ITS-Irvine hosted SAE International 2019 Board Member Meeting

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International 2019 Board Member Meeting was held at Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences & Engineering at Irvine, CA, on January 29.

At the meeting, Dr. Mircea Gradu, SAE International President and Chairman of the Board, was joined by several UC Irvine faculty, including Prof. Pramod Khargonekar, Vice Chancellor for Research, Prof. Gregory Washington, Stacey Nicholas Dean of Engineering, Stephen Ritchie, Director of ITS-Irvine, and Prof. Scott Samuelsen, Director of Advanced Power and Energy Program. The discussions during the meeting were focused around perspectives on future of transportation and priorities for research and collaboration.