars, and Cold Drinks

Those Attending this Event:
Costs:
Members & Family:
$13.00
Students and Seniors (60 & over):
$11.00
Non-Members:      
$14.00
Meeting Location: Toro Corporation Address: 8111 Lyndale Avenue So., Bloomington, MN
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For RESERVATIONS:
* * * Deadline: Friday, 16 April 2010, Noon * * *
 
"NOTICE: This presentation includes full scale display models.
Please do not touch or climb on the displays.
All children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult at all times."
 
Preferred Order
for Placing Reservations:
  1. Use the Section's On-line Form to make Event Reservations.
  2. Call RFA Engineering at 952-843-2701 between 8 AM and 4 PM, ask for Erin.
  3. You can also place reservations by e-mail at: reserve@rfamec.com
  4. Fax reservations to RFA at 952.941.2995 by 2 PM - Friday, 16 April 2010
Please provide your Name, business affiliation, (and Names of all attending in your party).
* * Please cancel 24 hours in advance or you will be charged for the dinner amount. * *
* * No Dinner reservations will be accepted after the indicated time. * *
 
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--- to make sure the meeting has not been canceled. ---
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For those people who are not SAE members, link to the SAE International web site to learn more about SAE International.
 
Various SAE Membership application forms are found here.
 
Charlotte Wiley - SAE Twin Cities Section Chairman for 2009 - 2010
E-Mail:  ceweng@aol.com
Phone: 763.559.8674
Tony Rea & Dan Peterson - April 2010 Program Chairs
E-Mail:  tony.rea@q.com Dan.Peterson@toro.com
Phone: 612.803.8643 (Cell) 952-887-8316
For newsletter questions, e-mail:  Jim Cran. Top of Page SAE-T.C. Home Page
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